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1 POSITIONING
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PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING YOUR NEW SPENDOR
LOUDSPEAKER
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FOR ANY SPECIAL INSTALLATION ARRANGEMENT ALWAYS SEEK ADVICE FROM YOUR SPENDOR
DEALER OR A QUALIFIED CUSTOM INSTALLER
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Please use the following guidelines to ensure that your Spendor C9e is installed for optimum performance.
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The Spendor C9e delivers a wide and uniform energy pattern to create a clearly focussed and naturally
balanced sound over a wide and deep listening area. This ensures that all listeners/viewers, including those
who may not be sitting centre-stage, will hear a vivid and seamless surround-sound.
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The C9e is designed for ins tallation on a wide variety of rigid furniture or equipment shelving. If necessary the
C9e can be placed directly on a floor but you may find the sound is slightly more ‘open’ if it is placed on a
shelf, support or platform at least 200mm above floor level.
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The C9e can be placed close to a rear wall.
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The C9e is fitted with four acoustically isolating non-slip feet. Always ensure that all four feet are in complete
contact with a horizontal, secure and stable surface.
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In a typical home living/listening room try to position the base of the cabinet 200-600mm above floor level.
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If possible arrange the cabinet so that the front centre section is slightly clear of any sound reflecting shelves
or equipment.
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The C9e has full magnetic shielding to avoid interaction with magnetically sensitive screens or equipment. It
can be placed close to a TV or computer screen, for example on top of a large TV cabinet.
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See figure 1 for a typical installation.
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See figure 2 for examples of optimum layouts for a surround system with 5 or 7 loudspeakers.
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If your room has a hard reflecting floor, e.g. wood or stone, a rug or carpet on the floor between your front
loudspeakers and the main seating area may dramatically improve the sound.
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Where space and equipment layout permits, e.g. in large-screen home theatre installations or dedicated
music-only surround sound systems, the C9e can be placed on a rigid stable stand up to 1000mm high in
‘free-space’.
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If you have an acoustically transparent (perforated) video screen, install the cabinet behind the screen as
close as possible to the centre of the screen and remove all three loudspeaker grilles.
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For special or custom installations the C9e can be fixed securely to a shelf or bracket via four M8 mounting
points. To access the mounting points remove the 4 x M8 hex drive screws holding the feet onto the base of
the cabinet using a 6mm hex wrench (not supplied). The cabinet can then be fixed to a specially prepared
shelf or bracket(s) using 4 x suitable length M8 hex-drive screws or hex-head bolts. In most installations it is
best to leave the four acoustically isolating feet between the cabinet and the shelf or bracket. The length of
any M8 fixings must allow 15-30 mm of free thread to be screwed into the base of the cabinet.