Planning Your Installation; Choosing The Equipment; Planning Your Equipment Placement - PROCEED Digital Surround Decoder User Manual

choosing the equipment

planning your
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Planning Your Installation

The information contained within this section is intended to help get someone
started who wishes to design and install their own sophisticated A/V system built
around the Proceed PAV/PDSD combination. However, it cannot be considered a
substitute for the experience, expertise and specialized training of an audio/video
installation professional. (See A Word About Installation, page 12.)
The list of equipment needed for a full home theater system based on the PAV/
PDSD is fairly straightforward:
• The Proceed PAV and Proceed Digital Surround Decoder
• At least six channels of amplification (Left, Center, Right, two Sur-
rounds, and one or more Subwoofers)
• Additional amplification and loudspeakers if a
used. (Alternatively , the remote outputs may be used in conjunction
with a third-party multi-room system.)
• Left, Center and Right (LCR) front speakers with appropriate stands
or mounting brackets
• One or more subwoofers (required with THX speaker systems;
otherwise optional, but recommended)
• A pair of Surround speakers with appropriate stands or mounting
brackets
• Assorted appropriate interconnecting cables, speaker wires, etc.
Of course, you will also need at least one source and a display system. Examples
of sources include:
• DVD
• Laserdisc
• Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS, DSS)
• a good cable-TV or antenna signal
• Super-VHS tape
• Hi-8 mm videotape
• regular VHS videotape
The "light pollution" created by some components can be significant and distract-
ing. Ideally, all equipment should be conveniently located for operation, but any
lights and other indicators should be out of your direct field of vision when
viewing the television picture. The various indicator lights, though essential for
proper operation, can be distracting when listening to music or watching a movie.
While the PAV/PDSD's displays may be turned off (with the
remote control) to eliminate this problem, other components are unlikely to have
this feature.
Care should also be taken that any mechanical noise created by VCRs, laserdisc
players, etc. does not intrude on the viewing experience. Placing the equipment
behind opaque doors, inside a cabinet addresses both light and noise concerns.
Should this option be chosen, a hard-wired
Digital Surround Decoder's rear panel to replace the IR input which would nor-
mally be received through the receiver in the PAV's
remote zone is to be
display button on the
input is provided on the
remote IR
. Alternatively,
main display
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