Definitive Technology Mythos Six Manual de usuario

Mythos™

Six &

Mythos™

Seven

On-Wall and On-Shelf

AudioMdeo

Magnetically ShieldedLoudspeakers

Owner's Manual

Congratulations

Congratulations on your purchase

aDefinitive Technology

Mythos

AudioNideo

Loudspeaker System. These superb

loudspeakers utilize state-of-the-art components (homopolymer-

coned bass-midrange drivers, moving coil ferroftuid-cooled pure

aluminum dome high frequency radiators, long excursion pressure

coupled woofers, uniphase crossover networks, etc.), anon-reso-

nant aircraft-grade aluminum monocoque cabinet, low diffraction

construction and complete magnetic shielding in order to achieve

the most lifelike sound possible in your listening room for many

years to come.

The Definitive Technology Mythos loudspeakers are compact

high-definition loudspeaker systems designed for use in audio/

video systems

the highest quality. Because

their compact

size, wide range, high

power

handling and natural articulate

clarity, they are ideal for use as aleft main, right main, and

center speaker (which may be on-wall

in-cabinet mounted) in

conjunction with all surround sound decoding systems, including

Dolby Pro Logic*, Dolby Digital AC-3*, DTS*, Dolby Digital

EX*, as well as all 6.1 and 7.1 systems. In addition, the Mythos

loudspeakers are ideal for use as rear or side surround speakers

in all surround sound decoding systems or as audiophile quality

main speakers

ahigh quality stereo system.

*Registered Trademark

Unpacking Your

Mythos

Loudspeakers

Please Inspect For Shipping

Damage

Each loudspeaker leaves our plant in perfect condition. Any visible

concealed damage most likely occurred in handling after it left our plant

and should be reported at once to your Definitive dealer or the delivery

company that delivered your loudspeaker. Please unpack your system

carefully. Save all cartons and packing materials in case you move or

need to ship your system. Record the serial number found on the back

the Mythos loudspeakers in the appropriate place on your warranty card.

Positioning Your

Mythos

Speakers in Your Room

Your new Mythos speakers are very flexible in tenns

positioning

and placement options.

The Mythos Six will generally be positioned vertically.

can be easily

mounted on awall using its unique mounting system. When attached to

its optional glass base, it can be placed on atabletop, on abookshelfor in

acabinet, etc. The Mythos Seven is designed for horizontal mounting and

it can be easily mounted on awall, using its unique mounting system.

It can also be placed on atabletop, on top

(ifthe top provides a

deep enough platfonn for stable placement), on ashelf, etc. when used

with its rear stabilizing/angle adjustment foot.

Please remember that although the following recommendations are

usually valid, all rooms and listening set-ups are somewhat unique, so

do not be afraid to experiment with the speakers. Remember, whatever

sounds best to you is correct.

Positioning

Mythos

Six

Left/Right

Main

Speakers

Because

its vertical orientation, the Mythos Six will nonnally be

used as aright or left main front speaker

as arear or side surround

speaker. Nevertheless, it can certainly be used as acenter speaker

its

vertical orientation is appropriate for acenter speaker in your installation.

When used as left and right front speakers, the Mythos Sixes can be

placed right next to the

with excellent results or may be separated by

adistance greater than the width

the

TV.

As with any speaker, agreater

separation

to 7feet or more) will nonnally result in abigger sound-

stage and this is recommended from asonic point

view.

Positioning

Mythos

Six as Rear/Side Surrounds

When used as rear or side surround speakers, Mythos Six may be

located on the side or behind the listeners. When used on the sides,

take care never to locate the speakers forward

the listeners. The

speakers may be placed at

above ear level.

the speakers are placed

the rear wall, it

suggested that they be positioned fairly wide apart

possible. (For instance,

there

acouch in the center

the rear wall

on which the listeners will sit, try to position the speakers wider apart

than the couch.)

Positioning

Mythos

Seven as a

Center

Channel

The Mythos Seven

designed for horizontal use and will normally

be used as afront or rear center channel speaker.

course,

you have

aneed for ahorizontal Mythos for left and right main channel use or

surround use, the Mythos Seven

perfect for that also.

