Home theater installation

Movie lovers love to spend evenings and weekends with the whole family or alone watching new and old, but very favorite films. At home, you can organize your own cinema, the quality of sound and image in which will be no worse than in a real cinema.

In order for the effect of watching a film to be high, it is necessary to properly configure the acoustics, install equipment and furniture in the apartment, and select the appropriate headset. If you do everything correctly, you will be guaranteed a pleasant experience and comfortable viewing.

How to properly arrange a set of equipment

Before connecting a home theater, you need to choose a suitable location for each element of the system. Even at the stage of purchasing equipment, you should take care of the optimal screen size. The screen must correspond to the area of ​​the room chosen to accommodate the home theater. If the screen is small, the acoustics will be weak. The monitor is installed at eye level of the people present in the room.

Directly below the screen there is a DVD player, subwoofer, and receiver. Acoustic speakers have a hemisphere and are directed at the audience, who should be in the center in relation to them (to the speakers).

Connection and installation instructions

The installed equipment must be connected through a receiver, which connects all devices into a single system. The receiver converts the incoming signal and transmits it to the monitor and acoustic devices. The receiver includes a tuner, amplifier and multi-channel decoders.

The equipment is connected sequentially:

• First, a home theater is connected to the TV using different cables. The choice of cable depends on the type of output.
• Then connect the surge protector.
• Next, attach the speaker system and the center channel.
• Additional elements are connected to the central channel.
• A plug is mounted on each cord and everything is brought out to the outlet.

Amplifier

The function of the amplifier is to transmit sound to ordinary speakers in a certain quality. A home theater usually contains at least five passive speakers connected to one power supply. When purchasing an amplifier, you should consider the characteristics of the speaker system. For low-power speakers, they buy an amplifier with high parameters, and the acoustics themselves are placed according to a scheme according to which the rear speakers are installed at a certain distance.

Important! Passive speakers should be located at the same distance from the audience and directed towards them.

Satellites with a wide range of sound can be turned in any direction, as their sound is equally effective regardless of direction.

Acoustics elements

The sound quality depends on how well the acoustics were connected, which is very important for comfortable viewing of the movie. As a rule, we buy already configured speakers that just need to be connected correctly. The audio cable must be pre-treated:

• remove insulation;
• strip the ends;
• twist the wire into a bundle.

To ensure effective contact, banana connectors for acoustics are used. At the end of the work, you should make sure that all manipulations were done correctly and that the cables and connectors are in their places. To check, turn on the speakers and adjust the outgoing sound with the equalizer slider.

How to set up a home theater

It is convenient to set parameters on the receiver using the remote control. First, the bass is adjusted on the front and rear speakers. If the room does not allow the speakers to be arranged in a hemisphere, the central element of the acoustics is installed farthest from the audience and the sound delay mode is set for it.

The next step is to determine the optimal volume, which will be used by default, that is, be the main one. The selected volume level is fixed either only on the central speaker or on all speakers.

Reference! To finally adjust the settings, it is recommended to include a familiar fragment of the film, so that the sound can be made as natural as possible.

Home theater equipment is sold with instructions that describe the installation and connection process step by step. It tells you where to connect the cable of one color or another, and identifies the outputs and connectors. By following these recommendations, you will set up your equipment correctly and quickly.