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How come DAC and Cable dont mix?

Hey all,
I wanted to hook up my TW Cable box (Pioneer Digital DVR) box to my Theta DAC for 2 channel occasional music sessions but I get a pulse sound and thats it, is this a PCM sound?
I dont get how come any digital siganl cant be hooked up to the DAC...please educte me, and thanks Chad
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reubent
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Chad,

The TW box outputs Dolby Digital 2.0, 2.1 or 5.1. This is not compatable with a DAC that requires PCM input.

I've tried several different STBs from TW and none of them are configurable for PCM. Sorry, but it ain't gonna work!

TIC
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