I just became a 1050 owner after deciding to try one in place of my Denon AVR 1800 because of the 6th channel. My question is this - With the Denon I could watch TV with 5 channel surround by switching to the TV mode and then 5 channel stereo, I can't seem to do the same with the 1050. The best I can get is the front three speakers to play the TV sounds. Am I missing something or is this unit not able to do this? Also, what is the Monitor input for? I think I made the right decision in getting this but I haven't used it enough yet to really make a determination. Thanks

There are several surround processing modes -- the "surround" mode will apply Dolby Pro-Logic decoding to stereo analog inputs, which may or may not provide much surround activity. There's the "3 Stereo" mode that you've apparently already discovered, but not a "5 Stereo". There is "stereo" which is just exactly what it sounds like. There are also several DSP modes: Natural, Jazz, Hall, and Stadium. All four are available with any two-channel input (analog or digital), but not with multi-channel inputs such as Dolby Digital 5.1. You might try Natural -- as I recall, it was one of the better DSP modes.

The monitor output is for the 1050's video switching -- it outputs the video signal from the selected input, and should be connected to your TV's video input if you are using the video switching.

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