Placing The Wireless Speaker System - Pioneer XV-HTD640 Operating Instruction

02 Connecting up
The above illustrations are for the HTD-645DV
only. If you connected surround speakers to the
HTD-641DV, place them on either side of the
front speakers as shown below.
Surround
Front
left left
(not supplied)
See About the listening modes on page 43 for
more on using the different listening modes
with each speaker setup.
Where you put your speakers in the room has a
big effect on the quality of the sound. The
following guidelines should help you to get the
best sound from your system.
• The subwoofer can be placed on the floor.
Ideally, the other speakers should be at
about ear-level when you're listening to
them. Putting the speakers on the floor
(except the subwoofer), or mounting them
very high on a wall is not recommended.
• For the best stereo effect, place the front
speakers 6–9 ft. / 2–3 m apart, at equal
distance from the TV.
• Install the center speaker above or below
the TV so that the sound of the center
channel is localized at the TV screen.
• When using a 5-spot setup, install the
surround speakers slightly above ear level,
if possible.
• Make sure that all speakers are securely
installed (if you choose to install the center
speaker on top of the TV, be sure to secure
it by suitable means). This not only
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En
Center
Front
Surround
Subwoofer
right right
(not supplied)
Listening position
improves sound quality, but also reduces
the risk of damage or injury resulting from
speakers being knocked over or falling in
the event of external shocks such as
earthquakes.
• The front, and center and surround
speakers supplied with this system are
magnetically shielded. However, placing
them extremely close to a television may
result in color distortion on the screen. If
this happens, move the speakers a little
further away and switch off the television
for 15–30 minutes.
• The subwoofer is not magnetically shielded
and so should not be placed near a TV or
monitor.
Placing the wireless speaker
system
You can choose to use the wireless speaker
system for multichannel sound with your main
setup, or as a second stereo speaker system.
The Standard surround (5-spot) setup
described in Placing the speakers above will
achieve the best surround sound when using
the wireless speaker system for multichannel
sound (the 3-spot setup is not recommended).
• After setting up the wireless speaker for
multichannel sound, see Setting the
channel levels on page 66 to lower the
surround speaker levels.
Note that the following illustration shows a
speaker setup including surround speakers,
which are not included with the HTD-641DV
model. See Connecting the speakers and
wireless speaker system on page 11 for more
on connecting surround speakers.