Onkyo 605 setup trouble

[aramis109]

Yeah, double-check your wiring. Make sure your surround are going in to surround left and right, not back left and right. Also make sure you don't have the polarity twisted on the cable- that'd cause it to fail.

[Augustine864]

Originally Posted by aramis109

Yeah, double-check your wiring. Make sure your surround are going in to surround left and right, not back left and right. Also make sure you don't have the polarity twisted on the cable- that'd cause it to fail.

What do you mean by have the polarity twisted?

I double checked my wiring into the back of the receiver and there is definitely nothing going into the rear surrounds. I thought maybe that my left surround speaker was busted or something, but I just put on Rambo and it is definitely working. All my speakers are working when I play the movie, but that auto setup still is not.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by Augustine864

What do you mean by have the polarity twisted?

I double checked my wiring into the back of the receiver and there is definitely nothing going into the rear surrounds. I thought maybe that my left surround speaker was busted or something, but I just put on Rambo and it is definitely working. All my speakers are working when I play the movie, but that auto setup still is not.

I mean like have the negative on the speaker hooked up to the positive on the receiver and vice-versa.

... I guess a better question would be to ask what kind of connections your speakers have on the back.

*edit* Though if it's working for movies... bleh. Maybe I'd give Onkyo a call, seeing your issues here and in the other thread.

[Augustine864]

Originally Posted by aramis109

I mean like have the negative on the speaker hooked up to the positive on the receiver and vice-versa.

... I guess a better question would be to ask what kind of connections your speakers have on the back.

*edit* Though if it's working for movies... bleh. Maybe I'd give Onkyo a call, seeing your issues here and in the other thread.

I think I may have just had extraordinary expectations based on everything I've read. Everything sounds "good" to me, I just don't know what HD Audio is supposed to sound like, so I'm unsure if I'm hearing it. It's been nearly a year since I've heard any standard surround though, so I have nothing to compare this new sound to.

Anyway, yeah I don't know what is going on with the auto-setup so I did e-mail Onkyo. Hopefully I will hear back from them in a reasonable amount of time.

[Slec]

Something else good to try is to have the 605 produce test tones.

Sit in your most preferred position
Close your eyes and adjust the volume on each speaker until they all have the same volume level where you're sitting. (Use the d-pad up/down and left/right for adjustments). not as good as Audyssey, but it'll do until you can figure out what is going on with everything else.

[Augustine864]

Originally Posted by Slec

Something else good to try is to have the 605 produce test tones.

Sit in your most preferred position
Close your eyes and adjust the volume on each speaker until they all have the same volume level where you're sitting. (Use the d-pad up/down and left/right for adjustments). not as good as Audyssey, but it'll do until you can figure out what is going on with everything else.

I'll have to do that, thanks for the tip.

[vicdog]

So what ever happened? Did you get your onkyo setup to work?