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I finally bought a Digital Optical cable for my PS2 and everything seemed to work fine at first but now I get hicups all the time when using the cable for games and movies. I have a Onkyo receiver and a 7.1 speaker setup. I know that PS2 games support Pro Logic 2 and my receiver says that while playing games. The only way I can get the sound to work without any hicups or cutoffs is when I use RCA AV cables for sound. I also noticed that with the digital optical cable plugged up the Onkyo receiver says PCM and Pro Logic 2 while when I just use RCA cables the receiver says Pro Logic 2. I used the same PS2 optical cable for my XBOX and it works fine so I dont think the problem is the cable. I kinda leaning toward that the Digital Optical out in the PS2 might be broken or dirty? I do have Digital Optical ON in the PS2 config menu. Any help would be great.

This post has been edited by sideshow: 28 March 2007 - 11:34 PM

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Well, I opened up my PS2, used a can of air, and blew away all the dust that was collecting on the components. The fan was really dirty. I also used a cue tip and some rubbing alchohol to clean the optical out on the back of the PS2. I plugged everything back up and fired away. The audio still kept cutting out on and off. I played around with the receiver's settings some more and for some reason the sound works now. My receiver says PCM and Dolby Pro Logic EX while playing games. I dont know what the heck was the problem but its all fixed now.