As acenter channel, the Mythos Seven can be positioned either above

or below the

TV.

course, it can be mounted on the wall, placed on a

shelf, or on top

the

itself

the top

the

is big enough and flat

enough to provide asafe mounting surface.

Mythos

Seven Vertical Angle

Adjustment

Your Mythos Seven has asimple built-in device which stabilizes it and

allows you to adjust the vertical angle when the system is placed on aflat

horizontal surface.

the foot is not screwed in, screw it into the threaded

hole on the bottom

the speaker. When you set the speaker down, the

speaker will lean back and rest on the foot. By varying how far you screw

in the foot, you can adjust the vertical angle

the speaker. We suggest

that you aim the speaker so that it points directly towards the height

the

listeners' ears.

Speaker Break-In

Your Mythos loudspeakers should sound good right out

the box;

however, an extended break-in period

20-40 hours

normal

playing is required to reach full performance capability. Break-in allows

the suspensions to work in and results in fuller bass, amore open

"blossoming" midrange and smoother high frequency reproduction.

Connecting Your

Mythos

Loudspeakers

Hooking

Up Your

Mythos

Loudspeakers

Your Mythos loudspeakers each have one pair

gold 5-way

binding posts. Normally, you will hook up the left main/front channel

red(+) terminal

your receiver or amplifier to the red(+) terminal

your left Mythos loudspeaker and the left main/front channel black(-)

terminal

your receiver or amplifier to the black(-) terminal

your

left Mythos loudspeaker. Connect the right channel main/front

channel red(+) terminal

your amplifier or receiver to the red(+)

terminal

your right Mythos loudspeaker and the black(-) terminal

the right main/front channel

your receiver or amplifier to the

black(-) terminal

your right Mythos loudspeaker.

you are using the Mythos

acenter channel, connect the center

channel red(+) terminal

your amplifier or receiver to the red(+)

terminal

your Mythos center channel speaker and the black (-)

terminal

the center channel

your receiver or amplifier to the

black(

terminal

your Mythos center channel loudspeaker.

you are using the Mythos as side/rear surround speakers, hook up

the left surround red(+) terminal

your receiver or amplifier

the

red(+) terminal

your Mythos left surround speaker and the left sur-

round black(-) terminal

your receiver or amplifier to the black(-)

terminal

your Mythos left surround speaker. Connect the right sur-

round red(+) terminal

your amplifier or receiver to the red(+) termi-

nal

your Mythos right surround loudspeaker and the black(

termi-

nal

the right surround channel

your receiver or amplifier

the

black(

terminal

your Mythos right surround loudspeaker.

your receiver/ decoder has abass management system and you

are using aseparate subwoofer, set bass management

"Small" left

and right main speakers, "Small" center channel, "Small" surround

speakers and "Yes" subwoofer.

your receiver/decoder has achoice

crossover frequencies, set the crossover to 80 Hz or 100 Hz if avail-

able (for greater dynamic range).

you are not using aseparate sub-

woofer, set bass management to "Large" left and right main speakers,

"Large" center channel and "Large"surround speakers, and

"No"

sub-

woofer.

strongly recommend the use

aseparate subwoofer.

Setting

Bass

and

Treble Controls

Your

Receiver

Amplifier

Normally we recommend that you set the Bass and Treble controls

flat or 0dB. This will give you the most linear and natural sound.

Also,

your amplifier

receiver has agraphic equalizer, we recom-

mend

that you leave it flat.

The

reason for this

that

have spoken

with many consumers about what they thought were improperly

sounding speakers when, in fact, the problem was misadjusted tone

controls. When in doubt, leave them flat; this almost always

sounds the best.

Usually ifdistortion

heard

when the speakers

are

being driven

loud levels, it

caused by driving (turning up) the amplifier too loud

and not driving the speakers with more power

than

they can handle.

Remember, most amplifiers

put

out their full-rated power well before the

volume control

turned all the way up!

your speakers distort when you

play them loud,

turn

down the amplifier

get abigger one.

