If you just bought a home theater system or a set of wireless speakers, you may need some tips on properly setting it up if you don't want to hire an installer. You may think you are technically savvy and that installing your new home theater system will be a snap. I will give some recommendations that will help you avoid some commonly made mistakes.
The following components are usually included in your home theater system: 5 to 7 satellite speakers, subwoofer and a central component. This central component is the central hub of your home theater system. You will typically be able to control it by remote control. It will process the sound and split into the sound component for each separate speaker.
Choose a location for the surround receiver. You might want to put it where you have the most amount of space. However, please also keep in mind that you will need to run speaker wire to each speaker, so don't pick a location that is too remote. If you have your TV up center then a good spot for your receiver might be somewhere near your TV. This will also simplify hooking up your receiver to the audio output of your TV. However, pick an alternate place if your TV already is fairly crowded with other equipment.
Connecting the receiver to power and to your TV or DVD is fairly straightforward. Most modern TVs have an optical output which connects directly to your receiver via a fiberoptical cable. This cable may not be included with your system but it is available at any electronics store. However, setting up your speakers may be a bit more tricky.
If you have wireless rear speakers you will not need as much speaker cable and the setup will be somewhat easier. First of all, measure how much speaker cable you will need. Make sure to add some extra cable to take into account those bends and corners. Pick the gauge of the speaker cable depending on how much power you intend to drive your speakers with. The higher the power the thicker the speaker cable. Your subwoofer will usually have a built-in amp and connect to your receiver via RCA cable.
The satellite speakers each connect via a speaker terminal which is usually color coded to help ensure proper polarity. Most speaker cable will show one strand in a different color. This is essential since it will help ensure the correct polarity of the speaker terminal connection. Simply attach the different-color strand to the speaker terminal which is colored. Similarly, each speaker output of your surround receiver is color coded. When attaching the cable to your receiver, observe the right polarity once again. This will keep all of your speakers in phase.
If you are using wireless speakers, there will be a short audio delay incurred during the audio transmission to the speakers, also known as latency. Ideally, all speakers have the same latency and thus are in perfect sync. If you have both wireless and wired speakers, the wireless speakers will be out of sync with the wired speakers. Therefore you will need to delay the audio going to the wired speakers by tweaking your receiver. The amount of delay should be equal to the latency of the wireless speakers.
Typically the front- and center-speaker audio will need to be delayed. The rear-speaker audio which is going to the wireless rears should have no delay. Contact your manufacturer if you cannot figure out how to set the audio delay. If your receiver does not support adding an audio latency, you may want to go with a wireless speaker kit that has minimal audio latency in order to keep your speakers in sync. Some available kits have audio latencies of less than 1 ms.
The following components are usually included in your home theater system: 5 to 7 satellite speakers, subwoofer and a central component. This central component is the central hub of your home theater system. You will typically be able to control it by remote control. It will process the sound and split into the sound component for each separate speaker.
Choose a location for the surround receiver. You might want to put it where you have the most amount of space. However, please also keep in mind that you will need to run speaker wire to each speaker, so don't pick a location that is too remote. If you have your TV up center then a good spot for your receiver might be somewhere near your TV. This will also simplify hooking up your receiver to the audio output of your TV. However, pick an alternate place if your TV already is fairly crowded with other equipment.
Connecting the receiver to power and to your TV or DVD is fairly straightforward. Most modern TVs have an optical output which connects directly to your receiver via a fiberoptical cable. This cable may not be included with your system but it is available at any electronics store. However, setting up your speakers may be a bit more tricky.
If you have wireless rear speakers you will not need as much speaker cable and the setup will be somewhat easier. First of all, measure how much speaker cable you will need. Make sure to add some extra cable to take into account those bends and corners. Pick the gauge of the speaker cable depending on how much power you intend to drive your speakers with. The higher the power the thicker the speaker cable. Your subwoofer will usually have a built-in amp and connect to your receiver via RCA cable.
The satellite speakers each connect via a speaker terminal which is usually color coded to help ensure proper polarity. Most speaker cable will show one strand in a different color. This is essential since it will help ensure the correct polarity of the speaker terminal connection. Simply attach the different-color strand to the speaker terminal which is colored. Similarly, each speaker output of your surround receiver is color coded. When attaching the cable to your receiver, observe the right polarity once again. This will keep all of your speakers in phase.
If you are using wireless speakers, there will be a short audio delay incurred during the audio transmission to the speakers, also known as latency. Ideally, all speakers have the same latency and thus are in perfect sync. If you have both wireless and wired speakers, the wireless speakers will be out of sync with the wired speakers. Therefore you will need to delay the audio going to the wired speakers by tweaking your receiver. The amount of delay should be equal to the latency of the wireless speakers.
Typically the front- and center-speaker audio will need to be delayed. The rear-speaker audio which is going to the wireless rears should have no delay. Contact your manufacturer if you cannot figure out how to set the audio delay. If your receiver does not support adding an audio latency, you may want to go with a wireless speaker kit that has minimal audio latency in order to keep your speakers in sync. Some available kits have audio latencies of less than 1 ms.
About the Author:
You can get further details about outdoor wireless speakers as well as wireless surround sound speakers from Amphony's web page.
0 comments:
Post a Comment