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Surround Speaker Confusion with Denon Receiver

Hope someone can clear this up for me. I have a Denon AVR 3300, 5.1 receiver. It actually has 2 side channel speaker connections (left and right side) but it also has 2 additional side channel connections so you could actually have a 7.1 configuration. My question is this, does anyone know if the 2 additional connections are discrete rear left and right signal channels or are they just receiving the same side signal as the 2 side channels, in other words is this a true 7.1 reciever or just a 5.1 reciever with extra side channel channels? Thank you for clearing this up for me.

Golfnut
golfnut
elizabeth
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You have to read the manual.
I own a Denon 4806 receiver and the last pair of channels can be configured for 7.1, or as a pair of separate two channel remote speakers. That pair of channels can also be configured to help biamp the main speaker channels.
The manual is what you gotta read. (Mine is dense as road tar, but it has to be read in order to set stuff up.)
All the controls for these changes have to be viewed through a video monitor to activate.
dlr
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Good question. Doesn't your manual say? I'm pretty sure there aren't any dvd's with discrete 7.1 so it might end up being a moot point anyway. They might just be matrixed. Sorry I couldn't be any more informative. Dan
golfnut OP
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There are movies, DVD's with discrete rear channel information (6.1 or 7.1, the 6th channel is dicrete rear channel info only, totally separate and different than side channel signal) that is completely separate from the side channel information, I do know this.

I have read the manual but there is no clear cut answer to my question there. The reason I ask is so I know whether or not to upgrade to a new 7.1 receiver in order to get the discrete rear channel information. Thanks again for all the help and advice.
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