{"id":1264,"date":"2009-02-13T01:42:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T06:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2009-02-13T01:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T06:43:00","slug":"setup-guides-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1264","title":{"rendered":"Setup guides coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/placed.jpg\" alt=\"placed.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One thing I have learned through my correspondence with readers is people are very confused when it comes to setting up the latest home theater gear.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve received emails from readers owning systems costing $20,000 or more that were set up by professional installers, and the installers didn&#8217;t even tell the new owners how to get the Blu-ray lossless audio tracks to play!<\/p>\n<p>New receivers have configurable inputs, Blu-ray disc players have multiple audio connections and different output modes&#8230; it is all very confusing and the manuals are not much help.<\/p>\n<p>Very soon I will have a series of setup guides that will walk you\u00a0 through every step of the setup process from wiring the speakers to tuning your television for the best possible picture. I&#8217;ve chosen some of the best gear and best values around for these upcoming guides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/defboxes.jpg\" alt=\"defboxes.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first guide will be posted by Monday and will feature a Definitive Technology Mythos SSA-50 surroundbar with ProSub 1000 subwoofer and an Onkyo TX-SR806 receiver.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/806box.jpg\" alt=\"806box.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The guides will work with most any receiver and speaker system as I take a high-level view, rather than drill into the specifics of the equipment used.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of the illustrations to give you an idea of my simple, easy-to-understand approach.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/5wires.jpg\" alt=\"5wires.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Labeling wires <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/connected5.jpg\" alt=\"connected5.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Making proper connections at the speaker terminals<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/hdmiout.jpg\" alt=\"hdmiout.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Get HDMI set up right!<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/configspeaks.jpg\" alt=\"configspeaks.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>We&#8217;ll go into the receiver setup menus and get everything configured as it should be- simply and easily. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0Stop back soon- you will see the first setup guide posted in the Learning Center section!<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  addthis_url    = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D1264';\n  addthis_title  = 'Setup+guides+coming+soon';\n  addthis_pub    = '';\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/addthis_widget.php?v=12\" ><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing I have learned through my correspondence with readers is people are very confused when it comes to setting up the latest home theater gear.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve received emails from readers owning systems costing $20,000 or more that were set up by professional installers, and the installers didn&#8217;t even tell the new owners how to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}