In a 5.1 system, the speakers should be beside or behind you, ideally at ear level or above. In a 7.1 system, the left and right speakers should be beside you, and the read surrounds (or surround) behind you.
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Virtual surround uses 2 speakers to simulate the effect of a wider stereo image and surround speakers using digital processing. It is not as effective as real surround sound, which uses real rear and surround speakers.
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Ideally, the system should have the same brand and model in the surround as the three front speakers .
For true surround, you need at least 4 speakers. There are systems that create a 'virtual surround sound' using acoustic tricks from a single array of speakers, but the effect is limited in frequency response and true surround realism.
There are no surround modes that quickly turn off the subwoofer, center channel and surround back speakers, but leave the surround speakers (side) speakers on. You will need to go into the System Setup -> Sp 2. In 3.0p -> Speaker Setup menu to select Center Speaker 'None', Surround Speaker ('Large' or 'Small'), Surround Back Speaker 'None' and Subwoofer 'No'. If you have a subwoofer and want sound to come out of the all of the speakers when you are listening to a non-surround source such as a CD, use the 5CH/7CH Stereo DSP simulation.