Playing 7.1/6.1 tracks on a 5.1 system

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by aramis109

It just downmixes the 7.1 to 5.1 for you.

To further explain this, you are not loosing any channels. The Onkyo is combining the rear surround and back surround channels together. Keeping the right and left channels separate, of course.

[iamkoza]

Originally Posted by louhamilton

To further explain this, you are not loosing any channels. The Onkyo is combining the rear surround and back surround channels together. Keeping the right and left channels separate, of course.

Thanks for your help, I had thought the onkyo wouldn't touch an LPCM signal, which led me to believe that it would downmix for me. If I could only find a 7.1 test audio file I could test this out and not have to worry about it!!!