manualshive.com logo in svg

Cambridge SoundWorks Newton Series, User Manual

Share
Download
Cambridge SoundWorks Newton Series User Manual Download Page 8

INSTALLING CARPET SPIKES

Improving Stability With Carpet Spikes

4HEPOWEREDSUBWOOFERHASFOURSOFTFEETFORLEVEL
STABLEORIENTATIONONANYFLATSURFACEANDTIGHTLYWOVEN
CARPETS)NSTALLINGANDADJUSTINGTHEFOURCARPETSPIKES
CANLEVELTHESPEAKERANDIMPROVEITSSTABILITYONTHICK
CARPETING4HESPIKESPENETRATEACARPETANDCARPET
PADANDTRANSFERTHEWEIGHTOFTHESPEAKERDIRECTLYTO
THEFLOORSURFACE

.OTE

4HESECARPETSPIKESWILLLEAVEFOURSMALLBUT

DISTINCTPUNCTUREHOLESINWOODENFLOORSANDCOULD
DAMAGEOTHERSURFACESESPECIALLYIFTHESUBWOOFERIS
DRAGGEDAFTERTHEYAREINSTALLED$ONOTUSETHESE
SPIKESIFYOUARECONCERNEDABOUTTHEAPPEARANCEOF
THEFLOORBENEATHTHECARPET

#ARPETSPIKEINSTALLATIONCONSISTSOFINSTALLINGADJUST
INGANDLOCKINGTHESPIKES$ETERMINETHEFINALPOSI
TIONOFTHESUBWOOFERBEFOREINSTALLINGTHECARPET
SPIKESSINCEREPOSITIONINGASUBWOOFERISVERYDIFFICULT
ONCETHESPIKESAREINSTALLED

1)

3CREWONELOCKNUTABOUTHALFWAYDOWNTHESHANK
OFEACHCARPETSPIKE

2)

0REPAREASOFTSURFACEONTHEFLOORINFRONTOFTHE
SUBWOOFERSFINALPOSITION#AREFULLYUPENDTHESUB
WOOFERSOTHATITSFRONTPANELTHEONEWITHTHELOGO 
RESTSONTHESOFTSURFACE

3)

3CREWEACHCARPETSPIKEINTOONEOFTHEFOURTHREAD
EDFITTINGS,EAVEASMALLGAPBETWEENTHELOCKNUT
ANDTHEFITTING

4)

2EPLACETHESUBWOOFERATITSPROPERLISTENINGPOSI
TION!DJUSTTHESPIKESBYLIFTINGTHESUBWOOFERON
THEAPPROPRIATESIDEANDROTATINGTHESPIKESUNTIL
THESPEAKERISLEVELANDSTABLE

5)

(ANDTIGHTENEACHLOCKNUTORUSEAWRENCH 
AGAINSTTHEBASETOSECURETHECARPETSPIKETAKING
CARENOTTOROTATETHESPIKE

"ACK

&RONT

Summary of Contents for Newton Series

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ......

Page 3: ......

Page 4: ...E XAMINE EACH PART CAREFULLY FOR SHIPPING DAMAGE F THERE IS ANY DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SYSTEM 2ETURN THE SUBWOOFER TO THE STORE OR MERCHANT WHERE YOU MADE THE PURCHASE OR CALL AMBRIDGE 3OUND7ORKS AT 2 FOR ASSISTANCE 70 s s a p w o l e s a h p e m u l o v r e z i l a u q e y c n e u q e r f r e z i l a u q e l e v e l 50 0 0 20 6 40 0 100 VOLUME UP VOLUME DOWN SUBWOOFER VOLUME SPECIFICATIONS P10...

Page 5: ...T S EASIEST TO ADJUST WHEN PERCUSSION IS PLAYING A REPETITIVE PATTERN 4 volume 4HIS CONTROL SETS THE OVERALL OUTPUT LEVEL OF THE SUB WOOFER DJUST IT WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL FOR THE BEST OVERALL BLEND WITH YOUR MAIN SPEAKERS AFTER YOU HAVE SET THE OTHER CONTROLS 5 equalizer level and equalizer frequency 9OUR LISTENING ROOM S SHAPE AND CONSTRUCTION AND WHERE YOU LISTEN WITHIN IT HAVE AN UNPREDICTABL...

Page 6: ...ER 5SE A STEREO AUDIO SIGNAL CABLE WITH TWO 2 PLUGS ON EACH END 10 Main Outputs ONNECT ONE OF THESE TWO JACKS TO THE SUBWOOFER ENCLOSURE USING THE SUPPLIED NTERFACE ABLE 5SE THE OTHER JACK ONLY WHEN YOU TO CONNECT A SECOND EWTON 3ERIES SUBWOOFER ENCLOSURE The Remote Control 4HE 2EMOTE ONTROL ADJUSTS THE MOTORIZED VOLUME CON TROL ECAUSE THE OUTPUT LEVEL OF DEEP BASS IN A ROOM CAN VARY SUBSTANTIALLY...

