Of course you guys are correct. I'll attribute my blunder to the fact that I had just got home from my first day back at work after 2 weeks vacation and worked 12 hrs, from 7pm Sun. to 7am today. Even the simplest yes/no answers are sometimes a challenge after a 12 hr midnight shift.
Anyway, I reasoned that the TV processing would send signal to all speakers, but in stereo, would only send signal to L/R. If the cc were playing in stereo mode, it must be hooked up as either L or R. I just got MY wires crossed.
I guess I'm out some doughnuts.