Speaker Placement; Home Theater (5 Speakers); Installation; Installing The Wire - Origin Acoustics Director 8 Collection Installation Manual

Auxiliary Room (2 Speakers)
Position the two speakers in the
middle of the room, no less than
6' (2m) apart. Ideally, the two
speakers would be placed an
equal distance from the listener. If
the room has a lower ceiling, the
speakers can be closer together.
Also, if the speaker placement is
intended for standing (as opposed
to sitting) listeners, the speakers
can be closer together. Figure 4.1
shows the sound coverage of the
room.
(The D82 DT/SUR speakers should
be located directly to the side of
the listener, unlike the other mod-
els.)

Home Theater (5 Speakers)

The Left Rear (LR) and Right Rear
(RR) speakers should be installed
just behind the listener, one on
either side. The Center Channel
(CC) speaker should be placed
above and slightly in front of the
television, with the Left Front (LF)
and Right Front (RF) speakers
placed equidistant to either side.
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Speaker Placement

Left Speaker Right Speaker
6'
(2m)
Listener
TV
2'-3'
2'-3'
.5-1m
.5-1m
6'+
2m+
Left Right
Speaker Speaker
Listening Area
TV
2'-3'
.5-1m
LF CC RF
2'-3' 2'-3'
.5-1m .5-1m
Listening Area
LR RR
6'-10'
2-3m
DIRECTOR 8 INSTALLATION MANUAL

1) Installing the Wire

Strip ¼ to ½ inches (6 to 12
mm) of the insulation off both
ends of the wire. To avoid stray
strands, twist them at the end.
Connect the wire to the am-
plifier, and make sure the wire
connected to the left speaker
output will be routed to the left
speaker, right output to right
speaker, etc.
About Speaker Wire
You will need a wire that has at least two conductors; one that can be
identified as the positive and the other as the negative. All two conductor
wires have some means of identifying which conductor is which, but at
times this identification may be subtle. It's crucial that you keep track of
which wire you use for positive (+) and negative (-). Typically if the wires
are colored red and black, the red wire is used for positive and the black
wire is used for negative, but sometimes other colors or patterns are
used. You can choose whichever color of wire you want to be positive and
negative as long as you remain consistent throughout the install.
On both your amplifier and your speaker the connectors will be identi-
fied as red for positive and black for negative. It is very important to look
carefully at the speaker wires and be certain that the same wire that is
attached to the positive connector in the amplifier is attached to the pos-
itive connector in the speaker.
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