Onkyo DR-815 Enjoying Home Theater, Front left and right speakers, Center speaker, Subwoofer

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Enjoying Home Theater

The DVD receiver provides multi-channel playback with its theater dimensional feature, even under two front speaker conditions.

Certainly, it can provide full 5.1ch playback in combination with an add-on subwoofer, center and surround speakers off the shelf, so that you can enjoy more realistic, movie theater/concert hall-in-the-home sound effect.

With DVDs you can enjoy DTS and Dolby Digital.

Front left and right speakers

These output the overall sound. Their role in a home theater is to provide a solid anchor for the sound image. They should be positioned facing the listener at about ear level, and equi- distant from the TV. Angle them inward so as to create a triangle, with the listener at the apex.

Center speaker

This speaker enhances the front left and right speakers, making sound movements distinct and providing a full sound image. In movies it’s used mainly for dialog.

Position it close to your TV (preferably on top) facing forward at about ear level, or at the same height as the front left and right speakers.

Subwoofer

The subwoofer handles the bass sounds of the LFE (Low-Frequency Effects) channel. The volume and quality of the bass output from your subwoofer will depend on its position, the shape of your listening room, and your listening position. In general, a good bass sound can be obtained by installing the subwoofer in a front corner, or at one-third the width of the wall, as shown.

1/3 wall length

Surround left and right speakers

These speakers are used for precise sound positioning and to add realistic ambience.

Position them at the sides of the lis-

tener, or slightly behind, about 2–3

Corner feet (60–100 cm) above ear level. Ideally they should be equidistant from the listener.

•For optimum surround playback, set the distance between the listener and the speakers so that the time it takes the sound to reach the listener is same. Also, you need to set each speaker volume level individually in order to balance the volume level between speakers (see pages 52-53).

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