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No Sound from Center Channel

post #1 of 4
1/13/07 at 3:29pm
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Hello,

I have a Kennwood HTB-404 which consists of a VR-507 receiver and a KS-505HT 5.1 channel speaker system. I moved my system several months ago and noticed that on some tv shows voices appear muffled. I just got around to looking into this today. I went through all the steps of making sure the speakers were setup correctly and the settings were correct for playing digital audio. They seem to be. But, after this closer check, the problem seems to be a bigger issue than I thought.

I have Comcast digital/HDTV and the audio from the cable box is hooked up to the Video 2 coaxial digital audio input. I play DVDs through my Xbox and the audio from the Xbox is hooked up to the cd/dvd optical digital input.

The problem is, when I watch an HD channel on the TV, nothing comes out of the center channel or the surround channel speakers. Likewise, when I play a DVD nothing comes out of the center channel or the surround channel speakers. I know that the speaker wires are set up correctly because I get tones in all of the speakers when I go through the setup.

Any advice is very much appreciated!

Thanks,
Jeff
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post #2 of 4
1/13/07 at 5:39pm

Re: No Sound from Center Channel

Are you getting all 5 speakers when watching non HD channels?

I've got some obvious suggestions you might be annoyed with that they are so simple but sometimes we overlook things you know...

Is the receiver in stereo mode? Try selecting a "movie" mode or or another mode like Dolby Digital 5.1.

Also

Your problem could be as easy as hitting a button on your receiver that will select "speakers A/B"- make sure both are selected.

Joe
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post #3 of 4
1/14/07 at 6:38am
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Re: No Sound from Center Channel

Joe,

Thanks for your ideas! Both a & b speakers were selected, but your message made me think to try turning b off. It worked! Now the surround sound processes. I'm not sure why this worked, but it did. Thanks again.

Best,
Jeff
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post #4 of 4
1/16/07 at 12:28pm

Re: No Sound from Center Channel

My receiver works the same way. If speaker A&B are selected, I only get stereo from speakers A. I'm sure the internal amp that would be used for Speakers B, runs the surround channels when Spk B is not used.

Glad it worked out for you...
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