5.1 surround speakers. i installed everything correctly but only 2 of the speakers work!?

Question

im sure all of the speakers work. cus we exchanged it cus i thought it was broken but the same thing happened. is there a format i have to change it to? or something please help :((

Answer 1

What are you listening to? And what are you using for your receiver. If you are listening to the radio or a CD then they are stereo and by default only 2 channels work. Your receiver should have a 5 channel stereo mode or other surround modes that you can choose from.

If you are listening to a DVD, then how have you connected it to your Receiver? Is it in to a jack labeled Coax or digital or is it into two jacks that are red and white (R and L)? If its into two jacks then you are not getting a 5 channel signal and need to get a digital signal from the DVD player to the Receiver.

Answer 2

You have to use a digital connection, to get true 5.1 sound out of the format, {cable box. sat box. dvd player}  if you don't have a digital connection than try switching to Dolby pro-logic.  This takes the 2 channel source and matrixes it into a 5 speaker sound.

Answer 3

Try adjusting the surround sound settings and that should work.  locate the button on your remote and press it repeatedly until u hear sound coming from all the speakers.