Integra Connecting the DTR-8.4, Connecting Your Speakers, Connecting the Speaker Cables

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Connecting the DTR-8.4—Continued

Connecting Your Speakers

Read the following before connecting your speakers:

•Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet.

•Read the instructions supplied with your speakers.

•Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. In other words, connect positive (+) terminals to only positive

(+) terminals, and negative (–) terminals to only nega- tive (–) terminals. If you get them the wrong way around, the sound will be out of phase and will sound unnatural.

•Only connect speakers with an impedance of between 4 and 16 ohms. If the impedance of any one speaker is between 4 and 6 ohms, be sure to select the 4 ohms setting on the DTR-8.4 (see page 40).

•Unnecessarily long, or very thin speaker cables may affect the sound quality and should be avoided.

•Be careful not to short the positive and negative wires. Doing so may damage the

DTR-8.4.

The following illustration shows which speaker should be connected to each pair of terminals.

Front right	Center	Front left
speaker	speaker	speaker

FRONT SPEAKERS		SURR SPEAKERS
R	L	R	L
CENTER			SURR
			BACK
SPEAKER			ZONE 2
			SPEAKERS

RL

• Don’t connect more than one cable to each speaker termi- nal. Doing so may damage the DTR-8.4.

•If you want to connect a single speaker instead of a pair, don’t connect it to the left and right terminals.

R L R L

Surround right speaker

Surround back right speaker

Surround left speaker

Surround back left speaker

Connecting the Speaker Cables

1	Strip about 5/8" (15 mm)	5/8" (15 mm)
	of insulation from the
	ends of the speaker
	cables, and twist the bare
	wires tightly, as shown.
2	Unscrew the terminal.
3	Fully insert the bare
	wires.

Connecting a Powered Subwoofer

Using a suitable cable, connect the DTR-8.4’s PRE OUT SUB output to the powered subwoofer’s input, as shown. If your subwoofer is unpowered and you’re using an external amp, connect the PRE OUT SUB output to the amp’s input.

Powered
subwoofer	1		PRE OUT							OUT
	DIGITAL							AUDIO	VIDEO	S VIDEO
	IN		R	L
	COAX	FRONT								MONITOR
							R	L
	2	SUB		CENTER
								OUT		ZONE 2
		SURR
	3					AUDIO		IN		DVD
		SURR
	OPT	BACK/	R	L	R	L
		ZONE 2
	1						TUNER	OUT
							IN
										VIDEO 1
	2	FRONT		MULTI CH				IN
		R		INPUT		AUDIO
				L	R	L
		SUB		CENTER
	3						PHONO	OUT
							IN			VIDEO 2
		SURR
	4						CD	IN
			R	L			IN
	OPT						OUT
	1							IN		VIDEO 3
		SURR
		BACK					TAPE
	2							IN		VIDEO 4
		GND					IN	L
					R	L	R		VIDEO
	DIGITAL					AUDIO		AUDIO		S VIDEO
	OUT

LINE INPUT

PRE OUT

SUB

4 Screw the terminal tight.

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