grahamlthompson - 5 hours ago »
If you have a surround sound system it should be perfectly happy with the standard ac3 (2.0 or 5.1 audio) output by the Humax (aka Dolby Digital). You should be able to connect the system directly using the S/Pdif output.
Except I can't ATM!
The Humax and Bravia TV are connected via HDMI cable - using the first HDMI socket on the TV as it has ARC. The Samsung Blu-ray 5.1 system is also connected to the TV by HDMI. With my old Fox-T2 this set-up worked perfectly. However, using the same set-up with the 2000T and the order in which TV and Humax are switched on and off matters. If I get it wrong then the TV sound reverts to the TV's own speakers. I get round this by having the TV's volume set permanently to zero and connecting the TV's digital audio out to the Samsung's digital audio in. This means the digital audio in is not available for the Humax, which was your suggestion.
What I haven't yet tried (simply because it hadn't occurred to me) is connecting the Humax to the Samsung instead of to the TV. That's my next project!