"Tim Roberson" wrote in message
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Sounds like you are doing the right thing. Is their any indicator light
that should be on when playing SACD surround (according to the manual).
If
so, is it on when the disk is playing? This will help isolate whether
the
issue is with the tracking versus with the decoding/amplification.

The manual really doesn't go into much detail for SACD, apart from
describing how to selct the appropriate "area" from the setup menu (CD
area,
2-Channel Stereo area, or 5.1 Multichannel area). Once you choose one of
these, the on-screen track listing has this choice diaplayed at the top
(whether this is being detected from the disc, I don't know). I've watched
the LED display, and there don't appear to be any relevant LED
indicators -
just a red "5.1CH" that's always on no matter what.
I do notice that when "CD area" is selected, the SACD text on the LED
display changed to "CD" - so I guess it's doing something.

Out of interest, does any one out there own this disc? At the moment I
don't
know whether I even SHOULD be getting anything out of the rear speakers
!!!

Yes, the DSOTM SACD disk has multi-channel on it. I understand their are
several "pressing" versions of it from different plants but I don't know how
to tell them apart. The sound on mine is spectacular in surround.

You may want to make sure you have a SACD disk since the cd and sacd covers
bear more than a little resemblance. Do you hear a sound difference when you
play the SACD vs CD layer? Do the lights on the panel continue to say SACD?

My disk has the SACD logo on the disk itself, along with a Capital Records
logo and a compact disk logo. On the back of the jewel case is bar-coded
2435-82136-2 in the upper right corner, and in fine print in a box lower
right says "this product is a Hybrid SACD designed to play in both CD and
SACD players, as well as SACD-compatible DVD players. The 5.1 SACD Surround
Sound Mix requires a Mulit-Channel SACD player or compatible surround sound
system." The spine of the disk has the same number as the barcode,
followed by "-US". If yours matches this description, the disk definitely
should have the 5.1 mix on it. As far as I have heard, their is nowhere
produced a "stereo only" version of the disk, even if you have a European
version.

Hope this helps.