SOME NOTES ON LOUDSPEAKERS
The 540V has five surround speaker terminals and connections for an active or a passive subwoofer. Your speaker manual will give more ideas about placement but the diagram above is an example of placement for a standard 5.1 system.
1.Front left and right loudspeakers - These should be placed equidistant to the left and right of your screen far enough apart to ensure good stereo imaging. If they are too far apart or too close to the corners of the room they will sound distracting and distant. It may be desirable to experiment with the
2.Centre channel loudspeakers - Ideally your centre channel loudspeaker needs to be positioned directly above or below your screen, facing the listening position.
3.Surround left and right loudspeakers - Surrounds should be situated roughly at listening height and facing into the listening position. It is suggested that they are wall mounted or alternatively placed on suitable speaker stands.
4.Subwoofer - The location of any dedicated subwoofer will greatly affect the quantity and also the quality of the low frequencies. Please see your subwoofer manual for detailed positioning information.
Connection
Connect the positive (red) to positive and negative (black) to negative on all loudspeakers. Try to keep lengths of cabling approximately equal for the front and rear "pairs" of speakers to keep resistance equal on the 540V.
Connection of your subwoofer depends on whether it is active (ie powered with its own mains supply) or passive (connected only by speaker wire). If your subwoofer is active, connect it via the ‘subwoofer audio out’ phono plug by a single phono to phono cable. If it is passive, it should be connected by speaker cable to the ‘subwoofer loudspeaker terminals’.
