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Need help setting up surround sound speakers.
turpentyine
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I got these altec lansing vs3151 speakers that i connected to my panasonic blue ray player via a/v cables. The player is connected to my plasma via hdmi cable. So for some reason the center speaker and the two rear speakers are not producing sound only the sub and the two left right ones are producing sound. Help what am I doing wrong? I hear the hissing in the speakers so i know they are functioning
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You plugged speaker wire from your speakers into the L and R audio out, yes?
There are only two audio outs on your bluray player, how is your center and your surrounds attached?
You need to get a receiver. All your speakers get hooked up the the receiver, your components send their audio and video signals to the receiver (your bluray can do this over HDMI or component video and optical audio), and your receiver send the video to the TV along it's (the receiver's) video out.
So without a receiver, you can only get a left and right front speaker. I'm very curious how your other speakers are hooked up.
Some bluray players have surround hook ups
And just to round things out and show you the options a receiver gives you, here is a random Onkyo from GIS.
Theory: This bluray player is sending out a stereo signal (L and R front channels only). Your previous player did the same, but matrixed the sound out to all of your other speakers. In effect giving you fake surround.
Alternate theory: Your old player actually handled surround sound and your new one, as I've pointed out, does not.
If you have any more equipment in this mix, you really need to give us some models to work with. I can't troubleshoot for you if I don't know all of the components. You also didn't mention anything about having things plugged into the sub in the OP.
Please walk me through the wiring
I have never seen a sub with inputs like that before. All of the speakers are connected to the sub. What is then connected to the bluray player? The sub? By what output, the analog audio/RCA/red white? This would mean then that the bluray player is outputting stereo to the sub, which sends that signal to the speakers.
It looks like the only way for your player to output surround is over optical or HDMI.
Again: Your bluray player is sending stereo only since it is not using it's HDMI or Optical out. As is, there seems to be nothing you can do.
You are correct in that one piece of equipment will do different things than another.
Not knowing any more details on your crappy Magnavox (DVD player?), I can't explain why. Hell, I'm not even sure you were getting anything above a matrixed stereo if I understand this set up correctly.
Have you slid that switch to the 6?
The subwoofer is controlling your sound, so you need to find out how to control the subwoofer.
Then we're back at the player being the cause.
Theory 2: Unplug the hdmi cable, maybe its having trouble sending audio over two paths.