Problems

JZsFinest

Infinity satellites as fronts ^^^^^^

JZsFinest

Okay I also have to crank my 303 really high to get audible sound out of one RTi8

comfortablycurt

Do you have them hooked up red-red and black-black?

I don't know why the Polk manual would say that black is positive...but red was most certainly positive when I had my RTi8's.

Tony M

Is the mute button engaged somewhere like for night viewing?

Tony M

JZsFinest wrote: »

The thing I was confused about was this: On the receiver the colored terminal is for Positive, but in the Polk manual it says the Positive is the black.

Sounds wrong to me also....;)

JZsFinest

Okay so here's an update:

I totally tore my system out of my bedroom and hooked up my old Onkyo 303 and infinity surrounds to my TV in the living room using the same optical digital cable from my TV. On the Onkyo 303 Im having to turn up the volume pretty high (Level 45, its not in reference volume here) to get output from my infinity speakers. Would this imply that something is wrong with my Optical cord from the TV? Or the TV itself? Its a brand new Samsung LCD HDTV 1080p 640 Series, never had a problem with it with anything else (but originally I didnt have my TV set up through optical digital. because my Onkyo 303 only has one optical In and I was using that for my 360 input.) HELP!

JZsFinest

It's not the TV or cable, I hooked up my MBP to the system using a Mini-to-Optial cable and played music on it, and I have to turn it up to -25 dB to get sound that would be considered "loud enough to listen to"

comfortablycurt

Do you own a DVD player or CD player? If so, play a CD through the receiver. That way we can determine if the problem lies in the TV, or if it's in the AVR/speakers.

A TV isn't exactly the best source to use for testing purposes, due to varying volume levels, inconsistent signal quality etc.

JZsFinest

I hooked it up to my MacBookPro (MBP above) and played it through iTunes using a MiniOptical-to-Optical cord. Same thing. Im just very concerned that if I keep playing these speakers at these levels to get output that Im going to damage something.

JZsFinest

Hello, I played a CD through a JVC DVD Player using Coaxial Digital hookup, and the same thing happens. -20 dB to get output from speakers. I have to turn the knob on the receiver 2 to 3 rotations to get any sound. This does not seem right.