It takes more than that.

Some surround sound formats assign sounds to height or overhead channels.

Bass management provides this tool.

Example of Home Theater Speaker Setup Menu Spotlighting Bass Management

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you’re free to perform bass management automatically or manually.

If you have a subwoofer, connect it to the receiver’s subwoofer preamp output.

There should be an option to tell the receiver which speakers and subwoofer are connected.

Home Theater Surround Sound Setup

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However, other low-frequency information not encoded specifically to the LFE channel can be routed to other speakers.

Many home theater receivers provide outputs for two subwoofers.

However, you’re free to correct these manually after the fact, if desired.

Denon AVR-X2100W Speaker Configuration Menu

Frequencies above the crossover point are assigned to the speakers.

Frequencies below that point are assigned to the subwoofer.

The crossover point for a subwoofer may also be referred to as LPF (Low Pass Filter).

Denon AVR-X2100W Subwoofer LFE Settings Menu

you could then go into the home theater receiver’s speaker tweaks and use those points as a guideline.

If not, you’ll sense an un-evenness in your listening experiencelike something is missing.

Whether you use the automated or manual path to bass management is up to you.

Onkyo TX-NR787 Dual Subwoofer Output

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The important thing is that your home theater setup sounds good to you.

However, it’s possible for you to adjust the bass inWindows Media Player.

LFE requires an RCA-to-RCA cable connection to properly output audio.

Denon AVR-X2100W Audyssey Start Menu

This setting is ideal for analog sources.

Denon AVR-X2100W Crossover Settings Menu