Problem with surround sound. Works why Im playing the TV but not with a DVD

[marionr26]

Some how I have this setup wrong. Its setup where whatever is playing on the DirectV it plays that on surround sound. When I put in a dvd the dvd plays but I still hear sound from the Directv show thats playing. I need to set it up where It plays the surround sound of what Im watching...How do I need to hook up for this. some I have digital opital and some I have digital coaxial on back of units. SO I have a box that one end it optical one end it coaxial so I can convert. What steps should I go to hook this up to play my directv with surround sound,then when I switch to DVD it have surround sound too...


Thanks

[redwudz]

You've left out quite a few details, like what is your surround sound playback device? A surround sound amplifier? And what are you playing the DVDs on? A standalone DVD player or a computer? If you send a coaxial or optical signal to a surround amp, it should decode that properly to 5.1 or whatever your speaker setup is. Those settings would be in the amplifier.

[marionr26]

RCA Home Surround Sound Reciever Dolby Digital no computer with this set up just 42 plasma,RCA Reciever,DVD Recorder/Player and DirectV HD reciever. its 5.1 I just think I got few things twisted up always plays the sound from the directv when I put dvd in it still plays the sound from the tv I change all the sources on my tv and the sound is still on even when there is no picture...No Matter what I do the surround sound from the reciever always plays the directv show sound.

[marionr26]

Hey I just playing around with the cables I got it now its working like I want it to thanks though