Mounting

Your

Mythos

Six

with

the

Supplied

Wall-Mount

Bracket

Your Mythos Six comes with an optional wall-bracket designed to

securely mount your speaker flush to your wall. The bracket can ONLY

be used with avertical installation. (For horizontal installations, the

Mythos Seven speaker should be used instead.) For safety, it

extremely

important that this bracket be installed with molly-bolts

similarly

effective fasteners appropriate for the construction

your wall. Be sure

to use all six

the mounting holes when fastening the bracket to the

wall. Never use unanchored or improperly anchored screws in your wall.

Professional installation

strongly recommended. Your dealer can either

arrange this for you, or refer you to aqualified installer.

To determine the bracket's position on the wall, the following measure-

ments will be helpful. When the Mythos Six

installed on the bracket,

the top edge

the speaker

xinches

(41

mm) from the top edge

the

bracket, the bottom edge

the speaker

7inches (177 mm) from the

bottom

the bracket, and the outer edges

the speaker are

l"!x

inches

(35 mm) from the sides

the bracket. Ifyou are mounting your Mythos

Six close to anything above it, please allow an extra

1'/2

inches (38 mm)

for the speaker to slide onto its bracket.

your speaker wires are to be hidden inside the wall, be sure to

conform to your local building codes. When installed on the bracket,

the center

the Mythos Six speaker tenninals will be

3'/4

inches (82 mm)

below the bottom edge

the bracket.

To install the Mythos Six on its bracket, securely fasten the two mount-

ing screws supplied into the two threaded holes on the rear

the speaker,

screwing them in as far as they will go. The speaker will then hang in the

two "keyholes" on the bracket. After placing the screws in these open-

ings, pressing down finnly on the top

the speaker will seat the speaker

properly and avoid any rattles during use.

Using Your

Mythos

Six on aShelf

Furniture

Your Mythos Six comes with an optional tempered glass base for

standing the speaker on ahorizontal shelfor on furniture. (For horizontal

installations, the Mythos Seven speaker should be used instead.) For

safety, please make sure the location where you place the speaker is flat

and level. The base must be installed with the included plastic spacer's

smooth silver side against the glass on the surface opposite the feet.

Please make sure that the plastic washers are used with the four supplied

mounting screws.

not over-tighten the mounting screws.

Mounting

Your

Mythos

Seven

with

the

Supplied

Wall-Mount

Bracket

Your Mythos Seven comes with an optional wall-bracket designed to

securely mount your speaker flush to your wall. The bracket can ONLY

be used with ahorizontal installation. (For vertical installations, the

Mythos Six speaker should be used instead.) For safety, it is extremely

important that this bracket be installed with molly-bolts or similarly

effective fasteners appropriate for the construction

your wall. Be sure

to use all six

the mounting holes when fastening the bracket to the

wall. Never use unanchored

improperly anchored screws in your wall.

Professional installation is strongly recommended. Your dealer can either

arrange this for you, or refer you to aqualified installer.

To detennine the bracket's position on the wall, the following measure-

ments will be helpful. When the Mythos Seven is installed on the bracket,

the top edge

the speaker

1inch (25 mm) from the top edge

the

bracket, the bottom edge

the speaker

inches (32 nun) from the

bottom

the bracket. The right outer edge

the speaker is 31

inches

(89 mm) from the sides

the bracket. The left outer edge

the speaker

is 5inches (129 mm) from the sides

the bracket. The center

the

Mythos 7speaker tenninals will be 11

inch (37 mm) from the sides

the

bracket.

you are mounting your Mythos Seven below your display

(or any other solid object), please allow

extra 1inch (35mm) for the

speaker to slide onto its bracket.

your speaker wires are to be hidden inside the wall, be sure to

conform to your local building codes. When installed on the bracket,

the Mythos Seven speaker terminals will be even with the right edge

the bracket.

To install the Mythos Seven on its bracket, securely fasten the two

mounting screws supplied into the two threaded holes on the rear

the

speaker, screwing them in as far as they will go. The speaker will then

hang in the two "keyholes" on the bracket. After placing the screws

these openings, pressing down firmly on the top

the speaker will seat

the speaker properly and avoid any rattles during use.

