Exposure to high temper
atures -
The de
vice should
be kept away from heating sources, such as radiators, heaters,
amplifiers or any other similar item likely to make the operat-
ing temperature rise excessively.
UNP
ACKING
Open car
ton flaps; leave one by one all the components. If
the speakers or the subwoofer appear damaged, do not use
them. Repack everything in the original packing and contact
your authorized Cabasse dealer immediately. We suggest you
to retain the packing for future use.
Caution ! Handle with care the 22 lb (10 k
g) of the subwoofer.
Use good lifting practice to avoid injury.
Caution ! T
o avoid electric shock or fire hazards, do not expose
speakers to rain or moisture.
Caution ! T
o avoid danger of suffocation keep the plastic bags that
wrap these speakers out of the reach of children.
SETTING UP
THE COMPONENT
S OF YOUR SYSTEM
1
■
5 Alcyone speak
ers, 5 sets for use on bookshelf, 5 wall sup-
ports, screws to fix the supports.
■
1 Santorin 17 active subwoof
er, 1 CINCH cable, 5 loud-
speaker cables ( 3 x 6 m / 20 ft - 2 x 12 m / 40 ft), 4 spikes for
the subwoofer.
The Alcyone speaker can be placed on a shelf
2
, f
ixed on a wall
3
or f
ixed on the optional stand
4
.
POSITIONNING
5
■
Alcyone speak
ers have all the same technical features; they
can be used on any channel. All the speakers are magnetically
shielded to prevent interference with the image of your tele-
vision set; they can thus be placed near any screen.
■
No solid object or piece of furnitur
e should be placed
between the speakers and the listener.
■
Fr
ont left and right speakers must be directed towards the
listening area and placed on either side of the screen with at
least a distance of 7 ft and 16 ft (2 and 5 m) between the 2
speakers.
■
The centr
e satellite should be placed as close as possible to
the screen: on the top, below, or directly on your television
set. Place the satellite at the vertical of the screen for a per-
fect cohesion and precision between dialogues and picture.
■
Surr
ound speakers should be placed against the side walls,
at listening height or higher if possible and slightly behind the
listening area.
■
The Alcyone subwoof
er should be placed in the front listen-
ing area, with the 4 spikes on. If the floor is fragile (wood,
marble...) use the 4 cups delivered with the spikes.
To get the best result, it is always necessary to carry out tests
according to the acoustics of the room. To prevent interfer-
ence with the screen of your television set, place the sub-
woofer at least 2 ft (0.6m) of your television set.
CONNECTIONS
6
+
2
bis
Caution ! Before making an
y connection turn off your AV amplifier
and unplug it from the outlet. Not doing so may result in damage to
your system.
Caution ! It is im
perative before any connection to respect the setting
in phase by connecting the ter/red of the AV amplifier to the
te/red of the speakers. Proceed then in the same way for ter-
minals -/black.
■
Connect the LINE INPUT t
erminal of the subwoofer to the
output SUBWOOFER/LFE of the AV amplifier using the CINCH
cable.
Check all the connections carried out on the speakers, the
subwoofer and the amplifier. Ensure that each speaker is con-
nected according to its position in the room. Check that all the
speakers are well in phase (+/red in +/red and -/black in -
/black). Once this checking made you can connect your ampli-
fier and the subwoofer to the sector.
Caution ! T
o prevent the risks of electric shock take care to com-
pletely insert plugs of sector cords.
SUB
WOOFER ADJUSTING
7
T
ake care of positioning the sector switch 110V/220V on the
right position according to your country.
The switch ON/OFF (located on the back) of the subwoofer
has 3 positions:
■
ON
■
A
UTO:
Automatic, the sy
stem is put automatically on ON or
OFF according to the presence of signal coming from the AV
amplifier. Put the switch ON/OFF on AUTO or ON position.
■
OFF
■
CR
OSSOVER:
adjust the pot
entiometer on 250 Hz.
■
V
OLUME:
the adjustment of the volume will depend upon
room positioning, type of amplifiers… With Alcyone SYSTEM
the average position of the LEVEL potentiometer is on a “2
o’clock” position. For an optimum adjustment of the volume,
we advise you to carry out it starting from a stereo source
(CD). Then use the TEST TONE of your AV amplifier to adjust
the level of channel SUBWOOFER/LFE.
■
PHASE:
usually it is necessar
y to position the potentiometer
on 0°, however 2 positions can be used 0° and 180 °.
- adjust the potentiometer on 0° when the subwoofer and the
front speakers are positioned at the same distance of the lis-
tening area.
- adjust the potentiometer on 180° when the subwoofer is
positioned 5 ft (1.5m) ahead or behind the front speakers.
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