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    360 surround works, but stereo doesn't?

    Hi All,
    So recently I bought a Denon AVR-1910 amp and surround sound speakers. I have HDMI coming out of the 360 into the amp, and on to the TV.

    I've just fired up Overlord 2 for a quick go, and although I get surround sound in the main game, I get no sound at all in the cut scenes etc. Similarly when I try something like Braid I get no sound at all.

    Am I doing something wrong?

    The Amp is showing Dolby D on the front at all times.

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    Re: 360 surround works, but stereo doesn't?

    Have you checked the audio settings on the Xbox?

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    Re: 360 surround works, but stereo doesn't?

    Yeah, it's set to digital surround sound. When I flip the amp to 5 channel stereo, it seems to work fine, but obviously doesn't give proper surround sound. Seems really odd that the in game effects work, but the cutscenes and presumably other stereo bits don't.

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    Re: 360 surround works, but stereo doesn't?

    Id head over to the AVforums, they can be a bit difficult at times to get help from but once in a while you stumble across someone there who is willing to help.

    http://www.avforums.com/forums/av-amplifiers-receivers/

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    Re: 360 surround works, but stereo doesn't?

    youll probably find that the eggbox switches to 2ch PCM audio if there is not a dolbydigital available.. although ive not come across a game that isnt in DD at all times... watching some of the vids from the dashboard will make the amp switch back into PCM mode

    I know the eggbox can also be a bit funny with audio over hdmi, apparently it sometimes fails the handshake signal, so my amp (onkyo 507) thinks its pcm instead of DD - i have to switch sources then switch back a few times to make it recognise it.

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    Re: 360 surround works, but stereo doesn't?

    Quote Originally Posted by Neo_VR View Post
    I know the eggbox can also be a bit funny with audio over hdmi, apparently it sometimes fails the handshake signal, so my amp (onkyo 507) thinks its pcm instead of DD - i have to switch sources then switch back a few times to make it recognise it.
    Yeah, I get that quite often too - I figured either a dashboard update or a receiver update would have fixed it, but nope.

    I've never seen the issue that the OP has noted though, sorry.

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