Do you want to avoid the cost of having your new home theater system or your new wireless surround sound speakers set up by a professional? An installer will typically charge at least several hundred dollars for a simple install. There are several problems that are commonly made. I will give some pointers to help make your installation a snap.
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.
Locate this receiver in a place that minimizes the speaker cable run to each speaker. Choose a location that is not far away from your audio source or TV because you will need to connect the receiver to your source.
The receiver requires an audio signal in order to output surround sound. Typically it will accept an optical surround sound signal. You can connect this input to your TV by using a fiberoptical cable. This cable is usually included with your system. You can also get it a most electronics stores. After you have established the audio connection to your TV, you can now go ahead and connect your speakers. This step requires a little bit more work.
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.
Wireless speakers usually need to do some audio buffering during the transmission in order to cope with wireless interference. This causes a short delay when the audio is transmitted. This delay is also called latency and should be taken into consideration during your setup. The amount of latency depends on the wireless system. It is typically less than 25 ms. For best sound, all of the speakers should be in sync. If you have wireless rears then the audio will by slightly out of sync with your remaining speakers. To keep all speakers in sync you will need to tweak the receiver in order to delay the audio going to your wired 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.
Locate this receiver in a place that minimizes the speaker cable run to each speaker. Choose a location that is not far away from your audio source or TV because you will need to connect the receiver to your source.
The receiver requires an audio signal in order to output surround sound. Typically it will accept an optical surround sound signal. You can connect this input to your TV by using a fiberoptical cable. This cable is usually included with your system. You can also get it a most electronics stores. After you have established the audio connection to your TV, you can now go ahead and connect your speakers. This step requires a little bit more work.
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.
Wireless speakers usually need to do some audio buffering during the transmission in order to cope with wireless interference. This causes a short delay when the audio is transmitted. This delay is also called latency and should be taken into consideration during your setup. The amount of latency depends on the wireless system. It is typically less than 25 ms. For best sound, all of the speakers should be in sync. If you have wireless rears then the audio will by slightly out of sync with your remaining speakers. To keep all speakers in sync you will need to tweak the receiver in order to delay the audio going to your wired 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.
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