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Connecting the DTR-8.4
experiment by placing your subwoofer at various posi-
tions within your room and choose the one that provides Positioning Your Speakers
This section explains how to position your speakers. The the most satisfying results at your listening position.
picture on page 21 shows the general speaker positions.
Using Dipole Speakers
Front Left & Right Speakers
You can use dipole speakers for the surround left and
The front left and right speakers should be positioned right and surround back left and right speakers. Dipole
facing the listener at about ear level, and equidistant speakers output the same sound in two directions.
from the TV. Angle them inward so as to create a trian-Dipole speakers typically have an arrow printed on them
gle, with the listener at the apex.to indicate how they should be positioned. The surround
left and right dipolar speakers should be positioned so that
Center Speakertheir arrows point toward the TV/screen, while the sur-
The center speaker should be positioned close to your round left and right dipolar speakers should be positioned
TV (preferably on top) facing forward at about ear level, so that their arrows point toward each other, as shown.
or at the same height as the front left and right speakers.Dipole speakersNormal speakers
Surround Left & Right SpeakersTV/screen1TV/screen1
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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.
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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.7878
Position them behind the lis-
tener about 3 feet (100 cm) 1. Subwoofer6. Surround right speaker
2. Front left speaker7. Surround back left
above ear level.
3. Center speakerspeaker
They should be equidistant 60ű4. Front right speaker8. Surround back right
from the listener, creating a 5. Surround left speakerspeaker
triangle. Make sure that the
angle at the apex of the trian-
gle is about 60 degrees. This Attaching the Speaker Labels
is recommended by THX.Surround Surround
back left back right
The DTR-8.4�s positive (+) speaker terminals are color-speakerspeaker
Subwoofercoded for ease of identiŢcation. (The negative (�)
The volume and quality of the bass output from your speaker terminals are all black.)
subwoofer will depend on its position, the shape of your Speaker terminalColor
listening room, and your listening position. In general, Front leftWhite
the best bass sound can be obtained by putting the sub-Front rightRed
woofer in a front corner or one-third of the way along the CenterGreen
front wall.Surround leftBlue
Surround rightGray
Surround back/Zone 2 leftBrown
Surround back/Zone 2 rightTan
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 Corner
need to do then is to match the color of each label to the
corresponding speaker terminal.
1/3 room
length
To Ţnd the best position for your subwoofer, while play-
ing a movie or some music with a good bass sound,
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