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Speaker setting examples

Here we describe a number of speaker settings for different purposes. Use these examples as guides to set up your system according to the type of speakers used and the main usage purpose.

1.DTS-ES compatible system (using surround back speakers)(1)Basic setting for primarily watching movies

Front speakers

Center speaker

Monitor

Subwoofer

60°

Surround speakers

Surround back speakers

(1 spkr)

As seen from above

• Set the front speakers with their front surfaces as flush with the TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

or monitor screen as possible. Set the center speaker between the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround speaker

Surround back

 

 

front left and right speakers and no further from the listening position

 

 

 

speaker

Point slightly

 

than the front speakers.

 

 

 

 

• Consult the owner’s manual for your subwoofer for advice on placing

Front speaker

 

 

 

downwards

 

 

 

 

the subwoofer within the listening room.

 

 

 

 

 

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If the surround speakers are direct-radiating (monopolar) then place

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 to 3 feet

 

 

them slightly behind and at an angle to the listening position and

 

 

 

 

 

 

(60 to 90 cm)

 

 

parallel to the walls at a position 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm) above ear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

level at the prime listening position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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When using one surround back speaker, place it at the rear center

 

 

 

 

 

 

facing the front at a slightly higher position (0 to 20 cm) than the surround speakers.

 

 

 

 

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We recommend installing the surround back speaker(s) at a slightly downward facing angle. This effectively prevents

 

the surround back channel signals from reflecting off the monitor or screen at the front center, resulting in interference

 

and making the sense of movement from the front to the back less sharp.

 

 

 

 

(2)Setting for primarily watching movies using diffusion type speakers for the surround speakers

For the greatest sense of surround sound envelopment, diffuse radiation speakers such as bipolar types, or dipolar types, provide a wider dispersion than is possible to obtain from a direct radiating speaker (monopolar). Place these speakers at either side of the prime listening position, mounted above ear level.

Path of the surround sound from the speakers to the listening position

Surround speakers

Surround back speakers

(1 spkr)

As seen from above

•Set the front speakers, center speaker and subwoofer in the same positions as in example (1).

• It is best to place the surround speakers directly at the side or slightly

Surround speaker

Surround back

 

 

 

 

 

speaker

Point slightly

to the front of the viewing position, and 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm)

 

 

 

 

Front speaker

 

 

 

 

 

downwards

above the ears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Same as surround back speaker installation method (1).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using dipolar speakers for the surround back speakers as well is

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 to 3 feet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

more effective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(60 to 90 cm)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•Connect the surround speakers to the surround speaker jacks.

•The signals from the surround channels reflect off the walls as

shown on the diagram at the left, creating an enveloping and realistic surround sound presentation.

For multi-channel music sources however, the use of bipolar or dipolar

speakers mounted at the sides of the listening position may not be satisfactory in order to create a coherent 360 degree surround sound field. Connect another pair of direct radiating speakers as described in example (3) and place them at the rear corners of the room facing towards the prime listening position.

2. When not using surround back speakers

Front speakers

Center speaker

Monitor

Subwoofer

60°

120°

Surround speakers

As seen from above

•Set the front speakers with their front surfaces as flush with the TV or monitor screen as possible. Set the center speaker between the front left and right speakers and no further from the listening position than the front speakers.

•Consult the owner’s manual for your subwoofer for advice on placing the subwoofer within the listening room.

•If the surround speakers are direct-radiating (monopolar) then place them slightly behind and at an angle to the listening position and parallel to the walls at a position 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm) above ear level at the prime listening position.

Surround speaker

Front speaker

2 to 3 feet

(60 to 90 cm)

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