Surround sound quality of DDTS-100 Vs A/V receiver's

I want to buy a decoder DDTS-100 to Upmix the stereo sound to 5.1 surround by hooking up to my A/V receiver Harman Kardon AVR 7000 as the surround sound upmixed by the AVR is not so good. Could anyone help give me the advice if the DDTS-100 could give the better surround than Harman Kardon does?

I think that you are out of luck as the table shows on page 62 of your manual at http://www.docs.sony.com/release/BDPS350_US.pdf
Note 1 on this table says "When Audio Output Priority is set to stereo analog, LPCM 2ch signals are output from each jack. I would check this setting. I would also check out notes 2 and 4. According to their own table, the player should output bitstream in 5.1 D or DTS.
Out on http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1046952&page=3 it appears that another person is having the same issue and someone recommended this:
Double check the following settings:
Audio Output Priority: HDMI
Audio HDMI: Auto
BD Audio Setting: Direct
Audio ATT: Off
Dolby Digital: Dolby Digital
DTS: DTS
Audio DRC: Standard
Hope this helps....
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