How to Set Up a Separate Component Home Theater System

Once you have selected all the custom components for your home theater, it is time to install it. Since a separate component home theater system is a hodge-podge of different components, it obviously does not come with a manual for installation. So, here are some steps on how to set up a separate component home theater system.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• receiver
• RCA cables
• speakers
• television
• speaker wires
• DVD/VCR
• new DVD
• projector
• screwdriver
• amplifier

1. Choose a good room for your home theater. Make sure there are wall outlets nearby. Unpack your equipment and save all the packaging in case you have to return something.
2. Start connecting the components. Begin by running the RCA cables from the outputs on your cable box or satellite antennae into your VCR/DVD player inputs.
3. Connect the VCR/DVD player to the receiver. Send the audio and video outputs from the VCR/DVD player to the audio and video inputs of the receiver.
4. Hook up the audio output from your monitor or television to the receiver’s input labeled “AUX” or “TV.”
5. Connect all the speakers to the receiver. Be sure that the polarity is correct (positive and negative) as you connect each speaker into its respective channel (center, left, right, subwoofer, rear). Hook up any surround sound cables into the surround sound inputs on the receiver.
6. Position your speakers in the theater. Put the central channel speaker above your television and centered with the screen. Put the subwoofer near the floor and screen, and then position your left and right speakers equidistant from the central channel. Rear speakers should be positioned behind, on the rear wall.
7. Sit back and watch a new DVD. Take your time to make sure all of your speakers are working properly.

Tips & Warnings

• The television sound will come through the receiver. To adjust the volume of the television, you will need to use the receiver. Or, send the audio and video outputs from the receiver into the television if you want it to project sound as well as the speakers.
• If you want to connect a video game console or other components to the receiver, send the video outputs from the components to the appropriate inputs on the rear of the receiver. Receiver inputs are labeled with component abbreviations.
• Always follow the color coding of your wires. Red wires go into the red inputs, white wires into the white inputs, and yellow wires into the yellow inputs.
• Speakers that are to be mounted on the wall will come with brackets and hardware. Install them using a screwdriver.

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