Using Your

Mythos

Seven on aShelf

Furniture

Your Mythos Seven may be used on ashelf or on the top

television, as long as the flat surface chosen has 5inches

depth. Please

find the supplied threaded foot for your speaker and screw into the

threaded hole on the bottom

the speaker. This foot can be used

to adjust the vertical angle

the front

the speaker up or down. For

optimum performance, we suggest that you aim the speaker toward the

height

the listeners' ears.

The

Mythos™

Home

Theater Systems

Acomplete Mythos Home Theater System will normally combine

afront left, right and center Mythos loudspeaker with rear surround

speakers (which can also be Mythos speakers

any other Definitive

Surround Loudspeaker including our Bipolar In-Walls, ProMonitors,

StudioMonitors, etc.) and one or more Definitive subwoofers. These

superb systems offer exceptional music and home theater performance

with all decoding technologies. Remember, to achieve proper blending

and full performance, it is essential to use only Definitive speakers to

complete your home theater system.

Using Your Mythos Loudspeakers

with

aSeparate Subwoofer

you

use asubwoofer,

strongly suggest using a

Definitive

PowerField SuperCube, PowerField

ProSub in

order

achieve

the

highest level

sound

quality

possible.

With

Dolby Digital Receivers and Decoders

Most systems using the Mythos loudspeakers with asubwoofer will

be Dolby Digital Systems. Simply hook the Mythos speakers up to the

left and right front (main) channels (assuming you are using them

front speakers) and hook the Mythos Seven

the center channel

(assuming you are using

acenter channel). Using alow-level

RCA cable, hook the subwoofer up to the LFE output on your receiver

or processor.

you are using aDefinitive subwoofer, input this LFE

cable into the LFE input on the sub. Then set the bass management

system on the receiver or decoder to "Small" left and right main speak-

ers, "Small" center, and "Yes" subwoofer.

your receiver/decoder has

achoice

crossover frequencies, set the crossover to 80 Hz. The cir-

cuitry inside the receiver or decoder will perform the necessary

crossover functions.

With

Non-Dolby

Digital

Systems

With non-Dolby Digital systems, there are many options for using

your Mythos loudspeakers with asubwoofer. The specific hook-up

will depend on the specific subwoofer you are using. With Definitive

subwoofers, you can run the Mythos loudspeakers full range (i.e. hook

them up normally to the amplifier receiver) and connect the subwoofer

to the sub-out with alow-level RCA cable. With Definitive sub-

woofers this would input into the left or right channel input. You

would then set the woofer's low-pass crossover: we would suggest

starting around 80 Hz and then experiment up or down from there.

You also have the option with Definitive subwoofers

using the

subwoofer's built-in speaker level high-pass crossover as described in

the subwoofer instruction manuals. In this case, also start with the

subwoofer low-pass crossover at about 80 Hz and experiment.

Use

Mythos

Six

Rear

Side

Surround

Speakers

Mythos loudspeakers make excellent rear or side surround speakers.

In order

use the Mythos speakers

rear or side surround speakers,

simply hook them

normal to the rear or side channel amplifier out-

puts

your system. Set the bass management system

your decoder

"Small" rear and/or side surrounds ifyour system

using aseparate

subwoofer, or "Large" rear or side surrounds ifyour system

not using

aseparate subwoofer.

Technical

Assistance

is our pleasure to offer assistan.ce if you have any questions

regarding your Mythos loudspeakers or their set-up. Please contact

your nearest Definitive Technology dealer or contact us directly at

410-363-7148 or www.definitivetech.com.

Service

Service and warranty work on your Definitive loudspeakers will

normally be performed by the Definitive Technology dealer from

whom you have purchased your loudspeakers. If, however, you wish

to return the speaker to us, please contact us first, describing the prob-

lem and requesting authorization as well

the location

the nearest

factory service center. Please note that the address given in this

booklet is the address

our offices only. Under no circumstances

should loudspeakers be shipped to our offices or returned without

contacting us first and obtaining return authorization.

Definitive Technology Offices

11433 Cronridge Drive

Owings Mills, Maryland 21117

Phone: 410-363-7148

Visit

www.definitivetech.com

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