Dissatisfied: Bad setup or bad receiver or mismatched speakers

vsa1977
vsa1977 Posts: 6
edited March 2011 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Hi,

I am new to the Own your own Home Theater System and I am currently totally dissatisfied with my setup.

I recently purchased a receiver (Yamaha RX-V463) from craigslist and from there went on to purchase Monitor 60 (pair), CS1 and a PSW110 (newegg).

After setting up everything, I am not satisfied with my system and I wonder if I am doing anything wrong.

I have got Monster XP cables with Banana plugs for all the speakers except the woofer.

On the amp, I have setup the Front as Large, Center as Large and SubWfr out as Both, Crossover at 80hz. With this option, I am able to hear the sub (after sound level adjustments for sub), but the speech seems very low. No matter what I do, If I stream netflix with (2 channel audio), I cannot hear much of what they are saying till I increase the volume. If I increase the Center channel audio, I think I am basically not using the Left and Right speakers too much since they are drowned out.

Even if I set the Front and Center as small, and the SubWfr Out to Sub, I dont not hear things clearly with 2 channel audio. Since I have a 2.1 system, I was thinking a 2 channel audio will be best for me... but it looks like my center channel is useless untill I play a blu ray with 5.1 channel audio.

Finally I have an option to set up Center channel Eq settings... I may need help with this. I don't know what to set it at since I mostly cannot make out any difference in changing this.

If anyone out there know about the settings please help me... I may need help in the following questions

1. What do I set my Front, Center speaker to be "Small" or "Large"?
2. What do you think is an average crossover? From 40 to 200?
3. Any help in Eq settings?
4. Any advice on the speakers? Are they a matched pair or should I change any of them?

FYI, My bedroom size is 17ftX12ft and the speakers are one end of the 17ft and we are at the other end of the 17ft wall in Bed... this is mostly a bedroom HT system with 2.1 channel audio as of now.

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Mains - polkaudio Monitor 60II
Center - polkaudio CS1
Sub - polkaudio PSW110
Receiver - Yamaha RX-V463
Audio Connection - Digital Aux (NOT HDMI Audio)
Speaker Wiring - Monster Xp with Banana Plugs
Sub Wiring - Monoprice Coaxial RCA (Sub Output on Receiver --> LFE Input on Sub)
Display - Sony HDTV
Blu-ray - Sony Blu Ray
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited March 2011
    I dont know about the eq, keiko is a yammy owner and he could help

    I would set them 60's to large or cross em at 30 .Hopefully you never paid alot of money as you could easily have scored a yammy 663 and above for as little as $250. The 6 series and up have pre outs so that you may hook up a power amplifier

    Maybe you could buy another cs1 and use ithe 2 of them for rear channels and then pick up a cs2 for great ht performance
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  • vsa1977
    vsa1977 Posts: 6
    edited March 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    ...
    I would set them 60's to large or cross em at 30....

    Thanks for your reply...

    If I set the Front's as Large, then I do not hear anything from the Subwoofer till I set the "SubSwfr out" as "Both". If I set the SubSwfr out as "Sub" only, then I do not hear anything from my Sub.

    The Crossover... if I set them as 30, should the Front be Large or Small...

    Sorry, but I am as confused as ever.

    What about the Center? Small or Large?

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    Mains - polkaudio Monitor 60II
    Center - polkaudio CS1
    Sub - polkaudio PSW110
    Receiver - Yamaha RX-V463
    Audio Connection - Digital Aux (NOT HDMI Audio)
    Speaker Wiring - Monster Xp with Banana Plugs
    Sub Wiring - Monoprice Coaxial RCA (Sub Output on Receiver --> LFE Input on Sub)
    Display - Sony HDTV
    Blu-ray - Sony Blu Ray
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,717
    edited March 2011
    Since I have a 2.1 system, I was thinking a 2 channel audio will be best for me...

    You don't have a 2.1 system, you have a 3.1 system.
    No matter what I do, If I stream netflix with (2 channel audio), I cannot hear much of what they are saying till I increase the volume.

    2 channel audio means no center or sub info. Try the 5.1 setting.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,988
    edited March 2011
    Set all your speakers to small, in the receivers menu,crossover at around 80, also on the back of the sub, crossover should be set to the highest value. Done.
    Does your receiver have any kind of auto calibration ?
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  • vsa1977
    vsa1977 Posts: 6
    edited March 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    ....
    2 channel audio means no center or sub info. Try the 5.1 setting.

    I would love to get 5.1 channel audio, but my Blue Ray with Netflix only outputs 2 Channel Audio. The Receiver Audio Input only shows R and L channel lit up when Netflix is on.

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    Mains - polkaudio Monitor 60II
    Center - polkaudio CS1
    Sub - polkaudio PSW110
    Receiver - Yamaha RX-V463
    Audio Connection - Digital Aux (NOT HDMI Audio)
    Speaker Wiring - Monster Xp with Banana Plugs
    Sub Wiring - Monoprice Coaxial RCA (Sub Output on Receiver --> LFE Input on Sub)
    Display - Sony HDTV
    Blu-ray - Sony Blu Ray
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  • vsa1977
    vsa1977 Posts: 6
    edited March 2011
    tonyb wrote: »
    Set all your speakers to small, in the receivers menu,crossover at around 80, also on the back of the sub, crossover should be set to the highest value. Done.
    Does your receiver have any kind of auto calibration ?

    My Receiver does have auto calibration, but since I got the reciever off craigslist, I did not get the calibration mic. Yamaha online posts reveal that any ordinary mic will not produce expected results. Hence I am stuck with manual configuration.

    Does anyone have a spare Yammy Auto Calibration Mic? I am unable to find it online.

    __________________
    Mains - polkaudio Monitor 60II
    Center - polkaudio CS1
    Sub - polkaudio PSW110
    Receiver - Yamaha RX-V463
    Audio Connection - Digital Aux (NOT HDMI Audio)
    Speaker Wiring - Monster Xp with Banana Plugs
    Sub Wiring - Monoprice Coaxial RCA (Sub Output on Receiver --> LFE Input on Sub)
    Display - Sony HDTV
    Blu-ray - Sony Blu Ray
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,717
    edited March 2011
    vsa1977 wrote: »
    I would love to get 5.1 channel audio, but my Blue Ray with Netflix only outputs 2 Channel Audio. The Receiver Audio Input only shows R and L channel lit up when Netflix is on.

    Ok, so why are you expecting there to be center and sub info?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • vsa1977
    vsa1977 Posts: 6
    edited March 2011
    Thanks for the info Keiko.. I will get the mic and see if I can tweak the settings. I will need to look at DSP... wow.. so much to learn... thot it will be as simple as apple pie.

    __________________
    Mains - polkaudio Monitor 60II
    Center - polkaudio CS1
    Sub - polkaudio PSW110
    Receiver - Yamaha RX-V463
    Audio Connection - Digital Aux (NOT HDMI Audio)
    Speaker Wiring - Monster Xp with Banana Plugs
    Sub Wiring - Monoprice Coaxial RCA (Sub Output on Receiver --> LFE Input on Sub)
    Display - Sony HDTV
    Blu-ray - Sony Blu Ray
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited March 2011
    Since you purchased used you may want to run the factory reset on that unit if it still gives you problems after getting the proper mic and running YPAO.
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  • mtdewcowboy
    mtdewcowboy Posts: 15
    edited March 2011
    My netflix is in 5.1 but its through a xbox 360 hooked up
    HDMI connection
    Pioneer 515 vsx
    Polk Monitor 50's Fronts
    Polk Monitor 30's Surrounds
    Polk CS10 Center
    Yamaha yst-sw216 Sub
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