Definitive Technology Mythos Solo Surround Array SSA-50 User Manual

13. When the wall mounting bracket is securely screwed to the wall, line 

up the speaker’s protruding Mounting Screws with the keyhole slots 
on the wall mounting bracket. Let the speaker slide straight down, 
allowing the screw heads to slip behind the smaller end of the keyhole 
slots. Gently push the bottom front edge of the speaker toward the wall
until the speaker snaps onto the lower lip of the bracket.

If you have a Plasma or LCD TV that is attached to the wall via a 
swing-out articulating bracket such as those offered by Chief, Sanus 
and OmniMount, the SSA speaker may be attached to the bracket 
without using the SSA wall-mount plate. Simply use 

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attach the SSA speaker directly to the TV bracket. Consult the TV 
bracket manufacturer’s user manual for more specific speaker 
mounting instructions.

If you are going to use the speaker on a TV, shelf or table, first attach 
the wall-bracket to the speaker as described above. Attach the two “L” 
brackets to the wall-bracket using two M4 x 10 mm screws provided. 
Thread the foot screws into the two “L” brackets and adjust to the 
required height.

Your Mythos SSA has one pair 
of 5-way binding posts for each 
channel — Left Front, Right Front,
Center, Left Surround 
and Right Surround. 

To start, strip 

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" (3 mm) of 

insulation from each speaker 
wire to expose the bare metal 
wire and twist each of the 
individual conductors into 
single un-frayed strands. 

Note that one of the terminals for
each channel is marked with red
band (+) and the other is marked
with black band (–). Make certain 
that you connect the wire from the
red (+) terminal of your amplifier 

or receiver to the red (+) terminal on your speaker and the wire from the
black (–) terminal of  your amplifier or receiver to the black (–) 
terminal on your speaker. Most speaker wire has some indicator (such as
color-coding, ribbing or writing) on one of the two conductors to help you
maintain consistency. It is essential to connect all channels 
of the speaker to the amplifier in the same way (in phase). If you 
experience a poor surround effect, it is likely that one or more of the chan-
nels is connected in incorrect polarity and needs to be rewired. 
Pay close attention and connect positive to positive; negative to 
negative on all channels.

If you have a 6.1 or 7.1 channel receiver, connect the SSA’s surround 
channel inputs to the “Surround” outputs of your receiver, not the 
“Rear” or “Surround Back” outputs.

To connect wire to the binding post [see figure above], unscrew the knurled
nut and insert the bare wire into the hole near the base of the binding
post. Do not insert the insulated part of the wire into the hole as this will
not give you a good connection. Twist the nut back down the binding post
until it firmly meets the wire. Do not over tighten.

Connect a single RCA cable from the “SUB OUT” of your receiver 
to the LFE input of the subwoofer (not included). This connecting 
method bypasses the subwoofer’s internal “crossover” or low pass 
filter and relies on the crossover filter built into your receiver. 
NOTE: Make no other signal connections. Do not use speaker wire to make
the connection to the subwoofer 

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