My Two Front Speakers Have No Sound?

[carpaltonnel]

Hey guys thanks for all your help in advance. I just got the Onkyo HT s7100, with a PS3 for Blu's. I currently just want to used the two fronts, center, and sub. I read directions and feel as though I connected everything right but only the sub and center is producing sound. Why can't I hear anything out of the two fronts? People use this set up sometimes right? It most likely is a TV or reciever setting that is not right, any ideas? Thanks, audio virgin here...be gentle.

[carpaltonnel]

Hey guys thanks for all your help in advance. I just got the Onkyo HT s7100, with a PS3 for Blu's. I currently just want to used the two fronts, center, and sub. I read directions and feel as though I connected everything right but only the sub and center is producing sound. Why can't I hear anything out of the two fronts? People use this set up sometimes right? It most likely is a TV or reciever setting that is not right, any ideas? Thanks, audio virgin here...be gentle.

[carpaltonnel]

Hey guys thanks for all your help in advance. I just got the Onkyo HT s7100, with a PS3 for Blu's. I currently just want to used the two fronts, center, and sub. I read directions and feel as though I connected everything right but only the sub and center is producing sound. Why can't I hear anything out of the two fronts? People use this set up sometimes right? It most likely is a TV or reciever setting that is not right, any ideas? Thanks, audio virgin here...be gentle.

[Beta Man]

Assuming you're not watching a monaural audio track....... I'd say it's likely the receiver settings. There should be a menu with options for # of speakers, distance, etc.... I'm not familiar with that model, so hopefully someone has more detailed advice.

Can you run a test-tone setup?

[carpaltonnel]

I go to Speaker Level calibration and the center and sub are the only ones making sound? They are all set to 0.0db.

[Big Daddy]

• Check all wires and cables on the back of the receiver and the speakers. Make sure they are connected properly.
• Play some FM music. Do you hear anything from your fronts? If the answer is yes, it means you probably have a connection or setup problem between PS3 and the receiver.
• If you are using an HDMI cable, make sure the PS3 is properly set for HDMI output.
• In the PS3's menu, make sure the audio output is set to Automatic.
• In PS3's menu, turn the dynamic range to off.
• In PS3's menu, set the audio output to PCM.
• In the receiver's menu, make sure the front speakers, center, and sub are set to YES and the surround speakers are set to NO.
• In the receiver's menu, make sure, the input for the PS3 and the type of cable that connects them are set properly.
• In the receiver's menu, make sure the receiver is set properly for the type of codec you are using. In most cases, you set it to STANDARD or DIRECT.

[carpaltonnel]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

• Check all wires and cables on the back of the receiver and the speakers. Make sure they are connected properly.
• Play some FM music. Do you hear anything from your fronts? If the answer is yes, it means you probably have a connection or setup problem between PS3 and the receiver.
• If you are using an HDMI cable, make sure the PS3 is properly set for HDMI output.
• In the PS3's menu, make sure the audio output is set to Automatic.
• In PS3's menu, turn the dynamic range to off.
• In PS3's menu, set the audio output to PCM.
• In the receiver's menu, make sure the front speakers, center, and sub are set to YES and the surround speakers are set to NO.
• In the receiver's menu, make sure, the input for the PS3 and the type of cable that connects them are set properly.
• In the receiver's menu, make sure the receiver is set properly for the type of codec you are using. In most cases, you set it to STANDARD or DIRECT.

Trying all this stuff right now, wish me luck Thanks

[solarrdadd]

sounds like you either don't have the speakers connected properly or at all or you have the speakers connected onto the "B" fronts and your are using the "A" fronts or you have the fronts connected to a zone. try checking those. If you have access to the back of your receiver, take a picture with a digital camera and post it into this thread so we can see what you see.

[solarrdadd]

i just looked at the rear view of the receiver that came with the HT s7100. there is no "A-B" speaker connections, there is a zone 2 but it would be hard to mistake that given the look of the unit. make sure that on all of your speaker connections on the receiver end, all of the black terminals are - (negative) and should go to the negative terminal on the speakers and the other terminals are red and those are + (positive) and should go out to the positive terminal on the speakers. the standard color scheme for the 5 or 7.1 on your system has a ring around each of the positive terminals to desinate front L&R (red & white ring), center (green ring), surround L&R (blue & grey ring), surround back L&R (brown & beige ring)
make sure they are all connected as they should be

I just looked at your quick hook-up diagram for your HTIB and all of the speaker wires that came with it follow the color code I gave above so it should be easy to check on your connections. I'm reading your manual now.

[carpaltonnel]

I just wanted to thank everyone for all there help, esp solarrdadd. I have good news! "I just saved hundreds of dollars by switching to GEICO!" Just kidding, just kidding...I figured out why my fronts weren't working, it was because of the crappy 22 ga wire that it comes with..sux. I read the forums and when I bought the HTIB picked up a spool of 16 ga! Ran that instead and BOOM! Guess who stepped in the ROOM! MY System Rocks even with only two fronts, center, and sub hooked up. AWESOME.