7.1 Home Theater Audio

The following diagram shows a typical advanced home theater audio eight-channel (7.1) speaker installation that requires multichannel inputs on an AV receiver.

This is only a suggested configuration. Your system may be different. If your AV receiver supports 7.1 and has only 5.1 inputs, see “5.1 Home Theater Audio” on page 44.

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Some AV receivers can generate (upmix) the7.1audio with 5.1 channels. Refer to your AV receiver product documentation.

AV receiver audio input connectors may be labeled Surround, 7.1 or 8 Channel inputs, DVD, Ext. In, or Multichannel Inputs.

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Both Media Center speaker settings and DVD audio settings must be changed for proper audio setup. Go to “Configuring Audio Output” on page 139 and note your speaker configuration choice for later software setup steps.

Audio

AUDIO IN

Center

Surr. Back Surround

Sub

Front

7.1 Channel AV Receiver

Connecting

 

AUDIO IN

 

AUDIO 7.1 PRE-OUT

 

VIDEO

OUT

 

 

WIRELESS LAN

 

802.11 b/g

 

 

 

 

SURROUND SURROUND

CENTER

FRONT

 

Y

 

 

REMOVABLE ANTENNA

ACTIVITY

 

 

 

 

BACK

 

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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L

L

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pb

 

 

TV SOURCE

1

IN

 

CABLE/ANT. IN

FM ANTENNA IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVI

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Pr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100-240V- 4/A 50/60Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

DUAL

75Ω

R

R

R

SUB

R

 

 

 

 

 

TUNER

COAXIAL

AC IN

S-VIDEO COMPONENT

VGA

 

 

 

 

 

WOOFER

 

 

TV SOURCE

2

IN

 

HDTV / SDTV ANT. IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COAXIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/ 100/ 1000

 

 

R

AUDIO L

 

S-VIDEO

ATSC TUNER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFRARED TRANSMITTER OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

1

DIGITAL AUDIOOUT

 

HI SPEED USB 2.0

1394

ETHERNET

 

DIGITAL VIDEO OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1 multichannel audio system connection

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