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P L A C E M E N T
NOTE: The satellite speakers can be placed directly on a shelf, or mounted on a wall using
the included wall brackets.
LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT CHANNELS
For left and right front chan-
shown in Figure 1. Since the
nels, place one satellite to
speakers are magnetically
the left and another to the
shielded, you can place
right of the television, as
them very close to the TV
CENTER CHANNEL
For the center channel,
television. Use included
place the speaker directly
brackets for wall mounting.
on top of, or below, your
SURROUND CHANNELS
For left and right surround
the right, to the side of or
channels, place one speaker
slightly behind the listening
on the left and another on
area. The surround speakers
SUBWOOFER
Since the installation of
critical importance because
a subwoofer can be some-
it is essential that the sub-
what more complicated
woofer integrate smoothly
than installing full-range
with the entire system.
speakers, it is essential that
Setting the subwoofer's vol-
you read this section very
ume level too high will result
carefully prior to connecting
in an overpowering, boomy
the subwoofer to your
bass. Setting the volume
system. Should you have
level too low will negate the
questions relating to
benefits of the subwoofer.
installation, it is advisable
Here are several additional
to call either your dealer or
facts on installation that may
Leviton's Technical Support
prove useful. It is generally
Department for advice.
believed that low frequen-
The performance of the
cies (below 125Hz) are
subwoofer is directly related
nondirectional and, there-
to its placement in the
fore, placement of a sub-
listening room and how you
woofer within any listening
align the subwoofer with the
room is not critical. While in
satellite speakers. Setting
theory it is true that the
the volume of the subwoofer
larger wavelengths of
in relation to the left and
extremely low frequencies
right speakers is also of
are basically nondirectional,
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without worrying about the
magnetic field distorting the
picture.
should be mounted at a
height of between 4 feet and
7 feet.
the fact is that, when
installing a subwoofer within
the limited confines of a
room, reflections, standing
waves and absorptions gen-
erated within the room will
strongly influence the per-
formance of any subwoofer
system. As a result, specific
location of the subwoofer
becomes important, and we
strongly recommend that
you experiment with place-
ment before choosing a final
location. Placement will
depend upon your room (for
example, whether or not
your room permits place-
ment of the subwoofer near
either satellite) and the
amount and quality of bass
required.
WALL-MOUNTING THE SATELLITES
The satellites are designed
that will ensure the proper
to be mounted on the wall.
and safe wall-mounting of
There is a wall bracket for
the speakers.
each satellite speaker. Each
Step 1.
speaker bracket will require
Mark the positions on the
(4) 1-1/2, " #10 wood screws;
wall where you would like to
each screw should be fas-
place the mounting screws.
tened to a wall stud. If a wall
Step 2.
stud is unavailable, install an
Place bracket against wall
anchor appropriate for a
and fasten four 1-1/2, " #10
1-1/2, " #10 screw.
wood screws through the
NOTE: The customer is
bracket's screw holes into
responsible for the correct
the wall. If a wall stud is not
selection and use of mount-
available, use an appropriate
ing hardware (available
anchor.
through hardware stores)
SATELLITE SPEAKER CONNECTIONS
Turn Off All Power
Satellites
After placing the speakers,
Observe polarities when
you are ready to connect
making speaker connections,
your system. First, turn off
as shown in Figure 4.
all audio-system power.
Connect each + terminal on
Use high-quality CL2/3 rated
the back of the amplifier or
speaker wire for in wall wire
receiver to the respective +
runs. #18-Gauge speaker
(red) terminal on each
wire with polarity coding is
speaker. Connect the –
included for outside the wall
(black) terminals in the
use only. For longer dis-
same way.
tances, # 1 6 - g a u g e or heavier
wire is recommended. The
side of the wire with a ridge
or other coding is usually
considered positive polarity
(i.e., +). Also, consult the
owner's manuals that were
included with your amplifier
or receiver to confirm con-
nection procedures.
Step 3.
Screw the post of the bracket
into the 1/4"-20 threaded
insert on the back of the
satellite. Adjust the satellite
to the desired angle and
tighten the knob.
Figure 3.
Bracket on wall.
Important!
Do not reverse polarities
(i.e., + to – or – to +) when
making connections. Doing
so will cause poor imaging
and diminished bass
response. Be certain that
positive and negative wire
strands are completely
isolated to avoid short
circuits that may damage
your equipment.
Figure 4. Wiring diagram shows
polarity connections for one channel
of a home theater system.
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