Wireless Home Theater System Makes Neat Installation Possible
For many people home theater is the only way to enjoy their favorite movies, whether on a DVD or on their local cable or satellite channel. The desire to achieve the commercial theater affect in their own living room is so overpowering for some so-called audiophiles that nothing short of window-rattling sound will suffice. With the availability of a wireless home theater system, gaining this sound capability is easier to install without having to hide otherwise unsightly wires running around the house.
The typical surround sound system will consist of six speakers, including three in the front of the room, near the entertainment unit, two in the back of the room and a subwoofer for bass sounds. Each of these speakers require a signal from the main drive unit and unless it is a wireless home theater system wires will have to be run from the main unit to each speaker. In homes without a basement, or those without someone who knows how to hide wires, they can not only look bad traveling across the floor or over end tables, they can be tripped over and the speakers damaged.
While the sounds available from a wireless home theater system can be especially enjoyable, the sight of wires around the house is not going to please everyone. For the most part, the only wires seen with a wireless home theater system are the ones that connect the receiver to the main unit, which is usually hidden inside a cabinet or behind the television or theater unit.
External Interference Usually Not A Problem
With some wireless sound systems, other electrical devices such as fluorescent lights and appliances that use radiated power can cause interference. Most of the more recently designed wireless home theater systems are impervious to spurious interference and, by FCC rules cannot cause interference in the operation of other wireless devices.
The biggest advantage of a wireless home theater system of course, is not having to run wires under the carpet, through the floor or through plastic pipes that hide and protect the traditional wiring. These systems are also significantly easier to relocate if rearranging the furniture. All that needs done is the speakers picked up and put in their new location.
The speakers, usually dedicated to the correct channel at the factory, will usually being working properly once the unit is powered on. Understand, the remote speakers will require some sort of power source in order to receive the signal from the transmitter. Either an electric outlet near the speaker will be needed or batteries, depending on the wireless home theater system being employed.
