My first Home Theater Setup -- Please help

tonycomp15

Hello,

Here is what I recently purchased:
Receiver: Yamaha RX-V375
TV: Samsung PN60F5300 Plasma
Front Speakers: Polk Monitor40
Center Channel: Polk CS1
Subwoofer: Polk PSW10

I have read enough to make myself dangerous but I do not understand a lot of the finer settings to make sure I have everything working as advertised.

On the back of the subwoofer I have the low pass set to the max of 160Hz and on my receiver I have it set to 80Hz, which seems to be the norm. I also chose 'small' in lieu of 'large' for speaker size on the receiver. These are basically the only two settings I have messed with but I definitely see a plethora of other settings I have zero understanding on.

Thanks in advance.

rpf65

Assuming you ran YPAO, so far everything seems a good choice. Entry level AVR, let the sub do as much work as possible. Most important, be careful with the volume knob.

What other settings do you want to know about, or seem confusing?

trj

Play with placement of the sub woofer and crossover on the receiver. Try 60Hz if your receiver allows and see if it helps.
The subwoofer you have is not a good one but, should work fine till you upgrade.

I have a similar setup but I cross my speakers at 60 because I my sub woofer is good around 60Hz and above that my speakers can take the load.

tonycomp15

rpf65 wrote: »

Most important, be careful with the volume knob.
What other settings do you want to know about, or seem confusing?

The volume knob of the subwoofer or the receiver? I will run YPAO tonight after work. I guess I am just wondering if there are any settings that need to be changed. For example, the Monitor40's have the following specifications:
• 47Hz-25kHz
• 8 Ohm 20-125W
• 89db

I know there is a setting in the receiver for 6 ohms or 8 ohms. Does that need to be changed to match the speakers? I currently have the receiver setup as the 5.1 configuration. Is there anything I need to do to let the receiver know the two rear speakers are not installed? I apologize for being so vague, I'm just lost in the sauce with this crap.

tonyb

Leave the receiver at 8ohms.....did you read the manual at all ? You need to set it up, tell the receiver what speakers you have...or don't have. Setup each input so it coincides with what source is plugged into that input.

If you haven't read the manual, do so...twice, cover to cover. I know it goes against the grain of a man's world to read manuals, but it will give you a better grasp on what the settings are there for and what will pertain to you.

WagnerRC

Listen to Tony b always great advice.

rpf65

See above. The knob on sub, about halfway. Run YPAO, check settings. Your sub level has a max range of 10 dB (10 and -10 are the ends of scale). If it says 10, or -10, you really don't know if it is correcting the level properly.

Be especially concerned of the AVR volume knob. Not a lot of reserve power in that AVR. Easy to destroy speakers pushing the AVR too much.