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Post by clogge on Aug 4, 2011 21:48:12 GMT
 i have an enormous problem....my life is currently on hold.... my cinema is currently not quite a cinema... screen's up, film selected.... but no sound!  i cannot get the rear speakers working - it's a 7.1 surround sound system (supposedly), but has not quite got the desired effect without the back speakers. any ideas?
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Post by ZX6-Chris on Aug 4, 2011 21:55:37 GMT
cabling??
you running it throught PC or DVd playing??
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Post by nickw on Aug 4, 2011 21:56:42 GMT
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Post by clogge on Aug 4, 2011 21:56:53 GMT
it;s a blu ray player with hdmi cable into a sony amp
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Post by ZX6-Chris on Aug 4, 2011 21:57:52 GMT
who orginally set it up?? and and check cables into the amp and speakers at the back
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Post by clogge on Aug 4, 2011 21:58:03 GMT
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Post by clogge on Aug 4, 2011 21:59:18 GMT
who orginally set it up?? and and check cables into the amp and speakers at the back me why?  |
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Post by ZX6-Chris on Aug 4, 2011 21:59:38 GMT
just wondering,.. have you had it workign ebfore?
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Post by nickw on Aug 4, 2011 22:00:02 GMT
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Post by knightc on Aug 4, 2011 22:03:21 GMT
Try connect it up to a pc or phone and play music through it
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Post by clogge on Aug 4, 2011 22:03:37 GMT
just wondering,.. have you had it workign ebfore? unfortunately not... got it working through the front speakers and side speakers, but just not the back for some reason. |
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Post by clogge on Aug 4, 2011 22:05:06 GMT
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Post by ZX6-Chris on Aug 4, 2011 22:05:27 GMT
try playing music as knighc said,.. and try swapping the cables for the front and back round hopefull the back will work but the front will stop  |
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Post by clogge on Aug 4, 2011 22:06:36 GMT
ok i will give that a go tomorrow.
thanks!
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Post by knightc on Aug 4, 2011 22:10:58 GMT
Some times on the control amp (depending how high end it is) there setting on which speakers you want playing. Normal is default to all but may have changed. And the wires for the rear speakers might be making a bad connection. Just try the other wires.
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Post by nightingales01 on Aug 5, 2011 6:31:20 GMT
it should have a test mode, were it tests all speakers one at a time.
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Post by iconic944ss on Aug 5, 2011 12:45:37 GMT
I've only used an older system where a separate feed was needed for the rear speakers (not HDMI) - I found a set of splitter cables in Tandy I think, that simply split the Front L/R into two for the rear speakers as well. I have a feeling HDMI will not be the same |
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Post by whoosh on Aug 5, 2011 14:01:40 GMT
What model amp is it ?
Do you have 7.1 speakers - 1 centre, 2 front, 2 side, 2 rear, 1 sub (like what I have)
What are you using as a sound source (E.G. If it's sky hd then dolby digital sound is NOT transmitted via HDMI - you need a seperate digital optical connection)
What sound output settings have you got in bR player?
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Post by clogge on Aug 5, 2011 17:30:46 GMT
What model amp is it ? Do you have 7.1 speakers - 1 centre, 2 front, 2 side, 2 rear, 1 sub (like what I have) What are you using as a sound source (E.G. If it's sky hd then dolby digital sound is NOT transmitted via HDMI - you need a seperate digital optical connection) What sound output settings have you got in bR player? the system consists of: * receiver: sony DA1200ES * DVD: denon dvd / SA cd player * but I also have a samsung blu ray player * projector: panasonic PT-AX100E the dvd connected via hdmi cable and digital optical cable. with regard to output settings..... too many |
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Post by whoosh on Aug 6, 2011 13:50:16 GMT
ok - It is deffo capable of 7.1
apparently it has auto calibration with a mic - did you do that?
and it should have a test mode where you can send white noise to each speaker to test - lookfor it in manual - test mode
it will probably also have a setting where you tell it how many speakers of each type you have (E.G. front full range, rear small, middle small, centre full, Sub etc) you will need to find that bit and in there you can probably tweak the volumes by Db
Also don't expect a lot of loud output from the middle or rear speakers - it's normally fairly quiet and enhances the main/sub speakers for effects only
You can normally tell it they are working with the Dolby Digital intro on films
and if you have some THX enabled films they normally come with a picture and sound calibration option too in the DVD menu
Forgive me asking again - you do have 2 front, 1 centre, 2 side, 2 rear and a sub don't you?
You should not need hdmi and optical for your setup - and you should probably only have the ampset to auto on hdmi too
It may be in the output settings of the player, you might have to list what they are for us to suggest the best one.
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