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CONTENTS

I.     Warranty Registration 

II.    Unpacking 

III.   Materials and Tools

A. Required Tools

B. Other Tools

IV.   Speaker Placement

A. Listening Locations

B. Speaker Locations

C. You in Relation to the Speakers

D. You in Relation to the Room Boundries

E. Positioning Surround Speakers

F. Positioning Subwoofers

V.    System & Supply

VI.   Obstructions

VII.  Installation

VIII. Connections

IX.   Wiring

A. Rough-In Wiring

B. Conventional Wiring

C. Tricks of the Trade

X.    Grilles

A. Installing & Removing

B. Grille Alternatives

XI.   Painting

A. Construction Dust and Paint Shield

B. Painting Finish Frames

C. Painting Grilles

XII.  Set-up

A. High & Mid Frequency Switches

B. Listening—Balance, Range and Imaging

C. Recommended Power

XIII.   Protecting Your Investment

XIV.   In Case of Problems

XV.    Specifications

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Summary of Contents for CustomSound CW800E

Page 1: ...theCustomSoundseries Owner s Manual CW800E CW600E CWS10...

Page 2: ...ioning Subwoofers V System Supply VI Obstructions VII Installation VIII Connections IX Wiring A Rough In Wiring B Conventional Wiring C Tricks of the Trade X Grilles A Installing Removing B Grille Alt...

Page 3: ...e wire cable of appropriate length and size will be necessary to connect speakers to amplifiers or volume controls in the music system A Required Tools The following tools are needed for normal simple...

Page 4: ...eaker location can greatly improve the final result and simplify the effort and expense to achieve it B Speaker Locations Here are three simple ideals which are never fully satisfied 1 Locate speakers...

Page 5: ...eakers and you matter You may need to send more power to the more distant speaker to compensate if you get much further from one speaker than the other The overall distances involved also matter As yo...

Page 6: ...gure 3 the surround effect will become more diffuse and more evenly spread F Positioning Subwoofers The location of subwoofers will interact with the dimensions of the room to determine the low freque...

Page 7: ...d the existing construction carefully to determine the existing structure and mechanical installations and potential obstructions Adjust the speaker layout the furnishings the mechanical and or the st...

Page 8: ...ing are important but conflicts tradeoffs and imperfections are inevitable in the final construction Pre construction drawings are very valuable to further the process mentally before the physical beg...

Page 9: ...to be well centered between the wall studs There isn t enough space between the studs to allow any side shift Now cut out the full rough opening being careful to avoid over cutting breaking edges of t...

Page 10: ...compare the performance of some of the specialty audio interconnects and speaker cable available from your dealer IX WIRING A Rough in Wiring Typically a cable with a wire pair connects each speaker t...

Page 11: ...ugh wooden framing drill clean holes slightly larger and aligned with each other to be able to pull cable through in longer sections with minimal snagging Auger style drill bits with threaded tips are...

Page 12: ...blocking holes While the paint is wet blocked holes can be cleared individually with a paper clip or small nail 18 wire brad is the closest size Some excess paint can be removed using a dry brush to p...

Page 13: ...a minimum of 100 watts is usually a good idea Be wary of driving low powered amplifiers to their limits as under powering can cause permanent speaker damage XIII PROTECTING YOUR INVESTMENT A For full...

Page 14: ...he nearest authorized PSB dealer should be able to help you You may locate your nearest PSB authorized dealer on line at www psbspeakers com r list html If the problem is not resolved please contact u...

Page 15: ...um White Paintable Round Packed Mini perf 14 x 31 3 4 x 3 3 4 356mm x 806mm x 95mm 13 x 30 13 16 330mm x 783mm 11 16 18mm CW800E 38 33 000Hz 87dB 89dB 4 Ohms 15 300 Watts 1 25mm Aluminum Dome with Fer...

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