Pioneer VSX-820 User Manual

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Where you put your speakers in the room has a 
big effect on the quality of the sound. The 
following guidelines should help you to get the 
best sound from your system.

• The subwoofer can be placed on the floor. 

Ideally, the other speakers should be at 
about ear-level when you’re listening to 
them. Putting the speakers on the floor 
(except the subwoofer), or mounting them 
very high on a wall is not recommended.

• For the best stereo effect, place the front 

speakers 2 m to 3 m (6 ft. to 9 ft.) apart, at 
equal distance from the TV.

• If you’re going to place speakers around 

your CRT TV, use shielded speakers or 
place the speakers at a sufficient distance 
from your CRT TV.

• If you’re using a center speaker, place the 

front speakers at a wider angle. If not, place 
them at a narrower angle.

• Place the center speaker above or below 

the TV so that the sound of the center 
channel is localized at the TV screen. Also, 
make sure the center speaker does not 
cross the line formed by the leading edge 
of the front left and right speakers. 

• It is best to angle the speakers towards the 

listening position. The angle depends on 
the size of the room. Use less of an angle 
for bigger rooms.

• Surround and surround back speakers 

should be positioned 60 cm to 90 cm (2 ft. 
to 3 ft.) higher than your ears and titled 
slight downward. Make sure the speakers 
don’t face each other. For DVD-Audio, the 
speakers should be more directly behind 
the listener than for home theater 
playback.

• If the surround speakers cannot be set 

directly to the side of the listening position 
with a 7.1-channel system, the surround 
effect can be enhanced by turning off the 
Up Mix function (see Setting the Up Mix 
function on page 38).

• Try not to place the surround speakers 

farther away from the listening position 
than the front and center speakers. Doing 
so can weaken the surround sound effect.

• Place the left and right front height 

speakers at least one meter directly above 
the left and right front speakers.

• Make sure that all speakers are securely 

installed. This not only improves sound 
quality, but also reduces the risk of 
damage or injury resulting from speakers 
being knocked over or falling in the event 
of external shocks such as earthquakes.

• To connect the surround back or front 

height speakers, an additional amplifier is 
required. Connect the additional amplifier 
to the 

HEIGHT outputs of this unit and connect 
the surround back or front height 
speakers to the additional amplifier (see 
Connect the surround back or front height 
speakers on page 19).
The Pre Out setting must be set if the 
above connections are performed. Select 
SURR.BACK if the surround back speaker 
is connected and 

HEIGHT if the front 

height speaker is connected (If neither the 
surround back speaker nor the front 
height speaker is connected, either setting 
will suffice) 

(see The Pre Out Setting

 on 

page 47

).

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