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Directed Electronics Soloist Desktop Docking Station manual

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    Universal Sound System O w n e r’ s G u i d e / / / / / / / Stiletto 10/100/2 Starmate 3/4 Sportster 3/4/5 Stratus 3/4[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 3 Soloist Universal Sound System T able of Contents Safety Pr ecautions and F CC Statement 5 Congratulations 6 How to Use this Guide 6 Box Cont ents 7 Unpacking and Setting up your Sol oist Battery Inst allation 8 F ront Vie w 9 Rear View 10 Remote Contr ol 11 Docking Cradl e T [...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 5 Soloist Universal Sound System Safety Precautions T ake the followin g pre cautions to keep Soloist in proper working orde r: ❍ Set up must be pe rformed accord ing to th is ma nual. Directe d Ele ctronics is not respons ible for issues arising from set up not performed acco[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 6 Congratulations Thank s f or pur chasing Sol ois t Un iver sal Sound Syste m. T his eleg ant power ed speak er syst em w ith its un ique inter cha nge- abl e cr adl e sys tem will a llow you to enjoy high q uality audio fr om SIRI US Sat ellite Radio , the ubiquit ous iP od po rtabl e me dia play er, [...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 7 Soloist Universal Sound System Bo x Conte nts Unpac k you r Sol oist univ ersal sound syste m ca re full y and mak e sur e that eve rything lis ted belo w i s pr es ent: • Sol oist Univ ersal Sound Sys tem. • AC/D C P ower Adapt er and Li ne Cor d. • Remot e Co ntr ol an[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 8 Battery Inst allation: Solois t Internal Battery The battery inside Sol oist is used to k eep the clock run- ning in the event of a po wer los s. It should be replac ed every 2 y ears. The battery holder is l ocated in the bottom panel of Solois t dock. It has a slot on one side. Pr ess in fr om the s[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 9 Soloist Universal Sound System H G F E D C B A 3 1 2 5 4 8 7 6 H G F E 11 10 9 13 12 D C B 15 16 14 A 3 1 2 5 4 8 7 6 11 10 9 13 12 15 16 14 123-0000-00 DWG. NO. REV. XA SCALE: 1:1 UNIT: MM DESIGN: DATE: HF 00-00-06 PDM: 00-00-06 DATE: PCM: 00-00-06 DATE: SHEET: 1 OF 1 FILE NA[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 10 H G F E D C B A 3 1 2 5 4 8 7 6 H G F E 11 10 9 13 12 D C B 15 16 14 A 3 1 2 5 4 8 7 6 11 10 9 13 12 15 16 14 123-0000-00 DWG. NO. REV. XA SCALE: 1:1 UNIT: MM DESIGN: DATE: HF 00-00-06 PDM: 00-00-06 DATE: PCM: 00-00-06 DATE: SHEET: 1 OF 1 FILE NAME: PROJECT NO: 123-0000-00.SLDASM 474A PROPRIETARY INF[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 1 1 Soloist Universal Sound System Remote Contr ol 32:(5 6285&( 087( 92/ 92/ (4 '%% 7,0(5 781 ( 0(1 8 &+ &+ &$7 &$7 6(/(&7 0(025< %$1 ' -80 3      352* &/2&.      POWER /SOURCE - T urns the system O[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 12 Docking Cradl e T ypes Stiletto 2 Sportster 3/4 iPod Adapter for Starmate/Stratus 3, 4 and Sportster 5 T wo sided adhesive tape is pr ovided to permanently attach t his adaptor to the Sportster 4 docking cradl e. Adjustabl e back stop for differ ent iPod models. Stiletto 10/1OO[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 13 Soloist Universal Sound System DET AIL A SCALE 1 : 1 <C OMP ANY NAME> SCALE:1:2 SIZE DWG. NO. A REV. MA TERIAL FINISH -- -- DO NOT SCALE DRA WING APPLICA TION USED ON NEXT ASSY DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES TOLERANCES: FRACTIONAL ± ANGULAR: MACH ± BEND ± TWO PLACE DECIMAL[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 14 Inserting Docking Cradl e Befor e docking your music play er, the proper cr adle mus t be install ed in Solois t. Make sur e the docking cradl e fits ov er the connectors. Insert the two fr ont tabs and then snap in at r ear . The pr ovided scr ew can be inserted t o secure the Sirius cr adles if de[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 15 Soloist Universal Sound System Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF or LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF again and the hours digits of the clock will flash. Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 16 Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF or LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF again and the clock is set. The col on will flash to indicate the cl ock is running. L CD Contras t Setting The L CD contras t can only be set[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 17 Soloist Universal Sound System Installing the Windo wsill Antenna Befor e inst alling the windowsill antenna, r ead this entir e section. T o ensur e str ong rec eption of the SIRIUS signal in your home, it is important that the windowsill antenna be oriented corr ectl y . No[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 18 USING YOUR SOL OIST Switching Sol oist on and off Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF or LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF to turn Sol oist on. The L CD will display "HELL O" . After 2 seconds, the L CD wil[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 19 Soloist Universal Sound System V olume Contr ol Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF or LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF to adjust the v olume on Soloist. The volume l evel c an be set from 0[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 20 Mute Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF to toggl e Mute on and off . The L CD will indicate the s tatus. Display Option When listening t o music, Soloist c an display the selected sour ce or the cl ock on the LCD. Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 21 Soloist Universal Sound System USING SPECIFIC SOURCES Sirius Radio Docking your Sirius Radio Y ou can insert your Sirius r adio into Solois t at any time. Solois t can be on or off . Once y our Sirius radio is docked, Sol oist will contr ol the pow ering on and off of the rad[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 22 too soon, your Sirius port able radio may not pr operl y connect with Sol oist. If this happens, pl ease remo ve your Sirius portabl e radio and r einsert it into Sol oist. Once suc cessfull y docked, it is ne ver neces sary to use the power button on y our Sirius portable r adio. Doing so may cause [...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 23 Soloist Universal Sound System iPod Music Play ers Solois t supports all 30-pin connector iPods. Insert y our iPod into Sol oist to lis ten to music. Y ou can insert the iPod into Sol oist with Sol oist on or off . Once dock ed, So- lois t will contr ol the power stat e of th[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 24 Line In/Aux In Make sur e to plug in y our external sour ce t o the corr ect jack on Solois t. Some sourc es might be an MP3 player, cas sette tape player, or a CD player . Set up the external sour ce to play music. Make sur e Sol oist is power ed on. Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TI[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 25 Soloist Universal Sound System Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF again and the minutes digits of the Alarm Clock will flash. ON OFF OFF ON Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF or LINE [...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 26 Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF briefly to toggl e the LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF on the L CD on and off . When turning the Alarm Clock on, the L CD will briefly display the time and sour ce that ar e pr[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 27 Soloist Universal Sound System T o pr ogram the time the Music Timer will turn on: Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF or LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF to set the hour . AM or PM is sel e[...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 28 Pr ess TIMER or LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF again and one of the sour ce icons on the L CD will turn on. ON OFF OFF ON Pr ess LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU PROG/ CLOCK + _ ON OFF or LINE AUX SNOOZE SLEEP POWER SOURCE MUTE TIMER MENU P[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 29 Soloist Universal Sound System When the Music Timer Activates At the pr ogrammed time, Solois t will turn on, adjust the volume l evel, and play the sel ected sour ce. If you hav e sel ected Sirius radio or iPod as the sour ce but do not have your music play er docked in Sol [...]

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    © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 30 USB Communication Y ou can connect Sol oist to a c omputer using a stan- dar d USB cabl e (sold separatel y). This will allow your computer t o communicat e with Sirius portable r adios or iPod whil e docked in Sol oist. Sirius Portabl e Radios Once the Sirius portabl e radio det ects connection to a[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 31 Soloist Universal Sound System Specifications Amplifier Output Power: 5W continuous per channel, 10W peak Ampli fier THD+N at rated pow er: <1% Minim um Se nsitivit y: 100mV RMS f or full output Chann el Se parati on: > 45 dB at 1kH z Signa l t o No ise Ratio: > 70 d[...]

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    Desktop Dock ing Station © Directed Electronics, all rights reserved. 33 Soloist Universal Sound System Limited One Y ear Consumer W arranty Dir ected El ectr onics (her ein “DIREC TED”) pr omises t o the original pur chaser, to replac e this pr oduct should it pr ov e to be defectiv e in w orkmanship or material under normal use, for a period[...]

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