Why are most of my RCA home theater speakers not working?
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I just bought the system today. It is the first one I have ever owned, so I have little knowledge of how they work. When I test the speakers, they all work fine. Could the type of DVD I use affect which speakers work at a certain time, as I have only tried older shows/movies such as The Waltons and black and white westerns? Also, when I switch over to stereo, the one speaker that usually works, stops working and two other speakers bring working fine.
Sounds like your system is working properly.
The source you’re using will influence how many speakers are used. Old TV shows, such as the Waltons, are obviously not going to be dolby surround sound.
The back of the DVD will indicate what audio options are available. Usually, it’ll be 2.1 (stereo) or 5.1 (surround) Really old material, like those black&white westerns of yours may even be in mono, but your system will simply output the same sound out of your front (but not center) speakers.
Keep in mind that "stereo" only refers to your front right and front left speakers. The other speakers will be silent. "2.1" is stereo with the subwoofer. 5.1, or Dolby Surround, should engage all 5 of your speakers as well as the subwoofer.
Some receivers may give you the option to use what I call "Fakey surround" where it will use your other speakers, but it’ll be the same sound from the left or right front speaker.
December 26th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
yes the type of dvd will effect your sound if it is not in dolby digital or dts your speakers will not work unless you have your receiver in dolby prologic. When you put your system into stereo mode that makes all the speakers not work except the front left and right, the only way to get them all to play at the same time is to put it into 5 channel stereo. In surround sound you will normally only hear the voices out of the center channel speaker and the left and right fronts and rears will not be used until the movie or program you are watching sends information to those channels.
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December 26th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Sounds like your system is working properly.
The source you’re using will influence how many speakers are used. Old TV shows, such as the Waltons, are obviously not going to be dolby surround sound.
The back of the DVD will indicate what audio options are available. Usually, it’ll be 2.1 (stereo) or 5.1 (surround) Really old material, like those black&white westerns of yours may even be in mono, but your system will simply output the same sound out of your front (but not center) speakers.
Keep in mind that "stereo" only refers to your front right and front left speakers. The other speakers will be silent. "2.1" is stereo with the subwoofer. 5.1, or Dolby Surround, should engage all 5 of your speakers as well as the subwoofer.
Some receivers may give you the option to use what I call "Fakey surround" where it will use your other speakers, but it’ll be the same sound from the left or right front speaker.
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December 26th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
If your Home theater having stereo input system than you can use stereo.Secondly,whenever you play old DVD you have to set ur system on stereo.Configuration have to Chang manually,than u will receive the best output
-Sudan
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