Community DA6 Installa on/Opera on Manual — Page 3
DA6
H o w to U s e t h e S p a c i n g C h a r t
The DA6 Spacing Guide chart gives guidelines for DA6 spacing at di erent installa on heights. The shaded areas are
Community’s recommended spacing for a given installa on height and loudspeaker density. Follow these steps to use the
chart:
1) Determine the audience height. For example, a restaurant audience is probably seated (3.9 . / 1.2 m ear
height) whereas the audience in the lobby of a public building is probably standing (5.6 . / 1.7 m ear height).
2) Choose the desired DA6 installa on height in the Standing Audience or the Seated Audience column. The installa on
height is speci ed as the ver cal center line of the loudspeaker.
3) Follow the row to the Maximum E ec ve Distance column. For best results, this is the farthest distance any listener
should be located away from the DA6s.
4) Choose the desired DA6 horizontal spacing in the DA6 Horizontal Spacing Density column group as follows:
a) Use the High Density column for noisy or reverberant spaces where voice intelligibility is cri cal.
b) Use the Medium Density column for less noisy spaces with some absorp on (like carpe ng and acous c ceiling les)
where voice intelligibility is important.
c) Use the Low Density column for rela vely quiet spaces where the program is primarily background or foreground
music with occasional, non-cri cal voice paging.
d) Use the Very Low Density column for music and occasional, non-cri cal voice paging when it is acceptable to hear
some varia on in sound level from place to place in the room.
5)
If there is a range of possible installa on heights, study the chart for di erent heights to determine the best combina on
of height and spacing for the installa on. Use Community’s recommended spacing (shaded area) whenever possible.
S a f e M o u n n g
Select a loca on for the DA6 that allows it to be securely mounted to a building structural member. Do not mount
the DA6 to a drywall or plaster wall unless the DA6 moun ng plate is also securely fastened to a building structural
member.
The DA6 moun ng plate has holes that match standard 1 or 2-gang electrical outlet boxes. This is a convenient way
to meet local codes and bring concealed wiring to the DA6 but, by itself, moun ng to an electrical box is not usually a
su cient structural moun ng system. When moun ng the DA6 to an electrical box, use the addi onal moun ng holes in the
DA6 moun ng plate to securely fasten the DA6 to a building structural member.
ft
m
ft
m
ft
m
ft
m
ft
m
ft
m
ft
m
8.5
2.6
7.0
2.1
11.0
3.4
6.0
1.8
8.5
2.6
12.0
3.7
17.0
5.2
9.5
2.9
8.0
2.4
12.0
3.7
6.5
2.0
9.2
2.8
13.0
4.0
18.4
5.6
10.5
3.2
9.0
2.7
13.0
4.0
7.0
2.1
9.9
3.0
14.0
4.3
19.8
6.0
11.5
3.5
10.0
3.0
15.6
4.8
7.5
2.3
10.6
3.2
15.0
4.6
21.2
6.5
12.5
3.8
11.0
3.4
18.2
5.6
8.5
2.6
12.0
3.7
17.0
5.2
24.0
7.3
13.5
4.1
12.0
3.7
20.8
6.4
9.5
2.9
13.4
4.1
19.0
5.8
26.9
8.2
14.5
4.4
13.0
4.0
23.4
7.1
10.5
3.2
14.8
4.5
21.0
6.4
29.7
9.1
15.5
4.7
14.0
4.3
25.0
7.6
11.5
3.5
16.3
5.0
23.0
7.0
32.5
9.9
16.5
5.0
15.0
4.6
25.0
7.6
12.0
3.7
17.0
5.2
24.0
7.3
33.9
10.3
17.5
5.3
16.0
4.9
25.0
7.6
12.0
3.7
17.0
5.2
24.0
7.3
33.9
10.3
Very Low
±4dB)
STEP 1 & 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
DA6 Spacing Guide (Along Wall or Boundary)
DA6 Vertical Height
Cover Distance
DA6 Horizontal Spacing Density
Standing
Audience
(5.6 ft. / 1.7 m
ear height)
Seated
Audience
(3.9 ft. / 1.2 m
ear height)
Maximum
Effective Distance
from Wall*
High
±2.5dB)
Medium
±3dB)
Low
±3.5dB)
* Measured perpendicular from the wall surface, not the flight distance from the loudspeaker to listener
