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Miller & Kreisel Sound Corporation
9351 Deering Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311-5858
(818) 701-7010 fax (818) 701-0369
www.mksound.com

©2001 Miller & Kreisel Sound Corp.

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Page 1: ...operation manual K 7 K 5 Miller Kreisel Sound Corporation 9351 Deering Avenue Chatsworth CA 91311 5858 818 701 7010 fax 818 701 0369 www mksound com 2001 Miller Kreisel Sound Corp ...

Page 2: ...ATELLITE SUBWOOFER PHASING TEST 10 8 SPEAKER DAMAGE HOW TO AVOID IT 10 9 M K 5 1 MULTICHANNEL PRO LOGIC SYSTEM SETUP GUIDE 11 10 IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR SET UP ASSISTANCE 13 11 M K 10 YEAR WARRANTY 14 12 CABINET MAINTENANCE 14 13 USE WITH M K BRACKETS 14 14 SPECIFICATIONS 14 DIAGRAMS FIGURE 1 BRACKET SPEAKER ORIENTATION 5 FIGURE 2 SPEAKER WIRING 6 FIGURE 3 SEPARATION BETWEEN LEFT RIGHT SPEAKERS 7 K...

Page 3: ...ns that would interfere with the direct path from the speakers to your ears such as walls furniture lighting plants etc Center channel speakers should be located close to the television screen see Home Theater Usage on page 8 Your speakers will sound better when they are around ear height or when angled towards your listening location They sound better when they are not sitting on the floor For mo...

Page 4: ...you will drill through this before meeting the stud If you are mounting the bracket to drywall with the plastic anchors drill two 1 4 pilot holes per bracket Press the plastic wall anchors into the 1 4 pilot holes until they are flush with the wall Tap them gently into place if necessary Once all holes have been drilled remove the template from the wall Once the holes are drilled place one bracket...

Page 5: ...ertically All speakers can be angled with the optional ST BT5 wall bracket Section 13 page 14 Three factors are important in getting the best sound They are A Height or angle B Location away from room walls or reflecting surfaces C Separation between Left and Right speakers A HEIGHT OR ANGLE Your M K Speakers will always deliver sound superior to conventional speakers regardless of where you locat...

Page 6: ...d 50 degrees Roughly this means that the Left and Right speakers should be separated by about the same distance that you are sitting back from the speakers In other words if the distance from your listening position to the point directly between the speakers is 10 feet place the speakers so their centers are 10 feet apart See Figure 3 above On Figure 3 the length of line A B should be about the sa...

Page 7: ...t important speaker in the system This speaker often produces more output than the left and right speakers combined This speaker should be of the highest possible quality and as similar as possible in response and radiation pattern to the left and right speakers Three identical speakers are best unless the center channel is designed to work with a set of left and right speakers It is also importan...

Page 8: ...he back wall or the side wall surface directly behind them By reflecting sound behind the listening position you may increase the sense of envelopment in the sound If you want or need to mount speakers on the back wall of the room there are several options You can aim them so that they fire towards each other along the back wall you can aim them towards the front wall of the room or you can angle ...

Page 9: ...ore work You will have to change the Positive and Negative speaker inputs on the back of BOTH Main speakers You can do this at the back of both Main speakers or at the Subwoofer s TO SPEAKERS terminals but never at both locations The lead that was on the Positive terminal should be switched to the Negative terminal and vice versa When switching speaker wires take care to protect your amplifier Mak...

Page 10: ...evels The best way to avoid speaker damage is to use common sense Use moderate boosts of tone controls or equalizers at the very most Listen carefully for any harshness and break up especially at high volume levels and turn down the volume when needed If you cannot get enough volume you may need to consider a higher powered amplifier If you have any questions about this please contact M K and we w...

Page 11: ...ight speakers in both the horizontal and vertical planes Horizontal toe in helps to get the best possible imaging 7 If you have a 5 1 channel processor receiver Dolby Digital or DTS follow these instructions If you have a Pro Logic processor receiver go to item 8 below SPECIAL NOTE Always check the processor receiver s owner s manual Different manufacturers use different descriptions for the same ...

Page 12: ... hear a difference later when you are doing listening to verify the system setup 10 Check phase Make sure that all five main channel speakers are wired in phase The Video Essentials disc has tests for main speaker phase 11 Make sure that the subwoofer and main speakers are in phase at the crossover point Listen to something with a consistent bass line around the crossover frequency while a partner...

Page 13: ...ntain two threaded inserts located on the speaker s back baffle These inserts will allow you to use the ST BT5 wall mount bracket optional without drilling directly into the cabinet itself These brackets offer both horizontal and vertical movement therefore making aiming and adjustment for the best sound possible The ST BT5 bracket is available in either black or white finishes Please contact your...

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