Acoustech HT-8C - User Manual

Acoustech HT-8C
Ceiling Speaker System
Installation and Owner’s Manual
Acoustech
A Company

Summary

What You Need to Do the Job

Speaker System Parts Inventory

List and identify all parts included with the loudspeaker system for installation.

Tools for Installation in Existing Walls

Lists essential tools required for installing the speaker in existing wall structures.

Speaker Wire

Selecting the Proper Gauge

Explains wire gauge based on distance and provides a chart for selection.

Painting Your Speakers

Wall and Ceiling Surfaces

Covers suitable and unsuitable wall and ceiling materials for speaker installation.

Speaker Wire Paths

Cutting Holes for the Speakers

Running Connecting Wires

Up to Speaker (Attic Crawl Space)

Hooking Up Your Speaker

Identifying + and -

Explains how to identify positive and negative conductors in speaker wire for correct connection.

Final Assembly

A Quick Troubleshooting Guide

No Sound from the Speaker

Lists common reasons for no sound from the speaker and how to check them.

Intermittent Sound or Speaker Plays Initially but Then Shuts Off

Addresses issues with intermittent sound or the speaker shutting off, often due to protection circuits.

Speaker Plays but Sound is Mixed with Hum

Speaker Plays but Sound is Muffled and Strained.

When Volume is Turned Up to a High Level, the Treble Cuts In and Out

Acoustech HT-8C Specifications

Audio Specifications

frequency response	38Hz - 22, 000Hz
power handling	10 - 175 watts per channel
sensitivity	90dB
impedance	8 ohms

Speaker Components

woofer	8˝ Poly/graphite
tweeter	1˝ soft dome
crossover type	Second Order @ 3.5kHz

Installation Dimensions

overall dimensions	10[3]/4˝ dia.
required cut-out	9[1]/2˝ dia.
required depth	3[7]/16˝