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Chapter 2:
5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater
Home theate
r
r
efe
r
s to the use of multi
p
le
audio t
r
acks to c
r
eate a su
rr
ound sound effect,
making you feel like you’
r
e in the middle of the
action o
r
conce
r
t. The su
rr
ound sound you get
f
r
om a home theate
r
system de
p
ends not only
on you
r
s
p
eake
r
setu
p
, but also on the sou
r
ce
and the sound settings of the
r
eceive
r
.
This
r
eceive
r
will automatically decode
multichannel Dolby Digital, DTS, o
r
Dolby
Su
rr
ound sou
r
ces acco
r
ding to you
r
s
p
eake
r
setu
p
. In most cases, you won’t have to make
changes fo
r
r
ealistic su
rr
ound sound, but
othe
r
p
ossibilities (like listening to a CD with
multichannel su
rr
ound sound) a
r
e ex
p
lained in
Listening to your system
on
p
age 28.
Listening to Surround Sound
With the following quick setu
p
guide, you should
have you
r
system hooked u
p
fo
r
su
rr
ound sound
in no time at all. In most cases, you can sim
p
ly
leave the
r
eceive
r
in the default settings.
• Be su
r
e to com
p
lete all connections befo
r
e
connecting to an AC
p
owe
r
sou
r
ce.
1
Connect your TV and Blu-ray Disc player
or DVD player.
See
Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player or
DVD player
on
p
age 11 to do this. Fo
r
su
rr
ound
sound, you’ll want to hook u
p
using a digital
connection f
r
om the BD/DVD
p
laye
r
to the
r
eceive
r
.
2
Connect your speakers and place them for
optimal surround sound.
See
Connecting the speakers
on
p
age 18.
Whe
r
e you
p
lace the s
p
eake
r
s will have a big
effect on the sound. Place you
r
s
p
eake
r
s as
shown below fo
r
the best su
rr
ound sound
effect. Also see
Hints on speaker placement
on
p
age 19 fo
r
mo
r
e on this.
3
Plug in and switch on the receiver,
followed by your BD/DVD player,
subwoofer and TV.
Make su
r
e you’ve set the video in
p
ut on you
r
TV
to this
r
eceive
r
. Check the manual that came
with the TV if you don’t know how to do this.
4
Set the connection of the speaker and the
subwoofer.
Pe
r
fo
r
m
Speaker setting
of
Manual speaker
setup
in
Using the System Setup menu
on
p
age 35.
5
Play a BD/DVD, and adjust the volume.
Make su
r
e that
BD/DVD
is showing in the
r
eceive
r
’s dis
p
lay, indicating that the BD/DVD
in
p
ut is selected. If it isn’t,
pr
ess
BD
on the
r
emote to set the
r
eceive
r
to the BD/DVD in
p
ut.
The
r
e a
r
e seve
r
al othe
r
sound o
p
tions you can
select. See
Listening to your system
on
p
age 28
fo
r
mo
r
e on this.
1
See also
The System Setup
menu
on
p
age 35 fo
r
mo
r
e setu
p
o
p
tions.
Note
1 De
p
ending on you
r
BD/DVD
p
laye
r
o
r
sou
r
ce discs, you may only get digital 2 channel ste
r
eo and analog sound. In this case,
the listening mode must be set to
STANDARD
(it should al
r
eady be set—see
Listening in surround sound
on
p
age 28 if you
need to do this) if you want multichannel su
rr
ound sound.
Front
Left (
L
)
Surround
Left (
S
L
)
Surround
Right (
S
R
)
Center (
C
)
Subwoofer (
S
W
)
Listening
position
Front
Right (
R
)
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