How to Set Up Dolby Atmos Height Speakers on the Denon AVR-S960H
The S960H runs one pair of height speakers from its SURROUND BACK terminals. Change Amp Assign from its ZONE2 default, recalibrate, and play in Dolby Atmos mode.
Guides for the Denon AVR-S570BT and AVR-S960H: factory resets, Bluetooth, eARC, speaker and Audyssey setup, firmware, and HEOS.
The S960H runs one pair of height speakers from its SURROUND BACK terminals. Change Amp Assign from its ZONE2 default, recalibrate, and play in Dolby Atmos mode.
HDMI Control is off by default on the AVR-S570BT. Here’s where to turn it on, what your TV calls CEC, which linked settings to change, and what to do when the TV remote still won’t work.
Use HDMI MONITOR 1, not MONITOR 2, and select TV Audio. Here’s what to change for eARC vs. ARC TVs and how to fix silent TV apps.
The AVR-S960H can receive Bluetooth from your phone or send sound out to wireless headphones, but not both at once. Here’s how to set up each and fix what gets in the way.
Get the AVR-S960H on your home network with Scan Networks, an iPhone, WPS, a web browser, or a cable, then find it in the HEOS app. Includes fixes when it won’t connect.
Audyssey Setup on the AVR-S960H measures up to six spots around your seat and tunes every speaker. Here’s how to prepare the room, run each screen, and fix common errors.
The AVR-S960H updates over your home network from SETUP > General > Firmware. Here’s how to run an update, set it to update on its own, and recover if an update fails.
Hold TUNER PRESET CH + and CH – while pressing power, and the AVR-S960H returns to factory settings. Here’s how to back up first, reset only the network instead, and rebuild your setup afterward.
A symptom-first checklist for a silent Denon AVR-S570BT, from quick checks to ARC and eARC settings, dead speakers, a quiet subwoofer, and protection shutdowns.
Where to put each speaker, how to wire it, how to run the S570BT’s microphone-based Auto Setup, and which Manual Setup values to double-check afterward.