TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety Precautions Thank You for your Emotiva Purchase Unpacking ERT / ERM / ERD Loudspeakers 5 6 6 Emotiva ERT / ERM / ERD Loudspeakers Proprietary Design 7 Transducers Precision Crossover Cabinetry Custom Sound Tailoring Controls, ERT/ERM Speakers Selectable Bi-pole /Di-pole Selection Controls, ERD-1 speakers Additional Features ERT / ERM Speaker Family, Technical Specifications ERT-8.3 Reference Towers ERM-6.3 LCR Monitor ERM-6.
TABLE OF CONTENTS, CONTINUED Connections 21 Connection Tips for Superior Sound ERT/ERM/ERD Standard Connection Diagrams ERT/ERM Bi-Amp Connections 21 21 22 Limited Warranty Service Assistance for ERT/ERM /ERD Loudspeakers Emotiva Disclosure 23 23 24 4
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Read this User's Guide thoroughly before attempting to install and configure your Emotiva ERT/ERM/ERD Loudspeakers. All the safety and operation instructions should be read before any operation of the loudspeakers. After successful installation and configuration of Emotiva ERT/ERM/ERD Loudspeakers, be sure to retain this manual in a safe place for any future reference needs. All warnings on Emotiva ERT/ERM/ERD Loudspeakers in these operating instructions should be followed.
Thank You for your Emotiva Purchase Dear Home Entertainment Enthusiast, Thank you for purchasing ERT/ERM/ERD Loudspeakers. Like all Emotiva audio products, we sincerely believe that they offer you outstanding performance and value. Emotiva products are engineered and produced with the highest quality materials and incorporate the latest technology. We think you will find the Emotiva ERT/ERM/ERD Loudspeakers meet or exceed your expectations.
Emotiva ERT/ERM/ERD Loudspeakers Proprietary Design Emotiva ERT-8.3/ERM-6.3/ERM-6.2 Loudspeakers are designed in cooperation with loudspeaker guru Vance Dickason, author of ‘The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook.’ All Emotiva transducers, crossover networks and internal components are custom designed and specifically built for use in Emotiva loudspeakers.
Cabinetry • Non-reflective, satin black lacquered, hand finished cabinets - Designed to enhance the home theater experience by ‘disappearing’ in a darkened theater. In a fully lit room, they present an elegant understated appearance. • Highly braced and critically damped MDF construction - Highest quality MDF with 25mm front and rear baffles for uncolored sound and low resonance.
ERT/ERM Speaker Family, Technical Specifications ERT-8.3 Reference Towers • Two 8" Woofers, Two 5.25" woofers, One 25mm tweeter • Sensitivity: 89db (2.83volts @ 1 Meter) • Recommended amplifier power: 50-500 Watts RMS • Frequency response: 45hz-20kHz +/-2db • Adjustable, two-position brushed aluminum outriggers for stability • 13.25" deep x 10" wide x 43.75" high, including feet (42" high without feet) • 69.3 lbs (unboxed), 80.7 lbs (boxed) ERM-6.3 LCR Monitor • Two 6.
ERT/ ERM Front Views/Size Comparison From left to right: ERM-1: 9.5" deep x 7.75" wide x 13.5" high ERM-6.2: 11" deep x 9.25" wide x 16" high ERM-6.3: 9.5" deep x 8.5" wide x 26" high ERT-8.3: 13.25" deep x 10" wide x 43.75" high, including feet (42.
ERT-8.3/ERM-6.3 Custom Sound Tailoring Controls 1. Tweeter Level Adjustment Cuts or boosts tweeter level. Settings are: ‘+2’, ‘-2’ and ‘0’ (neutral position). 2. Tweeter Level ‘Extension’ In addition to the tweeter level adjustment, ERT-8.3 and ERM-6.3 speakers have an ‘Extension’ control. On the ‘Low’ setting, a standard EQ curve with frequencies above 18k begin to gently roll-off is in effect.
ERM-6.2/ERM-1 Custom Sound Tailoring Controls 1. Tweeter Level Adjustment Cuts or boosts tweeter level. Settings are: ‘+2’, ‘-2’ and ‘0’ (neutral position). 2. Boundary Compensation Compensates for the ‘booming’, or unpleasant increase in the upper range of the bass, due to being close to a wall or large piece of furniture. Settings are: ‘On’, which reduces 400Hz by about 10db, and ‘Off’ (neutral position), which leaves all lower frequencies unaffected. 3.
