When i turn the home theater and play on a dvd movie, the surround system does not work, it shuts down the sub and all i can hear is whisper. can this be fixed? i already lost the manual. i cant play the player right it does not do the home surroung thing. hope you could help me.. can i have this fixed here in philippines? i have the JVC TH-A85 DVD home theatre system i bought it from a friend.

Check your center channel. Most dialogue is routed to the center channel in surround.

hi,
select tv input on ur theater system. u can hear audio fro the frond left and right speakers. if u want to hear the audio from the surround speakers, then press the A-MODE button on ur remote to select different type of sound modes. press again and again to select different sound field. select one which suits u.
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Look on your manual, page E16. Go into your speaker setup. Select your speakers (Front,C,Surround, Sub) and make sure each are selected as "small" (make sure you go through each one). If the surrounds are selected as "none" the rear will not activate and will light up as red on the display. Let me know if this helps.

Hi,
Sure we will help you, but you need to check these,
1.Wiring connection from dvd player to home theater system,
2.Wiring connection of a home theater amplifier to speakers,
3.While playing the Original dvd the 5.1 audio you have to manually enable.
and if you still find any difficult please feel free to contact.

cable box needs to be dolby digital to allow surround sound to work

Sounds like it's just in 2 channel stereo mode, only 2 speakers working out of 5 and a sub, look for a selector switch for switching to 5.1 surround, as far as the no video problem try replacing the cable for the video connection. 

Greetings jdm12,

I can understand your problem, I have some what of the same issues with my home theater setup when watching events. One of the only suggestions I can make is adjusting the "Dolby Pro Logic II Mode". After reviewing your owners manual it appears you should be able to change the mode by pressing the PL II Mode button found in the lower keypad on your remote. It appears the options you should have are Music - Cinema - Pro Logic - Matrix - Stereo. You may want to try Music or Stereo when watching your events. In Stereo setting it should provide sound out of the front speakers and sub-woofer only. In Music, there are more processing that is done so you could hear more then just the front speakers.

I hope this makes your next your next PPV Party a big hit!
Jon
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Salutations robn7499,

There are a few things that may cause this to happen. First I would check your connections for your center channel speaker. in movies with 5.1 surround sound almost all the vocal tracks come out of the center channel.

Otherwise there maybe an issue with the volume levels for the center channel as well, these can normally be adjusted through the setup of your home theater system.

I hope this helps.
Jon
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often your sub need to be change because of its malefunction.

Just wire your TV audio out to one of the receivers (DVD player) audio in and select AUX when you want the TV sound to play through the surround sound. You also might want to turn the volume down or off on your TV to get the full surround sound feeling, but that's your call.