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WELCOME TO EPISODE
Thank you for purchasing a great product from Episode®, one of the best-sounding speaker lines available today.
We appreciate your purchase and are committed to providing the highest quality products possible.
Our Impression speakers and bandpass subwoofers allow dealers to work side-by-side with interior designers to
provide excellent sound for their customers while working within the aesthetic demands of the customer. Using
a minimalistic design, Impression in-ceiling speakers use a very small grille to avoid hindering the design of the
space. The Impression series uses 4-inch satellite speakers and a 6 1/2-inch bandpass subwoofer to deliver state-
of-the-art sound using three scientific principles: low distortion, wide dispersion, and flat-frequency response,
giving users complete and immersive audio that’s clean and accurate.
This kit provides fantastic flexibility for building different configurations, depending on the needs of the
customer—all while using a standard two-channel amplifier or AV receiver:
• Subwoofer only
• 2 satellites only
• 2 sate 1 subwoofer
• 4 satellites only
• 4 sate 1 subwoofer
• 4 sate 2 subwoofers
All of the above can be wired to two channels of a standard amplifier or AV receiver while maintaining a safe
nominal impedance for today’s two-channel amplifiers. Minimum nominal system impedance from any of the
above configirations is 4 ohms.
Each ES-IM6-BP-SUB Impression Bandpass Sub comes with:
(1) Bandpass sub unit
(1) Port tube
(1) 4” port tube ceiling mount
(1) Serial wire connector
Mounting hardware
(1) Round grille
(1) Square grille
(1) Ceiling cutout template
Each ES-IM4IC Impression Satellite Speaker comes with:
(1) Impression Satellite Speaker
(1) Round grille
(1) Square grille
(1) Ceiling cutout template
TOOLS REQUIRED
• #2 Phillips screwdriver
• Flathead screwdriver
• Sheetrock saw (hole must be slightly larger than a 4” hole saw)
• Wire strippers
Note:
This speaker system is designed only for installations where you have full, unobstructed access to ceiling
joists, such as in new construction or within unfinished attic space.
SPEAKER WIRING
Recommended Wiring
• 8 ohm (low-impedance) applications: 12 to 18 AWG, stranded, 2-conductor cable.
Best practices
• In most cases, it is easiest to install a speaker system by pre-wiring and then installing the speakers.
• Plan the locations of the speaker holes, volume control boxes, and the amplifier, and be sure wiring can be
routed everywhere necessary before cutting any holes.
• Install spare wires for redundancy when you must run wire through a location that will not be accessible later.
• When you aren’t enclosing speaker wire fully in conduit, make sure to leave enough of a wire loop for the
speaker wiring to allow you to connect the wires to the speaker either on the ground or at the top of the ladder.
Wiring connections
1.
Strip the insulation on each conductor back ¼
"
and secure each wire into the appropriate terminal.
NOTE:
Make sure no loose strands meet between the + and – connection and that the polarity is correct.
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