My new DVP 5990 player has a very peculiar audio problem.
Whenever I start a DVD or use the Previous/Next buttons to skip to the next
title/chapter/track, and there is audio at that point, there is a brief (1-2
second) delay in the audio, even though you can see the picture. This also
happens when the DVD player just advances to the next title on its own in the
normal course of events while playing a DVD and there is audio at the beginning
of the title.*
I have the DVD player's HDMI connected directly to my Samsung widescreen LCD
TV, though this is just for the video. The coaxial audio out from the DVD
player goes to my Yamaha amplifier via an RCA type cord (this amplifier doesn't
have any HDMI inputs).
For an example -- on DVDs I have of the TV show Hawaii Five-O, the beginning of
the disc is like this:
Musical logo for CBS/Paramount
Hawaii Five-O intro with theme song
Title card with episode selection
Episode title card
Beginning of the episode
At every one of the above, not to mention when you skip from one scene to the
next by pushing the previous or next buttons on the remote during the show
itself, it cuts off the audio for the first second or so as that
title/chapter/track starts..
I tried playing the HDMI audio through the TV itself, the sound does not get
clipped.
I hooked up the coaxial audio out from the DVD to the Yamaha amp with the video
going from Video Out via an RCA cable to a similar input on the TV (in other
words, not using HDMI at all), and the sound also does not get clipped.
When I am playing a music or MP3 CD, and I start the CD or skip from one track
to the next, the sound does not get clipped.
I tried disconnecting the coaxial audio connection from the DVD to the Yamaha
amp and instead taking the HDMI audio out from the TV via an optical cable to
the Yamaha amp.and the sound is still clipped!
Any ideas what could be wrong? This is the only thing I seriously don't like
about this DVD player, which I bought to replace my previous Philips 5140/37
because I was having a lot of problems playing non-anamorphic DVDs on the new
Samsung TV.
The stuff in the Audio Setup for the DVD player which might affect this is as
follows:
Analog Output - Stereo
Digital Audio Setup - Digital Output - All
HDMI Output – Off
SUMMARY OF TESTING:
Coax digital from DVD to Yamaha amp only (HDMI to TV completely
disconnected) - audio plays fine
Coax digital from DVD to Yamaha amp and RCA video out to TV - audio plays fine,
but video is not sharp
Coax digital from DVD to Yamaha amp and HDMI connected to TV - audio is clipped
HDMI to TV only, audio comes through TV speakers - audio plays fine. In order
to play the HDMI audio through the TV, you must select HDMI Output in the DVD
setup menu. When you do this, it turns Digital Output off (i.e., through the
coax cable to the amp). But when you do this, the audio still goes through the
coax cable to the amp, but the sound is now Pro Logic (i.e., not Dolby
Digital). And guess what ... the sound plays fine.
HDMI cable to TV with audio and video, digital audio sent
from TV to Yamaha amp via optical cable plugged in to the back of
the TV - audio is clipped.
Left/right RCA Audio Out to
Yamaha amp (Pro Logic audio), HDMI connected to TV - audio is usually clipped
[as far as I recall, the DVD player was still set to output Digital Audio, even
though I was using the Pro Logic, non-digital Audio Outs]. With one disc, I
found a case where this was not the case, but only for some feature available
from the title menu.
Left/right RCA Audio Out (Pro Logic audio) is plugged into the TV, RCA video
out is plugged into the TV - audio plays fine
* The way this sound cut-out works, it's very similar to
when you first turn the Yamaha amp on. You can see the picture, but it
takes 1-2 seconds for the audio to turn on (there is a "click"
in the amplifier when this happens).
I have noticed a similar phenomenon on my Philips
5140/37. Whenever you start playing a DVD, it would often clip the sound
at the very beginning of the movie for a second or two. Normally this is
not a problem, because there is usually no audio at that point anyway.