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Placing your Acoustimass, 10 speakers to achieve, realistic home theater sound - speaker placement
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Setting Up Placing your Acoustimass®-10 speakers to achieve realistic home theater sound The center speaker localizes action and dialogue on your screen. Sound from the center speaker should seem to come from within the picture. The left and right front speakers create a sound image wider than the screen that seems natural to viewers sitting anywhere in the room. The surround speakers add subtle sounds and special effects that expand the visual image, bringing the viewer into the center of the action. The surround speakers should be positioned to allow the sound to reach the viewer from both sides, rather than from directly behind. You can place the front and center speakers near a TV screen with no picture interference, because all of the cube speakers are magnetically shielded. The Acoustimass module is not magnetically shielded and should be at least 2 feet (.6 m) from your screen, but at the same end of the room as the front and center speakers. Bose® Acoustimass speaker technology takes advantage of the fact that the source of bass sound is difficult to locate, so you can hide the Acoustimass module conveniently out of sight. A suggested home theater layout that conforms to the guidelines described above is shown in Figure 2. Twist the pairs of cube speakers so they describe angles that create room-filling sound patterns. You may choose to place the speakers differently, to take advantage of the sound characteristics of different rooms. Your speakers come with sufficient cable lengths to allow you to have the following distances between components: • Up to 20 feet (6 m) between the Acoustimass module and the receiver. • Up to 20 feet (6 m) between the Acoustimass module and the front and center cube speakers. • Up to 50 feet (15 m) between the Acoustimass module and the surround speakers. Bose wall brackets and floor stands can extend your placement options. See "Accessories" on page 14. NOTE: Please follow wall bracket instructions carefully. Proper mounting will insure optimum performance from your system. Figure 2 One suggested home theater layout AM183644_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 5