Niles Pro770FX manual

Inst alla ti on Gui de P r o f e s s i o n a l Q u a l i t y , C a b i n e t , Surround Effects L ouds peakers Pro870FX ■ Pro770FX[...]

CONGRA TULA TIONS! Thank you for choosing a superior StageFront Home Theater Solutions ™ Cabinet FX loudspeaker from Niles. 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 audio/video systems. T o see [...]

1 INTRODUCTION The StageFront Home Theater Solutions loudspeakers ar e expressly designed for superior sonic quality in home theater applications. Each model employs advanced technology components that extract the subtle nuances in recor ded music or the thunderous action sound in a movie. Models that end in “FX” ar e intended primarily for spe[...]

2 FEA TURES AND BENEFITS INTERLACED CARBON-FIBER WOOFER WITH BUTYL RUBBER SURROUND Provides dynamic theater quality sound at sustained high-power output levels DUAL SIDE-FIRING CARBON-FIBER MIDRANGES WITH DUAL TETERON ™ DOME TWEETERS Provide dif fuse sound fields for optimum surround ef fects FORW ARD-FIRING FLUID-COOLED TETERON ™ DOME TWEETER[...]

3 INST ALLA TION CONSIDERA TIONS RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER POWER For satisfactory performance, we recommend using a surr ound amplifier with a power rating of 20-150 watts for the Pro770FX. W e recommend an amplifier power rating of to 20-200 watts for the Pro870FX. Most loudspeakers ar e not damaged by large amplifiers, but rather by small amplifi[...]

4 LOUDSPEAKER PLACEMENT NOTE: ST AGEFRONT FX LOUDSPEAKERS ARE DESIGNED FOR USE IN EFFECT CHANNEL APPLICA TIONS. FOR FRONT LEFT , CENTER OR RIGHT -CHANNEL NEEDS, WE RECOMMEND USING ST AGEFRONT LCR LOUDSPEAKERS. PLACING THE ST AGEFRONT FX AS THE SIDE LEFT AND RIGHT LOUDSPEAKERS In home theater , the goal is to r eproduce the experience of a gr eat mo[...]

5 ■ I f yo ur h om e th ea te r sy st em i s ca pa bl e o f re pr od uc in g Do lb y Su rr ou nd E X ® s ou nd , co n si de r us in g a se co nd p ai r of S ta ge Fr on t FX l ou ds pe ak er s (o n th e si de w all s ) fo r an ad di ti on al r ea r su rr ou nd e ff ec t, a s sh ow n in Fi gu re 3 . Id ea ll y , t he s id e lo ud sp ea k er s sh [...]

6 FINISHING THE INST ALLA TION CONNECTING & INST ALLING THE LOUDSPEAKER 1. Please be sure to install the corr ect loudspeaker in the correct room position. Look on the rear label for “Right” or “Left” designation. Install in the appropriate position as viewed from the listening position facing the video display . 2. At eac h lo udsp eak[...]

7 4. Connect the other end of the loudspeaker wires to the home theater receiver (or amplifier) in the same way . 5. T ur n on the home theater receiver and calibrate all loudspeakers in the system according to the receiver manufacturer’ s instructions. CHECKING LOUDSPEAKER PHASE Speaker wire has two conductors. On both your loudspeaker and ampli[...]

8 FINISHING THE INST ALLA TION (CONTINUED) ACOUSTIC FINE TUNING Each StageFront Pro FX loudspeaker featur es a Dif fuse Sound Level control located on the front, as shown in Figure 6 . Adjust this contr ol as follows: ■ The Diffuse Sound Level control adjusts the level between the side-firing (diffuse) and front-firing drivers. Increase the level[...]

9 OPERA TION LISTENING A T HIGHER VOLUMES Achieving a reasonable volume of sound in a large r oom requir es more amplifier power than it does in a small room. It is possible to turn the volume up so high that the amplifier runs out of power . This cr eates “clipping” distortion, which will make treble sound very harsh and unmusical. When you [...]

10 SPECIFICA TIONS Pro770FX Recommended Amplifier P ower 20-150 watts per channel Nominal Impedance 6 ohm nominal; 3.2 ohm minimum Frequency Response 80Hz to 20kHz, +/- 3 dB Sensitivity 88 dB with 2.83 V pink noise input measured at 1 meter on axis Dimensions 13-7/8” W x 16” H x 5-3/4” D* * Measurements include all grilles and rear mounting [...]

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