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Niles PR5 Installation & Operation Manual

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  • Page 1 I N S T A L L A T I O N & O P E R A T I O N G U I D E M O D E L S ® L E N D I N G I G H I D E L I T Y ®...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    WARRANTY REGISTRATION CARD LIMITED WARRANTY ©2000 Niles Audio Corporation. All rights reserved. Niles, the Niles logo, Blending High Fidelity and Architecture and Systems Integration Amplifiers are registered trademarks of Niles Audio Corporation. BumpBack and MicroSensor are trademarks of Niles Audio Corporation. Kaladex is a registered trademark of DuPont Teijin Films. Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

  • Page 3: Limited Warranty

    Limited Warranty Niles Audio Corporation ("NILES") warrants its loudspeaker products to the original purchaser to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of five years from date of purchase. This Warranty is subject to the following additional conditions and limitations. The Warranty...

  • Page 4: Warranty Registration Card

    WARRANTY REGISTRATION CARD Model Purchased__________________ ____________ _ ____ Serial Number_____________ ____________________ _ __________________________________________________ Date Purchased (month/day/year)_______ _____________________ _ ____ ___________________________ ______ Dealer Name and Location________________ _____ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ _________ ______________________________________________ ❑ Dr. ❑ Miss ❑ Mr. Name______ _________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Address________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ _ _____ City_________________________________________________________State______ __________Zip______________ Telephone (___________)___________________________________________________________________________...

  • Page 5: Features And Benefits

    A PR5/PR6 Speaker Kit; and the cor- responding Bracket Kit (5 or 6) is required to install one pair of PR5/PR6 in-wall loudspeakers in either new or existing construction.
  • Page 6 Only when construction is completely fin- ished do you put the valuable speaker in the wall. You don’t have to mask or prep the speaker for painting, and worries about...
  • Page 7 PLEASE FILL OUT THE WARRANTY REGISTRATION CARD ON THE REVERSE SIDE, DETACH, AND MAIL TO: Niles Audio Corporation Warranty Registration Dept. P.O. Box 160818 Miami, Florida 33116-0818...

  • Page 9: Installation Considerations

    Recommended Amplifier Power For satisfactory performance, we recom- mend an amplifier with a power rating of ten to one hundred watts for the PR5; and ten to one hundred twenty-five watts for the PR6. Curiously, most speakers are not damaged by large amplifiers but by small amplifiers.
  • Page 10 In some areas conduit is required. For a trouble-free installation, low voltage wire such as speaker wire must be run in accordance with the National Electrical Code and any applicable provisions of the local building code.

  • Page 11: Specifications

    Specifications Model PR6 Driver Compliment 6-1/2” Talc-Filled Polypropylene Woofer with Custom Debris Screen and Butyl Rubber Surround 3/4” Kaladex® Tweeter Housed in a Low Diffraction Precision Adjustment Mechanism Design Principle Infinite baffle for large and varying air volumes Recommended Amplifier Power Ten to One Hundred Twenty Five Watts per Channel Nominal Impedance...
  • Page 12 Specifications Model PR5 Driver Compliment 5-1/4” Talc-Filled Polypropylene Woofer with Custom Debris Screen and Butyl Rubber Surround 3/4” Kaladex® Tweeter Housed in a Low Diffraction Precision Adjustment Mechanism Design Principle Infinite baffle for large and varying air volumes Recommended Amplifier Power...

  • Page 13: Speaker Placement

    You should have a direct line of sight with Figure 2 the front of the speaker. To determine the best position, measure the “listening” dis- tance between the ideal listening position (your favorite chair or couch) and the wall in which you plan to install the speakers.
  • Page 14 The Boundary Effect Corners can affect the bass response of the speaker powerfully! This is called the boundary effect. You will emphasize par- ticular bass frequencies and cancel out other bass frequencies when you place speakers close to the wall/ceiling bound- ary or a corner wall boundary.

  • Page 15: Removal Of Speaker And Grille

    Cleaning You can clean the speaker with a damp- ened soft cloth or paper towel. If the speaker is mounted high up on a wall or ceiling, use a broom to gently brush it off.
  • Page 16 Carefully fit the grille into its recess so that it is barely in place. Starting with one corner, go around the speaker, pushing the grille in a little bit each time. You should be gentle, the aluminum grille can be easily bent out of shape.
  • Page 17 Create as many reflections as possible by mounting the speaker up high in the wall so that the ceiling will act as a powerful reflector. If you place the speak-...

  • Page 18: Installation Fundamentals

    Before you drill any holes, mount the...
  • Page 19 Be careful, or you might make a mistake. If you make a mistake, one speaker will be playing “out-of-phase” with the other speaker. An out-of-phase pair of speakers work against each other and the sound of the two speakers playing together will be lacking in bass and be “phasey”...
  • Page 20 Figure 14). 4. Insert the no strip terminal into the cor- responding socket on the rear of the speaker. Push it down until it locks in place. The terminal will only fit in the socket in one direction. If the terminal does not properly seat, reverse the termi- nal 180˚...
  • Page 21 Start by examining all the possible routes you might take to run the speaker wire from the speaker to the volume control and back to the stereo. Use a stud sensor or other device to locate the internal structure of the wall.
  • Page 22 You can acci- dentally induce 60 Hz hum on your speakers if you run your speaker wire right beside electrical wire for more than a few feet. Try to keep speaker wire running par- allel to power cables at least 3 feet away.

  • Page 23: Existing Construction

    Existing Construction Installing a Niles MS-1 MicroSensor™ There is a 1/2" round molded "IR Sensor Knockout" on the face of the speaker baf- fle. To prevent damage to the crossover network you must remove the knockout from the rear of the speaker. Do not attempt to remove the knockout with the speaker face up.

  • Page 24: Installation Of Brackets, Frames And Grilles In Existing Walls

    5/8” deep in most homes) about an inch below the center of your proposed speak- er location (an inch to the side if you are mounting the speaker horizontally). BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO DRILL THROUGH EXISTING WIRES, PIPES, OR STRUCTURE.
  • Page 25 In traditional wood stud/drywall construc- tion you can cut the hole for the speaker and utilize the large hole to auger holes across, up or down the wall for as far as your drill bit will take you. If you have...

  • Page 26: Installation Of Brackets, Frames And Grilles In New Construction

    Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in New Construction Stage One: Before Drywall is Hung. Insulating the Wall Cavity. If feasible, fill the wall cavity with insula- tion at this point. Attach the wings to the bracket by snap- ping them into the sides of the bracket. The wings can be shortened by breaking them along the scored lines if their length will interfere with a corner or eaves.
  • Page 27 the grille with paint. The grille is construct- ed of aluminum with a perfectly even powder coat overall. This powder coat is an ideal primer. Remove the grilles before painting. If you are using spray paint, use two thin coats without any primer.
  • Page 28 Niles Audio Corporation 12331 S.W. 130 Street Miami, Florida 33186 Tel: (305) 238-4373 Fax: (305) 238-0185 www.nilesaudio.com © 2000 Niles Audio Corporation. Patents applied for and pending. Printed in Taiwan DS00279ATW...

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