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Your Rocket Tyke Home Theater 

Enjoyment Guide 

Table of Contents 

 

Product and Company Introduction 

 

Section 1-Getting Started 
 

Section 2-Placement 

 

2.1 Front Speaker Placement 

2.2 Should You “Toe In” Your Speakers 

2.3 Center Channel Speaker Placement 

2.4 Surround Speaker Placement 
2.5 Alternative Speaker Placement Options 

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Shelf Mounting 

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Wall Mounting 

2.6 Your Tyke SW-8 Subwoofer Placement 

 

Section 3-Making the Connections 

 

3.1 Connecting Your Speakers 

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1) A Question of Polarity 

3.2 Connecting Your Tyke SW-8 Subwoofer 

 

Section 4-Features and Functions of Your Tyke SW-8 Subwoofer 
 

4.1 Control Panel Features of Your Tyke SW-8 

4.2 Tyke SW-8 Setup 

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Frequency 

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Gain 

 

Section 5-Setting Up Your Receiver 
 

5.1 Simple Calibration 

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*What is Reference Level? 

5.2 Setting “Small” or “Large” 

 

Section 6-Proper Care and Feeding 

 

6.1 Speaker Break In 
6.2 Speaker Care 

6.3 Stay in Touch 

 

Section 7-Specifications and Your Tyke Warranty 
 

7.1 AV123 Warranty Policy and Registration 

7.2 Specifications 

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Satellite 

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Center

 

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Subwoofer

 

Summary of Contents for Home Theater

Page 1: ...Your Rocket Tyke Home Theater Enjoyment Guide Yours exclusively through 2150 W 6th Ave Suite L Broomfield CO 80020 Toll Free 1 877 543 7500 e mail info av123 com...

Page 2: ...kers several months from now That s why AV123 will continue to work hard to earn your respect with technical advice and customer service that is second to none in our in dustry You can visit the AV123...

Page 3: ...Making the Connections 3 1 Connecting Your Speakers 1 A Question of Polarity 3 2 Connecting Your Tyke SW 8 Subwoofer Section 4 Features and Functions of Your Tyke SW 8 Subwoofer 4 1 Control Panel Fea...

Page 4: ...hannel solid ex truded aluminum enclosures with a beautiful brushed exterior finish and color matched inte grated wall mounts We hope you enjoy your new home theater and thank you again for your suppo...

Page 5: ...speakers so they re ex actly the same distance from the closest side walls A bit of asymmetry here is actually prefer able Symmetrical placement generally results in larger standing waves in the room...

Page 6: ...pinions room traffic patterns etc will have more im pact on where you place your Rocket Tyke speakers than any academic discussion of a room s acoustical properties That being said following are some...

Page 7: ...Acoustics McGraw Hill Currently in its fourth edition this is THE source for anyone who wants to understand more about this fascinating topic Section 3 Making the Connections Now that you ve got your...

Page 8: ...ready said consistency is far more important than which conductor you choose 3 Connect the conductor to the ter minal on the amplifier 4 Connect the conductor to the termi nal on the amplifier 5 At th...

Page 9: ...xt page please see item 2 your SW 8 subwoofer includes a continuously variable crossover adjustment built directly into the amplifier This low pass filter will allow you to limit the frequencies at wh...

Page 10: ...the reference point using your test tones then direct the tone to the sub woofer Adjust its level using the gain control on the subwoofer itself until it reaches the SPL level used for the other speak...

Page 11: ...or the smallest amount of overall needle fluctuation while you direct and descend the tones from speaker to subwoofer going around your system Section 6 Proper Care and Feeding Your system should now...

Page 12: ...7 2 Specifications Satellites High quality all aluminum construction with NC machined components 2 5 long throw woofer with 1 voice coil and Neodymium motor structure with unique preci sion made progr...

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