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SURROUND CINEMA
SPEAKERS
SCS200.5/230 and
SCS200.6/230
OWNER’S GUIDE
INCLUDED
0-0.6m
0-2 ft
SURROUND SPEAKERS
1.5 – 1.8m
5 – 6 ft
Alternate placement for surround speakers in SCS200.5 † Surround back speaker is used
system only. only in SCS200.6 system.
The front speakers should be higher than the listeners’ The low-frequency material
placed the same distance ears. If that is not possible, reproduced by the sub-
from each other as they are they may be placed on a wall woofer is mostly omnidirec-
from the listening position. behind the listening position, tional, and this speaker may
They should be placed at facing forward. The surround be placed in a convenient
about the same height from back speaker (SCS200.6 sys- location in the room. How-
the floor as the listeners’ tem only) should be placed ever, bass reproduction will
ears will be, or they may be on the wall behind the listen- be maximized when the sub-
angled toward the listeners. ing position, facing the cen- woofer is placed in a corner
The center channel speaker ter channel speaker. The sur- along the same wall as the
should be placed slightly round speakers should not front speakers. Experiment
behind the front left and right call attention to themselves. with subwoofer placement
speakers, and no more than Experiment with their place- by temporarily placing the
two feet above or below the ment until you hear a diffuse, subwoofer in the listening
tweeters of the left and right ambient sound accom- position and moving around
speakers. It is often con- panying the main program the room until the bass
venient to set the center material heard in the front reproduction is best. Place
speaker on top of the tele- speakers. the subwoofer in that loca-
vision set, as shown in the It is neither necessary nor tion.
drawing. desirable to tilt the surround
Two of the surround speak- speakers to aim them down
ers should be placed slightly toward the listening area.
behind the listening position They should be aimed
and, ideally, should face straight ahead to produce
each other and be at a level the proper effect.
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SPEAKER CONNECTIONS
CONNECTION TIPS
The (+) lead of the speaker wire to make sure that it is
wire is noted with a stripe. It fully inserted.
is important to connect both To use the binding-post
speakers identically: (+) on speaker terminals on the
the speaker to (+) on the subwoofer, unscrew the
amplifier and (–) on the colored collar until the pass-
speaker to (–) on the ampli- through hole in the center
fier. Wiring “out of phase” post is visible under the
Separate and strip the ends results in thin sound, weak collar. Insert the bare end of
of the speaker wire as bass and a poor stereo the wire through this hole;
shown. The wires supplied image. then screw the collar down
with the system may already With the advent of multi- until the connection is tight.
be stripped and tinned for channel surround sound The hole in the center of
easy insertion into the systems, connecting all of each collar is intended for
speaker terminals. You may the speakers in your system use with banana-type con-
need to separate the two with the correct polarity nectors. To comply with
conductors further in order remains equally important in European CE certification,
to thread them through the order to preserve the proper these holes are blocked with
shelf stand or floor stand ambience and directionality plastic inserts at the point of
adaptor. Speakers and elec- of the program material. manufacture. To use banana-
tronics terminals have corre- To connect the supplied type connectors requires the
sponding (+) and (–) termi- speaker wires to the satellite removal of the inserts. Do not
nals. Most manufacturers of and center speaker termi- remove these inserts if you
speakers and electronics, nals, press the red or black are using the product in an
including JBL, use red to plastic cap for the desired area covered by the Euro-
denote the (+) terminal and terminal, insert the bare end pean CE certification.
black to denote the (–) of the wire into the hole
terminal. below the cap and release
the cap. Gently tug on the
– + – + – +
– + – + – +
†
Surround back speaker is used only in SCS200.6 system.
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VOLUME
Volume may be adjusted
Subwoofer using the Subwoofer Level
Level control ∫ as shown.
MIN MAX
Subwoofer
Level
MIN MAX
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CENTER
Maximum Recommended Amplifier Power Declaration of Conformity
100 Watts
Power Handling (Continuous/Peak)
50W/200W
Nominal Impedance 8 Ohms We, Harman Consumer Group International
2, route de Tours
Sensitivity 88dB @ 1 Watt/1 meter 72500 Chateau-du-Loir
France
Frequency Response 100Hz – 20kHz (–6dB)
Tweeter declare in own responsibility that the products described in this
owner’s manual are in compliance with technical standards:
One 13mm (1/2") titanium-laminate dome,
video-shielded EN 61000-6-3:2001
EN 61000-6-1:2001
Midrange EN 55013:2001
EN 55020:2002
Dual 75mm (3") drivers, video-shielded EN 61000-3-2:2000
Dimensions (H x W x D) (not including shelf EN 61000-3-3:1995+A1:2001
EN 60065:2002
stand) 102 x 292 x 89mm (4" x 11-1/2" x 3-1/2") Gary Mardell
Weight 1.4kg (3 lb) Harman Consumer Group International
Chateau-du-Loir, France 05/04
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PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE: Cinema Loudspeaker Series