User manual MONITOR AUDIO SILVER RS REV 5

[. . . ] Contents Page Introduction Safety Instructions Silver RS1 Silver RS5 Silver RS6 Silver RS8 Silver RS LCR Silver RS FX Connecting Your RS FX Fixing Your RS FX to the Wall Plinth & Spike Fixing (RS5, RS6 & RS8 only) Connecting Your Loudspeakers Positioning Guarantee and Service Claims under this guarantee Data Protection Owner Information Warranty Card ­ Fold out section in back cover 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 16 17 17 1 © Monitor Audio 2005 RS Rev 5 Introduction Thank you for purchasing Monitor Audio Silver RS loudspeakers, which have been designed and constructed using quality systems and materials to provide years of enjoyment, reliability and pride of ownership. Our speakers are hand crafted from top to bottom using traditional woodworking skills for our sumptuous cabinets, married with the state of the art technology of our renowned drive units. It stimulates the imagination, changes your mood, helps you relax, and provides endless hours of entertainment. At Monitor Audio we pride ourselves in attempting to make the listening experience as close as possible to the original `music' production, or as we say at Monitor Audio our aim is to make the music experience "As close as it gets". [. . . ] cm (inch) 90H x 18. 5W x 27D (35 7/16" x 7 ¼" x 10 5/8") Weight Kg (lb) Finishes Balanced velocity twin reflex ported. 21 (46. 2) Black Oak, Rosenut, Walnut, Natural Oak or Cherry real wood veneer. All fitted with Black Grille 7 © Monitor Audio 2005 RS Rev 5 Your Silver RS LCR The Silver RS LCR is the vital aesthetic and sonic link in any Silver RS home cinema or multi-channel music system, bringing extra solidity, depth and realism to the front soundstage, especially with dialogue. It can be used as a centre speaker or as a traditional left or right speaker when placed upright. Due to the design of the crossover, if using your RS LCR as a left or right main speaker, we would recommend orientating it so that the port tube is upper most on the crossover panel. This ensures that the lower bass unit handles all of the bass, and the upper bass unit handles the mid-bass. For information on wiring and system configurations, please refer to pages 13, 14 and 15. Please note, if used in a 7. 1 channel system, the RS FX's are left and right handed. The grille cannot be removed with the cabinet secured to the wall. Frequency Response (Crossover Frequency) 60 Hz-30 KHz (2. 2KHz) Sensitivity (1W@1m) Nominal Impedance (Ohms) Power Handling RMS (W) Recommended Amplifier power output. 10-100W 89 dB 6 100 Drive Unit Complement Cabinet Design Product External Dimensions Inc Grille and Terminals. cm (inch) Weight Kg (lb) Finishes Black Oak, Rosenut, Walnut, Natural Oak or Cherry real wood veneer, end caps. All fitted with Black Grille 1 x 6" C-CAM® bass/midrange driver, 2 x 25mm Gold dome C-CAM® tweeters. Sealed Cabinet 28. 5H x 29W x 13D (11 1/4" x 11 7/16" x 5 7/32") 4 (8. 8) 9 © Monitor Audio 2005 RS Rev 5 Connecting your Silver RS FX The Silver RS FX's are supplied as right hand or left hand units and both can be configured to either bi-pole or di-pole. In bi-pole mode, all speaker units (mid/bass unit and tweeters) are in phase. This feature is for when the RS FX is set up as a rear/surround speaker in a typical 5. 1 channel system. In di-pole mode, one of the HF units (tweeter) is out of phase with the other tweeter and mid/bass unit. It is best to implement this configuration when using the RS FX as part of a 7. 1 channel system, with the RS FX's taking up positions on the sidewalls. This is not an issue when used in bi-pole mode as a rear surround speaker. It is essential that they are positioned correctly if used in a 7. 1 channel system. Please refer to the positioning section on page 15, or go to our web site at www. monitoraudio. co. uk. Alternative suggestions may also be found in your AV amplifier/receiver manual. Bi-Pole Bi-Pole Di-Pole Di-Pole Bi-Pole Mode Di-Pole Mode Fig. 2 Before changing your RS FX's from bi-pole mode to di-pole mode, please ensure that the speaker wires are disconnected from your loudspeakers. To change from bi-pole, to di-pole mode, the toggle switch on the crossover panel needs to be moved from its factory set position (fig. Please note that it is not possible to connect these speakers independently by bi-amping. 10 © Monitor Audio 2005 RS Rev 5 Fixing Your RS FX to a Wall CAUTION: You will need to determine where the RS FX will be fixed and the structure of the wall. [. . . ] If possible do not place your loudspeakers any closer than 50cm (20") to your side-wall. Try varying the distance that your loudspeakers are apart from each other. If they are placed too close together, this will result in poor stereo imaging. Equally, if they are placed too far apart, there may be a large gap in the sound reproduction/stereo imaging. [. . . ]