7.1 Rear Surrounds?

[allredp]

Hey Shacksters,

Just playing around with my new Yamaha 1800 AVR, but can't get Blu-ray or HD-DVD to play anything through the rear surrounds.

Am I missing something stupid?!

I've read the manual and don't have them set to bi-amp.

BTW, when I play a cd (through my Samsung BD) it outputs all 7 channels, so I don't get what's happening with the rear surrounds when playing surround-encoded material.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Phil

[Big Worm]

What movies have you tried?

Mainly you need to matrix the 5.1 channel into 7.1. Usually by turning on the PLIIXxMOVIE (or something like that) mode on the receiver.

[eugovector]

Ditto. A reason why I encourage people to build a nice 3.1, then 5.1 setup before heading to 7.1. There are very few movies with discrete 7.1, most are just 5.1 that you have to create information for to back 2 channels.

[allredp]

Hey Guys--much appreciated help! Will be setting the PLxII from here on out...
Thanks!

[Big Worm]

No problem. Nice receiver by the way.

[Scuba Diver]

This is why this site is so great. Quick answers and friendly people. I am glad you were able to solve your problem. Enjoy.

[ArtVandalay7]

eugovector wrote:

Ditto. A reason why I encourage people to build a nice 3.1, then 5.1 setup before heading to 7.1. There are very few movies with discrete 7.1, most are just 5.1 that you have to create information for to back 2 channels.

I agree, in my experience, there are many more discrete 6.1 movies out there than 7.1. It led to my decision to purchase 3 surrounds. I figure if I want to move up to 7.1, I can bi-wire my dipole/bipole middle back surround for 2 separate channels (or something similar, depending on the room I end up in).

[alexadams77]

That's the thing from keeping me from upgrading from my 6.1 system to a 7.1 system, although I'm currently only running 5.1. Having the "discrete" 6.1 is nice, but I'd like to see more movies in 6.1 let-alone 7.1. Just look at that new Yamaha receiver with the 11.2 is it? When are we going to see movies that would even handle close to that. I just don't want to have speakers sitting there on my wall doing nothing and playing nothing. When more 7.1 movies come out, I'm sure a lot of people are going to jump on them, but until then, a lot of us are happy with 5 or 6.1 systems.

[ArtVandalay7]

alexadams77 wrote:

That's the thing from keeping me from upgrading from my 6.1 system to a 7.1 system, although I'm currently only running 5.1. Having the "discrete" 6.1 is nice, but I'd like to see more movies in 6.1 let-alone 7.1. Just look at that new Yamaha receiver with the 11.2 is it? When are we going to see movies that would even handle close to that. I just don't want to have speakers sitting there on my wall doing nothing and playing nothing. When more 7.1 movies come out, I'm sure a lot of people are going to jump on them, but until then, a lot of us are happy with 5 or 6.1 systems.

Yep, my speakers look movie theatre-esque so I don't mind their appearance and I use all 6 for music pretty frequently. But I must say I don't feel like 7.1 would add a lot to my system that I don't get from 6.1 but I could be wrong. I can say that I would be even happier if I had that pc-13 ultra like you!

[alexadams77]

I'd love to have the extra speakers sitting there as well, so if you can afford it, why not!

The PC13-U totally opened up my system. All of the LFE came off of the mains and now I can turn my system up really loud without the bass distortion that I had with my old Bose 701's.

I've had my m80's for only 5 days now and I have kids, so I haven't had a chance to play with them yet. At the volumes I listen to now, I'm going to be VERY happy when I can turn it up to Reference levels.