With the (manual) choice of 'Speaker 3' you will force the center/the 7-4 to play with the right/left channel speakers - at least if you haven't done any AST settings.

It will play the parts of the right/left channels, that are equal - thus simulating a center channel (where mostly the dialog is).

You mean to say, that this does not work this way with your tv?

MM

Millemissen wrote:

With the (manual) choice of 'Speaker 3' you will force the center/the 7-4 to play with the right/left channel speakers - at least if you haven't done any AST settings.

It will play the parts of the right/left channels, that are equal - thus simulating a center channel (where mostly the dialog is).

You mean to say, that this does not work this way with your tv?

This was why I asked about the AST.  I suspect it's turned on.  As MM says this should be possible by selecting the speakers you want - however, if AST is on, this becomes more of a problem.  I know with mine if AST is on, you cannot select additional speakers via a BEO4.  It's frustrated the hell out of me in the past.

Dave..

I tried, but no luck. First, AST is off. I tried to switch it on and was forced into a speaker setup, but backed out. As a result, only the center speaker was active – real men use mono! I suppose I could have gone through the whole speaker setup, but didn't bother. Set the AST back to off, and the speakers came back.

Next I went into speaker setting. I have Beo6, but the functionality should be the same. Sorry, Speaker 3 didn't make any audible difference. The sound from the back speakers (= nothing) is added to the front speakers, but the sound from the center (= nothing) is left alone. I can choose Speaker 1 and have a nice mono for speech, but too thin for anything else.

Technical support at Viaplay has sent a polite regret for the situation and passed the problem to the engineers.

In the meantime I can choose between thin mono (Speaker 1), talking walls (other settings) and flickering images (Mac, not PS4).

Thanks for all your help!

Sigmund