Definitive Technology DI55R - Manuals

Page 2 - CAUTION; Safety Precautions

CAUTION! To reduce the risk of electric shock and fire, do not remove the cover or back plate of thisdevice. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Please refer all servicing to licensed service technicians.Avis: Risque de choc electricque, ne pas ouvrir. CAUTION! The international symbol of a ...

Page 3 - Power Supply; Please Inspect For Shipping Damage; Unpacking Your Mythos STs

Tools required: 4mm (or 5 / 32 ") Allen Wrench (also called Hex Key driver) Parts required: Polished Granite Base, Cable Clip for AC Cord, four allen head bolts, eights plastic washers Instructions: 1. Carefully lay the Mythos ST on its side. Lift the base of the speaker about six inches and sup...

Page 4 - feet to level the speaker.; Installing Cable Clip for AC Cord; sounds best to you is correct.; Positioning Mythos ST as Left/Right Main Speakers; Positioning the Mythos Speakers in Your Room

7. Attach the AC cord through the hole at the bottom of the granite base. 8. Note the label showing the height adjustment ring and locking collar on the black feet. Carefully return the speaker to the upright position and adjust the feet to level the speaker. Installing Cable Clip for AC Cord The ca...

Page 5 - Connecting Your Loudspeakers; Positioning Mythos ST as Rear/Side Surrounds; try to position the speakers wider apart than the couch.); “Spiking” Your Loudspeakers

Your Mythos STs have a set of speaker level (high level) 5-way binding posts and in addition, each speaker has an LFE input. This input can be used with Dolby Digital* and DTS* 5.1 (6.1, 7.1) decoders to separately feed the discrete “Low Frequency Effects” channel into each subwoofer (which then com...

Page 6 - bass, it is likely that one speaker is out of phase with the other.; Hooking Up With Speaker Wire Only

6 If the Mythos STs are your main set of speakers, you will hook up the left main/front channel red(+) terminal of your receiver or amplifier to the red(+) terminal of your left loudspeaker and the left main/front channel black(-) terminal of your receiver or amplifier to the black(-) terminal of yo...

Page 7 - the amplifiers draw almost no power when they are idling.; Powering Up the Active Subwoofer Section

7 Usually if distortion is heard when the speakers are being driven at loud levels, it is caused by driving (turning up) the amplifier too loudand not driving the speakers with more power than they can handle.Remember, most amplifiers put out their full-rated power well before thevolume control is t...

Page 8 - approximately 1 o’clock.

VERY IMPORTANT: Setting Channel Balance and Bass Management Systems Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 (6.1, 7.1) systems and decoders have a critical channel balancing procedure for the left and right front speakers, centerchannel, rears and subwoofer (if it is hooked up through the “LFE or SubOut” low-leve...

Page 9 - Complete Home Theater Systems; speakers with excellent results for both music and movies.; Troubleshooting

Complete Home Theater Systems We strongly suggest that you use matching Definitive center channel and rear/surround speakers to complete your Definitive home theater system. Please note that you can use Definitive Mythos ST SuperTowers as rear or side surround speakers with excellent results for bot...

Page 10 - Definitive Technology Offices; Service; Specifications; Check that no foreign objects or liquid has entered the cabinet.

Service and warranty work on your Definitive loudspeakers will normally be performed by your local Definitive Technology dealer. If, however, you wish to return the speaker to us, please contact us first, describing the problem and requesting authorization as well as the location of the nearest fact...

Page 11 - This product complies with the essential; above limitation may not apply to you.; -Years for Electronic Components

This product complies with the essential requirements of the EMC directive 89/336/EEC. DUAT012609 Definitive Technology warrants to the original retail purchaser only that this Definitive Technology Loudspeaker Product (the “Product”) will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a peri...