Speakers
Speaker Placement Calculator for Coverage, Count and Sound Levels
Use a speaker placement calculator to plan coverage, speaker count and sound levels. Here's how Yamaha CISSCA's layouts and two modes work.
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Audio and home theater. TunedRoom covers audio connections, home theater setup and listening systems, with guides organized around the signal path.
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Speakers
How to Wire Speakers
Learn how to wire speakers with bare wire, match red and black terminals, and check Polk Audio Monitor XT20 amplifier compatibility and connections.
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Speakers
How to Connect Sony Speakers
How to connect Sony speakers, shown on the SRS-XB100. Charge it first, follow the blue light, or link two XB100s as a Stereo Pair.
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Speakers
Surround Sound Speaker Placement for a 5.1 System
Where to put surround speakers in a 5.1 setup, from the center speaker to the sub, and how to test every channel from your seat.
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Home Theater
How to Connect a Subwoofer to a Receiver, Amp or TV
Hook up a subwoofer with one RCA cable from a receiver's sub out, or use the sub's own speaker-level inputs when your stereo amp has no sub out.
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Headphones
Why Do My Bluetooth Headphones Keep Disconnecting?
If your Bluetooth headphones keep disconnecting, first work out whether the sound skips, pauses or cuts off completely. Each has its own fix.
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Speakers
iPhone Speaker Crackling? What to Try First
If your iPhone speaker is crackling, dry it if it got wet, clean the speaker openings, then compare an alert with a speakerphone call before booking a repair.
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Speakers
Mac Speaker Crackling? Sound Checks and Diagnostics
MacBook speaker crackling? Follow Apple's sound checks for recent Apple silicon laptops, with an M4 Air example and the direct diagnostics requirements.
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TV and Soundbars
How to Reset a Samsung Soundbar
To reset a Samsung soundbar, try the power and TV-output checks first, since a reset wipes your settings. Here's each step on an HW-Q600C.
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Speakers
How to Connect Bose Speakers
To connect Bose speakers, put the speaker in pairing mode and pick it in your phone's Bluetooth settings. Here's each step on a SoundLink Flex 2.
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Home Theater
Best Place to Put a Subwoofer in Your Room
Start your subwoofer near the front speakers, compare a corner, then do the subwoofer crawl to find the best spot for your seat.
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Home Theater
Epson Projector No Signal? How to Fix It
Epson projector showing No Signal? Check the input, your laptop's display output and the HDMI cable, with the Home Cinema 1080 as the worked example.
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Turntables
How to Clean the Stylus on an Audio-Technica AT-LP60-BT
To clean the stylus on an Audio-Technica AT-LP60-BT, use a soft brush from rear to front only, with the tonearm at rest and the turntable unplugged.
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Headphones
Why Your Headphones Sound Muffled and What to Check First
Headphones sound muffled? Start with when it happens. A call, one quieter earbud or a moved cable each points to a different check.
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Home Theater
Where to Place a Subwoofer for More Even Bass
Compare a front-wall spot and a front corner for your subwoofer from each seat you use. Keep the one with the fewest booming or missing notes, then recalibrate.
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Turntables
Record Player Not Spinning? How to Fix It
If your record player is not spinning, check the power and start controls, then the belt, with steps for the AT-LP60X, AT-LP120XUSB, Fluance and RR75.
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TV and Soundbars
How to Connect Speakers to a TV
Connect speakers to a TV by matching the ports, adding an amplifier for passive speakers, and choosing which remote will run the volume.
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Streaming and Connections
How to Connect Multiple Bluetooth Speakers to One Audio Source
To connect multiple Bluetooth speakers, pairing isn't enough. Pick both outputs on a phone that supports it, or link the speakers, then check the stereo rules.
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Speakers
How to Connect JBL Speakers to a Phone, Computer or Each Other
To connect JBL speakers, get one playing from your phone first, then link the second through a system both models share. Stereo comes last.