Rear speakers not firing up

[rmsarma]

I have a 5.1 setup using the Pioneer VSX 1120k, and have the Inifinity primus P162 for front and rear, but i can't seem to get sound on the rear at all, am i missing something here ??

 

[j_garcia]

Did you run the auto calibration or check the speaker settings to make sure they are enabled? Did you connect them to the SIDE surround outs or the REAR surround outs? In a 5.1 config, they are not the rears, they are actually the sides AFAIK.

 

[markw]

First, recheck your wiring. Sometimes people connect rears up to "B" speaker terminals.

Second, check your speaker assignments. Read your manual for this.

Most receivers send sequential tones to the individual speakers for balancing. Find this option and try that.

Do you have an "All channel stereo"* mode? If so, this should send something to all your channels. Try that.

Movies generally don't have much action in the surround channels and are usually pretty silent aside from an occasional gunshot or some ambiance cues. Could this be the case?

* Or something like that...