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In Reply to: Re: Volume levels w/ Sony Reciever posted by Sam M on January 22, 2003 at 10:36:42:
Man, this thing is driving me nuts!
Well, there was no difference if I switched it to 2ch mode w/ cable. I guess I can live with it if it's a shortcoming of this receiver. The thing that is really driving me nuts is I can't get surround sound from the cable box. The display on the reciever reads Pro Logic and it has these indicators that show which spkrs are operative. These are boxes w/ letters in them. If you can imagine boxes around these letters, it looks kind of like this:
SW
L C RSL S SR
What I get w/ cable is the letters SW, L, C, and R all with boxes around them. On the bottom line I get boxes but no letters for SL and SR and the single S is there but has no box. That S according to the manual means "Surround (monaural or the surround components obtained by Pro Logic processing)." The manual is very lacking in it's descriptions. Maybe I AM, in fact getting some sort of surround but I'm just not realizing it? All these different formats confuse me. I don't really hear anything from the rear spkrs though.
Right now I'm using the left and right audio outs of my cable box into the receiver. But this morning based on some advice I received, I snagged the digital audio coax cable from my DVD and ran it from the cable box to the receiver and I still got the same result no matter what channel I went to.
I know I've spun the topic off into another area but I'm just really frustrated by this mess.
Follow Ups:
you will only get the SL/SR to light up when you have DISCRETE surround being broadcasted....like in Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1, but most programs being broadcasted will be in Stereo or Prologic.... if you have surround turned-on on the receiver.... most of the times you WILL get Prologic (like you are seing, the back channels are not discrete, but same channel) and only will get the 5.1 when watching some pay per views or some programs on some channels! (or HDTV)Sam
Okay, thanks Sam!!! Driving myself nuts over nothin'!
Well, let me ask you this then. In order to get 5.1 when it's available, do I have to have either the digital coax or optical line hooked up from the cable box? Or will the left and right outputs by themselves do?
Thanks for your help,
Greg
you need the digital (optical or coaxial) to get 5.1, otherwise you will only get ProLogic... On some Sony receivers you can select the type of input you are using for a specific component... make sure you are selecting optical or coaxial..Sam
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