Yes, the BDP-95 can be set up to use the dedicated stereo output as the front left/right for multichannel, in which case you would connect the dedicated stereo output and the 7.1 channel's center, surrounds, back surrounds, and sub outputs (eight cables in all) to the 7.1 channel input on the processor. If you are running a 5.1 setup, you would omit the back surrounds and only use six cables.

This does rule out connecting the stereo output to a stereo analog input on the Model 990, of course.



Have you considered using higher crossover points for your center and mains? The fronts are -2dB at 38Hz, and the center is -3dB at 42Hz. When you consider the natural roll-off in output and the curves involved in crossover points, the rule of thumb is often to go one octave higher than the -3dB point. That would mean around 80Hz for the center and at least 60Hz from the fronts. That may be worth tinkering with.

The sub crossover setting is only going to apply if you use the stereo bypass mode, which you won't if you use the stereo output on the BDP-95 as the front left/right channels. If you do plan to use the stereo bypass mode, though, I wouldn't set the sub's crossover that low. No matter what you do with front channel crossovers, I'd think about setting the sub's crossover no lower than 80Hz or 100Hz. Going lower will almost certainly create a dip in frequency response due to the multiple crossover curves operating in the same area and will throw away a significant amount of the LFE channel. Going higher will likely result in a peak in the frequency response when the front channels contain these low frequencies, but there will be many times where there's no content this low in the fronts and it will avoid throwing away LFE channel content.



Sadly, component video inputs are very limited these days. What you're seeing is the real damage resulting from the industry's decisions regarding "analog sunset" (including decisions going back almost ten years now).