Home theater setup

A properly organized home theater means, first of all, the right choice of equipment that is THX certified. To get the maximum effect in terms of sound and picture quality, you need to choose the room wisely, install furniture and equipment.

Step-by-step home theater setup

If your TV panel has never been adjusted, there is a good chance it is not displaying correctly. Naturally, you can adjust certain characteristics “by eye,” but it is advisable to use special test disks. The program will significantly improve the quality of the picture. Most Popular:

1. Disney WOW is the best test disc for beginners, it will allow you to adjust the image quality. There are many different test templates.
2. Spears&Munsil - this disc is best suited for specialists. Has deinterlacing and scale adjustment tests.

Images

When the brightness is adjusted correctly, 32 gray shades with clear boundaries can be seen at the bottom of the image. If the brightness is low, then all shades begin to merge with the dark areas; with high brightness, the shades merge with the light areas.

To adjust the contrast, the same gradation with gray shades is used. Correct setting also means that the scale gradation is clearly visible.If the adjustment is not made correctly, certain areas may change to negative.

After finishing adjusting the contrast, you need to go back and check the brightness adjustment to see if the image has changed. Then perform the contrast check again.

The test disc contains various photos of people. The color of the facial skin in this test is an indicator of correct adjustment. You need to find a balance between dark and light areas. To make the image look natural, you need to reduce saturation and try to avoid reducing color.

When adjusting, white should remain natural, without adding other shades. You need to take a closer look at the color stripe: on the stripe there are translucent squares that must be visible against the background. To adjust visibility, you need to use the saturation settings.

The clarity of the picture must be checked at the intersection of 2 lines. They should

be without shading and surrounded by contours. As a rule, clarity is not often adjusted due to high-quality factory settings.

Reference! Certain television devices have a “Gamma” setting. To check this parameter, a colored strip is also selected.

Speaker system

The most common sound systems are 5:1 and 7:1. Where “1” indicates the number of subwoofers. “5” and “7” are the number of columns.

The recommended way to install speakers in 5:1: all speakers are located at the same distance from the user, and are located in a circle. Speakers for 7:1 are installed in approximately the same way.

Adjusting the system manually is a rather difficult and time-consuming process; only a professional can perform this task.To adjust the sound, special measuring equipment is required.

Most often, AV receivers for home use have an automatic sound adjustment function. The user only needs to connect the microphone and install it in the place where the person will be in front of the TV.

Reference! When you turn on sound debugging, after a certain time the receiver will select the best option for sound parameters for a certain type of room. After adjustment, you can further adjust the sound by installing a test disc.

By following the instructions described above, you can adjust the home system yourself, without involving professionals. Naturally, if expensive equipment is installed and high quality requirements are imposed, then turning to specialists is the best option.