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Not in that kind of detail...

Alright just a little clarification here.. If you shove some speakers on that lovely third surround channel. How do you specify Which speakers it uses for what? Can you? like for example say "use these speakers for DD and DTS, and use those speakers for stereo/5ch stereo/7ch stereo/etc" ?

- D

Hi Daphoid,
Yes you can! I checked out my paper manual, and found that it was even more capable than I initially realized.

The 3 pairs of speakers are recognized separately by the receiver, and there are 3 pairs of banana jacks at the rear of the receiver for:
a. surround speaker (A)
b. surround back/multi zone speaker (A) (doubles as either the rear surround, or powered zone 2 speakers)
c. surround speaker system (B)

Here's the part I didn't know before ... the receiver provides a great deal of flexibility: it is possible to specify the speaker system (A or B) -- INDIVIDUALLY -- for the following sources:
a. dolby/DTS cinema
b. dolby/DTS music
c. Dolby PLIIx game
d. Wide screen
e 5ch/7ch stereo
f. DSP simulation
g. multi ch mode
h. EXT in.

For a fuller description, may I point you to pages 15, 20 and 38 in the online manual for the 3805.

Ananth