New here and setup my first system and questions

[Varthan]

Hey everyone!

I am pretty much a "noob" in the home theater area and am having problems with setuping up my system correctly, and any links would be appreciated!


Here is what I have:
Center: WC-24
Front Left and Right: XF-48
Surround Left and Right: WS-24
Subwoofer: XW-500d
T.V: LN46A750
Receiver: Pioneer Elite SC-05
Universal Remote: Logitech Harmony Remote 1200
Cable Box: 8240HDC
Power Strip: Monster HD IR 2550 High Definition PowerCenter
Xbox 360
Playstation 3


So after getting everything back to the house I followed the instructions to specifications but, it doesn't sound right!

Everything is connected to the receiver via MonsterCable HDMI 1000 series and then the output is through the speakers and one HDMI cable goes to the T.V

After everything was connected I proceeded to measure every speaker to be an equal distance apart and in the correct position then preformed the auto MCACC.

After all of this I put a Blue-ray movie in (The Day The Earth Still) and the receiver would not recognize the DTS-True HD from the blue ray movie and only stays in Stereo and I have tried everything, and consulted the manual. Occasionally it flickers into surround sound and when it does it only lasts 10 minutes then goes back to stereo.

Any thoughts?

Varthan