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Surround Sound Issue [message #66563] Mon, 07 March 2011 17:31 Go to next message
JakeQ is currently offline  JakeQ
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I hooked up my dvd player with surround sound. The surround only works when I'm playing a dvd, not while watching tv. Do you think that it has something to do with my pvr?
Re: Surround Sound Issue [message #66564 is a reply to message #66563] Mon, 07 March 2011 20:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Adveser is currently offline  Adveser
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You have to hook an RCA cable from the TV to the amplifier then manually go into the TV setup and tell it to output the signal to the Output Channel rather than the speakers. You are usually given the option to select whether to keep the volume static at line level or make it adjustable form the TV for passive external speakers.

Re: Surround Sound Issue [message #66577 is a reply to message #66564] Tue, 08 March 2011 09:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Beyond the matter of actually connecting the audio outputs to amplifiers and speakers, very few television programs provide audio tracks with surround information. They usually only provide two-channel sound.

Re: Surround Sound Issue [message #66602 is a reply to message #66577] Thu, 10 March 2011 08:36 Go to previous message
audioaudio90 is currently offline  audioaudio90
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Wayne makes a good point. We have all our audio going to our 7.1 system instead of TV speakers, but most of the time it just comes out of the front two anyway.
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