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  • Page 1: Owner Information

    THIEL SmartSub ® Subwoofers SW1 SS2 SS3 SS4 Owner Information...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Thank you for purchasing a THIEL SmartSub level of performance and also incorporates innovative (patent pending) concepts in its design to solve the several special problems subwoofer systems usually exhibit. Consequently, it performs at a very high level with a wide variety of speakers and room locations. You are welcome to contact our Customer Service department with any questions or for help in setting up this system.

  • Page 4: Product Features

    – much more than most drivers their size – in order to effortlessly reproduce even demanding sources at high volume levels. The SS2 uses two 10", the SS3 two 12" and the SS4 two 15" drivers. 10" version of the SmartSub drivers...
  • Page 5 Temperature Correction These SmartSub models contain unique circuitry (patent pending) that corrects for compression distortion due to heating of the drivers’ voice coils. Without this correction subwoofer output levels could decrease by as much as 5 dB and the response altered at times of high demand. The correction allows the subwoofer to provide more accurate, uncompressed and dynamic reproduction.

  • Page 6: System Configurations

    System Configurations The SmartSubs can be used in four ways depending on your requirements: 1. As a stand-alone unit. 2. With a passive crossover. 3. With the SmartSub Integrator in augment mode. 4. With the SmartSub Integrator in crossover mode. The configuration chosen will determine your required equipment, hookup connections and processor settings.
  • Page 7 The SmartSub Integrator in augment configuration should be used if a passive crossover is not available for your main speakers, you desire adjustability of the main channel bass level or extension, or if you desire more than one subwoofer in your system, or two stereo subwoofers. Integrator Augment Configuration In this configuration the subwoofer is used to reproduce both the subwoofer channel and the deep bass portion of the left and right...

  • Page 8: Crossover Use

    Crossover Use Do you require a crossover? Without a crossover the subwoofer will provide very high quality reproduction of the Low Frequency Effects (LFE), or “point 1”, channel of a multi channel sound system. When used with a crossover, the subwoofer can, in addition, also reproduce the low frequency part of the main channels in a 2 channel or multi channel music or video sound system.

  • Page 9: Subwoofer Placement

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  • Page 10: Setting Up The Subwoofer

    Setting up the Subwoofer Hookup If the subwoofer is being used with a passive crossover or SmartSub Integrator, a balanced XLR interconnect cable is connected from the unit’s subwoofer output to the subwoofer’s Normal Input. If more than one subwoofer is used, they are “daisy-chained”...

  • Page 11: Feet

    Feet The SS2 and SS3 are supplied with four pointed, screw-in feet that can be used to provide firmer coupling to the floor for slightly better sound quality and to prevent the unit from moving during use. Please be advised that their use can put dents in hardwood floors.

  • Page 14: Fuse Replacement

    Fuse Replacement If the subwoofer is completely dead, with no indicator lights on, the main fuse has probably blown and will need to be replaced. The fuse should be replaced only with an equivalent type. The fuse type is 5 x 20 mm size, slo-blow or time delay type, with a rating of 5 amp for 230 volt units and 10 amp for 115 volt units.
  • Page 16 THIEL 1026 Nandino Blvd., Lexington, KY 40511, USA www.thielaudio.com 7/04...

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