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Marshal ACTON User Manual

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ACTON - ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER
001. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
002. COMPLIANCE MARKS
003. LANGUAGE INDEX
005. THE ACTON
006. BOX CONTENTS
008. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
010. TURNING THE POWER ON/OFF
012. USING THE ACTON WITH
YOUR DEVICES

USER MANUAL

013. CHOOSING YOUR SOURCE
014. BLUETOOTH CONNECTION
018. CABLE CONNECTION
020. STANDBY MODES
022. ADJUSTING SOUND
023. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
024. TROUBLE SHOOTING
225. WARRANTY INFO

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    ACTON - ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER USER MANUAL 013. CHOOSING YOUR SOURCE 001. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 002. COMPLIANCE MARKS 014. BLUETOOTH CONNECTION 003. LANGUAGE INDEX 018. CABLE CONNECTION 005. THE ACTON 020. STANDBY MODES 006. BOX CONTENTS 022. ADJUSTING SOUND 008. GENERAL DESCRIPTION 023.
  • Page 2 WWW.MARSHALLHEADPHONES.COM If you believe your product is defective or needs servicing or repair within the warranty period, please refer to the instructions on http://www.marshallheadphones.com/support/warranty/ warranty-hifi-speakers. For any questions or concerns contact: support@marshallheadphones.com Or join us on: facebook.com/marshallheadphones twitter.com/marshallhp Marshall Headphones C/O Zound Industries International AB, Box 6063, 10231 Stockholm Sweden *PLEASE NOTE: Zound Industries does not accept products shipped to our address.

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Read these instructions – All the safety and operating instructions should be read before this product is operated. • Keep these instructions – The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. •...

  • Page 4: Compliance Marks

    COMPLIANCE MARKS CAUTION: To prevent the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back plate). There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. This appliance may not be treated as regular household waste. Management of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is applica- ble in member states of the European Union and other European countries with individual national...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    020. STANDBY MODES 006. BOX CONTENTS 022. ADJUSTING SOUND 008. GENERAL DESCRIPTION 023. TECHNICAL INFORMATION 010. TURNING THE POWER ON/OFF 024. TROUBLE SHOOTING 012. USING THE ACTON WITH 225. WARRANTY INFO YOUR DEVICES FRENCH - FRANÇAIS PAGE 029 JAPANESE - 日本語...

  • Page 6: The Acton

    INPUT. ACTON’S CUSTOM ANALOGUE CONTROLS ALLOW YOU TO FINE TUNE YOUR SOUND TO JUST THE WAY YOU DESIRE. THE ACTON IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. WITH A WELL BALANCED AUDIO BOASTING A CLEAR MIDRANGE AND EXTENDED HIGHS, IT GIVES AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS BOTH ARTICULATE AND PRONOUNCED.

  • Page 7: Box Contents

    BOX CONTENTS 001. USER MANUAL & WARRANTY INFORMATION 002. DOUBLE-ENDED COIL CORD WITH 3.5MM STEREO PLUGS TO CONNECT TO YOUR MUSIC PLAYER 003. POWER CORD 004. MARSHALL ACTON ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER 006.
  • Page 8 ACTON CAUTION: LIFT ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER FROM BOTTOM. DO NOT LIFT BY PROTECTIVE BAG FOR RISK OF DROPPING THE PRODUCT.

  • Page 9: General Description

    GENERAL DESCRIPTION 001. INPUT FOR 3.5MM 008. POWER SWITCH 009. STANDBY MODE SWITCH STEREO PLUG 002. LED LIGHT SOURCE INDICATORS (POWERSAVER MODE AND 003. VOLUME STANDARD MODE) 004. BASS 010. BACK PLATE 005. TREBLE 011. BASS PORT 006. PAIR BUTTON 012.
  • Page 10 ACTON 010. 011. NOTE: DATE CODE AND SERIAL NUM- BER STICKER LOCATED HERE. 012. 013. 012. 013.

  • Page 11: Turning The Power On/Off

    TURNING THE POWER ON/OFF 001. INSERT THE POWER CORD INTO THE POWER JACK. 002. CONNECT THE CORRECT POWER CORD TO THE WALL SOCKET. 001. 001. 002. 002. NOTE: DEPENDING YOUR REGION, A POWER CORD WITH AN APPROPRIATE PLUG IS SUPPLIED. 010.
  • Page 12 ACTON 003. TO TURN THE ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER ON, SWITCH THE ON/OFF SWITCH. THE LED LIGHT INDICATOR WILL FLASH RED ON THE SOURCE MARKED AS BLUETOOTH. 004. TO TURN THE ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER OFF, SWITCH THE ON/OFF SWITCH. THE LED INDICATOR WILL TURN OFF.

  • Page 13: Using The Acton With

    USING THE ACTON WITH YOUR DEVICES THE ACTON IS A LOUDSPEAKER CREATED FOR TODAY’S WORLD. WITH MULTIPLE CONNECTION SOURCES, THERE ARE TWO OF WAYS TO CONNECT TO YOUR SPEAKER, WHETHER VIA YOUR PHONE, TABLET, LAPTOP OR WIRELESSLY VIA BLUETOOTH®. BELOW YOU WILL FIND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CONNECTION SOURCES, IN TWO CATEGORIES: •...

  • Page 14: Choosing Your Source

    CHOOSING YOUR SOURCE 001. PUSH THE SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON TO CHOOSE YOUR SOURCE AND/OR TO SWITCH BETWEEN CONNECTED SOURCES. 002. A LIT LED LIGHT INDICATES WHICH SOURCE YOU HAVE SELECTED. ORDER OF CONNECTIONS (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM): • BLUETOOTH • INPUT - 3.5MM STEREO PLUG 002.

