How Do You Hook Up A Surround Sound Receiver?
A surround sound system takes a simple home entertainment set-up and transforms it into a home theater. Surround sound delivers an audio track as it was intended to be heard. Typical surround sound tracks are mixed in 5.1, meaning there will be five audio channels plus a low-frequency channel for the subwoofer. Setting up your surround sound receiver properly will greatly enhance the films and television shows you enjoy watching. Set-up should take no more than an hour of your day. Set up your receiver in your entertainment center. Connect it to its power supply. Make sure it is in a location that can be reached by the cables you will be using to connect it to your DVD player and television. Locate the “Optical Out” on the back of your DVD player. Connect one end of your optical cable to the output port. Connect the other end of the cable to the “Optical In” on the back of your surround sound receiver. If connecting additional equipment to your receiver follow the same procedure using
