You can place them slightly behind the viewer if you aren't using 7. The surround channel speakers are what give the effect of sound happening around the viewer.
They do not transmit as much sound as the front speakers, but they enhance the action on the TV by enveloping the viewer. Raise the surround channel speakers. Your surround speakers should be placed about two feet above ear level and angled down slightly so that they point at the audience.
If you are setting up a 5. Place the back channel speakers behind the viewing area. Try to place the two back channel speakers as close to each other as possible; this creates a bubble of sound around the audience. The back channel speakers should be the same height as the surround speakers. Place your receiver near your TV.
The receiver must be close enough to both the TV and a power source that you can adequately plug it into both. Your receiver may also need plenty of room to vent heat, so don't lock it in a cabinet. Examine how your speakers connect. Most surround sound systems have ports for each speaker that you simply plug the appropriate connector into.
Some older systems have clips that you plug bare speaker wire into. To accomplish this, you'll need to strip some of the wire away with wire cutters and then clip them into place on the back of the speaker. Run wire from each speaker to the receiver. Do everything you can to hide your wires as you run them, as doing so will prevent people or animals from accidentally tripping on them and pulling your speakers. If you can, run the wires under the carpet or through the wall. Make sure to leave some slack at each end to keep the connection from becoming stressed. Connect the speakers to each other.
Connect one end of your speaker wire to the back of a speaker, then connect that speaker to another speaker in sequence. Each of your speakers should be connected in a line around your room from one front speaker all the way around to the other front speaker. You'll connect the front speakers to the receiver via AV cables.
Do not connect the front speakers to one another via speaker wire. Exclude your subwoofer from this process unless otherwise directed by the manual. Subwoofers almost always plug directly into the audio receiver.
Most subwoofers connect to the receiver via a standard set of AV cables. The subwoofer port on the receiver is typically labeled "sub out" or "sub pre-out".
If your subwoofer has multiple inputs, connect to the one labeled "LFE in" or the far left input if there is no label. Plug your receiver into a power source. Your receiver will slowly power on after doing so, though it may take several minutes to completely come online if this is the first time you're setting it up. Connect HDMI items to the receiver. Things like game consoles, DVD players, and cable boxes will use the TV's HDMI input as their audio output, so plug these items into the receiver to route their audio through your surround sound. You'll need to attach the receiver to the appropriate HDMI inputs with additional cables.
The same philosophy applies to older items that use AV cables or composite cables the red, yellow, green, blue, and white sets of cables. Connect the receiver to the TV. You can use older connectors e. Plug back in and turn on your TV. Once everything is connected, you can power on your TV to see how your efforts turned out. Test out your surround sound. Each TV will have a different way of configuring audio, but you can normally change your TV's audio preferences by pressing the Menu button on the remote, selecting Audio , and finding the default output area. The back of the receiver is on pg 5 at link above, except the coax part.
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I'm at work and I was hoping my son could email me one, but he's out. I'll have to come back to this tonight. I appreciate all the help and will go over this tonight when I get home. I found an image of the back of your receiver here. There are no digital input connections on this receiver so far as I can tell, so it's doubtful this receiver is even capable of decoding 5. In looking at the manual, it looks like it's from , which means it pre-dates the arrival of home DVD players by a couple years, which is what really drove digital surround sound receiver adoption.
Time to buy a new one. Yeah, wow, this system is sixteen years old, which explains a lot. But that won't get you actual 5. Okay, looking closer at the diagram, there's no way your receiver does 5. If the manual's correct, that's not a surround sound system, it's purely stereo 2-channel.
Turn off and unplug your TV. If your receiver only supports RCA connections the Red and White plugs then you should start shopping for a new receiver. The RCA you have to run from the TV to the surround sound does not carry all of the digital channels, though, so your receiver will have to fake the surround sound portion - it'll sample out the lower frequencies and play them from the back speakers, and the even lower ones from the sub. Unlike powered speakers, the average surround sound speaker can't project audio on its own. Raise the surround channel speakers.
And not to put too fine a point on it, but you have a system from before DVDs came out, which is not entirely useless in a home theater setup, but The RCA you have to run from the TV to the surround sound does not carry all of the digital channels, though, so your receiver will have to fake the surround sound portion - it'll sample out the lower frequencies and play them from the back speakers, and the even lower ones from the sub.
It'll still be stereo, though. So basically you're "okay" with this setup and not buying anything extra. Wait, hang on, do you actually have a physical 5. To be brutally honest, I'd just get a cheap new receiver that has at least 3 HDMI inputs and 1 HDMI output--which should be most if not all of them--and save yourself the hassle. That way, all you have to do is connect a single HDMI wire from each of your sources to the receiver, one from the receiver to the HDTV, and hook up your speakers. Here is a diagram of what I was talking about if it makes it more clear.
It assumes your hdtv has RCA audio outputs.
Setting up an RCA surround system takes some time and planning. How long you need varies depending on the connection terminals for your speakers but. Check the back of the RCA home theater system for speaker cable connections. These are usually color-coded black (for the positive connection) and red (for.
Nothing complicated to this at all. I thought the HDMI went both ways. Figures, I know nothing. Hopefully that's what you need to know. Oh and the surround, you're right that doesn't make any sense. It should be TV to surround. No, that's not enough. What do the actual connectors on your receiver look like? When you say "receiver" I'm assuming that you're asking about the sound? First of all, it would help if we had the model number of the surround sound system is it an all-in-one package?
Also, most surround setups automatically switch inputs and outputs, making an RCA switch unnecessary. That way, whenever I switch inputs in the receiver, it automatically switches everything to that source to be output to the TV and speakers. I also wonder what the "surround sound" is.
Manufacturer and model number please! Or spring for a PS3. On a decent hdtv, a well-mastered bluray makes dvd look like dog barf. This may be easier if you can upload a photo of the back of your TV and the back of the receiver. If you can't plug in a HDMI cable into your stereo receiver you do have a stereo receiver, right?
If your receiver only supports RCA connections the Red and White plugs then you should start shopping for a new receiver. RCA connections are only ever going to give you Stereo sound, you will never get true 5. By "receiver" everyone means the box you're referring to as "surround sound". RVA The manual if it matters is located here. The only problem is on pg 5. I don't see a coax connection.