problem with center channel output

Hi guys/gals, I had to temporarily remove a center chanel from my 950 so I set the speaker settings to reflect NO center channel. Now that I added a new center channel back into the system and set the speaker settings to indicate I have a center a weird problem happens. I can send a test tone from the 950 to the speakers to calibrate the levels, but when I put in a 5.1 dvd, I get no sound from the center channel! HELP!!
Ray

when in dvd do you have the center set to on/yes. does your dvd player decode the sound, if so maybe the speaker is set wrong there... dont have a 950, so i can only guess...

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A couple of questions... Is the signal being re-directed to the mains, or is the signal being lost entirely? If the speaker is bi-wired or bi-wire capable, are both binding posts hooked up correctly? Have you tried several DVD's to verify that it is not a case of software with no active center channel data?

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well I checked the DVD player and it is set to 5.1
The speaker is biwirable but has the necessary jumpers in place. I can hit 5 stereo from other sources and the speaker works ok. Time for a call to Outlaw

That's odd. So it's only Dolby Digital 5.1 material, or is it also Pro Logic II and DTS? Or is it only the DVD input? I'm sure Outlaw can help you get it hammered out.

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I had a problem somewhat similar, there was no CC voice audio on 5.1 but PLII seemed OK. Turned out PLII was actually doing the same but the L and R fronts were compensating for the deficiency. After months of agony I found out my Paradigm CC-370 v2 had a blown tweeter.

Rayban,

Did you ever get an answer from the Outlaws as to what the fix would be?

Thanks,

Bob045

Hi i'm new on this site but not to home theater, i had just a quick question for member Garrett Adams.... Hi i'm Jeff Adams (what r the odds) anyways i also have a paradig cc-370 v.2 that has just blown the tweeter, just found out today, it had seperated itself from the dome to the magnet and the voice coil was starting to unravel and come out. Anyways my questions to you was what did you do to get a new one? please help me out. Thanks
Jeff Adams

I don't know the specifics of Garrett's case, but I can offer a little information. When I bought my Paradigms a few years back, the sales guy mentioned the factory replacing a blown driver under warranty (it was part of a statement about trying not to overdrive the speakers and blow the drivers repeatedly and still expect repeated warranty replacements). You might check with your local Paradigm dealer if you haven't already - they should be able to help you out.

I don't think I ever overdrove the speaker. My guess is there was a problem in some of the drivers in the shipped in a batch of CC-370's.

My local Paradigm dealer took care of the tweeter replacement on the premises. They had some tweeter parts on hand but were missing something that had to be ordered from the factory. It was during the Christmas holidays and my dealer is a combo photo/audio/video dealer so I had to wait about a month. In the interim I reverted to a retired Energy Take 1 center speaker that filled the bill nicely.

You probably never did overdrive it. I interpreted the salesman's comment as saying that if you lose a driver because you were overdriving it, you can get the benefit of the doubt and a warranty repair once, but repair of repeatedly blown drivers may be on your own dollar.