5.1 VS. 7.1 Setup Help

lenman1

Hello all, well my pride and joy have arrived and I'm about ready to setup everything.

I have the Onkyo 875 receiver and a nice set of 5.1 speakers. I live in an apartment at the moment so 5.1 is about all I have room for.

On the setup info all the illustrations show a 7.1 setup. There are ofcourse the 3 fronts with the sub and then the two "Surround lefts & rights" and the two "surround back left & rights." My couch is up against the wall so I'm assuming I go with the non-back surround setup. Is this correct? If anyone owns the 875 will it ask me if I have a 5.1 during setup? As always thanks for any suggestions or advice.

Loves2Watch

Yes, do not use the surround back. Make sure in the Onkyo setup that you tell it you have no speakers in the back as well. Then the Audessey auto setup will work correctly.

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lenman1

Thanks again L2W for all of your help!

Loves2Watch

Good luck and happy listening...

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Theater 1 - Panasonic TH-85PF12U Plasma TV, 6 Conrad Johnson LP275M Amps, Anthem Statement D-2 Pre/Pro, 6 Thiel SCS4 Speakers, 2 REL T-1 Subs, Infinity Interlude 120S Sub, Simaudio MOON Orbiter Universal Disc Player, ELP Laser Turntable, 2 Dish Network ViP 622 DVR's, Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Player, Onkyo DV-HD805 HD DVD Player.
Friends don't let friends buy Korean brand TV's.

Mase

Congratulatios and good luck on setting it all up(the worst part of it all ). By the way which 5.1 set did you end up going with?

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