When watching certain DVDs in Dolby Digital the sound drops out at times other then the layer change, what gives?
First check to be your digital cable is connected well and that the optical connections are free from dust. Clean the disc and the DVD laser lens as well. If that doesn’t fix the problem then you may have a problem with the Dolby decoder in your receiver. According to the Dolby Digital website some receivers have trouble with the flags used for the matrixed rear center channel in Dolby Digital EX. Dolby recommends switching your DVD player to PCM or using one of the alternative sound tracks on the disc on certain Dolby Digital EX soundtracks. Surround Sound Updated 12/1/03 6: My Pro Logic decoding does not work with my cable TV, though it works fine with CDs, VHS tapes, and DVDs. A: I can see one of three things that may be happening here either your cable company does not broadcast the audio in stereo, you have a poor signal, or the component your using to run the audio to the receiver does not transmit in stereo.
