Integra Connecting the DTR-8.4, Positioning Your Speakers, Attaching the Speaker Labels

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Connecting the DTR-8.4

Positioning Your Speakers

This section explains how to position your speakers. The picture on page 21 shows the general speaker positions.

Front Left & Right Speakers

The front left and right speakers should be positioned facing the listener at about ear level, and equidistant from the TV. Angle them inward so as to create a trian- gle, with the listener at the apex.

Center Speaker

The center speaker should be positioned close to your TV (preferably on top) facing forward at about ear level, or at the same height as the front left and right speakers.

Surround Left & Right Speakers

The surround left and right speakers should be posi- tioned at the sides of the listener, or slightly behind, about 3 feet (100 cm) above ear level. Ideally they should be equidistant from the listener.

Surround Back Left & Right Speakers

The surround back left and right speakers are necessary to enjoy Dolby Digital EX, THX Surround EX, DTS-ES Matrix, and DTS-ES Discrete.

Position them behind the lis- tener about 3 feet (100 cm) above ear level.

They should be equidistant

from the listener, creating a		60˚
triangle. Make sure that the
angle at the apex of the trian-
gle is about 60 degrees. This
	Surround	Surround
is recommended by THX.
	back left	back right
Subwoofer	speaker	speaker

The volume and quality of the bass output from your subwoofer will depend on its position, the shape of your listening room, and your listening position. In general, the best bass sound can be obtained by putting the sub- woofer in a front corner or one-third of the way along the front wall.

Corner

1/3 room length

experiment by placing your subwoofer at various posi- tions within your room and choose the one that provides the most satisfying results at your listening position.

Using Dipole Speakers

You can use dipole speakers for the surround left and right and surround back left and right speakers. Dipole speakers output the same sound in two directions. Dipole speakers typically have an arrow printed on them to indicate how they should be positioned. The surround left and right dipolar speakers should be positioned so that their arrows point toward the TV/screen, while the sur- round left and right dipolar speakers should be positioned so that their arrows point toward each other, as shown.

Dipole speakers			Normal speakers
		1			1
	TV/screen			TV/screen

2 3 4 2 3 4

5 6 5 6

	7	8			7	8
1. Subwoofer			6. Surround right speaker
2. Front left speaker			7. Surround back left
3. Center speaker				speaker
4. Front right speaker			8. Surround back right
5. Surround left speaker				speaker

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.

To find the best position for your subwoofer, while play- ing a movie or some music with a good bass sound,

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