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Tim,

Your problem with the centre and surround is you've lost the slave comms return from the master (left I presume) speaker, as the 218 is now in the way.
Although it's my suggested solution if you have SE speakers, as it allows the 218 and main SE speakers to provide MQA.

The remedy is to use an additional speakerlink cable to carry the slave comms back to the 861v6 / v8 speakerlink outputs, so the 861 can distribute the slave comms to the other DSP speakers.
This slave comms signal can come from the front slave speaker (right) or if the front speakers are daisy chained from the 218, it could come from the slave speaker output of the 218, which may be easier for cabling.
Run this new speakerlink cable back to the Slave (the one without the green stripe) L&R Speaker output of the 861v6 / v8.
The 861 will then distribute this returned slave comms signal to all the other speakers in your system, so they will now wake up, switch sources and track volume.

It doesn't matter how 'good' this cable is, as it's only running comms.

In this configuration, with 861 > 218 > Front Left and Right speakers, you MUST have one of the front L&R speakers set as Master.
It won't work with Centre as master speaker.

Remember master speaker has three configuration necessities:
1) Set the speaker as Master, using an MSR remote, so it has a red led on it when in standby. No other speakers should be master in the system.

2) Set the matching speaker as Master in the Meridian Configuration program and upload to your 861.

3) Make sure the master speaker is plugged into the Master speaker output (green banded) on 218 (or in general the 861 if not using 218)


Rick