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Author Topic: Number designation for 7.1 Audio Systems Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-31-2018 02:55 PM                        I am not familiar with 7.1 a channel numbering. Do you go clockwise around the room starting with L, C, R screen channels being 1,2,3 and then go up the right wall, then across the back, then down the left wall ending up with Channel 7 being the Left side wall channels closest to the screen. Does the numbering keep the 5.1 numbering or does everything totally change with 7.1? This consumer processor they are using just uses English terms to designate channels. I find that becomes totally insane the minute someone start abbreviating them to put labels on wires.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-31-2018 05:13 PM                     The common cable labeling follows THX standard. In general, the scheme in the room follows our left-to-right-reading fashion, but groups left/right pairs Left/Right 1/2 Center/LFE 3/4 Left Surround/Right Surround 5/6 Back Surround Left/Back Surround Right 7/8 For a better structuring of the normal surrounds and back surrounds, I often see Lss for Left Side Surround and Lrs for Left Rear Surround Note that Ls/Left Surround is for 5.1 systems, and Lss/Left side surround is for 7.1, as they do no carry the same signals. Still for a 7.1 system, physical wires should be labeled with Lss/Rss and Lrs/Rrs. For people with some basic knowledge about the difference between 5.1, 7.1 and Hifi/Home cinema, the common mix of labels should pose no problem, like SW, BSL, SL, SBL, RS, RRS. Also see: http://isdcf.com/papers/ISDCF-Doc4-Audio-channel-recommendations.pdf - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-31-2018 09:03 PM                        Carsten, thanks for the clarity.  |  IP: Logged

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