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Chapter 2:
5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater
Home theater refers to the use of multiple
audio tracks to create a surround sound effect,
making you feel like you’re in the middle of the
action or concert. The surround sound you get
from a home theater system depends not only
on your speaker setup, but also on the source
and the sound settings of the receiver.
This receiver will automatically decode
multichannel Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby
Surround sources according to your speaker
setup. In most cases, you won’t have to make
changes for realistic surround sound, but
other possibilities (like listening to a CD with
multichannel surround sound) are explained in
Listening to your system
on page 33.
Listening to Surround Sound
With the following quick setup guide, you
should have your system hooked up for
surround sound in no time at all. In most
cases, you can simply leave the receiver in the
default settings.
• Be sure to complete all connections before
connecting to an AC power source.
1
Connect your TV and Blu-ray Disc player
or DVD player.
See
Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player or
DVD player
on page 14 to do this. For surround
sound, you’ll want to hook up using a digital
connection from the BD/DVD player to the
receiver.
2
Connect your speakers and place them for
optimal surround sound.
See
Connecting the speakers
on page 22.
Where you place the speakers will have a big
effect on the sound. Place your speakers as
shown below for the best surround sound
effect. Also see
Placing the speakers
on page 24
for more on this.
Important
• To connect the surround back speakers, an
additional amplifier is required. Connect
the additional amplifier to the
PRE OUT
SURROUND BACK
outputs of this unit and
connect the surround back speakers to the
additional amplifier. For details, see
Use
the PRE OUT outputs to connect the
surround back speakers
on page 23.
3
Plug in and switch on the receiver, followed
by your BD/DVD player, subwoofer and TV.
Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV
to this receiver. Check the manual that came
with the TV if you don’t know how to do this.
4
Use the on-screen automatic MCACC
setup to set up your system.
See
Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC)
on page 9 for more on this.
Front
Left (
L
)
Surround
Left (
SL
)
Surround Back
Left (
SBL
)
Surround Back
Right (
SBR
)
Surround
Right (
SR
)
Center (
C
)
Subwoofer (
SW
)
Listening
position
Front
Right (
R
)
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