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Audio/Video System Configuration:
The most important things to know about your speakers are in
this document, but find your AVR and your DVD or CD player
manuals too. We recommend you reacquaint yourself with the
setup menu options in each of these important pieces of audio
gear. Even speakers as fine these from SVS will not sound cor-
rect if poor choices are made during system configuration.
Becoming familiar with the setup menus of your AVR and DVD
player usually requires your primary video display show all set-
tings easily (some receivers only offer front panel displays for
this).
DVD player: Frequently, DVD players ship with their digital au-
dio outputs not configured to send Dolby Digital and DTS audio
to your AVR. Go into your setup menu and see how your player
is set up. Note: If you use a Dolby Digital capable AVR, your
DVD player should be connected with ONLY a single-element
RCA to RCA ―interconnect‖, or an optical cable. Avoid using the
―Right/Left‖ analog audio outputs of any DVD player. These
outputs will not provide the high fidelity sound from your movie
or music disks which digital signals provide.
Within DVD player setup menu for digital audio, the digital output
on should be enabled and also set to ―BITSTREAM‖ (or in some
cases simply annotated as ―Dolby Digital‖). Ensure this setting is
not on ―PCM‖ which is the secondary audio track on virtually all
DVD’s, (but with inferior sound relative to Dolby Digital or DTS).
Often ―DTS‖ is a sound menu selection and should be enabled
too if your AVR is compatible with this alternative audio format.
If you have purchased a high-definition Blu-ray disk™ player, or
even the latest generation standard-definition DVD players, you
may be able to use an ―HDMI‖ cable to send digital video and
audio via that single connection. Consult your player’s guide for
the various options offered to exploit the newest audio formats
on Blu-ray™ . These include ―Dolby Digital Plus‖ and ―Dolby
True HD‖ which can provide even better fidelity and press the
capabilities of your speakers and subs even more than ever!
SVSound
Chapter 10-1 Audio system configuration