Cant hear any dialogue on center channel on pioneer receiver

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited May 2011 in Electronics
My friend was messing with the settings on my pioneer elite vsx01 thx and now I cant get any dialogue from the center channel . I try'd a factory reset from the directions in the manual but that does not solve the problem . It does not matter what listening mode I choose as it just stays the same and dialogue only comes from the 2 main channels
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited May 2011
    just sounds like its in stereo mode to me.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited May 2011
    check all settings.. he may have turned off the center channel in the menu.. my pre amp allows it to be turned off..
    be sure wires are connected to the rear of it..
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2011
    There are sounds coming through the center channel but not the dialogue . I can hear ambient sounds faintly . I have not turned off the center and there is no sound when going through all listening modes
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  • MADGSF
    MADGSF Posts: 603
    edited May 2011
    Have you tried running the MCACC auto config again? Assuming this only happens when playing a DVD were any changes made on the DVD player side?
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2011
    I did run an auto cal again and even switched out the denon bdp and try'd my marantz and its still the same
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited May 2011
    Lesson number 1: Never allow friends or family to do more than adjust the volume and only when you in the room!:biggrin:

    I hope you get it figured out!!

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2011
    That Pioneer must have a manual Test Tone. Send it around each of your speaker and see if it's going through the center.

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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2011
    Yep the test tone goes through the center

    I even swapped my tower and center channel round and its not a speaker problem either

    The only good thing about this problem is that my wife thinks we need to buy a new sound system lol .
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