Buy:Lucas McCain
03-26-09, 08:08 AM
I have a Yamaha HTR-5240 receiver that has never given me any problems and I have always used the speakers that came with it. I just moved into a new house with a built in sound system (2 front speakers in the wall and 2 rear speakers in the ceiling) and I have gotten all the speakers to work, just not at the same time and I can't figure out why.
The speaker terminals in the wall have 8 outlets (4 red and 4 black obviously) and the previous owner didn't label them so I don't know which one is which speaker. The first time I hooked it up I assumed the top 2 were the Left Front and Left Right so I hooked them ALL up according to that theory and 4 out of 5 speakers worked. (No front right). By the way, I'm using my original center speaker so that makes 5 total speakers.
After trying that unsuccessfully, I swapped wires and assumed the bottom 2 were the front speakers so I hooked everything up like that and still got only 4 out of 5 speakers to work but this time BOTH front speakers worked and I had no right rear speaker! The wires aren't bad and apparently all the speakers work so that's not an issue. I haven't changed anything on my receiver since I last used it at my old house so can someone please help me? Any suggestions on what I should try next?
The speaker terminals in the wall have 8 outlets (4 red and 4 black obviously) and the previous owner didn't label them so I don't know which one is which speaker. The first time I hooked it up I assumed the top 2 were the Left Front and Left Right so I hooked them ALL up according to that theory and 4 out of 5 speakers worked. (No front right). By the way, I'm using my original center speaker so that makes 5 total speakers.
After trying that unsuccessfully, I swapped wires and assumed the bottom 2 were the front speakers so I hooked everything up like that and still got only 4 out of 5 speakers to work but this time BOTH front speakers worked and I had no right rear speaker! The wires aren't bad and apparently all the speakers work so that's not an issue. I haven't changed anything on my receiver since I last used it at my old house so can someone please help me? Any suggestions on what I should try next?