® Safety Information Introduction Thank You Contact Information A Message From The Design Engineer Getting Started Included with the aspen FR30 Unpacking Instructions Configuring Speaker Feet Speaker Accessories Jumper / Input Wiring (bi-amp, bi-wiring) Operation Guide 9-10 Basic speaker setup and placement...
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Getting Started aspen FR30 ® Included with the Upper box: aspen FR30 Upper speaker enclosure in cloth bag Cloth magnetic grille Accessory box – this product manual, jumpers (for connecting the upper and lower cabinets and configuring the inputs for mono or bi-wiring), tool kit (allen wrenches for all of the metric socket head screws used throughout).
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Getting Started aspen FR30 ® Unpacking From there, lift the top of each carton upwards and remove. Instructions, Continued Note: The cloth bags covering each speaker box are not shown.
Getting Started aspen FR30 ® Configuring For hard floors – twist to remove bottom 0.375” spiked tip from feet to expose the black Speaker Feet plastic disc underneath. Note: For carpeted floors – spiked tips should be removed only after standing bottom speaker cabinet up.
Getting Started aspen FR30 ® Configuring These are leveling feet as well. Loosen the top gap of the foot and adjust the bottom Speaker Feet, spiked foot until the speaker is level, and then tighten the top cap into place to lock them Continued in position.
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Getting Started aspen FR30 ® Assembling Upper The aspen FR30 features a two piece enclosure for optimal acoustic and mechanical and Lower Speaker performance and ease of installation. The cabinets are combined with a sliding Enclosures mechanism and held in place with spring loaded bearings.
Getting Started aspen FR30 ® Jumper / Input The FR30 comes with four input terminals as shown. For single wiring/amping, connect Wiring the set of longer jumpers from the accessory box to parallel wire the black and red (bi-amp, bi-wiring) terminals sets together (black to black and red to red) as shown below.
Operation Guide aspen FR30 ® Basic Setup Loudspeakers and rooms work together as a system and, to get the best performance, and Placement great care in setup is important to optimize the listening experience. Some helpful tools include a tape measure (or laser measurement tool), pen/paper to note the distances and listening impressions, and some demo music.
Operation Guide aspen FR30 ® Rear Panel Controls When looking at the rear of the speaker, there are two knobs. The knob on the left should be set to “far” unless the speaker is <2ft from two nearby boundaries and the sound is too “chesty”, “thick”...
Specifications aspen FR30 ® aspen FR30 Color Options Pearl White, Sable Black Specifications Enclosure Type Two piece – Sealed upper cabinet mid-tweeter module, Passive radiator lower cabinet (4 10” side- firing passive radiators) High Frequency Transducer 2 x 2.5” planar magnetic with Teonex diaphragm Mid Frequency Transducer 10”...
3 years from the date the unit was first purchased from PS Audio or its dealers and agents. If you do not register your product within 30 days of service, a copy of your purchase receipt from an authorized PS Audio dealer may be used as proof of purchase to establish the warranty start date.
FR30 ® Limitations Under In no event will PS Audio’s liability to you exceed the origianl purchase price of your unit. This Warranty This warranty does not cover the cost of custom installation, customer instruction, setup adjustments, or signal reception problems. Consequential and incidental damages are not covered under this warranty.
Authorization Number (RMA#) prior to returning any item. Please contact PS Audio or an authorized PS Audio repair center to receive an RMA#. The RMA# must be on all returned items. If it is not clearly marked, PS Audio will return the package back to you, freight collect.
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