Whats the trick to getting Zone 2 to work on my Onkyo 806?

[BLindsay]

So i finally found a use for zone 2 so i hooked up some extra speakers i had and set Zone2 to ACT and the output to variable and i selected the input but i get nothing out of zone2. any ideas?

edit: my front speakers are not bi-amp'd and i dont have any surround backs (its only 5.1)


edit2: i think i may have found it "Only components connected to analog inputs can be
played in Zone 2"

edit3: ok so yeah it was that only analog inputs work on zone2. Anyone have any idea why this is? seems pretty lame

[ZIPPO]

Originally Posted by BLindsay

So i finally found a use for zone 2 so i hooked up some extra speakers i had and set Zone2 to ACT and the output to variable and i selected the input but i get nothing out of zone2. any ideas?

edit: my front speakers are not bi-amp'd and i dont have any surround backs (its only 5.1)


edit2: i think i may have found it "Only components connected to analog inputs can be
played in Zone 2"

edit3: ok so yeah it was that only analog inputs work on zone2. Anyone have any idea why this is? seems pretty lame

Anti-piracy, I reckon.
Some of the latest receiver models are starting to allow digital( HDMI ) output to extra zones.