User manual CASTLE KNIGHT5

[. . . ] If you are shelf mounting your loudspeakers, make sure they are not placed on the same shelf as your source components. The product must not be exposed to dripping and splashing and no object such as a vase of flowers should be placed on the product. If you play the loudspeakers with the grilles removed be careful to protect the drive units from children and pets. [. . . ] Choose a cable of suitable diameter ­ cable that is too thin will limit the dynamics of the sound and may impair the bass response. Audio cable is polarised, with two cores of different colours, or often a raised rib or coloured tracer in the case of twin cable. Before you purchase your cable, we suggest that you give careful thought to the positioning of your loudspeakers. Cable lengths to loudspeaker pairs should be the same for left and right channels in order to equalise the signal transmission. Allow some slack in your speaker cables so you can alter their position to best advantage, but do not have your cables over-long. K NIGHTS S ERIES 1 Page 4 Preparing Loudspeaker Cable Split the twin cores to a depth of about 40mm. Carefully strip the insulation from each end, leaving about 10mm of bare wire. If the cable is stranded, lightly twist to gather any loose strands. 10mm 40mm Connecting Screw Terminals All the loudspeakers use screw terminals. Safe Connection of Terminals Unscrew the terminal. Insert the bare end of the cable into the hole in the base of the terminal. When connecting terminals, make sure you leave no strands of bare wire that can short across to adjacent terminals. As an alternative to bare wire you can use specialist spade connectors. Your Castle dealer will be pleased to advise you. Crossover Networks The Castle Knights Series use bi-wired terminal panels. Biwireable Crossovers A bi-wiring panel has four terminal binding posts. The upper terminals connect to the treble units, the lower pair to the bass unit. As supplied the treble and bass terminal pairs are connected via removeable straps. This arrangement facilitates standard single wiring, and advanced biwiring which offers significant performance advantages. Follow the drawings carefully to see the correct orientation of the loudspeaker terminals. K NIGHTS S ERIES Why Bi-Wire? Bi-wiring involves the use of two separate cables between the amplifier and the loudspeakers. Using separate cables for treble and bass units in a Bi-Wiring configuration reduces intermodulation effects and improves headroom and clarity. [. . . ] Never touch the drive units either with an object or your hands. K NIGHTS S ERIES # # # # Quality Assurance Your Castle loudspeakers have been constructed to the highest standards. From the top grade furniture construction and finish to the carefully designed and selected acoustic components, the Castle range is a testament to fine design, fine engineering and fine craftsmanship. Our speakers are built to provide a lifetime of pleasure to the eye, the ears and through the music they play, the soul. [. . . ]