  • Page 15: Connecting Via Bluetooth

    BUTTON UNTIL THE BLUETOOTH LED IS LIT. 003. ACTIVATE THE BLUETOOTH FUNCTIONALITY ON YOUR DEVICE (SMARTPHONE, TABLET, COMPUTER). 004. PRESS THE PAIR BUTTON. THE LED LIGHT ON THE ACTON WILL START TO FLASH RAPIDLY IN RED. 005. ON YOUR DEVICE, SELECT THE ACTON SPEAKER FROM YOUR LIST.
  • Page 16 CONNECTING VIA BLUETOOTH 002. 004. 005. 003. 005.

  • Page 17: Locating Your Devices Via Bluetooth

    WARDS, DURING WHICH TIME, THE LED LIGHT WILL RAPIDLY FLASH RED. NOTES: • THE AUTO CONNECTION FUNCTION WILL NOT WORK IF THE ACTON LOUDSPEAKER IS TURNED OFF VIA THE MAIN POWER SWITCH AT THE TOP OF THE UNIT. • IF A SEVENTH DEVICE IS CONNECTED, DEVICE A WILL NO LONGER BE MEMORISED.

  • Page 18: Bluetooth Auto Connection

    BLUETOOTH AUTO CONNECTION IF A DEVICE IS MOVED OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF THE ACTON SPEAKER (APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES WITHOUT OBSTACLES), THAT DEVICE IS THEN DISCONNECTED. THE DEVICE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTED AGAIN WHEN IT IS MOVED BACK WITHIN RANGE. THE ACTON SPEAKER STORES UP TO SIX DEVICES AND ALWAYS STARTS SEARCHING FOR THE LAST DEVICE THAT HAS BEEN CONNECTED.
  • Page 19 CONNECTING SOURCES BY CABLE THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO CONNECT TO YOUR ACTON – THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, USING SPEAKER WIRES AND THE 3.5MM INPUT. • INPUT: 3.5MM STEREO PLUG USE THE DOUBLE-ENDED COIL CORD WITH 3.5MM PLUGS TO CONNECT TO AUDIO SOURCES THAT HAVE AUDIO OUTPUT SUCH AS A MOBILE TELEPHONE, IPHONE/IPAD/IPOD, MP3 PLAYER, OR AIRPORT EXPRESS.
  • Page 20 INPUT: 3.5MM STEREO PLUG 001. CONNECT THE CORD WITH THE 3.5MM STEREO PLUG TO THE INPUT LABELLED INPUT 1 ON THE LOUDSPEAKER. 002. CONNECT THE CORD WITH THE 3.5MM STEREO PLUG TO THE MUSIC PLAYER. 003. SELECT INPUT 1 AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON UNTIL THE INPUT 1 LED IS LIT (SEE PAGE 015.).

  • Page 21: Standby Modes

    STANDBY MODES ON THE BACK OF YOUR ACTON, YOU WILL FIND A SWITCH THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT STANDBY MODES: POWER- SAVER OR STANDARD. EUROPEAN UNION REGULATION STATES THAT ELECTRONIC DEVICES MAY ONLY HAVE 0.5W POWER CONSUMPTION IN STANDBY MODE (THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE ON ENERGY RELATED PRODUCTS, OR ERP).

  • Page 22: Powersaver/Standard

    POWERSAVER & STANDARD 001. POWERSAVER STANDBY MODE: THE ACTON WILL GO TO POWER SAVING STANDBY MODE AFTER 20 MINUTES OF NOT RECEIVING A SOUND SIGNAL. IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THE POWERSAVER STANDBY MODE, THE ACTON WILL NOT WAKE UP AUTOMATI-...

  • Page 23: Adjusting The Volume/Bass/Treble

    ADJUSTING THE VOLUME/BASS/TREBLE TURN THE KNOB TO ADJUST THE: 001. VOLUME 002. BASS 003. TREBLE 022.

  • Page 24: Technical Information

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION SOUND SPECIFICATION • ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER WITH BASS REFLEX SYSTEM • BASS AND TREBLE TONE CONTROLS • CLASS D AMPLIFIER: 2X8W+1X25W • WOOFER: 1X 4” • TWEETER: 2X 3/4”, FERROFLUID COOLED • MAX SPL: 100DB SPL @ 1M (GROUND PLANE 300HZ, 1%THD) •...

  • Page 25: Trouble Shooting

    TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEM CAUSE THE ACTIVE LOUD- The power cord is not plugged into a SPEAKER WILL NOT working wall socket or not plugged into TURN ON. the power jack on the back of the active loudspeaker. THE SOUND IS WEAK The 3.5mm cord/input cable/signal cable is OR THERE IS NO not correctly connected to either the active...

  • Page 26: Action

    ACTON ACTION Plug the power cord into a working wall socket and plug the connector into the power jack on the back of the active loudspeaker. Unplug and re-plug the 3.5mm cord/input cable/signal cable into both the active loudspeaker and the music player.

  • Page 27: Bluetooth Connection

    BLUETOOTH TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEM CAUSE BLUETOOTH WILL NOT Acton is too far away from your device CONNECT. during the pairing process. BLUETOOTH You may be in an area with poor reception. CONNECTION DOES NOT WORK AS WELL AS IT SHOULD.
  • Page 28 Bluetooth device’s wireless range, the connection will be lost. Ensure that the Acton is placed near the Bluetooth device, and unob- structed by obstacles such as walls or doors. Please ensure that there is no electrical interference surrounding the Acton, that your Bluetooth device is on and working properly.
  • Page 29 FCC STATEMENT This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 30 Apple TV, Airport Express, iPhone, iPod, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch, iPad and Safari are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. © 2014 CSR plc and its group companies.
  • Page 31 WWW.MARSHALLHEADPHONES.COM...

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