Actually most DVD players (including Diane's) output a mixed down Dolby Pro Logic-encoded stereo track over the 2-channel analog audio outputs. When the receiver gets this matrix-encoded soundtrack, it goes into DPL decoding mode and steers any information present in both channels to the center channel and it steers the encoded surround information to the rear speakers. It's not a discrete surround mix, but it is a form of surround sound, albeit degraded. Because of this she was getting *some* dialog "leaking" into the left and right speakers but at an extremely low level. If they had connected the DVD player properly (via the fiberoptic or coax digital connection), then the dialog would have been completely absent and the problem would have been even more evident.
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Actually most DVD players (including Diane's) output a mixed down Dolby Pro Logic-encoded stereo track over the 2-channel analog audio outputs. When the receiver gets this matrix-encoded soundtrack, it goes into DPL decoding mode and steers any information present in both channels to the center channel and it steers the encoded surround information to the rear speakers. It's not a discrete surround mix, but it is a form of surround sound, albeit degraded. Because of this she was getting *some* dialog "leaking" into the left and right speakers but at an extremely low level. If they had connected the DVD player properly (via the fiberoptic or coax digital connection), then the dialog would have been completely absent and the problem would have been even more evident.