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  1. Jason Charlton

    Noob with lots of questions

    OK, there's some good information there. First of all, Bi-amping with a standard A/V receiver really doesn't have a whole lot of benefit - and with a sound bar, the benefit is probably even further diminished (if, as Martin said, it's even possible). That being said, if you DO want to...
  2. Jason Charlton

    Noob with lots of questions

    What speakers are you using? Any chance they are low impedance speakers (i.e. less than 6 ohms)? I know it might be tedious, but physically disconnecting and reconnecting the speaker wire connections on the back of the receiver might be worth a try if nothing else seems to work. Be sure to...
  3. Jason Charlton

    Noob with lots of questions

    It's very common for folks who are new to full-featured A/V receivers to not quite get this concept, but the receiver should be the "hub" of your system, not the TV. As Martin said, all of your sources should connect both video and audio direct to the receiver first. Then the video signal...
  4. Jason Charlton

    Noob with lots of questions

    There's no reason you should be using ARC for Blu-Ray. I'm guessing you have your Blu-Ray connected directly to the TV via HDMI. The Geek Squad is telling you to run optical from TV to receiver, but that's a REALLY bad idea, because you'll definitely lose lossless Blu-ray audio, and will...
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