I wouldn't bother you with this, but the Yamaha customer service still hasn't responded to my question. Here is the deal:
2 weeks ago I bought the Yamaha YHT 540 that includes the htr 5640 receiver.
I hooked it up correctly and tested the channels they all seem to be fine. I just don't get enough sound on the surround speakers. I bought heavier gauge wires for the speakers hoping this would correct it. It didn't. Also the display on the receiver indicates the numbers of speaker involved, and it's weird because the manual says that the number of speakers indicated on the display is supposed to be the numbers of speakers active, on my display it always shows 2, even though I can here the sound from the subwoofer or the surround speakers.
It also seems that the receiver doesn't "recognize" the coding of the dvd sound. I was told by a friend to test the receiver and speakers with the movie "Underworld" and I did, I just think that the surround speakers aren't active/loud enough although I set them at +10 db's. Cut to the chase, does anyone here own the htr 5640 or perhapse has a phone number of the Ymaha support/technicians? Any suggestions how to improve this?
The nearest Best Buy store has the htr 5640 on the display shelf, but they would connect it to a dvd so that I could see how that unit is set up.
Btw, what movies would you suggest for testing the home theater, and where can I find a list of 6.1 encoded movies?
Thanks!