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Connecting Your Speakers

Attaching the Speaker Labels

The DTR-8.4’s positive (+) speaker terminals are color- coded for ease of identification. (The negative (–) speaker terminals are all black.)

Speaker terminal

Color

Front left

White

 

 

Front right

Red

 

 

Center

Green

 

 

Surround left

Blue

 

 

Surround right

Gray

 

 

Surround back/Zone 2 left

Brown

 

 

Surround back/Zone 2 right

Tan

 

 

The supplied speaker labels are also color-coded and you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All you need to do then is to match the color of each label to the corresponding speaker terminal.

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.

 

4

Screw the terminal tight.

 

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

Front right

 

Center

Front left

speaker

speaker

speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTR-8.4

Powered

subwoofer

DIGITAL

PRE OUT

ANTENNA

AUDIO

VIDEO

S VIDEO

COMPONENT

FRONT SPEAKERS

SURR SPEAKERS

 

IN

R

L

 

 

 

VIDEO

 

COAX

FRONT

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

OUTPUT

R

L

R

L

AV RECEIVER

1

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

Y

MODEL NO. DTR-8.4

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

RATING: AC 120V 60 Hz 9.0A

 

SUB

 

CENTER

AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

OUT

ZONE 2

PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC OUTLETS

3

 

 

 

 

IN

DVD

PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURR

R

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPT

BACK/

 

 

 

INPUT 1

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2

 

 

 

FM

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

OUT

Y

ETHERNET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO 1

 

(Net -Tune)

SURR

 

 

 

FRONT

 

MULTI CH

 

 

 

CENTER

 

 

2

 

 

IN

PB

BACK/

 

 

 

R

 

INPUT

AUDIO

L

 

 

SPEAKER

ZONE 2

 

 

 

 

L

R

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

AC 120V

60 Hz

 

SUB

 

CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWITCHED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL 120W 1A MAX.

3

PHONO

OUT

PR

 

 

 

 

IN

VIDEO 2

 

R

 

L

 

 

INPUT 2

 

 

SURR

 

 

 

 

4

CD

IN

Y

 

 

 

 

IN

 

I R

A

ZONE 2

AC INLET

R

L

OUT

 

 

 

12V

 

 

IN

TRIGGER OUT

OPT

 

 

 

 

1

 

IN

VIDEO 3

PB

RS232

 

SURR

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK

 

TAPE

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

IN

VIDEO 4

PR

B

 

GND

 

 

IN

 

 

 

OUT

REMOTE

R

L

R

L

VIDEO

 

 

 

CONTROL

DIGITAL

 

AUDIO

 

AUDIO

S VIDEO

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINE INPUT

PRE OUT

SUB

If your subwoofer is unpowered and you’re using an external amp, connect the PRE OUT SUB output to the amp’s input.

Surround

Surround

Surround

Surround

back right

back left

left

right

speaker

speaker

speaker

speaker

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

DTR-8.4 specifications

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