Bg Radia Series R-400C manual

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     Owner’s Manual and Setup Procedures Radia Series... ..................R-80 0 / R-400C / R -88Sub / BGA- 2500 The Power of Clar ity[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 2 Congratulations and t hank you for selecting state of the art Radia S eries In- Wall loudspeakers from BG Corp. We have assembled your loudspeakers with the grea test care and using the finest materials available. This craftsmanship, combined with our p atented planar ribbon technolog y, delivers sound unmatched b y any conventional [...]

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    BG Corp 2005 3 Read and Follow Instructions – Please read this entire manual befo re unpacking and installing the Radia Series In-Wall loudspeaker s. For optimum performance and years of tro uble-free enjoy ment, all operati ng and care instructions should be follow ed. Retain – DO NOT discard any factory packing material. The packing and shipp[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 4 Unpacking Your BG Lo udspeakers and A mpli fier 1. Due to its size and weight, the R-800 is shipped in a w ooden crate. Other model s are shipped in cardboard boxes. Place the shipping box down on the floor, ensuring that you have adequate space to set the loudspea ker down after remov ing it f rom the box . Caution: If your floor is[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 5 General considerations The R-800, R-400C and R-88Sub are high output , full range system s that are designed to be installed in the wall. If there is a room adjacen t to the wall where the system is installed, low f reque ncy bass sound will be heard t here due to natural sound transmission . The I ns taller should take t he utmost c[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 6 Construction Principles and Preparati on for Installation of Radia Series Loudspeakers 1. General recomm ended layout of th e front speaker s is show n on Fig.1. R-800 ins tallation height should be chosen so that the height of t he R- 800 center point H is equal or several inches higher than the ear level at listening position. In m[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 7 8. Use construction adhesiv e and tightly s paced screws to secure panels with loudspeaker cutouts to stud s. 9. We recomm end using o ur opt ional new con struction metal bra ckets, especially when loudspeakers are installed in regular dryw all panels without additional pan el reinforcemen t, as stated in p aragraph 7. Properly bond[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 8 To woofer section To woofer section Multi-channel amp/Receiver To line array input To line array input Front speakers To s urroun d sound speakers FIG.1 H D Installation[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 9 line level signal loudspeaker level signal Receiver Center c hannel speaker output Left channel speaker output To ribbon line array input terminals Right channel speaker output To ribbon line array input terminals Surround speaker outputs Right channel Line out Left channel Line out Line out put To woofer sectio n input terminals FIG[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 10 FIG.3 Sy stem connec tions to a sepa rate processor and multi-chan nel amplifie r Multi-channel power amplifier Center c hannel speaker output Left channel speaker output To ribbon line array input terminals Right channel speaker output To ribbon line array input terminals Left s urround speaker o utput SL Line out R Line out L To m[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 11 Connecting Electronic Components a nd Hookup 1. If your home theater system has an integrated receiv er, follow FIG.2 for component connection s. 2. If you use a separate preamplifier-p rocessor and multi-chan nel power amplifier, follow FIG.3 for sugge sted connection s. 3. Use high quality 14 AWG loudspeaker wire for all loudspeak[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 12 Loudspeaker Installation 1. Cut a hole of the p roper size for the loudspea ker using the sup plied template . 2. Fill the loudspeaker cavity loosely with standard pink fibergla ss. 3. Remove the loud speaker from the plastic packa ging. 4. Remove the black outer rubber covers on t he sides of the front panel to reveal the 1/8” Al[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 13 Processor and A m pl ifier Settings Today ’s electroni c proce ssors and AV receiv ers hav e built-in crossove r points for small and large loudspeaker setting s. We recommend using the large setting with the R-800 left and righ t loudspea kers as this loudsp eaker is a full range design. At this setting t he R-800 along w ith two[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 14 Processor and Amplifier Settings cont . 5. You may use a pink noise test signa l and RTA analy zer for this procedur e (one channel ), but ultimate ly your list ening pre ferences shoul d be of hig her priority . R-88Sub: 1. I f your R-88Sub is located less than 5 f eet (1.5 m) from the close st R-800, set its BGA-2500’ s Phase co[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 15 WA RR A NTY: All BG loudspeak er systems are warranted to the ori ginal purchaser for f ive years against defects in materials and manufac ture when used in properl y designed systems. W arranty i s two years for the Z-Sub and Ra dia 210i subwoofer. Please record y our loudsp eaker’s inform ation below for future reference. MODEL:[...]

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    BG Corp 2005 16 www.bgcorp.com The Power of Clar ity[...]