Pioneer VSX-520-K: Hints on the speaker placement

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Hints on the speaker placement

• Try not to place the surround speakers

farther away from the listening position

Where you put your speakers in the room has a

than the front and center speakers. Doing

big effect on the quality of the sound. The

so can weaken the surround sound effect.

following guidelines should help you to get the

best sound from your system.

• Place the left and right front height

speakers at least one meter directly above

• The subwoofer can be placed on the floor.

the left and right front speakers.

Ideally, the other speakers should be at

about ear-level when you’re listening to

them. Putting the speakers on the floor

CAUTION

(except the subwoofer), or mounting them

very high on a wall is not recommended.

• Make sure that all speakers are securely

installed. This not only improves sound

• For the best stereo effect, place the front

quality, but also reduces the risk of

speakers 2 m to 3 m apart, at equal

damage or injury resulting from speakers

distance from the TV.

being knocked over or falling in the event

• If you’re going to place speakers around

of external shocks such as earthquakes.

your CRT TV, use shielded speakers or

place the speakers at a sufficient distance

from your CRT TV.

Important

• If you’re using a center speaker, place the

• To connect the surround back or front

front speakers at a wider angle. If not, place

height speakers, an additional amplifier is

them at a narrower angle.

required. Connect the additional amplifier

to the PRE OUT SURR BACK/FRONT

• Place the center speaker above or below

HEIGHT outputs of this unit and connect

the TV so that the sound of the center

the surround back or front height speakers

channel is localized at the TV screen. Also,

to the additional amplifier (see Connect the

make sure the center speaker does not

surround back or front height speakers on

cross the line formed by the leading edge

page 19).

of the front left and right speakers.

The Pre Out setting must be set if the above

• It is best to angle the speakers towards the

connections are performed. Select

listening position. The angle depends on

SURR.BACK if the surround back speaker

the size of the room. Use less of an angle

is connected and HEIGHT if the front

for bigger rooms.

height speaker is connected (If neither the

• Surround and surround back speakers

surround back speaker nor the front height

should be positioned 60 cm to 90 cm higher

speaker is connected, either setting will

than your ears and titled slight downward.

suffice) (see The Pre Out Setting on

Make sure the speakers don’t face each

page 42).

other. For DVD-Audio, the speakers should

be more directly behind the listener than for

home theater playback.

• If the surround speakers cannot be set

directly to the side of the listening position

with a 7.1-channel system, the surround

effect can be enhanced by turning off the

Up Mix function (see Setting the Up Mix

function on page 35).