Mirage Nanosat Prestige 5, User Manual

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owners manual
MIRAGE NANOSAT
PRESTIGE SERIES
Please take the time to read all of the instructions contained in this
manual to make certain your system is properly installed and
functioning correctly.
Please retain the carton and packing materials for this MIRAGE ®
product to protect it in the event it ever has to be shipped to a service
center for repairs. Product received damaged by a service center that
has been shipped by an end user in anything other than the original
packaging will be repaired, refurbished, and properly packaged for
return shipment at the end user’s expense.
INTRODUCTION
We are proud to welcome you as a new owner of a MIRAGE speaker.
The finest components and materials are manufactured to exacting
standards and tested with sophisticated manufacturing and quality
control techniques to ensure exceptional performance that is superior
to systems costing several times their price. This approach to the
development of the
MIRAGE system has resulted in a significant
improvement over other system designs in terms of performance and
aesthetics.
THE NANOSAT PRESTIGE SERIES
The main goal of this series was to provide a product with the most
natural, accurate performance and seamless, home theater blending.
This was accomplished by using
MIRAGE’S proprietary OMNIPOLAR ™
technology. OMNIPOLAR ™ technology produces the same amount of
direct and reflected sound as live events for the most realistic
experience of either music or home theater. Five identical satellites (or
four satellites and the optional NANO CC center channel) for the front,
center and surround channels guarantee the same tonal and timbre
characteristics to further enhance the life-like, OMNIPOLAR
™
experience.
WHAT EXACTLY IS
OMNIPOLAR
™ ?
OMNIPOLAR ™ technology uses natural room reflections to create
a greater sense of realism. This realism is accomplished by recreating
the same ratio of direct to reflected sound found in nature, 70%
reflected and 30% direct. A traditional speaker can only produce 30%
reflected sound. It is the required additional reflected sound provided
by an OMNIPOLAR
™ speaker that creates the OMNIPOLAR ™ three-
dimensional sound experience.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
MIRAGE loudspeakers and subwoofers are designed and
manufactured by Audio Products International Corp., known
throughout the industry as "API". A Canadian company founded in
1973, API is one of the largest speaker manufacturers in North
America, supplying products to over fifty-five countries worldwide.
The API factory is a modern 165,000 square foot research,
development and manufacturing facility located in Scarborough, a
suburb of Toronto, Canada. More than 280 people are employed in this
state of the art facility, designing, manufacturing, and marketing
MIRAGE transducers, cabinets, amplifiers and crossovers. A talented
research and development team utilizes advanced computer-based
design techniques and three anechoic chambers in an ongoing
development program.
QUICK SET-UP GUIDE
Recommended Connection for Dolby
Digital/DTS/Dolby Prologic II Systems
1. Arrange the 5 NANOSAT Prestige Satellites and a MIRAGE
Subwoofer in a Home Theater configuration: Use one NANOSAT
for the left, center, right, rear left and rear right channels and one
MIRAGE Subwoofer. See Diagram 4 and 5. Alternatively a
NANO CC could be used as center channel.
2. Connect all five satellites with speaker wire to their respective
speaker outputs in back of the amplifier/receiver. Be sure to
respect the polarity of the wire. Connect the speaker wire from
the positive (RED +) terminal on the receiver/amplifier to the
positive (RED+) terminal on the satellite. Connect the negative
(BLACK-) terminal on the receiver/amplifier to the negative
(BLACK-) terminal on the satellite. See Diagram .
3. Connect the subwoofer from the Subwoofer Output on the back
of the A/V Receiver or processor to the input on the subwoofer.
See Diagram 6. Note: if you’re A/V Receiver is not equipped with
a Subwoofer Output, run an additional set of speaker wires from
your A/V receiver’s Left and Right Front speaker outputs to the
High Level Inputs on the back of the subwoofer. See Diagram 6.
4. MIRAGE suggests using the Small setting in the bass
management set-up of your Dolby Digital system for all speakers.
5. MIRAGE suggests setting the bass management crossover of
your A/V Receiver or processor to 120Hz. (Or as close to 120Hz as
possible). If your A/V Receiver or processor does not have a
variable crossover, please proceed to the next step.
6. Balance the sound output of the speakers by using the pink noise
test pattern generated by your A/V Receiver or processor, adjusting
the system so all speakers produce the same output level.
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