New Center Channel Speaker - Setup Question(s)

[stingo]

Hi all,

I just picked up a center channel speaker (KEFQ95.2) and was wondering what I'd need to set my receiver to to be able to use it. I'm thinking DD or DTS but not sure since I don't have the rear speakers/sub yet. Thanks in advance for replies.

[palebluedot]

If you have a setting on your receiver for 3-channel, use that. I know that on most of the older pro-logic receivers had this setting. If you don't have it use the 5 channel setting (either DD or DTS) just set the receiver setting for the sub output to "NO" or "Off" that way it will send the LFE signal to you mains.

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[DigIt]

Most DD/DTS receivers allow you to choose the setting for each speaker: large, small, or none. In a Dolby Pro-Logic setup, you can set the center channel as normal/wide/phantom (which is the equivalent of small/large/none, respectively). In most cases, you should set the center speaker to "small" or "normal", but it is okay to experiment with the "large" setting as well.

Since you don't have surround speakers, make sure that in DD/DTS these are set to off if possible. In Dolby Pro-Logic, the mode is known as "3-Stereo" which utilizes the R, L, and Center speakers only. You may find it best to choose the 2.0 or stereo soundtrack in the DVD menu and set the receiver to 3-Stereo.

To "turn on" the center speaker, set the receiver to any of these surround modes, and you should be getting audio from all three speakers. It might be worth it to hook up some cheap surround speakers just to get a taste of the full effect, at least until you are ready to invest in surround/sub speakers.

[This message has been edited by DigIt (edited January 30, 2001).]

[stingo]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DigIt:
It might be worth it to hook up some cheap surround speakers just to get a taste of the full effect, at least until you are ready to invest in surround/sub speakers.

[This message has been edited by DigIt (edited January 30, 2001).]</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I was thinking of doing just that as KEF's are pretty $$$ so I can't get them all at once. Thanks for the replies - keep 'em coming.