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Velodyne Acoustics STARFIRE-12 manual

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    S T ARFIRE-10 10-I nch P owered Su bwoofer ST ARFIRE-12 12-I nch P owered Su bwoofer www .chr ysalisacoustics.com SERIES[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual i[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Congra tulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Installat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual w ww .chr ysalisacoustics.com 1 C ONGRA TULA TIONS C ongra tulations on y our purchase of a Chr ysalis Starfir e™ subw oofer sys tem. T his system r epresents t he state-of-the-art in home audio repr oduction and will provide y ou with y ears of listening pleasure w hen proper ly care d for . Read and f ollow this instruct[...]

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    Placement T he first st ep in install ing y our new Starfire is to det ermine where it will be plac ed in the room. U npack the s ystem car efully and use the follo wing guidelines in order to find t he best room pla cement opti on. T rue subwoo fers opera te at extr emely low fr equencies which ar e primarily omni-directional. Keep in mind t hat f[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 3 T o alleviate this con dition, we reco mmend the fo llowing steps: 1) I f u sing line level jac ks, BO TH T HE LEFT AND RIG HT I NPUT SHOULD AL W AYS BE USED – n ever use ju st the l eft o r just the ri ght input. I f the s ubwoof er ’ s input comes fr om the LFE chann el of y our receiv er[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 4 Phase Adjustment - 0°/180° T his contr ol allow s you to “ reverse ” t he phase of the sub woofer’ s output signal 180° t o correct f or any possibl e mismatch and r esulting c ance llation between the su bwoof er and your main s peakers/amp lifier . T o adjust, simply listen t o the s[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 5 R EAR P ANEL C ONNECTIONS Figure 1.Starfire Rear Panel Connections F i g u r e 1 s h ows t he connectio ns on the rear pan el of t he Starfire . F ollowing are bri ef descript ions of the connections described in F igure 1. M ore detail of these connections can be f ound below: (1) S P EAKER LE[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 6 C ROSSOVERS (5) P ower indicato r - Red: U nit is in standby mode . Green: U nit is in operation mode . (au tomaticall y turns to ST ANDB Y mode if no signal for eig ht minutes) (6) P HASE switch - Select the s witch position at w hich you h ear a louder mid-bass sound. (7) V OLUME LE VEL knob [...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 7 F i g u re 2a. Line-Level Sub woofer Connection Diagram[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 8 F i g u r e 2b . S peaker- Level Subwoof er Connection Diagram[...]

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    W hen installing your new Chrysalis su bwoofer using t he line level conn ections, y ou should al ways use shiel ded phono ca bles. T here are many high quality ca bles availa ble today . I t is recommen ded that y ou keep the len gth of c able as short as possib le to avo id any potent ial noise problems . W hen using speaker lev el connections, u[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 10 T ROUBLESHOOTING AND S ERVICE Befor e seeking service for y our amplifier or s ubwoof er , p lease re- check all sy stems. Fo llowing is a simpl e troub leshooting guide to assist y ou . 1. V erify that the unit is plu gged in and power out let used is active. 2. Is t he power switc h on? 3. I[...]

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    SPECIFICATIONS ST ARFIRE -10 ST ARFIRE -12 W o ofer 10” (24.5 cm) 12” (30.5 cm) forward firing foward firing (8.2” pist on diameter) (9.7” pist on diameter) Amplifier: 150 watts Dynamic/ 165 watts Dynamic/ Class D 250 watts RMS P ower 275 watts RMS P ower Cabinet Des ign Acoustically ne utral, Acoustically ne utral, downwa rd-firing port do[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 12 C HR YSALIS P RODUCTS BassMatr ix ™ Se ries BassMat rix-10 BassMat rix-12 Photon ™ Se ries Pho ton-8 Pho ton-10 Starfir e ™ Se ries Starfire-10 Starfire-12[...]

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    Starfire Seri es Manual www .chr ysalisacoustics.com 13 FOR YOUR RECORDS. . . Dat e Purc hased____________________________________________________________________________ Dealer__________________________________________________________________________________ Serial #_________________________________________________________________________________ [...]

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    Chrysalis Ac oustics A V elodyne Co mpany 345 Digital Drive M o rgan Hill, CA 95037 408.465.2888 voic e 408.779.9227 fax 408.779.9208 service fax www .c hrysa lisacou stics. com Serv ice E-mail: service@chrysalisac oustics.com P r o d u c t E -ma i l: help@chrysalisac oustics.com T echnical E-mail: techhelp@chry salisacoustics.co m 63-ST ARFIRE Rev[...]