ERD-1 Front and Back Views with Expanded Control Panel 1. Mounting Screws These are used to attach the ERD-1 to the wall mounting plate. They are not intended to sit flush with the cabinet. (details on wall mounting ERD-1 speakers: page 20) 2. Bi-pole/Di-pole Configuration Switches Customizing controls to define the Bi-pole/Di-pole role of the speaker (details: page 14) 3. Five-way binding posts Accepts banana plugs, spade lugs, pin posts, and bare wire. Gold plated to prevent corrosion.
ERD-1 Di-pole/Bi-pole Switch Configurations ERD-1 Surround Speakers are designed to move sound through the listening space, and accomplish this through the use of dual tweeters. These can be configured in four possible switch positions which determine the speaker’s role as Bi-pole, left or right side Di-pole, or left/right inverted Bi-pole. 1. Left/Right Bi-pole This switch configuration has BOTH tweeters in polarity with the midrange driver.
Locations, Installation and Connections This section is a preliminary overview of the considerations you should observe in the installation locations and connections of your new Emotiva Loudspeakers. Observe the following precautions when choosing locations for your ERT-8.3/ERM-6.3/ERM-6.2 Speakers. 1) The ERT-8.3 speakers are intended to be the main front speakers (L/R) of your home entertainment system.
CRT Television Distortion ERT/ERM/ERD speakers are not magnetically shielded and many subwoofers are also not magnetically shielded and thus may distort a CRT television if placed too close. If you want to check if this will be a problem, select an unused video input on the television to bring up a single color screen. If you see any color distortion anywhere on the screen, an unshielded speaker is too close to the screen and should be moved away from the television until the color distortion disappears.
Center Speaker Most movie dialogue is a discrete multi-channel format that will come from the center speaker, so careful positioning is an important part of a good home theater system. Your eyes and ears should focus your attention towards the center of the screen. The center speaker can sit on top or directly underneath the TV, as long as it is located on the center line and not off to one side. Ideally, you would try to maintain a deviation from the center line of the speakers of less than 12”.
Surround Speakers In a surround speaker setup that closely follows Dolby and DTS recommendations, the surrounds should be mounted on the wall directly to the right and left sides of the seated position OR on stands that are elevated at least to ear height. Higher than ear height is actually preferred. In that position, if the listener points their arms straight out to the sides, then they would be pointing to where the surrounds should be mounted.
Installing the Speakers Positioning Left and right front speakers should be positioned so that your TV is exactly centered between them. This will help focus your attention towards the screen. For the best overall imaging, the left speaker should be set exactly the same distance and angle away from your listening position as the right speaker. It is recommended that you use a tape measure to set them up to be the same distance away within about half an inch tolerance.
ERD-1 Wall Mounting Caution: Do not over tighten the mounting screws on the back of the ERD-1 speaker. They are not designed to sit flush and over tightening can strip the insert into which the screw is attached. Remove the grilles before installing the speakers, and mount them only when speakers are in a fixed, stable position. 1) The ERD-1 is designed to be wall mounted with the included mounting plate.
Sound Before setting up your home entertainment system, please consider the following: • Whenever possible, route the power cords away from the signal cables or speaker wires to prevent any hum or interference heard in the speakers. • Many audiophile signal and speaker cables are intended to be hooked up in one direction. If this is the case, the cables will be marked with arrows the direction of signal flow.
In a bi-amped connection, two discrete amplifier channels are connected per speaker. This allows the power to be delivered with different levels to tweeters than to the woofer drivers. The passive crossover network still handles the filtering so active preamplifier LP/HP filtering that would take the place of the passive network is not necessary. • Tweeter Connection Connect the positive output of the tweeter amplifier to the positive speaker binding post labeled "Tweeter".
LIMITED WARRANTY Emotiva Audio is proud to design and manufacture quality products for the home audio and home theater enthusiast. Your ERT/ ERM/ ERD Speakers have been crafted to perform flawlessly for many years. As a result of this quality and craftsmanship, Emotiva offers the following warranty to owners of the ERT/ ERM/ ERD Speakers. Emotiva Audio warrants ERT/ ERM/ ERD Speakers to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of five years from the original date of purchase.
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