I have the standard head unit and when I have my Fade to 0 (center). I mostly hear the front speakers. When I set it to about R4 (mostly rear) not much volume is heard, is this normal?

 

I haven't noticed anything odd like that with my xD yet, but I had a similar issue when I got my 2004 xA. I fixed it by changing the audio mode by holding down the SSP button for a couple seconds. There you can set the audio for the different models, xA, xB, tC, xD. Each one uses the speakers differently. My xA was set on xB and there was a huge difference when I finally figured out to change that.

Because I was ready for it, the first thing I did with the stereo on my new xD was check it and sure enough it was set to something besides xD. I don't know why that wasn't made more obvious because I could see many people being unsatisfied with the sound and never figuring that out. It was just luck that I finally caught that bit in the manual and realized the importance of what it was saying.

Hopefully that will be your problem as well!

 

Thanks alot Fishbulb! I held the ssp button and surely it was set on tC. I switched it to xD, turned off the asl and put fade to R1-2 and I get a much more surround sound experience! Much appreciated.