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About This Manual

To  start enjoying your new Oreus HCS, read and then follow all
instructions listed in this guide, as well as those found in the
owner’s manuals of associated components in your audio system.
Save all instructions for future reference.

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ECHNOLOGY

Oreus loudspeakers incorporate several innovative technologies
that, when implemented by our exceptionally talented engineers
after hours upon hours of subjective listening evaluations, result
in a loudspeaker that realistically and accurately reproduces the
signal source with minimal distortion and coloration.

Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragms™ (C.M.M.D.)

For decades, loudspeaker engineers have known that the ideal
transducer should be stiff, yet light, and have high internal damping
(damping is a material’s ability to absorb energy).
Infinity’s C.M.M.D. transducer is a significant advance in transducer
technology. Ceramic, a class of material new to loudspeakers,
offers better performance than other materials.
Ceramic is stiffer than metals and lighter than plastics and typical
composite materials; it also offers improved damping.
These ceramic-based transducers take us a giant step closer to the
ever-elusive “ideal transducer.”

In woofer and midrange applications, it offers accurate pistonic
operation over the entire frequency range of the driver, completely
eliminating coloration due to cone breakup and dramatically
reducing distortion. And when ceramic-metal-matrix transducers
are exposed to moisture, sunlight or extreme temperatures, their
performance does not deteriorate.

In addition to ceramic diaphragms, the transducers in Oreus
satellite and center channel speakers incorporate full magnetic
shielding to allow use in close proximity to tv receivers and video
monitors.

Declaration of Conformity

We, Harman Consumer Internatonal
2, route de Tours
72500 Château-du-Loir
FRANCE

declare in own responsibility, that the product described

in this owner’s manual is in compliance with technical

standards:

EN 50081-1:1992

EN 50082-1:1992

EN 60065

EN 55013

EN 55020

EN 61000-3-2

EN 61000-3-3

R. Marshall

Harman Consumer International

FRANCE 08/02

Before deciding where to best place your speakers, survey your
room and study Figure 1.

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Table of Contents

2 Table of Contents

2 This box contains

2 Introduction

2 Oreus Technology

2 Planning Your System

3 Placement

3 If you want to stand your speaker on a table

4 If you want to mount your speaker on the wall

5 Assembling the floor stand

6 Installing the Oreus  Subwoofer

7 Subwoofer Placement

7 Speaker-Level Subwoofer Connection

8 Line-Level Subwoofer Connection

9 Operation

9 Acoustic Fe Troubleshooting

9 Specifications

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Summary of Contents for Oreus HCS

Page 1: ...Owner s Guide UK HOME CINEMA SYSTEM...

Page 2: ...pplications it offers accurate pistonic operation over the entire frequency range of the driver completely eliminating coloration due to cone breakup and dramatically reducing distortion And when cera...

Page 3: ...Setting the volume level too low will negate the benefits of the subwoofer Here are several additional facts on installation that may prove useful It is generally believed that low frequencies below...

Page 4: ...foot to the speaker 1 Remove the two screws and take off the rear cover plate from the speaker Use the hex key supplied to loosen the screws Adjust the angle of your speaker 1 You can tilt your speak...

Page 5: ...e positive conductor Connect the positive conductor to the red speaker terminal 4 Insert the pivot into one or other of the two pivot holes in the speaker depending on whether you wish to use the spea...

Page 6: ...and quality of bass required for example whether or not your room permits placement of the subwoofer near one of the front satellites Careful experimentation will enable you to determine the best pos...

Page 7: ...right loudspeaker outputs of your amplifier receiver to the corresponding left and right IN terminals on the subwoofer Then connect loudspeaker cable from left and right loudspeaker OUT on the subwoo...

Page 8: ...produce lots of boom and shake the room to make its presence felt This is not entirely true A subwoofer is there to enhance bass extending the response of the entire system so that bass can be felt a...

Page 9: ...er experimenting with placement consult your Infinity dealer Important CD DVD players are also susceptible to vibrations and should be placed on solid supports to isolate them acoustically Another met...

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