gonk,you are once again the man!
popped the dvd tray open,hit menu,there's a whole list of setup options listed.one was audio and there was pcm,dd,dts
set it on dts ready to go as soon as my fionna cd is done i'll check it out.
thanks buddy!i'll let you know how it goes.(i know it will be fine now,call it a hunch!)
btw,seen any electrons nose diving off the fan lately?(watch closely)
thanks again,gonk.