Speaker Installation - M&S Systems WaveGuide WG100C Owner's Manual

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Speaker Installation

for Existing Construction
Ceiling Speakers
For existing construction, the use of mounting
rings can not occur. The following steps outline
how to locate a section between two joists, mark
the outer boundaries of the hole, drill a small hole
in the center to verify the location and then cut
the main hole.
Step 1. Determine the location of the joists so the
speaker can be centered approximately between
them. There are several ways to go about this:
Use an electronic stud finder. Many finders
can also indicate the location of live AC
wiring.
Tap on the wall and listen to the resulting
sound. When the sound is deeper and more
hollow sounding, you are between joists.
When the sound is sharper and more flat
sounding, you are close or over a stud.
Identify joists by the position of electrical
light fixtures. There may be a joist directly to
the left or right of these electrical fixture. This
gives you a point of measurement since joists
are either 24 or 16 inches on center in newer
houses, 12 inches in older homes.
Step 2. When you are sure of where the ceiling's
joists are (and are completely sure there isn't an
electrical cable, water pipe or heating duct in that
vicinity of the wall), position the cardboard
mounting template, and draw around the outer
perimeter with a pencil.
Step 3. Drill a 1-inch hole in the center of the
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Remove the paint mask from the baffle. Be
careful not to touch the speaker cones and
tweeter when removing the paint mask in
order to prevent any damage. Attach the
speaker cable to the speaker by pressing down
on the red (+) or black (-) gold-plated push
terminals and inserting the red wire in the red
terminal and the black wire in the black terminal.
See Figure 3. Make sure that none of the strands
from the black and red wires are touching each
other. This can create a short circuit that can
damage your electronics. Index the mounting
tabs to make sure that all tabs will clear the
opening. Insert the speaker in the ceiling and
tighten the tabs with the screws on the front of
the grille. DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN
SCREWS, the screws should only be tight
enough to secure the speaker.
Step 6. After the speaker
adjustments to the swivel tweeter (small speaker)
can be made by either directing the sound
visually or by using a musical source to
determine the best sound coverage for the
listening area. To position the tweeter, press at
FIGURE 4
tweeter
horn
Crease position
THE
is mounted,
the outside
edge of the
tweeter housing
( D O N O T
PRESS ON THE
T W E E T E R
C O N E
DIRECTLY).
N o t e ( s e e
figure 4) the
crease in the
a s y m m e t r ic a l
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