Onkyo TX-SR508 Zone 2 Question

Set the 508 as follows:

Kitchen speaker wires into "Snap prong" connections on back of receiver - not the 5 way binding posts labeled surround back L/R.

Set speaker config (in Audyssey menu - first questions) to "zone 2." Set surr. back/front high to "Surr. back."

Know that the source for zone 2 can only be an ANALOG source (i.e., you can't play digital music using the hdmi cable there). The work around is to have analog (RCA) cables hooked up in parralel to the zone 2 source you want to play. For example, let's say your DVD player is hooked up using HDMI to the "DVD/BluRay" input, all digital. You want to play a cd using the DVD player in zone 2: Run a pair of red/white cables from the blu ray player into the receiver (either into the dvd/blu ray analog inputs or do like I do to avoid zone 2 confusion - run the dvd ;layer analog inputs into another, unused source, like "Game" or "Aux"). After Audyssey runs, see if the kitchen speakers are still activated or not - hit calculate. Then, hit the zone 2 power button on the front of the receiver, select source, adjust volume. Enjoy.