I need help with DTS

Your DVD player needs to be able to recognize and pass the DTS signal through. It doesn't need to be able to decode it because you have a receiver that will decode it. Some of the earlier DVD players did not pass DTS properly. You always want to use the digital audio out connector directly to your receiver. Never use the analog out.

You will probably need to go into the setup menu on the DVD player to set the digital output for the DTS position. You will also need to select the DTS soundtrack on the individual DVD's audio setup menu. Then you will need to select the DTS input on the Denon receiver via the input mode selector. At that juncture you should be hearing DTS. To my ears it sounds a little cleaner than Dolby, but has less midbass content. Happy listening!

Does your DVD player say DTS on the front somewhere? If so your half way there.

I don't have a dvd player yet. Does it need to say dts on the front? In order to truly hear dts sound, my dvd player and my receiver must have dts?

That is correct make sure they both say DTS on the front. Hooking them up is easy. Take care:~)