Shure HTS50SW, HTS5300, HTS50SPA, HTS50CF, HTS50LRS User Manual

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USER'S

GUlDE

LEFI',

KIGHT. SURROLNI)

LOUDSPEAKER

HTSSOLKS

CENTER

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HTSSOCF

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SPEAKER

HTS5OSW

SUBWOOFER

HOME THEATER REFERENCE SYSTEM COMPONENTS

t

SHURE HTS

ACRA-VECTOR@* HOME THEATER REFERENCE SYSTEM

CONTENTS

General Description
HTS Reference System

HTS5300 Decoder
HTSSOSPA Amplifier
HTS5OCF Speaker
HTSSOLRS Speaker
HTS5OSW Subwoofer 8
Locating Speakers
HTS Reference System Interconnections 10

Source to Decoder 10
Decoder to Amplifier and Speakers

Initial Setup and Operation 12

Pushbutton Controls 12
Rotary Controls
Graphic Display 13
Remote Control 13
Remote Extender 13
Mono Enhance Adjust 14

Balance and Phasing 14

Mixed System 14

Locating Speakers 14
Interconnections 15

Source to Decoder 15
Decoder to Amplifiers and Speakers

Balance and Phasing 16
Troubleshooting 17
Program Material
Specifications 18

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*US

Patents

4.696. 036

and

4.811.

019

SBGRE HTS ACRA-VECTORcR)* HOME THEATER

SOliND

(:or~~ratul,tt~o~i\' \our Sliure il'l'S Acra lector " I-lome Tllcater

Kefc.rcncc. iird~o >)\tern prov~de\ thc \torld's finest IIome

I'1ic~;tter Souncl Yoour Iiome theatcr equ~pped with a Shure IITS

lkferen~e S\\ten~

ot

soiinti

th,lt !lo11 hear In the

cclu~pl)~(l \iltl~ 1)olbj Stvrco

For

tlio4e

1)olh) Surrountl, lcm-lector dccoillng, ant1 Horne Theater
So~ind. sonic e\pl,ul,~t~onr follon

00

DOLBY

one part of ~vliich includes
cli;rn~icls (Left, (knttr. Right) ant1 one rc;ir (or surrou~itl)
c11:tnncl. 'i'he I)olh!. Stereo theatcr encotling-tk'cocli~lg process
uscs

;I

mat1iematic;l1it1 coclc to con~hine the fi~ur autlio tracks into

t\zo stereo t~~cb, then h;uh into the four original track (kno\+n

as

:I

t-2--4

transferreti to thc video format, the
presenctl. iuitl are

\ill1

;tchle\c the same real~sm and ~mmedlacj

~cr)

'

*

nho

re

not tot'11I) hnllllar with 1)olh) Stereo.

STEREO**

ticscrihcs a motion

recording

process for short).

now

c;~lletl

be\t motlon plcture theaters

picture

process.

films \+ith tllrec front

\lilllcn

1)olby Stereo filriis are

encoded

0U

DOLBY SLRROL'ND.

sountl tracks are

HOME THEATER, WHAT YOU NEED

The Source

I'rogram material
disc plajer, video tape player. stereo t\./;~uciio reccbivc:r) in which
thr. original four-channcl audio recording lias been encotled or

mixed docv~i to two stereo tracks is decotled
by a Ilome Theater Sountl system.

The Room

:\

common misconception is that a very large room is

requiretl to enjoy the re-creation of theater ;mibierice in the

home. l'he

Sl~ure H1'S process ;~lloivs all tlie enjoyment

theatrical perfornmance in a room of motiest size. I.argcr rooms,

of

course, are also highly suitable for hornc theater.

The Video

.A

realistic honie theatcr experience rnay be ;~chir\ahlc wit11

an ortlinan honir television screen in rooms of ordinary size.

A

projection

tv

screen practical for the room is preferretl.

from

is popular

a 1)olhy Stereo Soura' (t:.g.. video

and

reprotluced

of

;I

in

1;lrger rooms. In gcncfitl, the Ii~rgest

ACKA-VECTOR 1)ECODING

'The p;~tcntcd Shure Escl~isive hcra-l'cctor Logic decoding
process
original

LISCS

logic

CII~I;IIICCIII~~~

circuits ivhicli recover tlie

fi)ur recortled channels tt.ith a high degree of separation
het~vern adjaccnt cli;u~ncls. 'l'he :Icra-Vector l)ecoder cmulatcs
the I)olh! Stereo thcatcr dccotler ;uid permits all listeners.
~iIiere\~er they are locatetl in the horiie theater, tc; cnjoy the
tot:~l {heater eupericnce.

SIII'RE Ifl'S

In

ortlcr to ti~lly replicate tlie 1)oby Stereo theater

experience

in the Sli~irc t1'i'S Ilome Theater, the Sliure II'TSi.300 1)rcotler
provides in adtlition to

;\era-\'cctor

logic enhancement:
'I'lie \title dynamic range and high signal-to-noise ratio
ncccssar) for (banlatic contrast
'I'lie atIjust;cblc dela~y time recluirecl for tailoring to rooms

\.arious size

of
Thc

cuclusivc
evcJn listener in
number of

'I'hc suhuoofer output intcgral to tlie cre;ttion

:\caustic

Space (;enerator that immerses

the

fill1 spatial field tvith a minimum

surrountl spe;~kers

of

mood

and place.

The Audio

In the movie theatcr a high performance audio system
contributes just
qu;~lity

of

the

system must

with low distortion not only

levels
also in the surround channels
frerjuency) channel.
great importance in maintaining proper

as

much

as

the experience.

bc

capable of producing high sound pressure

:2

center ti-ont ch;~nnel loudspeaker is of

tlie large screen to the participatorj

To

tluplicatc this quality in the home,

in

the front channels but

nil

the sulnvoofr~r (or low

audio perspecthre for

all viewers.

In

order to obtain the optinium listening experit:nce with a

home theater audio system, it is

important to select ;urnplificrs
and loudspeakers that are capable of producing the required
low distortion, high sound pressure levels. precise localization.
ant1 fitlelity to the original source. Shure's IlTS Division has
tieveloped such a system of matched components for a reference
standarcl honie theater system. As a basis for tletertnining
requirements for home theater, consider that the sound system
in a modern movie theater is designed to generate maximum

peak

sound pressure levels of

108

dB

SI'I, at an ideal viewing

position.