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   From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    geoff  wrote:   
      
   > On 14/06/2022 2:24 pm, super70s wrote:   
   > > In article ,   
   > >   kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> super70s   wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>> BTW this receiver I'm using isn't even a more modern "5.1" surround   
   > >>> type, it's an old "Dolby Surround Pro-Logic" from early in the century.   
   > >>> I have HDMI running from the Blu-ray player to the TV but for the TV's   
   > >>> audio out to the receiver I use the old RCA jacks (the only kind the   
   > >>> receiver will accept).   
   > >>   
   > >> Okay, so THIS is the first important piece of information that you left   
   off   
   > >> of your question.   
   > >>   
   > >> Even so... what makes you think going through the CD input will go through   
   > >> the pro-logic decoder?   
   > >> The center and surround channels should be silent.   
   > >> If they are not, you have the receiver configured incorrectly.   
   > >> --scott   
   > >   
   > > I've never used a true surround sound receiver until now (it's still in   
   > > transit) and I assumed (wrongly I guess) all four speakers would be   
   > > activated even when using the CD or phono modes.   
   > >   
   > > I was just interested in hearing CDs and LPs from the front speakers   
   > > only with a surround set up, the way I've been listening to music for 50   
   > > years.   
   > >   
   > > With my previous straight stereo receiver I just had the front speakers   
   > > hooked up to "A" and the rear speakers hooked up to "B" and I could turn   
   > > the rear speakers on and off when watching video or listening to CDs   
   > > accordingly.   
   >   
   >   
   > Well it wasn't a 'straight stereo receiver' then !   
   >   
   > geoff   
      
   I don't think I've ever owned a receiver that didn't have A and B   
   speaker terminals, even my two almost 50-year-old Marantzes from the   
   1970s.   
      
   Right now I have all the audio from the TV (which includes the Blu-ray   
   as well as an old VCR) going into one source on the receiver. With the   
   surround sound receiver I think I'm going to try to hook the audio from   
   the Blu-ray directly into the receiver (in addition to the HDMI) and   
   also run the VCR audio into its own source on the receiver. I guess that   
   would be the better set up.   
      
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