INDEX ENGLISH SECTIONS PAGE LEGAL & TRADEMARK NOTICE 002. 004. BOX CONTENTS 005. GENERAL DESCRIPTION 007. PLUGGING IN THE ACTON II 008. TURNING THE ACTON II ON/OFF 009. SETTING UP THE ACTON II 010. SELECTING AUDIO SOURCE 011. CONNECTING VIA BLUETOOTH (PAIRING) 012.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION 001. AUX INPUT FOR 3.5 mm JACK 002. SOURCE INDICATORS 003. SOURCE BUTTON 004. VOLUME KNOB 005. BASS KNOB 006. TREBLE KNOB 007. PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON 008. POWER LEVER 001. 003. 006. 002. 004. 008. 005. 007. 005.
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION CONTINUED 009. BASS PORT 010. BACKPLATE 011. MAINS INPUT 012. MAINS LEAD 009. 010. NOTE: DATE CODE AND SERIAL NUMBER STICKER LOCATED HERE. 012. 011. 006.
PLUGGING IN THE ACTON II IMPORTANT: ALWAYS ENSURE THAT THE MAINS LEAD, POWER JACK AND SPEAKER ARE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR MAINS SUPPLY AND WALL SOCKET. 001. CONNECT THE MAINS LEAD INTO THE MAINS INPUT ON THE SPEAKER. 002. CONNECT THE POWER JACK TO THE WALL SOCKET. CAUTION: ALWAYS UNPLUG THE MAINS LEAD FROM THE WALL SOCKET BEFORE DISCONNECTING IT FROM THE SPEAKER.
TURNING THE ACTON II ON/OFF POWER LEVER 001. ON: PULL AND HOLD THE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE SPEAKER UNTIL THE POWER ON SOUND PLAYS AND THE INDICATORS LIGHT UP. POWER LEVER 002. OFF: PULL AND HOLD THE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE SPEAKER UNTIL THE POWER OFF SOUND PLAYS AND ALL INDICATORS TURN OFF.
SETTING UP THE ACTON II MARSHALL BLUETOOTH ® CONFIGURE THE SPEAKER WITH THE APP TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT. THE APP IS AVAILABLE FROM THE APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY. MARSHALL BLUETOOTH ® 001. DOWNLOAD THE APP AND FOLLOW THE IN-APP INSTRUCTIONS.
SELECTING AUDIO SOURCE THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO CONNECT TO YOUR ACTON II, EITHER WIRELESSLY OR BY CABLE. • - WIRELESS Bluetooth CONNECTION • AUX - 3.5 mm STEREO JACK SOURCE 001. PUSH THE BUTTON TO TOGGLE BETWEEN Bluetooth AND AUX AUDIO SOURCE.
CONNECTING VIA Bluetooth (PAIRING) SOURCE 001. SELECT Bluetooth AS THE INPUT. PUSHING THE BUTTON TOGGLES THE INPUT SOURCES. SOURCE 002. PUSH AND HOLD THE BUTTON FOR 2 SECONDS. THE Bluetooth INDICATOR STARTS TO BLINK. 003. ENABLE Bluetooth ON YOUR DEVICE (SMARTPHONE, TABLET, COMPUTER). ACTON II ...
CONNECTING VIA AUX INPUT AUX 001. CONNECT A 3.5 mm STEREO JACK TO THE INPUT LABELLED ON THE TOP OF THE SPEAKER. 002. CONNECT THE OTHER END OF THE LEAD TO THE AUDIO OUTPUT ON YOUR AUDIO SOURCE. SOURCE 003. SELECT AUX AS THE INPUT. PUSHING THE BUTTON TOGGLES THE INPUT SOURCES.
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME/BASS/TREBLE THE ACTON II INCLUDES THREE CONTROLS FOR ADJUSTING THE AUDIO. 001. VOLUME KNOB 002. BASS KNOB 003. TREBLE KNOB 001. 002. 003. 001. 002. 003. NOTE: THE AUDIO CAN ALSO BE ADJUSTED FROM THE MARSHALL BLUETOOTH APP. ®...
PLAY/PAUSE CONTROL THE ACTON II HAS A PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON TO CONTROL THE MUSIC WHEN PLAYING VIA Bluetooth. 001. SINGLE-CLICK TO EITHER PLAY OR PAUSE. 002. DOUBLE-CLICK TO SKIP FORWARD. 003. TRIPLE-CLICK TO SKIP BACK. 001. 002. 003. NOTE: PLAYBACK CAN ALSO BE CONTROLLED FROM THE MARSHALL BLUETOOTH ®...
COUPLE SPEAKERS TWO ACTON II, STANMORE II OR WOBURN II SPEAKERS CAN BE COUPLED TO ACT AS ONE SOUND SYSTEM. THERE ARE TWO MODES TO CHOOSE FROM: AMBIENT MODE • - TWO SPEAKERS PLAY THE SAME AUDIO SYNCHRONISED. EACH SPEAKER PLAYS BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT CHANNELS. CHOOSE THIS MODE IF YOUR SPEAKERS ARE PLACED AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS, DIRECTION OR AREAS OF THE ROOM.
STANDBY MODE IF THE ACTON II IS LEFT UNUSED FOR 20 MINUTES THE SPEAKER GOES INTO STANDBY TO SAVE ENERGY. IN THIS MODE ALL INDICATORS ARE OFF. 001. INTERACT WITH ANY BUTTON OR KNOB ON THE TOP PANEL TO WAKE THE SPEAKER UP FROM STANDBY MODE.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ACOUSTIC SPECIFICATION • STEREO LOUDSPEAKER WITH BASS REFLEX SYSTEM • DIGITAL CLASS D AMPLIFIERS: 2 x 15 W + 1 x 30 W • TWEETERS: 2 x ¾" dome tweeters • WOOFER: 1 x 4" woofer • BASS AND TREBLE TONE CONTROLS •...
TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM CAUSE ACTION THE ACTON II The speaker is not connected Connect the mains lead to the DOES NOT TURN to a mains electricity supply. Acton II and a working wall socket. Pull and hold the power lever towards the front of the speaker until the indicators light up.
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TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM CAUSE ACTION THE SPEAKER IS A software problem has Unplug the speaker mains plug NOT RESPONDING occurred. from the wall socket, wait for 15 seconds, then plug it in again. Bluetooth The two Bluetooth devices are Move the devices closer so that CONNECTION too far apart or the connection they are within 10 metres, and...
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TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM CAUSE ACTION THE AUDIO IS Volume is set too high on the Turn down the playback volume DISTORTED audio source. on the audio source. The audio stream or audio file Try another audio file or music is of poor quality. player.
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