Rear speakers stopped working...help.

[mags14570]

I have an ONKYO SR-606 AMP--for some reason the rear speakers have stopped working during films--work fine on all intro stuff before films start but then--nothing from rear speakers--i havent changed any audio settings at all--

just noticed that speakers do work if i click the french soundtrack or italian soundtrack--but not the english---please help.

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by mags14570

I have an ONKYO SR-606 AMP--for some reason the rear speakers have stopped working during films--work fine on all intro stuff before films start but then--nothing from rear speakers--i havent changed any audio settings at all--please help.

first how is your system setup? I mean listening mode wise. next from your statement above, are you saying that when they do movie trailers and are in DD 5.1 that you get sound from your surround speakers then, but not during a movie that is in 5.1? Oh yeah, when you say rear (because your receiver is 7.1) are you talking surrounds or surround backs? this is why you should always start off or end up with all your equipment including model & brand.
Don't forget to tell us what kind of player you have, tell us everything to help speed this plow.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by mags14570

just noticed that speakers do work if i click the french soundtrack or italian soundtrack--but not the english---please help.

How many films are you having this issue on? And yes.... more info needed.

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by mags14570

I have an ONKYO SR-606 AMP--for some reason the rear speakers have stopped working during films--work fine on all intro stuff before films start but then--nothing from rear speakers--i havent changed any audio settings at all--

just noticed that speakers do work if i click the french soundtrack or italian soundtrack--but not the english---please help.

what the....

please don't edit it, give us a complete listing of your equipment and the movies you've had this trouble with. if you want help/advise.

[mags14570]

Hi--sorry about the lack of info --i have the Onkyo sr 606 with a slim ps3 ---hooked up via HDMI --first noticed rear speakers not working while watching uk issue of terminator salvation (dts-HD ) and then USA issue of transformers (not cartoon movie ) which is DOLBY TRUE HD---then tried uk issue of the dark knight (DOLBY TRUE HD ) and uk issue of DEJAVU (Denzel )--dtsHD and both these films worked fine on rear speakers--i really dont know what is going on.....

[lokir1]

Originally Posted by mags14570

Hi--sorry about the lack of info --i have the Onkyo sr 606 with a slim ps3 ---hooked up via HDMI --first noticed rear speakers not working while watching uk issue of terminator salvation (dts-HD ) and then USA issue of transformers (not cartoon movie ) which is DOLBY TRUE HD---then tried uk issue of the dark knight (DOLBY TRUE HD ) and uk issue of DEJAVU (Denzel )--dtsHD and both these films worked fine on rear speakers--i really dont know what is going on.....

5.1 sound tracks your only gonna get side surround outta these movies unless u matrix the audio jus guessing but id have to say u set ur onk to matrix dd like plIIx mode but probably left the option for pcm dtshd and dolby truhd to just that so when u watch trailers n all in dd ur getting matrixed rear surround sound but when the movie actually starts the onk clicks and goes to 5.1 as it should

[Beta Man]

Sounds like you have the Dolby-Digital setting configured to matrix, and the Lossless (when selected) isn't set to matrix..... I would leave it "as is"

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by mags14570

Hi--sorry about the lack of info --i have the Onkyo sr 606 with a slim ps3 ---hooked up via HDMI --first noticed rear speakers not working while watching uk issue of terminator salvation (dts-HD ) and then USA issue of transformers (not cartoon movie ) which is DOLBY TRUE HD---then tried uk issue of the dark knight (DOLBY TRUE HD ) and uk issue of DEJAVU (Denzel )--dtsHD and both these films worked fine on rear speakers--i really dont know what is going on.....

Originally Posted by lokir1

5.1 sound tracks your only gonna get side surround outta these movies unless u matrix the audio jus guessing but id have to say u set ur onk to matrix dd like plIIx mode but probably left the option for pcm dtshd and dolby truhd to just that so when u watch trailers n all in dd ur getting matrixed rear surround sound but when the movie actually starts the onk clicks and goes to 5.1 as it should

thats the other thing you didn't state as requested, how many speakers do you have 5 or 7? sometimes people say rear speakers when they mean surround or surround side speakers. more times than not rear speakers mean surround back which would mean there are 7 speakers involved.
also what do you have your ps3 slim set for audio?

[mags14570]

Hi--sorry i have 5 speakers--on the front of the amp when terminator salvation is playing the display shows DTS--HD MASTER--no sound from rear speakers.

[kingofgrills]

Please give us as much detailed information as you can, including equipment, type of connections used, receiver sound settings, etc. What are the specific circumstances that the rear speakers work and don't work? What sound codec is used when they work?

The more information you can provide, the better we can help you diagnose the problem.

[mags14570]

Really sorry guys--i have a slim ps3 with hdmi into onkyo sr606 amp--then hdmi from amp into sony 40" bravia lcd-- Mordaunt short alumini 5.1 speaker set up ---AUDIO OUTPUT FORMAT HDMI ON PS3 IS SET TO BITSTREAM AND AUDIO OUTPUT FORMAT OPTICAL DIGITAL IS SET TO BITSTREAM--basically from 3 front speakers i get spoken word from centre speaker and music etc from front 2 speakers --if i set these 2 to linear then i get sound from rear speakers but i get spoken word from all 3 front speakers and rear---does anyone on this forum live near to peterborough in cambridgeshire???

[superstareddie]

you could try resetting the ps3, turn it off, unplug it, plug it back in, press and hold power button and wait for two beeps, ps3 will turn its self off after the two beeps, then turn it on as normal and set up the resolution, input and output for video/audio etc I then set the output to bitstream (im using optical cable) and now it works....

hope it works for you, i did it after my rear speakers stopped playing for blurays (worked for games tho )

I am using a 2009 ht-tx725 samsung home cinema in a box system with true colours industries coral optical cable and a ps3 slim connected to samsung series 7 40" led (lcd) tv with qed hdmi-p cable

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by mags14570

Hi--sorry i have 5 speakers--on the front of the amp when terminator salvation is playing the display shows DTS--HD MASTER--no sound from rear speakers.

You wouldn't happen to have the surround speakers hooked up to the rear surround inputs on the back of the receiver would you? This may explain why you get the intro stuff on them as you stated, but you lose the audio when a 5.1 track is played. Just taking a stab at this and throwing something else out there to think about........

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by Fors*

You wouldn't happen to have the surround speakers hooked up to the rear surround inputs on the back of the receiver would you? This may explain why you get the intro stuff on them as you stated, but you lose the audio when a 5.1 track is played. Just taking a stab at this and throwing something else out there to think about........

That's been a common mistake with today's 7.1 receivers. Check to make sure the surround speakers are plugged into the 'surround speakers' terminals, not the 'surround back speakers' terminals.

Also, why do you have the optical digital out on the PS3 set to anything? You aren't trying to output from both HDMI and optical at the same time, are you? I don't think this is it (as you are getting the Onkyo HD audio lights to come on), but thought I'd ask.

[JBL4645]

LOL [sigh] this is why they don’t read the user manual! Please read the users manual page for page and absorb the information.