5.1 hook up

[Relic292]

I currently have the RM10 5.1 system. I went and bought the pioneer VSX-815 receiver that can take up to a 7.1 system. When I hooked up my speakers, I hooked the rare speakers into the suround back ports, but when I do the speaker calibration with the mic on my reciever it says that I need to check my surround back speakers. So then I decided to hook up my rare speakers into the surround ports where I assume that the middle speakers would go thats in between my front right and rare right speakers, and the same with the left side, in a 7.1 system. What way is the right way to set up the rare speakers on my reciever? I would think that my rare speakers should go into the surround back, but the calibration is saying other wise.

[anonymouse]

Have you checked the receiver settings to make sure it is 5.1 and not 7.1 mode. There is a setting in which you tell the receiver which speakers are actually present.

[Relic292]

yeah I do quick set up, and it asks me what my set up is and I selected 5.1 after that I do the calibration with the mic. When I do the calibration tests I can hear a faint sound when the reciever is suposed to be checking thoes mid speakers.

[higgins79]

if you are doing a 5.1 set up make sure you rear speakers are in the surround NOT surround back speaker posts

[Relic292]

K thanks for the help. Thats the ports that I have them in, I just wanted to confirm that that was where they were suposed to be pluged into.