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[. . . ] full range satellite speaker operation manual B-1600 B-1500 Miller & Kreisel Sound, Inc. 9351 Deering Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311-5858 USA (818) 701-7010 fax (818) 701-0369 www. mksound. com ©2003 Miller & Kreisel Sound, Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SPEAKER HOOK-UP & USAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 WIRING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 OPTIMIZING SPEAKER PLACEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 M&K BACKFIRE PORT SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 HOME THEATRE USAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CENTER CHANNEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SURROUND CHANNEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SPEAKER/SUBWOOFER PHASING TEST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SPEAKER DAMAGE & HOW TO AVOID IT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 M&K 10 YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR SET-UP ASSISTANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CABINET MAINTENANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6. 11. DIAGRAMS FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 1 2 3 4 5 SPEAKER WIRING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SEPARATION BETWEEN LEFT & RIGHT SPEAKERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SURROUND SPEAKER ON SIDE WALLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SURROUND SPEAKERS ON THE REAR WALL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 USING SURROUND SPEAKER ON SIDE AND REAR WALLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Please record the following information for your records: Serial Number: Date of Purchase: Dealer Name: Dealer Address: City/State/Zip: Country: Invoice Number: 1. INTRODUCTION Congratulations! [. . . ] Using a meter is an inexpensive way to be certain that your system is calibrated properly. TIMBRE-MATCHING One of the most important factors in achieving excellent Home Theatre performance is timbre-matching. On film soundtracks, specific sounds are often moved from left to right or from front to back in the room. When the speakers reproducing these sounds have dissimilar characteristics, there will be an audible discontinuity when the sound shifts from one speaker to another. Timbre-matched speakers have very similar tonal characteristics and sound, which come from three critical elements: similar or identical drivers; similar or identical crossovers; and similar or identical frequency response. You can be assured that the system can achieve the full potential of Home Theatre sound. When you have a Home Theatre system, speaker placement becomes extremely important, as you will be balancing four or five (or more) speakers rather than two. The following guidelines are for a five-channel Pro-Logic or 5. 1 channel Dolby Digital AC-3 system, but if you do not have a Center channel, the instructions for the other four channels still apply. CENTER CHANNEL The Center channel speaker in any multichannel system is the most important speaker in the system. This speaker often produces more output than the left and right speakers combined. This speaker should be of the highest possible quality, and as similar as possible in response and radiation pattern to the left and right speakers. Three identical speakers are best, unless the center channel is designed to work with a set of left and right speakers. It is also important to have as much amplifier power as possible for the Center channel. As a minimum, the three front channels should be identical in power output, but it is better if the Center channel has more. If you have less power in the Center channel, this will be the limiting factor in the total output capability of the system when watching and listening to video sources. Angling, or toeing-in the speakers, to aim at the listening position often improves imaging. When using a Center channel speaker, you have extra flexibility in placing the left and right speakers, as the Center channel speaker will tie most dialog and effects directly to the screen. 5 SURROUND CHANNELS Surround speakers can be installed in a wide variety of locations, but in some rooms their installation can be quite a challenge to install. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact your M&K dealer or the M&K factory. We recommend placement of the surround speakers on the side walls of the room, two to three feet above the listeners' heads, either directly adjacent to the listening position or behind it. You can aim the speakers to fire towards each other (across the listening area), or you can aim them to fire towards the back wall at an angle. The surround speakers should not be in front of the main listening position if possible. If you mount the surrounds on the side wall behind the listening position, they can be aimed towards each other or angled towards the back wall or the side wall surface directly behind them. By reflecting sound behind the listening position, you may increase the sense of envelopment in the sound. If you want or need to mount speakers on the back wall of the room, there are several options. [. . . ] It can occur at 20 watts with a small amplifier, or at 400 watts with a large amplifier. When this happens, the amplifier's output waveform (which should look like a smooth arc) is "clipped" off, exhibiting a flat top instead of the arc. This "clipped" waveform contains multiples of the original amplified frequencies, sometimes at higher levels than the original signal itself. For tweeters, this can be very damaging, as this distortion is well above the audible range (where you are unable to hear it), and where the tweeter is most vulnerable to damage. [. . . ]