1058 HDMI audio shutting off when proj is on.

[Johan Hendrix]

The sound quality won't necessarily be the same using the HDMI and using a handful of analog cables. If you use the analog cables you will hear the digital to analog converters and the analog section of the BD player. In addition you need a BD player that has the ability to do speaker distance, channel level, and subwoofer crossover. The Pioneer players are woefully short on those features. I would stick to using the HDMI from a decoding player (the Sony BDP-S550, Samsung BD-P2500, Pioneer BDP-51FD, Pioneer Elite BDP-05FD, Panasonic DMP-BD35K and DMP-BD55K will all do it) and call it good.

As for which player out of that bunch, I don't have experience with the Panasonics but the Sony BDP-S550 is pretty nice for the money.

Eric

I have a problem with my RSX-1058 and audio over HDMI. When I switch on my projector, sound is turned off. When I switch my projector off or to a non-HDMI input, I have sound again. It looks as if my projector (Pana PT-AE2000) tells the other components that it does not use the sound signal, and that the other component agree in keeping the soud of the HDMI. Anyone observed this problem?

[hifiguymi]

What firmware is in the RSX-1058? You can find out by holing down the mute button on the front panel. There are two - a main, which the current one is v1.1.8; and a video, which the current one is v t0.24.

I have run into the same problem, not just with Rotel, and a firmware update may take care of it. Check and see if the projector has any firmware updates as well. I don't sell Panasonic projectors so I don't know if there are. It comes down to an HDMI handshake not happening properly. HDMI can be a pain when things don't work out of the box.

Eric

[Kevin D]

All though it shouldn't matter, check and make sure the AUDIO setting in the HDMI menu is set to AMP mode, not TV mode.

Moving these to a new thread.

Kevin D.