Page 7: ...URFACES WILL BOTH REDUCE THE MAXIUMN OUTPUT OF THE SUBWOOFER AND MAKE THE OUTPUT FROM DEEP BASS TO UPPER BASS LESS EVEN OR MOST PLACES IN A ROOM THE ORIENTATION OF THE SUB WOOFER IS NOT CRITICAL F YOU PLACE THE SUBWOOFER DIRECT LY IN A CORNER YOU MAY FIND THAT hDIAGONALv PLACEMENT THE GRILLE PANELS FORMING A DEGREE ANGLE WITH BOTH SIDE WALLS REDUCES WALL SHAKING 7E REALIZE MANY hREAL WORLDv FACTOR...

Page 8: ...TION CONSISTS OF INSTALLING ADJUST ING AND LOCKING THE SPIKES ETERMINE THE FINAL POSI TION OF THE SUBWOOFER BEFORE INSTALLING THE CARPET SPIKES SINCE REPOSITIONING A SUBWOOFER IS VERY DIFFICULT ONCE THE SPIKES ARE INSTALLED 1 3CREW ONE LOCKNUT ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE SHANK OF EACH CARPET SPIKE 2 0REPARE A SOFT SURFACE ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE SUBWOOFER S FINAL POSITION AREFULLY UPEND THE SUB W...

Page 9: ...E RIGHT IN AND LEFT IN INPUTS ON THE ONTROL ODULE ONNECT ANOTHER STEREO SIGNAL CABLE FROM THE RIGHT HIGH PASS OUT AND LEFT HIGH PASS OUT OUTPUTS OF THE ONTROL ODULE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT INPUTS ON YOUR STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER OR THE FRONT LEFT AND FRONT RIGHT INPUTS OF A MULTI CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER NCE YOUR LINE LEVEL CONNECTION IS MADE BETWEEN THE RECEIVER AND ONTROL ODULE SKIP TO h ONNECT THE 3...

Page 10: ...S OPTICAL OUT SUBWOOFER MAIN RIGHT TO FRONT LEFT RIGHT SPEAKERS TO SUB S SPEAKER LEVEL INPUTS MAIN LEFT CENTER REAR RIGHT REAR RIGHT SPEAKER OUTPUTS Red Band White Band ONNECT PLUG TO SPEAKER OUTPUT RIGHT CENTER LEFT ONNECT PLUG TO ONTROL ODULE AMBRIDGE 3OUND7ORKS A D N U O 3 E G D I R B M 7ORKS AMBRIDE RECEIVER END CONNECTOR END 0REPARE 7IRE DENTIFY 7IRE ARKING 2IDGE ON NE 3IDE 0RINTING ON NE 3ID...

Page 11: ...H T U O T H G I R T F E L R E T N E C S T U P N I L E V E L R E K A E P S 2 1 S K C A J E C A F R E T N I N O O T U A F F O V 2 1 T U P N I C A A S U s t t e s u h c a s s a M n o t w e N a n i h C n i e d a M E L U D O M L O R T N O C E D I S N I S T R A P E L B A E C I V R E S R E S U O N L E N N O S R E P D E I F I L A U Q O T G N I C I V R E S R E F E R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 d e r e w o P r e f o o ...

Page 12: ... HAVE BEEN MADE TEST YOUR SOUND SYSTEM TO VERIFY THE SUBWOOFER PRODUCES BASS OUTPUT DVANCE THE ASS EVEL CONTROL TO THE O CLOCK POSITION 4URN ON YOUR RECEIVER AND PLAY A OR MOVIE YOU KNOW TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT BASS ISTEN FOR SUBWOOFER OUTPUT AS YOU INCREASE YOUR RECEIVER S VOLUME CONTROL UP TO A MODERATE VOLUME LEVEL F YOU DON T HEAR ANY OUTPUT FROM THE SUBWOOFER SLOWLY ADVANCE THE SUBWOOFER S ASS EV...

Page 13: ...VEL UNTIL YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE OVERALL BASS BALANCE 4 DJUST THE phase CONTROL 4HIS CONTROL S ACTION WILL BE SUBTLE AKE THIS ADJUSTMENT FROM YOUR LISTENING POSITION F THE CONTROL MODULE IS NOT WITHIN EASY REACH HAVE SOMEONE ELSE ADJUST THIS CONTROL WHILE YOU LISTEN phase CONTROL ADJUSTMENT 0LAY SOME PROGRAM MATE RIAL WITH CONSTANT REGULAR BASS LIKE A KICK DRUM BEAT 2OTATE THE phase CONTROL BACK A...

Page 14: ...ver fre quency adjustment of the subwoofer to match the low fre quency capability of your main speakers Determine the final settings by ear Refer to the specifications of your main speakers to determine the best setting to use as a starting point for this control You should start from the low frequen cy limit of your main speakers For most small satellite speakers typical of home theater systems t...

Page 15: ... EFFECT OF THE CONTROL ON DEEP BASS CONTENT 2EPEAT THE PASSAGE AT DIFFERENT EQUALIZER LEVEL SETTINGS AKE SURE YOU ASSESS THE SETTINGS FROM YOUR NORMAL LISTENING POSITION EAVE THE CON TROL AT YOUR PREFERRED SETTING b 0LAY THE SAME PASSAGE AGAIN AND LISTEN TO HIGHER AND LOWER SETTINGS OF THE equalizer frequency CON TROL FROM YOUR PREFERRED LISTENING POSITITON OR RECORDINGS WITH DEEP BASS CONTENT SET...

Page 16: ...P81 1631 Rev A ...

Reviews:

No comments

Brands by name

Popular brands

Load more brands