Denon AVR-3300 manual Speaker setting examples, Basic setting for primarily watching movies

As seen from the side

Surround speaker

Front speaker

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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)Basic setting for primarily watching movies

Use this setting if your main purpose is to listen to movie music and when using one set (two speakers) of regular single-way or two-way speakers as the surround speakers.

Front speakers

Center speaker

Monitor

Subwoofer

45°

120°

•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 60 to 90 centimeters (2 to 3 feet) above ear level at the prime listening position.

•Connect the surround speakers to the surround speaker A jacks on the AVR-3300 and set all settings on the setup menu to “A”. (This is the factory default setting. For details, see page 17.)

Surround speaker

Front speaker

60 to 90 cm

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Surround speakers

As seen from above

(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

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

• Set the surround speakers directly at the sides of the listening position and 60 to 90 centimeters (2 to 3 feet) above ear level.

•	Connect the surround speakers to the surround speaker A jacks	60 to 90 cm
	on the AVR-3300 and set all settings on the setup menu to “A”.
	(This is the factory default setting. For details, see page 17.)
•	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 satifactory 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.

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(3)When using different surround speakers for movies and music

To achieve more effective surround sound for both movies and music, use different sets of surround speakers and different surround modes for the two types of sources.

Front speakers

Center speaker

Monitor

Subwoofer

45°~60°

140°

Surround speakers B

Surround speakers A

As seen from above

•Set the front speakers slightly wider apart than the setup for watching movies only and point them toward the listening position in order assure clear positioning of the sound.

•Set the center speaker in the same positions as in example (1).

•Set surround speakers A for watching movies in the positions described in example (1) or (2), depending on the types of speakers used.

•Set surround speakers B for playing multi-channel music at the same height as the front speakers and slightly at an angle to the rear of the listening position, and point them toward the listening position.

•Connect the surround speakers for watching movies to the surround speaker A jacks on the AVR-3300, the surround speakers for playing multi-channel music to the surround speaker B jacks. Set the surround speaker selection on the setup menu. (For instructions, see page 19.)

Surround speaker A

Front speaker		Surround
	60 to 90 cm	speaker B

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The surround speakers can be switched freely during playback with the surround parameter adjustment. (For instructions, see page 47.)

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