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I admit to being a newbie to all of this. Thanks to this site I now have my iPod sounding better, my Wii playing in all of its upconverted glory (it really is a better picture) and my sound settings are correct - I think.
I have some remaining issues - and please bear with me as I am a rookie.
I have a 5.1 setup and two zone two speakers in another room. All of the speakers and the subwoofer are running fine/producing sounds. I have a DVD player and a Cable/Satellite box both running to the receiver by HDMI, and an HDMI out to a Samsung HD TV. The Wii has a HD component cable which I have running to the receiver with an assigned video input. The Ipod is connected by the headphone jack to the tape input. So, the only input to the TV is the HDMI out from the receiver. Does this all sound correct?
The speaker setup protocol with the microphone is not working for me. It detects the front speakers, the center speaker and looks for side surround speakers - I don't have those. It then registers the right rear speaker, and does not find the left. The test then fails. Suggestions? As an alternative I have set the speakers "by hand." If I have to do that, what is the best crossover setting for the five individual speakers? The two fronts and the center are medium sized bookshelf speakers. The back two are "in the wall." I have a nice Yamaha powered sub.
And, here is the last one and I hope not to embarass myself here. I have the DVD setting on PLII movie. Assuming a good soundtrack, like Twister, how does the receiver know to play dolby or dts or whatever is appropriate? Do I need to make more settings? I have gone into the audio presets and chosen what was recommended in another great post on this site. I am still confused. With the DVD player selected it shows PLII Movie or Neo:6 Cinema depending on my choice. Does this mean I am getting a true 5.1 reproduction of sound? Am I missing a setting?
This is an excellent site, and I appreciate all of the help I have gotten since I stumbled in here yesterday. My system sounds light years better than it did before all the adjustments.
Bob in Virginia
I have some remaining issues - and please bear with me as I am a rookie.
I have a 5.1 setup and two zone two speakers in another room. All of the speakers and the subwoofer are running fine/producing sounds. I have a DVD player and a Cable/Satellite box both running to the receiver by HDMI, and an HDMI out to a Samsung HD TV. The Wii has a HD component cable which I have running to the receiver with an assigned video input. The Ipod is connected by the headphone jack to the tape input. So, the only input to the TV is the HDMI out from the receiver. Does this all sound correct?
The speaker setup protocol with the microphone is not working for me. It detects the front speakers, the center speaker and looks for side surround speakers - I don't have those. It then registers the right rear speaker, and does not find the left. The test then fails. Suggestions? As an alternative I have set the speakers "by hand." If I have to do that, what is the best crossover setting for the five individual speakers? The two fronts and the center are medium sized bookshelf speakers. The back two are "in the wall." I have a nice Yamaha powered sub.
And, here is the last one and I hope not to embarass myself here. I have the DVD setting on PLII movie. Assuming a good soundtrack, like Twister, how does the receiver know to play dolby or dts or whatever is appropriate? Do I need to make more settings? I have gone into the audio presets and chosen what was recommended in another great post on this site. I am still confused. With the DVD player selected it shows PLII Movie or Neo:6 Cinema depending on my choice. Does this mean I am getting a true 5.1 reproduction of sound? Am I missing a setting?
This is an excellent site, and I appreciate all of the help I have gotten since I stumbled in here yesterday. My system sounds light years better than it did before all the adjustments.
Bob in Virginia