Panasonic Sa-xr57 Operating Guide

RQT8552

The ideal placement is to set each speaker (excluding the subwoofer) the same distance away from the listening-viewing position.
Measure the actual distance from each of the connected speakers to the listening-viewing position and perform steps instructed in
“Setting distances” (á page 31) when you cannot install speakers the same distance away.

Place on the left and right of the TV at seated ear height so that there is good coherency
between the picture and sound.

Place underneath or above the center of the TV. Aim the speaker at the seating area. 

Place on the side of or slightly behind the seating area, about one meter higher than ear
level. 

Place behind the seating area, about one meter higher than ear level. 

The subwoofer can be placed in any position as long as it is at a reasonable distance from
the TV.

• This is a placement suited for playing 6.1-channel sources (DTS-ES and

Dolby Digital Surround EX materials).

• This placement offers 7.1/6.1-channel playback of 2-channel and 

5.1-channel sources with the aid of Dolby Pro Logic 

, NEO: 6, and SFC

technology.

• This placement offers 6.1/5.1-channel playback without the center speaker.
• Sounds assigned to the center speaker are distributed to and output from

front speakers on the left and right.

• This is a placement suited for playing 5.1-channel sources (Dolby Digital

and DTS materials).

• This placement offers 5.1-channel playback of 2-channel sources with the

aid of Dolby Pro Logic 

, NEO: 6, and SFC technology.

• Sounds assigned to the center speaker come out of front speakers on the

left and right in a distributed manner when you use Dolby Pro Logic 

,

NEO:6 and SFC on 2-channel sources and sources recorded on 5.1 and
more channels. Sounds assigned to surround back speakers are
distributed to and output from surround speakers on the left and right.

• Sounds assigned to surround and surround back speakers come out of

front speakers on the left and right in a distributed manner when you use
Dolby Pro Logic 

, NEO:6 and SFC on 2-channel sources and sources

recorded on 4.1 and more channels.

• This is a placement suited for playing 2-channel sources.
• Sounds assigned to all other speakers are consolidated and output from

front speakers on the left and right when you play multi-channel sources in
this arrangement.

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• Connect speaker cords properly to terminals after making sure left and right,

and    “ ”   and   “ ”. Improper connections may cause the unit to develop
problems.

• Do not short-circuit speaker cords. The action may damage circuits.

Remove the vinyl
covering the tips of
speaker cords by
twisting it off.

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Speaker terminals