How to setup an AV Receiver // Home Theater Basics

Today on TwoGuyzTech, Rob is going to talk about the basics of Home Theater receivers, how to choose the perfect one, and how much you should spend!

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How to setup an AV Receiver // Home Theater Basics

--------- Recommended Products ---------

--------- Our Theater ---------
Integra DTC-9.8 7.2ch Surround Processor
Sony UBP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray Player
3x Emotiva UPA-1 Monoblocks (powering front stage)
Face Audio F1200TS 2-Channel Amp (powering subs)
6x Marantz MA500 Monoblocks (powering bass shakers, mids, and rears)
Velodyne SMS-1 Sub EQ/Room Correction

Panasonic AE4000U 3LCD 1080p Projector
EliteScreens StarFrame 120" Projector Screen

Front Left/Right: Vandersteen Model 2Ce Signatures
Center: Vandersteen Model VCC-5 Center Channel
Mid-Surrounds: 2x Vandersteen Model VSM-1 wall-mounted speakers
Rear-Surrounds: 2x Vandersteen Model 2Ce (RL/RR)
6x Bass Shakers

--------- Music Used In This Video ---------
Track: Audioscribe - Shimmer [NCS Release] [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.

-------- Equipment Used To Shoot This Video -------

►Camera - PANASONIC LUMIX G7 4K

►Tripod - Ravelli AVT Professional 67-inch Video Camera Tripod

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[forgefatherclaw]

I'm a Home Theatre installer and this Video has so much value.

[mdksg]

This is the video i am searching subscribed just after reading title

[lorxqq]

my grandma has this amazing surround sound, i’m trying to set it up, thanks for the vid.

[northeastcorals]

At some point somebody was really struggling to find that HDMI 1 port :P

[Lucaemar]

Ah yay, just what I needed! Very tidy and to the point A+

[sushantarora]

very nice and simple video and its totally straight forward🙂🙂

[muralikoneru]

Simple and straightforward. Great instructional video. Well done, thank you.

[Zyphure]

I have watched a lot of video's on this topic and I would like to say thank you for making this exact instructional video so simplistic. I am sure you could have gone into a lot more technical detail, as observed by your link comments, but I think what a lot of people forget in these instructional video's are the pure basics that you need to provide. Many times now I have watched a video from others gone away thinking I knew what was required and then found I was tripped up by a very basic requirement that was overlooked in the video due to the focus on more complex topics!.

[rovd]

Wow!! What a great knowledge. I'm a novice in UK and I've had no prior clue about a receiver to be honest. I want to set up a basic home theatre and naively the first thing I've bought is a subwoofer (bad luck meant it came faulty and it couldn't even get switched on - waiting to have it returned), I've thought I would just connect the sub directly to tv, and that would be it. But then I started hearing the name "AV RECEIVER " and started to panic because the 12inch sub has literally dried my pocket out.

Based on your review I've got at least a rudimentary idea of where this is going. A bit expensive though but I'm not going to look back. Thank you brother, God bless you

[pichej]

Awesome video: simple, straight to the point, and informative

[AFatGuyILittleCoat]

That HDMI port looking fresh off the battlefield lmao

[AwesomeSauceShow]

Great video! Thanks for all the info. 😄👍

[BuildMontage]

Great video guys! Nicely explained. Well done :)

[onthecasejase]

Well done on a great video! Very informative!

[westwood]

Thanks for everything u guys do.. I have learned alot watching your videos. Keep up the great work..

[goldenserenity]

Very informative. Looking to upgrade to a new AV receiver to play 4K movies from the PS5

[qugonqeml]

thanks for making these videos they are great to help me put together my own home theater. I am wondering what cord to use to hook up a sub woofer. I love your videos and I am so glad i found you so I can have more help with my Dolby atmos theater.

[timd]

I have a question about hooking up my turntables, mixer, surround sound, etc. Can you be reached via email or something?

[jancovanderwesthuizen]

So if i wanna hook up a bunch of speakers to my smart tv, i can just run the hdmi to the avr for audio and in turn connect all the speakers to the avr, video will just stay on the tv?

Or if it does send video thru hdmi as well, could I just run it back to my tv? So that it would be both video in and video out

[omarrueben]

Just found you. An HK235, is it the same hook up?