Is your home theater giving you all the picture clarity and sonic detail it can?
Sound & Vision has teamed with Ovation Software, the leading authority on audio and video calibration, to bring you Sound & Vision Home Theater Tune-Up, an easy-to-use DVD to help you get the most from your A/V system.
To order the Home Theater Tune-Up for $21.95 (shipping and handling included) click here or call 1-800-914-5656.
Whether you’re a novice or enthusiast, you’ll find step-by-step instructions, exclusive video patterns and audio tests, and helpful tips for hooking up, adjusting, and operating your system!
- Video Tune-Up featuring exclusive test patterns for adjusting contrast, brightness, sharpness, color, & tint
- Audio Tune-up with exclusive test signals designed by Sound & Vision Technical Editor David Ranada, including speaker ID/balance for 5.1-channel and 6.1-channel systems, speaker phase, and subwoofer level
- S-Video/composite video test
- Jack-by-jack set-up & installation advice
- Basic system operation
- DVD aspect ratios explained
- Upgrading your system
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: DVD-Video with additional DVD-ROM elements
Run Time: Approximately 75 minutes instructional narrative, not including timed video test patterns or audio test signals.
CHAPTER SELECTIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Home Theater Basics
Home theater components and their functions
Chapter 3. Installing Your Home Theater
Equipment placement; video, audio and speaker connections; receiver set-up menus
Chapter 4. Video Tune-Up
User-friendly test patterns for adjusting TV contrast, brightness, sharpness, color & tint
Chapter 5. Audio Tune-Up
User-friendly audio signals to check speaker wiring and adjust main speaker/subwoofer balance
on 5.1-channel and 6.1-channel systems
Chapter 6. Operating Your Home Theater
Setting receiver controls, DVD player menus (including aspect ratio), and DVD disc menus
Chapter 7. Upgrading Your Home Theater
Options and shopping tips for buying or upgrading audio, video, and ancillary components
Chapter 8. Resources
How to reach industry organizations and other sources
BONUS MATERIAL
Dedicated "Calibrations" menu for direct access to all video test patterns and audio signals, including additional advanced video patterns & audio signals for enthusiasts and technicians
Instructional video:
"How To Use A Sound Level Meter"
Sample video trailers and program clips for demonstration purposes
DVD-ROM section for DVD-equipped PCs