Question re: RXV2600 Zone 2/3

MichaelWR · 05-21-2007, 03:36 PM

I have a Yamaha RXV2600 set up in my main living area as a 5.1 system. I am using the presence speaker terminals to power a pair of Polk Audio Atrium 55 speakers on the back porch. It works without any trouble if I want to listen to the tuner or a CD outside while watching TV inside. However, I haven't found a way to listen to the SAME source at the SAME time both inside and outside. What am I doing wrong?

Also, I haven't been able to listen to Digital Cable Radio on the outside speakers. I think this might have something to do with not being allowed to send a digital signal to Zone 2. I currently have the cable box audio output going into the optical audio input of the receiver. Could I get around this issue by using analog RCA cables to connect the cable box sound to the receiver? Can I use analog AND digital cables at the same time, so the receiver uses the digital signal for the main zone and the analog signal for zone 2? I would appreciate any help you can provide. If these questions have already been answered somewhere else in the forum, I haven't been able to find it.

Thanks,
Mike

MichaelWR · 05-22-2007, 11:13 AM

Follow-up: Last night I tried connecting the cable audo to the receiver using an RCA cable. I was able to send audio to the outdoor speakers, but the sound level was very low compared to when I sent audio from the CD player or tuner to those speakers. For grins, I changed the receiver Cbl/Sat audio setting from Auto to Analog. This resulted in the same low auido level from the main speakers. Any thoughts on why this would happen? I should note that the only spare RCA audio patch cord I had laying around was very inexpensive and made from small gauge wire. Could the quality of the cable make THAT much difference?

Wayne A. Pflughaupt · 05-22-2007, 12:51 PM

The quality of the cables won’t matter – for this at least. If you got the same low volume from the main speakers as well as the outside ones when you switched to from Auto to Analog, then that’s just the “nature of the beast” – not much you’ll be able to do about it except turn up the volume.

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However, I haven't found a way to listen to the SAME source at the SAME time both inside and outside.

Still having trouble with that, or were you able to figure it out?

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt



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