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Old 05-13-2010, 02:13 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Tapioca View Post
I know some older TVs do have on-board surround decoding, but it's been years since I've actually paid attention to sound on TVs so maybe newer TVs don't include this anymore.

I looked at some pictures of this unit and there's a "matrix function" on the remote which might mean that the amplifier has some kind of DSP/surround circuitry on-board which may produce sound through all 5 speakers.
Your TV would have to have 5 discrete line-level RCA outputs for each speaker if it actually decoded "Dolby" surround.

The "Matrix DSP/Surround" is just an effect it does on the stereo speakers to make the soundstage sound wider. It's not true 5 speaker surround at all.

The adaptor GLOW posted is probably your best bet to at least get sound out of all your speakers, but it's not going to be true surround sound.
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