Author Topic: Surround Sound 5.1? (Read 838 times)

« **on:** April 21, 2001, 05:31:47 PM »

Do you need to buy a special cord to get 5.1 surround sound on the PS2 cause my sony stereo needs 5 plugs. 2 for the front speakers, 2 for the rear speakers and 1 for the centre speaker. But as we all know the PS2 cord only has 3 plugs, 2 of which are for the sound. Do I have to buy a special cord? I havent heard anything about this. Can someone please help me?

« **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2001, 05:45:31 PM »

The PS2 has digital Fibre optic out

If your surround system is Dolby Digital or DTS ready it should have a fibre optic in

So you need a fibre optic cable

If not then I\'m not sure you will be able to cause I know of no such cord you speak about for the PS2

I could be wrong

« **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2001, 06:54:14 PM »

The PS2 doesn\'t decode the DD/DTS sound, you still need the decoder for that. Those five inputs are for if you buy a DD/DTS decoder, you hook it up through there then you hook the PS2 up to the decoder with an optical cable.

« **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2001, 07:13:27 PM »

You need a DTS decoder with optical in.

videoholic · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2001, 08:06:15 PM »

Like they all said, your receiver doesn\'t have a decoder built in. All it is doing is allowing you to send a seperate signal into each side of the amps. You would need a DD or DTS decoder.

« **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2001, 07:45:42 PM »

To obtain 5.1 sound from your stereo, you need :
1. Your receiver/amp should have an optical input which shall be connected to the optical output of the PS2.
2. Your receiver/amp should have a built-in DTS or Dolby Digital decoder.
If you don\'t have the above 2 items, then the best you can have is Dolby Prologic but not 5.1 surround.

« **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2001, 02:06:16 AM »

Go for a DD and/or DTS decoder, or buy a new receiver that supports it and has an optical-in !

videoholic · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2001, 03:30:27 AM »

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Originally posted by DVD
To obtain 5.1 sound from your stereo, you need :
1. Your receiver/amp should have an optical input which shall be connected to the optical output of the PS2.
2. Your receiver/amp should have a built-in DTS or Dolby Digital decoder.
If you don\'t have the above 2 items, then the best you can have is Dolby Prologic but not 5.1 surround.

Or like everyone else has said, he can use the same amp he already has with the five inputs and just get a DD decoder. Although it\'s probably cheaper to get a new stereo since most of the decoders are not cheap. These are usually for high end stereos and people that have seperate amps for the different channels.

« **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2001, 05:08:52 AM »

Thanks for the help. My manuel for my stereo says I have to plug the dvd player into those plug holes and then push my dvd 5.1 button on hte stereo.

But I must need a decoder then.

Thanks a lot.

Hello

Author Topic: Surround Sound 5.1? (Read 838 times)