I've got my living room back now so I've resumed my ideal HT setup quest and I've got a lot of basic questions.

For starters, where should I have the volume control on the subwoofer set to? I'm thinking mid way and then use the receiver's level setting to control volume, no? (I have this same dilemma with my computer speakers and I never know what the general rule of thumb is.) I have the sub's crossover set to 60Hz with the same setting at the receiver, and the speaker selection at the receiver set to small speakers.

Also, my center channel right now unfortunately has to sit inside the TV stand (bad), about 6" above the floor (bad). I don't know where the EQ settings should be but I've got all frequencies set to 0 (bad). The manual says to adjust the settings so the CC has similar tonal qualities to the front L & R, but my problem is I have high frequency loss in my left ear and I'm not able to acheive what sounds like equal tone across the... well, inverted arc (I realize my brain compensates for this to a certain extent). What would be optimum for this current arrangement. I've ordered what I think will be a decent short-term solution to get the CC above the TV with a wall-mount bracket from Parts Express, but because the distance of the TV from the wall is 21", I'm probably going to have to mount it pretty high then tilt it towards the sweet spot in my room. That's a different subject for another time though. Thanks.