How do I play music through all speakers, not just the front two? I know Onkyo receivers have an "all channel" option, does this?
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Yes, you can listen to music from all speakers. Press and hold the 'music' button and you will see the option to select different sound modes. IMO, 5 channel stereo, or DPL II sound best. You do the same with 2.0 encoded movies or TV shows. This time you press and hold the 'movie' button and select one of the sound modes. I prefer DPL II Movie.
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Audio setup will identify all speakers that are connected and enable them. If you're watching a movie or just TV and the audio only comes out of the front two speakers it's because the program/movie is encoded that way, i.e. Without Surround Sound.
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To clarify, the receiver can output video to 2 TVs at the same time, but not audio. I have this setup now. I have the ONKYO receiver sending video to my main TV as well as to my bar TV. Sound goes through the receiver speakers, not the TV.
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I know you can't send a digital sourced signal to zone 2 or three with the onkyo, don't know about the Denon. I have the Onkyo after looking at the Denon and could't justify the price difference since I didn't need internet radio. I'm really happy, I have no need of zone 2 or 3.
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Yes, I do the same thing running 2 sets of speakers on the "B" Channel and 1 set on the "A" channel. Shouldn't matter what brand of receiver.
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Good question...I have mines up top too, it does not sound bad. What receiver or amplifier are you using or how many watts per channel?I have an Onkyo 80 watts per channel and it sounds pretty good but I am in the process of getting the Onkyo 828.Check your settings, db
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You can hook multiple speakers, but you won't get all the music from them. The amp is mono meaning it plays only one channel of music. Stereo music has two channels (at least) and needs both playing to sound "correct" This is not the right amp for that setup.
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I figured out that I cannot configure my receiver to play music in 3 different rooms. With 2 rooms, I can configure it to play the same sound as well as different sounds simultaneously. Only catch is that when configured to play 2 sounds I cannot control volume in the second zone.ps: Wby sound(s) I mean sound sources
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James, not familiar w/ that reciever, the onkyo speakers probably would work well with your reciever, great speakers.
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Try this On your remote down toward the bottom find the "surround" button. Click over till your screen shows "Multi Channel Stereo" that is the setting I put it on for all speakers to work.
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You can play sound from all speakers at any time, but will only be true surround sound if the device your playing from is capable.
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If you have a good Quality surround receiver(Yamaha, Marantz, Onkyo ETC.), go ahead and use them with the receiver. It is designed to have a nice set of fronts. JIm
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A/V Guru: I was wondering if you could elaborate on the core differences between the Onkyo HT-S3300 and the Denon DHT-391XP. I currently only have an Xbox 360 and a HD cable box, and am looking for a system that can handle those two components as well as (which is the actual reason for getting the system) my music (via computer and Ipod). As this is the main reason for investing in a system, I would prefer to have a quality base setup. Looks like the Onkyo has a few more features on the receiver, and I was wondering if you could let me know why those are there (pretty naive on this whole subject, sorry). I see that the Onkyo has the "green, blue, and red" input cords like those that come from the Xbox, while the Denon does not. And the sony receivers systems in this price range seem to be much sleeker (but input wise more similar to the denon). So does it sound like I actually need all of the extra inputs that the Onkyo offers? And with all this in mind do you have recommendation
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There is an analog out and an optical out... either running RCAs or optical cable. The unit doesn't have enough power to run speakers on it's own... that is why a separate receiver is needed. If you have a set of powered computer speakers with a volume that is also another option as long as it has RCAs or optical in!!
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Straight stereo receivers have speaker A/B buttons that allow you to do that. Surround sound receivers don't usually. If you want to use this unit that way you'll have to run the front left and right speaker wires into an external speaker selector box and then from there run two more sets of wires to wherever you want to place the speakers.
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I was wondering the same thing. It's a shame onkyo doesn't list compatible stands on their website. I've been searching and not finding anything. I just got my system and will take it out of the box and see what we are looking at. Do you ever find anything usefull for mounting or just stands?
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Yes, you can do a quadraphonic setup on the receiver to play four speakers. You will have to set the system to 4 Ohms to evenly distribute the power which is recommended by Onkyo. It will not be true surround, just 4-way stereo, hence quadraphonic stereo.
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Hi Nicholas Honestly I have never used it for that purpose, sorry I have an Onkyo receiver that does that for me. Sorry I have been pleased with its general function however, quick disc download etc.Good Luck.