Niles Audio PRO15SW Bedienungsanleitung

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CONGRA TULA TIONS! Thank you for choosing your new Niles StageFront Home Theater Solutions™ Pro15SW 15-inch High-Power Home Theater P owered Subwoofer . With proper installation and operation, you should enjoy years of trouble-fr ee use. Niles manufactures the industry’ s most complete line of custom installation components and accessories for [...]

1 INTRODUCTION The Niles StageFront Pr o15SW 15-inch High-Power Home Theater Powered Subwoofer is expressly designed for superior sonic quality in home theater and multi-channel music bass reinfor cement applications. It employs advanced technology components that extract powerful bass in recor ded music or the thunderous deep sound ef fects in a m[...]

2 CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE P A R T S INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning fl ash with arr owhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated danger ous voltage within the product’ s enclosure[...]

3 FEA TURES AND BENEFITS 15-INCH INTERLACED CARBON-FIBER WOOFER WITH CAST ALUMINUM FRAME AND BUTYL-RUBBER SURROUND The Pro15SW’ s long-throw fr ont-fi ring 15” woofer cr eates deep authoritative bass at sustained output levels. 1,000 W A TT ADV ANCED DIGIT AL AMPLIFIER Niles uses the latest digital technology so bass response will be extr emel[...]

4 MUSIC SENSE AND 12 VOL T TRIGGER CIRCUITRY FOR AUTOMA TIC POWER ON/OFF When enabled, the Pro15SW will turn on when an audio signal is present and remains on any of the audio inputs. The 12-volt System trigger input functions in the same fashion. Power will turn off when no signal is present after a delay of approximately 15 minutes for Music Sens[...]

5 INST ALLA TION CONSIDERA TIONS RCA CABLE For line-level connections, use high-quality RCA cables that feature low impedance, double shielding and gold-plated connectors (see CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS on page 7 ). Consult your local Niles dealer for their recommendations. LOUDSPEAKER WIRE Use 2-conductor loudspeaker wire for loudspeaker -level conne[...]

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9 NOTE: ON THE FRONT P ANEL IF SETUP (SEE FIGURE 3 ON P AGE 7 ) SWITCH IS SET TO MUSIC, A 3 TO 30 VDC (OR VAC) TRIGGER SIGNAL WILL CHANGE OPERA TION OVER TO THE MOVIE MODE. IF THE SETUP SWITCH IS ALREADY SET TO MOVIE, A TRIGGER SIGNAL HAS NO EFFECT , SINCE THE MODE IS ALREADY SET TO MOVIE. NOTE: FOR A HOME THEA TER RECEIVER NOT EQUIPPED WITH A MOVI[...]

Figure 5. Line level connections Do NOT use these when using the AUDIO IN ports Home Theater Receiver Loudspeaker level R L LFE Left & Right line level output Pro15SW Back Refer to T rigger Wiring section LFE Output Set switch to ON and adjust FREQUENCY to match low frequency cutoff of your satellite loudspeakers. Alternate confi guration: Set[...]

Figure 6. Connecting satellite loudspeakers Set switch to ON and adjust FREQUENCY to match low frequency cutoff of your satellite loudspeakers. Alternate confi guration: Set switch to OFF to send full range audio to L/R AUDIO OUT jacks. Position SET UP switch to the mode you wish to adjust MUSIC OR MOVIE and adjust level controls per instructions.[...]

Set switch to ON and adjust FREQUENCY to match low frequency cutoff of your satellite loudspeakers. Alternate confi guration: Set switch to OFF to send full range audio to L/R AUDIO OUT jacks. Position SET UP switch to the mode you wish to adjust MUSIC OR MOVIE and adjust level controls per instructions. Set LOW P ASS to closely match HIGH P ASS F[...]

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14 PRO15SW AND SA TELLITE LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL POWER AND MODE TRIGGERS Figure 9. T rigger connections When using the system trigger , set this switch to MUSIC/ VOL T AGE SENSE T o other Home theater equipment that is to be triggered on when Movie mode is active. Refer to system audio wiring sections. Optional Second Subwoofer Home Theat[...]

15 FINISHING THE INST ALLA TION ADJUSTING THE FEET The Pro15SW is equipped with four adjustable spike feet that include large slip-on rubber covers. At the fi nal placement site adjust the feet/spikes as follows: ■ On hard floors (e .g., wood, tile , etc .), check the Pro15SW’ s stability and if needed, adjust the rubber feet one at a time unt[...]

16 ■ HIGH P ASS FREQUENCY control (if applicable) = 160 Hz (or value recommended by satellite loudspeaker manufactur er) ■ HIGH P ASS ON/OFF switch = ON ■ LEVEL SETUP switch = MUSIC ■ MUSIC LEVEL control = 5 ■ MOVIE LEVEL control = 5 ■ LOW P ASS FREQUENCY control = 120 Hz ■ PHASE control = 0° 3. While playing a favorite music trac k,[...]

17 Of course, there ar e some wires that appear completely identical. So be car eful, or you might make a connection mistake. If you do, one satellite loudspeaker will be playing “out-of-phase” with the other loudspeaker . A pair of out-of-phase loudspeakers works against each other , and the sound of the two playing together will be lacking in[...]

18 SPECIFICA TIONS Driver Complement 15-inch Interlaced Carbon-Fiber Woofer with Cast Aluminum Frame and Butyl-Rubber Surround Amplifi er P ower 1,000 Watts (rms) at less than 1% distortion Frequency Response 25 to 125 Hz, +/- 3 dB Power Requirements 120 Vac, 60Hz or 220-240 V ac, 50-60Hz Overall Dimensions 17-1/2” W x 25” H x 24-3/4” D* *In[...]

19 FCC INSTRUCTIONS TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide r easonable protection against harmful interfer ence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency[...]

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