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Positioning Your Speakers
Unpacking Your CS·8040HD
Your new CS Series speaker is designed to add clarity and focus to the vocal
range and extend the musical image of your home theater. To optimize its
performance, please follow these simple guidelines. Although the following
recommendations will usually yield the best results, whatever sounds best to
you is correct.
Figure 3 - Connecting Speaker to Amplifier
Use the manual speaker setup functions in your receiver to set speaker
configuration, speaker distance and channel balance. Consult your receiver's
or processor's manual to learn how to access and use the setup menus. Set
center speaker to "small" with the crossover point set at 80Hz.
if you experience any difficulties with your CS Series Speaker, try the suggestions
below. If you still have problems, contact your Definitive Technology Authorized
Dealer for assistance.
Troubleshooting
All Dolby/DTS multi-channel receiver/amplifiers feature a dedicated channel for a center
speaker. Consult your receiver's owner's manual for the appropriate connection procedure.
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Please Inspect For Shipping Damage
Each loudspeaker leaves our plant in perfect condition. Any visible or concealed
damage most likely occurred in handling after it left our plant and should be
reported at once to your Definitive dealer or the delivery company that
delivered your loudspeaker. Please unpack your system carefully. Save all cartons
and packing materials in case you move or need to ship your system. Record the
serial number found on the back of the Center Channel in the Notes section of
this owner's manual.
Figure 1 - Positioning CS Series Center Channel
To receive the full benefit of the bass radiators built
into your
CS
Speaker leave at least
1-2" (2.5-5
cm) of
space between the top of the speaker and any surface.
Connecting Your Loudspeakers
Figure 2 - Wiring and Polarity
1.
Audible distortion when the speakers are playing at loud levels is caused
by driving (turning up) your receiver or amplifier louder than the receiver or
the speakers are capable of playing. Most receivers and amplifiers put out
their full-rated power well before the volume control is turned all the way
up, so the position of the volume control is a poor indicator of its power
limit. if your speakers distort when you play them loud, tum the
volume down!
2. If you experience a lack of bass,
it
is likely that one speaker is out of phase
(polarity) with the other speakers in the system and needs to be rewired
paying closer attention to connect positive to positive; negative to negative
on both channels. Most speaker wire has some indicator (such as color-
coding, ribbing or writing) on one of the two conductors to help you main-
tain consistency. It is essential to connect both speakers to the amplifier in
the same way (in phase).
3. Make sure all your system interconnects and power cords are solidly
connected.
4. Check that no foreign objects or liquid has entered the speaker cabinet.
Strip
1/4"
(6mm) wire.
Identify markings on wire and assign +/-.
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