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Force HD box to output PCM on HD channels

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    wilsonlaidlaw

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    Does anyone know of a way to force my Foxsat HD box (2008 vintage) to output 2 channel PCM optical stereo when watching HD channels. My DAC does not understand 5.1 S/PDIF streams and makes a noise like a motor scooter with a broken exhaust. Turning Dolby off in the menu makes no difference, like I am told it does on the HDR boxes. I have contacted Humax in the past on this and they more or less shrugged their shoulders and said get a surround sound system, of which I am not a fan. I am running the latest (not very recent at Feb 2010) FW and loader. I wondered if there was a hack for this. With the increasing number of HD channels, this is now more of an issue. My current work around is to use my Sony KDL-40W3500 TV as a DAC for HD channels but high quality it isn't.

    Wilson

    | Sun 24 Apr 2011 7:32:12 #1 |
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    See:

    http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/just-joined-1

    As problem now solved via linked thread this one closed.

    | Mon 16 May 2011 22:32:17 #2 |

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