i'm glad to find this thread about sakura amps. it seems that there are lots of people using sakura amps already so i hope someone could help my friend's problem:
my friend has a sakura amp/receiver. i forgot the model but it has DSPs, 5 analog input/ac-3, tuner. he also have an AV Link brand DVD player with 6 analog output.
i helped him setup his HT over the weekend. the 6 output of the AV Link DVD player were connected to the 6 input of the sakura amp and all corresponding speakers was hooked up including the sub.
we tested it but unfortunately the surround speakers don't work. not a single sound came out it. we tested using different DVDs from orig region 1 to pirated ones but to no avail. i checked all the connections over and over but everything seems correct. so here are my questions:
1.) i noticed that on the LCD panel of the sakura amp, the "srs virtual ..."(something like that) is lit up. since "SRS" is a virtual surround could it be defeating the purpose of the surround esp. that virtual surround is built for stereo to have a virtual surround sound? but if i choose "tuner" to listen to AM/FM the surround speakers work EVEN with the "SRS" light ON.
2.) does any of you guys have the "SRS" light lit up but was able to make the surround speakers work during DVD watching?
3.) is there a way to disable the "SRS"? i can't seem to find the button to disable it even on the remote control.
4.) anybody experienced this problem before? if so, what did you do?
5.) could it be a receiver problem or dvd player problem?
my friend lost the manual of the sakura receiver/amp and dvd player thus making things harder to solve.
any help will be appreciated.