Speaker Placement - Sherwood R-977 Operating Instructions Manual

Speaker placement

Ideal speaker placement varies depending on the size of your room and the wall coverings, etc. The typical
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example of speaker placement and recommendations are as follows:
Front left and right speakers and center speaker
• Place the front speakers with their front
surfaces as flush with TV or monitor screen as
possible.
• Place the center speaker between the front left
and right speakers and its distance should not
be further from the listening position than the
front speakers.
• Place each speaker so that sound is aimed at
where listener's ears would be on the main
listening position.
Surround left and right speakers
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Place the surround speakers approximately 60
~ 90 cm (24 ~ 36 inches) above on the direct
left/right side or slightly behind the ear level of
a seated listener.
Surround back left and right speakers
• Place the surround back speakers at the back
facing the front at a narrower distance than
front speakers.
• When using a single surround back speaker,
place it at the rear center facing the front at a
slightly higher position (0 to 20 cm) than the
surround speakers.
• We recommend installing the surround back
speaker(s) at a slightly facing downward. This
effectively prevents the surround back channel
signals from reflecting off the TV or screen at
the front center, resulting in interference and
making the sense of movement from the front
to the back less sharp.
Subwoofer
• The subwoofer reproduces powerful deep bass
sounds. Place a subwoofer anywhere in the
front as desired.
Front height left and right speakers
(Recommended for Dolby Pro Logic IIz playback)
• Place the front height speakers at least 1 meter
(40 inches) directly above the front speakers.
Note
• When using a conventional TV, to avoid
interference with the TV picture, use only
magnetically shielded front left/right and center
speakers.
• To obtain the best surround effects, all the
speakers except the subwoofer should be full
range speakers.
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1. TV or Screen
2. Front left speaker
3. Subwoofer
4. Center speaker
5. Front right speaker
6. Surround left speaker
7. Surround right speaker
• 5.1 channel speaker system:
Front(2 5) center(4) surround(6 7) subwoofer(3)
• 6.1 channel speaker system:
5.1 channel speaker system + surround center(10)
• 7.1 channel speaker system:
5.1 channel speaker system + surround back(8 9)
• 7.1 channel speaker system(for Dolby Pro Logic IIz playback):
5.1 channel speaker system + front height(11 12)
Point slightly
downward
Front height
speaker
At least 1 m
Front
speaker
System Connections
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8. Surround back left speaker
9. Surround back right speaker
10. Surround center speaker
11. Front height left speaker
12. Front height right speaker
13. Listening position
Point slightly
downward
Surround
speaker
60 ~ 90 cm
Surround back
speaker
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