JBL IS5, IS6C, IS6, IS8, IS8C User Manual

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IS5, IS6, IS8, IS6C, IS8C,
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OWNER’S GUIDE

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For more than 60 years, JBL
has been involved in every
aspect of music and film
recording and reproduction,
from live performances to
monitoring the recordings
you play in your home,
car or office.

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IS5, IS6, IS8

IS6C, IS6DT, IS8C

We’re confident that the
JBL loudspeakers you have
chosen will provide every
note of enjoyment that you
expected – and that when
you think about purchasing
additional audio equipment for
your home, car or office, you
will once again choose JBL.

One pair of speakers with
grilles.

One pair of speakers with
grilles (IS6C and IS8C). Model
IS6DT includes only one loud­speaker, since it is capable of
reproducing two channels of
audio.

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SPEAKER PLACEMENT

Proper placement of the
speakers is an important step
in obtaining the most realistic
soundstage possible. These
recommendations are for the
optimum placement of the loud­speakers. Use these placement
recommendations as a guide.
Slight variations will not dimin­ish your listening pleasure.

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The front speakers should be
placed the same distance from
each other as they are from the
listening position. They should
be placed at about the same
height from the floor as the
listener’s ears will be, with
the tweeters aimed toward the
listener at ear-level height.

In a home theater configuration,

the two surround speakers
should be placed slightly behind
the listening position and ideally
should face each other and be
at a level higher than the lis­tener’s ears. If that is not possi­ble, they may be placed in a
wall (or in the ceiling) behind
the listening position, facing for­ward. The surround speakers

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should not call attention to
themselves. They should
provide a diffuse, ambient
sound accompanying the main

front speakers. In Dolby®Digital
and DTS®systems, aim the
tweeters toward the listening
position at ear-level height.

program material heard in the

FRONT SPEAKERS

MODELS IS5, IS6, IS8 AS REAR SPEAKERS

MODEL IS6DT IN-CEILING

The IS6DT has the capability of
playing two channels through
one speaker, thanks to its dual­tweeter/dual-voice-coil
struction. Since the tweeters are
close together, in general they
should be aimed away from
each other for best coverage.

For two-channel (stereo) appli­cations, e.g., as a single speaker
in a remote room of a distrib­uted audio system, install the

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IS6DT speaker centrally in the
ceiling for best stereo imaging,
swiveling the tweeters so that
one points toward the left and
the other toward the right of the
listening position, aimed at ear­level height.

The IS6DT may also be used to
play the left and right surround
channels in a 5.1-channel home
theater system, in which case it
should be mounted in the ceil
ing slightly behind the listening
position, centered from left to
right and with the tweeters
pointing toward the left and
right of the listening position,
aimed at ear

-level height.

For 7.1-channel systems where
it is desired to use two IS6DT
speakers, one to play both the
left surround and surround
back channels and the other to
play both the right surround and
surround back channels, mount
each IS6DT speaker in the
ceiling, slightly behind the lis­tening position. Place one
closer to the left side of the
room and the other closer to

­the right side. Aim the tweeters

away from each other, toward
the front and rear of the room.

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