| No matter how advanced a home theater system | | | | amplifier. Interference is the loss of |
| you have, secretly hidden behind it is a | | | | quality of the sound signal, or its |
| jungle of wires that you don't want to see. | | | | disruption in its journey from the amplifier |
| Wireless home theater system components can | | | | to the speakers. |
| help to you to clear that jungle. | | | | |
| | | | Battery life problems have been taken care of |
| The most difficult part in setting up a new | | | | by new technologies which either extend |
| home theater system is the complicated cable | | | | battery life or provide remote speaker units |
| hookups. The cable connections for many | | | | to be powered by connection to power outlets |
| systems are wrongly configured, leading to | | | | providing unlimited stable power. Problems |
| sub-optimal sound or even damage to system | | | | arising out of the degradation of signal |
| components. In addition, wiring speakers is | | | | quality and interference have been solved to |
| an extremely complex job that often requires | | | | an extent with advances in transmitting |
| the snaking of wires within walls and | | | | frequencies and strength. |
| ceilings to hide ugly speaker cables. This is | | | | |
| the case particularly for providing | | | | One wireless home theater system package that |
| connections to the rear and center surround | | | | includes capability for remote rear speakers |
| speakers in a system. | | | | is the Philips LX3750W Home Theater in a Box |
| | | | Sound System. It has a single-disc DVD player |
| In wireless home theater systems, a receiver | | | | that also plays CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs with |
| is incorporated which transmits the sound | | | | MP3 file compatibility. Its receiver is |
| signals to remote speaker units. These units | | | | capable of decoding both current audio |
| then send the sound to be played by the | | | | standards, Dolby Digital and DTS. It can also |
| speakers. There is no actual connection of | | | | decode the older Dolby ProLogic II format. |
| the speakers to the receiver or amplifier. | | | | The front and front-center channel speakers |
| | | | are linked by speaker cables with the two |
| Earlier, wireless home theater systems | | | | left and right rear speakers. This eliminates |
| speakers suffered because of either battery | | | | the need for wiring the rear speakers while |
| life or interference. Battery life refers to | | | | trying to avoid the ugly resulting wires |
| the remote battery-powered units that | | | | snaking along the edge of the wall around the |
| received the sound signals from the wireless | | | | room. |