I plug my HDPro on the AV receiver. Confirm can get 5.1 DD and DTS. However, I don't own a Logitech Z5500.

I assume that your AVR does not have any HDMI inputs?

In my case:
HDPro -> HDMI -> HDTV for the video.
HDPro -> Coaxial or Optical -> AVR for stereo, DD and DTS sound reproduction.
HDPro audio settings -> SPDIF RAW/LPCM 2Ch

Edited: Oops. Just checked that your AVR does have HDMI support.

In that case:
HDPro -> HDMI -> AVR (one of available input)
AVR -> HDMI out (another HDMI cable) -> HDTV
HDPro audio settings -> HDMI RAW/HDMI Multi-Ch

Pls note that you need to switch your AVR on to use HDPro, similar to your BD and/or DVD players

This post has been edited by PoorMan: Jun 18 2010, 07:07 PM

yangxi,

Question regarding firmware upgrade. I've done the May FW upgrade. In the May FW update, it has a "package_MP" folder.

So, for the Jun FW update, I notice there's no package_MP folder. Do I still retain the folder in the USB thumb drive and replace the "install.img" file with the Jun "install.img"?

Do I also need to take out the hard disk before upgrading to Jun FW?

If your receiver support DTS or Dolby Digital decoding, they should have digital audio coax and/or optical input. You can use those to connect to the HDPro.

Do you mean that your htib receiver have separate inputs for Front, Rear and Centre speakers?

Or that your receiver can simulate 5.1 output from only stereo input? If this is the case, then it should be no different to your ears since you are used to it.

Otherwise, upgrade your PC sound by using the htib for your PC and go buy a full-fledge AV receiver + speakers for your HDTV and HDPro

Not sure if due to HDPro problem. Have you assign (setup within Onkyo) the coax input to HDPro (for example an unused input mode like VCR) yet?

Did you also try to troubleshoot if using HDMI input to the tx-sr607?

I think Skylinestar has the answer. I can confirm that the HDPro is unable to decode AAC audio (can't use RAW). You'll need to re-encode your rips to AC-3 audio (ugh! Such a tedious process).

Yangxi, can please check if AAC 6-ch audio can be processed by HDPro properly into Dolby Digital?

I've upgraded firmware to Jun10 FW as well as the extension packages.

One problem: when BT and Samba turned on, HDPro will hang up while playing movies even though movie is from HDD1. Noticed that network was very busy! Turned off BT and Samba, and everything is working fine.

BTW, I did not have any torrents running from HDPro. So, not very sure what was happening in the background.

Question: Can I turn on Samba without turning on BT?

You can use those common red-white audio cables. Try them out first and see if you can hear any difference compared to those expensive ones.

Yes, using Samba. The HDPro hard disk is accessible from win explorer.

I have problem accessing some AVIs through "UPnP". I gave up and now accessing through "NET" instead.

Just updated the firmware. Some minor errors such as "DVD plug-in failed: Eject Disc" when I don't even have a DVD drive attached! Much better response for the remote control. Change again in the menu screen (I prefer the previous 28Jun firmware menu where it shows sources that were connected)

BTW, awesome boot splash screen!

Probably external DVD USB drive. Doubles up as a DVD player if you don't already have one.

For basic troubleshooting, have you tried:

- changing the link to other port on Linksys?
- changing the LAN cable from Linksys to HDPro?

I'm using Linksys WRT54GL running DD-WRT. Connection is like:

Internet modem <--> Linksys router <--> Gigabit switch <--> PC/NAS/HDPro

So far, no problem.

Just to add to that ... most TVs will also echo the display mode. You could confirm that your HDPro is indeed displaying the selected mode.

Don't know if HDPro mini same as HDPro ... but can try:

1)While movie is playing, press "Subtitle" on remote control
2)press "OK"
3)press up button on remote
4)You should see the subtitle
5)Press "OK"
6)Press "Return"

Component video cable only carry video, no audio at all. You have to separately connect audio either using the red/white RCA ports (which is stereo) or using the SPDIF/optical digital ports (which is 5.1). For TrueHD or DTS-MA, you will need connect HDMI to a HDMI-amplifier that supports TrueHD/DTS-MA.

No. Only left/right channel (stereo) using RCA port which you can output through your TV speakers (no need home theatre if you don't have one).

The best audio you can output without using HDMI cable and a HDMI receiver is by using SPDIF or the optical audio ports which is DTS and Dolby Digital (5.1 channels) but you will require a home theatre receiver that supports the audio formats.

Just to be clear, you will still get audio with all the above even though the movie's audio is TrueHD/DTS-MA encoded but will be downmixed accordingly. You may have to select "LPCM 2 channel output" in the HDPro audio output setup for some movies

This post has been edited by PoorMan: Dec 7 2010, 02:30 PM

Err ... maybe you misunderstand ... the problem is not with your TV. It's the HDMI receiver (home theatre) that supports TrueHD or DTS-MA that you are missing.

You can still connect like this:

and you can get TrueHD or DTS-MA audio

This post has been edited by PoorMan: Dec 7 2010, 02:38 PM

Yes because you are just want video from AV receiver to TV.

Unfortunately, I just checked the Pioneer VSX-820 connections and found out that it can just output HDMI and there's no component video output.

So, yes, you'll need HDMI input on your TV. Back to square one.

Edit:

Wait a minute. How do you connect your HDPro to your TV now? If using component video direct to TV, you can still use the HDMI to the VSX-820 for audio only. Then you can get TrueHD/DTS-MA/DTS/DD.

This post has been edited by PoorMan: Dec 7 2010, 02:58 PM