JBL CINEMA VISION CVCEN50 Owner's Manual - Speaker Placement

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SPEAKER PLACEMENT

SUBWOOFER

SURROUND SPEAKERS

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   5 – 6 ft

    1.5 – 1.8m

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FRONT 

SPEAKERS

(0-2 ft)

0-0.6m

The front speakers should be

placed the same distance

from each other as they are

from the listening position.

They should be placed at

about the same height from

the floor as the listeners’

ears will be, or they may be

angled toward the listeners.

The center channel speaker

should be placed slightly

behind the front left and right

speakers, and no more than

two feet above or below the

tweeters of the left and right

speakers. It is often con-

venient to set the center

speaker on top of the tele-

vision set, as shown in the

drawing. 

The JBL Cinema Vision

speaker system may be used

in 5.1-, 6.1- or 7.1-channel

applications. In 5.1-channel

applications, two of the sur-

round speakers should be

placed slightly behind the lis-

tening position and, ideally,

should face each other and

be at a level higher than the

listeners’ ears. If that is not

possible, they may be placed

on a wall behind the listening

position, facing forward. In

6.1-channel applications, two

of the surround speakers

should be placed in the side

positions, and a single sur-

round back speaker should

be placed on the wall behind

the listening position. In 7.1-

channel applications, place

two of the surround speakers

in the side positions, and

place the two surround back

speakers on the rear wall.

In Dolby* Digital and DTS

®

systems, it is best to aim all

of the speakers (except the

subwoofer) toward the lis-

tening position at about ear-

level height. In systems

where only analog surround

processing (such as Dolby

Pro Logic*) is available, it

may be preferable to aim the

speakers straight out from

the wall to obtain a more 

diffuse sound.

The low-frequency material

reproduced by the subwoofer

is mostly omnidirectional,

and this speaker may be

placed in a convenient loca-

tion in the room. However,

bass reproduction will be

maximized when the sub-

woofer is placed in a corner

along the same wall as the

front speakers. Experiment

with subwoofer placement

by temporarily placing the

subwoofer in the listening

position and moving around

the room until the bass

reproduction is best. Place the

subwoofer in that location.

CENTER CHANNEL

SPEAKER

†

Single surround back speaker  

may be used with 6.1 receivers

and processors. 

Alternate placement for surround speakers when only 5.1 channels are used; required placement for surround back

speakers in 7.1-channel systems.

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