Are you thinking to install a home theater system in your room? Well this would be your first step after you buy and bring your home theater. How to go about installing your home theater is a major decision that needs some logical steps and careful planning. How it should be done exactly— read on to know.

Do not be nervous at all. Even if you are not a technical person, installing can be very easy for you. fortunately, there is a good deal of resources around you to help you in the job of home theater installation. You need not be a hard-core hi-fi buff to get your job done.

How to go about home theater installation?

There are some logical steps and decisions before and as you go for installing your home theater system successfully. First of all decide whether you are going to devote your whole living room to make a complete theater. Are you ready to give the system that big corner (meant for pretty blue lounge sofa) in your room? Make it compatible technically and in designer ways with your dining room, bedroom or office. If you have a dedicated room it will allow you to keep speakers and seating in the perfect position. Keep everything you want such as projector or screen without making it look out of place.

The key to incorporate your new home theater system in your room successfully is to be a little creative with the way you install your system. The home theater systems are available in an extensive variety of shapes and sizes. It can make it easy for you to disguise in the designing and furnishing of your room.

In the standard case as you buy a home theater, you will get a DVD player, digital receiver and manifold speakers with a subwoofer. You would have to connect it well with your new or existing TV set and perhaps a VCR.

Do make sure of the fact that you do all the connections systematically. Keep aside all other ways to hook up the home theater system. The simplest and effective of all methods is the way to direct the video and audio signals all the way through receiver to keep the whole thing tidy.

Types of connections you need to settle—

Here are the all connections that you have to deal with in a typical case of installing home theater.

—Typical RCA cables and connectors analog audio

—S-Video cable with connector

—TosLink cable with connector

—Coaxial cable with connector

—Speaker cables with wire ends

—Speaker cables with lug spade termination

—Analog audio

How to hook up all the components with home theater system?

After the TV set and VCR are connected to each other, there are some more important things to do. All the additional home theater devices will be gouged through receiver.

DVD Player: Connect the receiver with the DVD player through either a coaxial digital cable or TosLink to receive necessary signals. You can see the left and right audio analog output on the DVD players, which might be attached to the receiver. Connect the S-Video or the composite output from DVD player to receiver. Make use of the same cable to connect with the monitor or the television.

Speakers / Subwoofer: Usually there are about five speakers. Two are kept in front, one in the center channel and the other two in rear side. The subwoofer generally needs one single RCA analog connection. You can see it labeled on the back of receiver.

Television: The video input of the television has to be attached to video output or monitor. See the connection at the back of the receiver. You can select the proper connector, composite or S-Video. For Dolby Surround Sound, be sure to attach the audio analog outputs from TV to fitting inputs on receiver.

All is done more or less. The best tip from my side for installation of home theater is that don’t be panic at all if something does not work. Logically check for all the connections and if problem persists consult the instruction manual or call the engineer. All the best and happy installation!

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