Speaker Setup for Enjoying the Surround Sound Effect
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SOUND OPERATION
DTS Digital Surround, Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic
technologies can be used to enjoy 3-dimensional sound
effects with video image. We recommend you use the
following devices.
• Hi-Fi Stereo VCR to play the program sources.
• Large screen TV monitor for a high-quality video image.
• Use the program sources (e.g. LD, DVD, VIDEO TAPE etc.)
labeled with DTS Digital Surround (
) or Dolby Digital
Surround (
or
) Dolby Pro Logic Surround.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”,
“Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished works. Copyright 1992-
1997 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.
Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
US Pat. No. 5,451,942 and other worldwide patents issued and
pending. “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are trademarks of
Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Copyright 1996 Digital Theater
Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
If the room is made of concrete and hard materials like wood
walls, you will not hear the ultimate surround effects. The
walls of the room must have the appropriate absorption factor
and be able to "reflect" the sound for the proper effect. If the
room has too much sound reflection, try repositioning the
furniture. You may also need to hang curtains etc. to absorb
more of the sound - experiment with the room’s acoustics.
A typical speaker setup uses 6 speakers: 2 front speakers, a
center speaker, 2 rear speakers, and a subwoofer. Add a sub-
woofer to hear excellent bass sound, DTS digital surround or
Dolby Digital surround. Set up a listening position; a couch or
chairs, etc. as shown in the speaker positioning example.
• Front speakers
We recommend that the height of the tweeters of the front speakers
be at the same height as the listener’s ears, to the left and right of
the TV.
See speaker positioning example for speaker placement.
• Center speaker
Ideally, the center speaker and front speakers would be positioned at the
same height. Place the center speaker above or below the television.
• Rear speakers (Surround)
Place left and right surround speakers behind the listening area.
These speakers help recreate sound motion and atmosphere;
required for surround playback. For optimum sound effects, do not
place the rear speakers too far behind the listening position. Install
them at or above the height of the listener’s ears. It is also effective
to point the rear speakers toward a wall or ceiling, to further dis-
perse the sound.
If the room is small and the listeners area is near the rear wall, set
the rear speakers opposite each other about 2 - 3 feet higher than
the listeners’ ears.
• Subwoofer
Place it an appropriate position. (See speaker positioning example.)
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We recommend that you use magnetic shielded
speakers for the front left/right speakers and center
speaker to prevent video noise from appearing on
the TV picture.
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Use speakers in your setup that have similar tonal
characteristics.
Notes
Surround Sound Audio Components
Room features affecting sound
Speaker Positioning (See Example)
Center Speaker
Front
Speaker
(Left)
Speaker Positioning Example
Surround
Speaker
(Left)
Surround
Speaker
(Right)
Front
Speaker
(Right)
Subwoofer
