Speaker Placement

Where you place your speakers has a tremendous effect on how well your system sounds.

■Placing the Main Speakers

Main

TV or Video

Main

Place the left and right Main speakers an equal distance from the main listening

monitor

speaker

 

speaker

position.

 

 

 

If you have a TV or video monitor in your system, the distance of each speaker from each side of the TV or video monitor should be the same.

Preparations

TV or Video

monitor

Center speaker

1m

 

 

0.5~1m

 

 

1.5~3m

 

 

0.5~1m

 

 

1m

(3ft)

 

 

 

(1~3ft)

 

 

 

(5~15ft)

 

 

 

(1~3ft)

 

 

 

(3ft)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FL

 

 

C

 

 

 

FR

 

 

 

 

 

L

R

 

RL

RC

RR

 

 

■Placing the Center Speaker

If you have a TV or video monitor in your system, align the front face of the Center speaker with the front face of the monitor. Place the speaker as close to the monitor as possible, such as directly over or under the monitor. If you place the speaker under the monitor, the Front Effect speakers can adjust the height of the sound to correspond with the action on the screen (depending on the listener’s position). If you have a projection screen in your system, place the Center speaker under the screen. Be sure to align the speaker with the center of the screen.

■Placing the Front Effect, Rear and Rear Center Speakers

These speakers should be placed about 0.5~1m (1~3 feet) outside the Main speakers and in the front of the room. They should be turned toward the main listening position. Place the Rear speakers in the back of the room so they face the main listening position. The Rear speakers can be placed farther apart than the Front Effect speakers. The Front Effect and Rear speakers should be placed about 1.8m (6 feet) above the floor.

Once you begin listening to programs, continue to adjust the speaker placement until you obtain a balanced sound from the Main speakers and the Front Effect and Rear speakers.

 

1

L 1/4

R

C

■When You Use a Projection Screen

Place the speakers as shown in the illustration.

The Main speakers should be placed about one-quarter of the way up from the bottom of the screen.

Place the Center speaker in the center and directly under the screen. The Center speaker provides precise dialogue localization.

When you use a projection screen with your system, the Front Effect speakers provide better effect quality. The CINEMA-DSP sound field programs (see page

34)raise the sound from the Center speaker upward and provide natural sound corresponding with the video images.

■Placing the Subwoofers

Place the Front Subwoofer near the Main speakers. Turn it slightly toward the center of the room to reduce wall reflections.

If you use a Rear Subwoofer, place it behind the main listening position. The placement of the Rear Subwoofer is not critical because of the ultralow frequencies of the sound being reproduced.

By adding a high quality Subwoofer to the speaker configurations shown on pages 21 and 22, you can enjoy more powerful and realistic movie effects, even if your Main speakers are large.

Front Effect speakersSpeakers

Rear speakers

Rear

 

Main speakers

 

 

Center

 

 

speaker

 

Subwoofer

 

Rear

 

Rear

Front Subwoofer

 

Center

 

Rear

 

speaker

 

Rear Subwoofer

Subwoofer

Note:

•If you use different brands of speakers (with different tonal qualities) in your configuration, the tone of a moving human voice and other types of sound may not shift smoothly. We recommend that you use speakers from the same manufacturer or speakers with the same tonal quality.

You can also adjust the output levels and equalization of your effect speakers using the SET MENU (see page 41).

If you are using small speakers, the addition of a Subwoofer will reinforce the sound effects of movies (see page 21).

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