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Overview Details Customer Reviews Category Info Our take on the Avia Guide to Home Theater Understanding and optimizing your A/V system is easy with Avia's Guide to Home Theater in your DVD player, and the remote control in your hand. Start with the video tutorial, explore "hot buttons," or go directly to any topics you want to explore in depth. A series of test tones helps you correctly set up your speakers and subwoofer. Use the video test patterns to maximize your picture quality using familiar "front-panel" TV controls (color, contrast, tint, etc.). Read a hands-on review of the Avia disc at CrutchfieldAdvisor.com Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) What’s in the box? | In-depth notes Product Research Product Research What's in the box? Download owner's manual Avia Guide to Home Theater DVD Instruction sheet Blue/Red/Green filter for TV adjustments in a plastic jacket Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Features Author: Written by David Ranada (technical editor of Stereo Review's Sound and Vision) Overview: This single sided, single layer, NTSC DVD software allows you to optimize a home theater system by combining tutorials on home theater basics, in depth information on audio/video topics, and advanced digital test tones and patterns. You can easily navigate to any specific section. The AVIA DVD is region code free, so it should play on any NTSC capable DVD player in any region. Contents: Chapter 1: How to use AVIA Chapter 2: Home Theater Components 2.1 - Introduction 2.2 - Programming Sources 2.3 - Video Signal Basics 2.4 - A/V Receivers 2.5 - Video Components 2.6 - Video Monitors 2.7 - Developing Technologies 2.8 - Aspect Ratio, Pan-and-Scan and Letterboxing 2.9 - Separates 2.10 - Multi-Channel Basics 2.11 - Home THX 2.12 - Dolby Digital Story Chapter 3 - Sound Advice 3.1 - Introduction 3.2 - Speaker Types for Home Theater 3.3 - Speaker Placement for Home Theater Chapter 4 - Home Theater Environment 4.1 - Introduction 4.2 - Background Noise Levels 4.3 - Room Acoustics and Acoustic Treatments 4.4 - Background Lighting for Video Chapter 5 - Making the Right Connection 5.1 - Introduction 5.2 - Signal Connectors 5.3 - Hooking up Speakers 5.4 - Which Connector Goes to What 5.5 - Hooking Up and Using a Powered Subwoofer 5.6 - Connectors 5.7 - RCA/Phono Connectors 5.8 - Banana Connectors 5.9 - Binding Posts 5.10 - Spring Clips 5.11 - S-Video Connectors 5.12 - Optical/TOSLINK Chapter 6 - Using a Sound Level Meter 6.1 - Introduction 6.2 - Playing at Calibrated Sound Levels Chapter 7 - Audio & Video Calibrations 7.1 - Introduction 7.2 - Main Speaker Setup 7.3 - Subwoofer Setup 7.4 - Verification & Performance Evaluation Test Tones 7.5 - Reference Tones 7.6 - Basic Video Adjustments 7.7 - Basic Video Test Patterns 7.8 - Advanced Video Test Patterns 7.9 - Video Test Pattern Sequence Product Reviews Be the first to review this product. 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Our take on the Avia Guide to Home Theater Understanding and optimizing your A/V system is easy with Avia's Guide to Home Theater in your DVD player, and the remote control in your hand. Start with the video tutorial, explore "hot buttons," or go directly to any topics you want to explore in depth. A series of test tones helps you correctly set up your speakers and subwoofer. Use the video test patterns to maximize your picture quality using familiar "front-panel" TV controls (color, contrast, tint, etc.). Read a hands-on review of the Avia disc at CrutchfieldAdvisor.com
Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) What’s in the box? | In-depth notes Product Research Product Research What's in the box? Download owner's manual Avia Guide to Home Theater DVD Instruction sheet Blue/Red/Green filter for TV adjustments in a plastic jacket Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Features Author: Written by David Ranada (technical editor of Stereo Review's Sound and Vision) Overview: This single sided, single layer, NTSC DVD software allows you to optimize a home theater system by combining tutorials on home theater basics, in depth information on audio/video topics, and advanced digital test tones and patterns. You can easily navigate to any specific section. The AVIA DVD is region code free, so it should play on any NTSC capable DVD player in any region. Contents: Chapter 1: How to use AVIA Chapter 2: Home Theater Components 2.1 - Introduction 2.2 - Programming Sources 2.3 - Video Signal Basics 2.4 - A/V Receivers 2.5 - Video Components 2.6 - Video Monitors 2.7 - Developing Technologies 2.8 - Aspect Ratio, Pan-and-Scan and Letterboxing 2.9 - Separates 2.10 - Multi-Channel Basics 2.11 - Home THX 2.12 - Dolby Digital Story Chapter 3 - Sound Advice 3.1 - Introduction 3.2 - Speaker Types for Home Theater 3.3 - Speaker Placement for Home Theater Chapter 4 - Home Theater Environment 4.1 - Introduction 4.2 - Background Noise Levels 4.3 - Room Acoustics and Acoustic Treatments 4.4 - Background Lighting for Video Chapter 5 - Making the Right Connection 5.1 - Introduction 5.2 - Signal Connectors 5.3 - Hooking up Speakers 5.4 - Which Connector Goes to What 5.5 - Hooking Up and Using a Powered Subwoofer 5.6 - Connectors 5.7 - RCA/Phono Connectors 5.8 - Banana Connectors 5.9 - Binding Posts 5.10 - Spring Clips 5.11 - S-Video Connectors 5.12 - Optical/TOSLINK Chapter 6 - Using a Sound Level Meter 6.1 - Introduction 6.2 - Playing at Calibrated Sound Levels Chapter 7 - Audio & Video Calibrations 7.1 - Introduction 7.2 - Main Speaker Setup 7.3 - Subwoofer Setup 7.4 - Verification & Performance Evaluation Test Tones 7.5 - Reference Tones 7.6 - Basic Video Adjustments 7.7 - Basic Video Test Patterns 7.8 - Advanced Video Test Patterns 7.9 - Video Test Pattern Sequence
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