no sound from rears on sky

[admin_exported]

i dont know why i am not getting any sound out of my rears when watching sky hd,but when i watch a movie through my ps3 no problem.
If you see from my previos posts i hade may amp on the wrong impediance and previously had my rears conected to the bi-amp rears on onkyo 606.
the only thing i have done is correct my wrongs and re-set my speakers up,any sugestions are welcomed,thanks.

 

[Big Chris]

Please disregard. The information you seek is in posts below this!

 

[Cofnchtr]

Hi,

Do you have an optical or coaxial connection to the amp? HDMI only outputs stereo on SKYHD.

Cheers,

Cofnchtr.

 

[Messiah]

How is it connected to the receiver??

If I remember from other posts (I have Virgin) it needs to be connected using Optical rather than HDMI to get the surround info as HDMI just sends a stereo signal.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes optical is in,I have not changed any settings other than the ones i had to.

 

[Cofnchtr]

Hi,

Have you assigned the amp to accept the video signal from HDMI and sound from the optical?

Have you also checked the SKY settings and that DD is set to output over optical?

Not all programmes are in 5.1 - make sure you have a DD signal when checking.

Cheers,

Cofnchtr.

 

[Anonymous]

no dd signal coming on amp,have not changed setting on sky box,it was allready on dd.

 

[Anonymous]

Not all HD programs broadcast in full 5.1 have you checked all HD channels? best to check a Film on Sky Box Office or Live Prem football on SkySports

 

[Cofnchtr]

Hi,

If you take the HDMI lead out of the rear of the amp do you still get sound?

Cheers,

Cofnchtr.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks for the advice,i have noticed that the amp was not assined to the optical.
Iam now getting surround sound when watching a dd program on sky,but no sound from rears when watching something which is not dd,is this correct,because when i had my rears connected to the bi-amp surr on amp i was getting sound on all programs,thanks in advance.

 

[Messiah]

When watching something that is not DD or in surround then you should not get any sound out of the rears. However, you may have been getting sound before because it was also sending the front left and right sounds to the rears if they were set up in Bi-Amp mode.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that ,everything working fine,on another note my amp is in a cabinet is there anything i could use to turn amp volume up and down without having one door open,thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

Is it me, but I am getting surround sound on every channel in sky hd, no matter what it is.

The only time I dont is when watching iplayer on my ps3, weird eh!

 

[Anonymous]

Hi canada16,have you checked the connections on rear of amp as my amp confused me because when i had it new the factory setting was on bi-amp so when i connected speakers to surr,no sound,but when connected to bi-amp surr the speakers worked it wasnt untill i moved the amp into another room and started to play with different settings that i discovered it was setup wrong!

 

[Dave_]

canada16:
Is it me, but I am getting surround sound on every channel in sky hd, no matter what it is.

The only time I dont is when watching iplayer on my ps3, weird eh!

Can only assume your using a Dolby Digital Pro Logic setting on your amp,which will create 5.1 surround from a stereo soundtrack.

 

[Anonymous]

Not sure if I set up right, as my first home 5.1

But watched GI JOE yesterday on blu-ray, and I was drooling, amazing sound so must be set up right.

Like I said only dont get rear sound on bbc iplayer going through my amp thats about it.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi daveh75,my onkyo 606 is on the dd pro logic II setting and i am not getting surround from rears on all chanells just the ones with dd,any ideas.

 

[Anonymous]

Just put my ear up against rears and can hear sound coming out but is disorteded,any ideas.