Cambridge SoundWorks Powered Subwoofer Instructions Manual

Cambridge SoundWorks Powered Subwoofer Instructions Manual

Cambridge soundworks powered subwoofer: user guide

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Contents
Instructions for:
Safety Precautions ............................................................................ i, ii
Important-Please Read First .............................................................. 1
Unpacking The Subwoofer .................................................................. 2
Audio And AC Power Connections ....................................................... 2
Powered Subwoofer
Connecting A Slave Subwoofer ............................................................ 4
Placement ............................................................................................ 5
The Subwoofer Level Control ............................................................... 6
& Slave Subwoofer
Selecting Low-Pass Frequency ............................................................. 7
Advantages Of The Slave Subwoofer ................................................... 8
The Final Touch ................................................................................... 8
Installing Low Cut Filters .................................................................... 9
by Henry Kloss
Cleaning The Cabinets ......................................................................... 9
Replacing The Fuse ........................................................................... 10
Difficulty? .......................................................................................... 10
Limited Warranty .............................................................................. 11

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Safety Precautions ... i, ii Important—Please Read First ... 1 Unpacking The Subwoofer ... 2 Audio And AC Power Connections ... 2 Powered Subwoofer Connecting A Slave Subwoofer ... 4 Placement ... 5 The Subwoofer Level Control ... 6 & Slave Subwoofer Selecting Low-Pass Frequency ...
  • Page 2 SERVICE D’ENTRETIEN NE DOIT ETRE EFFECTUE QUE PAR DU PERSONNEL D’ENTRETIEN QUALIFIE. The serial number for the subwoofer is located on the subwoofer’s control panel. Please write this number down and keep it in a secure area. This is for your security.
  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    Subwoofer or Slave Subwoofer , ask the ing covers may expose you to dangerous service technician to perform safety checks voltage or other hazards. Refer all servic- to determine that the Powered Subwoofer ing to qualified service personnel. or Slave Subwoofer is in proper operating condition.
  • Page 4: Important-Please Read First

    To do full justice to these effects, as well as to the musical low frequencies missed by most speakers, the Cambridge SoundWorks powered subwoofer systems reproduce, at high power, the lowest bass sounds the human ear can detect.
  • Page 5: Unpacking The Subwoofer

    Powered Subwoofer switched off. speakers. Do not use any additional speaker output terminals your The Powered Subwoofer can be amplifier or receiver may have. connected to the main amplifier’s Alternatively, you may connect speaker outputs, from stereo...
  • Page 6 Right channel line level input on the Powered Subwoofer. Note: You should connect the Powered Subwoofer to your system using either the line level inputs or the speaker level inputs–but not both sets of inputs.
  • Page 7: Connecting A Slave Subwoofer

    Low Frequency Effects channel with Most home users will find this the Main Left and Right speakers. setting to be appropriate. The Powered Subwoofer needs to be The “manual “ position of the connected with speaker wire to the “Auto-off Setting” switch keeps the...
  • Page 8: Placement

    Powered Subwoofer. This is recommend placing it behind listen- why it is possible to use a single ers. Also, do not place the Powered powered subwoofer to reproduce Subwoofer underneath furniture.
  • Page 9: The Subwoofer Level Control

    The Subwoofer Level Control The Subwoofer Level Control adjusts Obviously, not all rooms in a how loudly the Powered Subwoofer normal home meet all these criteria. If you have the option, plays. Start with it set midway (5), set up your home theater in the then adjust upward or downward room that comes closest.
  • Page 10: Selecting Low-Pass Frequency

    Low-Pass frequency as described in the procedure above. The second type of subwoofer output sends a “Bass Only” signal to the Powered Subwoofer. The most common example is the Low Fre- quency Effects (LFE) channel of a Dolby Digital (AC-3) equipped system.
  • Page 11: Advantages Of The Slave Subwoofer

    Advantages Of The Slave Subwoofer If your listening space is very large Note: The Powered Subwoofer and or if you wish the strongest low- Slave Subwoofer are a matched bass output possible, it may be system. Under no circumstances necessary to add our optional, should any speaker other than a passive Slave Subwoofer.
  • Page 12: Installing Low Cut Filters

    INPUT FROM AMP leads those on the speakers, including to speaker outputs on your the Powered Subwoofer. The receiver or amplifier, then connecting wires on the filters connect the speaker wire to the are coded by the use of one filter’s OUTPUT TO SPEAKER...
  • Page 13: Replacing The Fuse

    Replacing The Fuse A fuse protects the amplifier inside IMPORTANT: Turn off and unplug the the Powered Subwoofer. If the fuse subwoofer before changing the fuse. blows, it is safe to substitute the spare T3.15A, 250V fuse supplied with the speaker. If the second...
  • Page 14: Limited Warranty

    Dolby, Pro Logic and Dolby Digital (AC-3) are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation ™ Tower, Model Six and Model Seventeen are trademarks of Cambridge SoundWorks, Incorporated ® Ensemble, Ambiance and Cambridge SoundWorks are registered trademarks of Cambridge SoundWorks, Incorporated...
  • Page 15 311 Needham Street, Newton MA 02464 1-877-937-4434 Fax: 617-527-3194 www.cambridgesoundworks.com Email: info@cambridgesoundworks.com Company P81-1010 0400...

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