Acoustic Research ARXP242 manual

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    Important Notes for Installation Remarques importantes relatives à l’installation Notas Importantes para la Instalación Audiovox Electronics Corporation 150 Marcus Blvd Hauppauge, New Y ork 11788 ©2004 Audiovox Electronics Corporation Acoustic Research is a registered trademark of Audiovox Electronics Corporation. PRINTED IN CHINA Warranty Thi[...]

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    SPEAKER ENCEINTE ACOUSTIQUE ALT AVOZ SPEAKER ENCEINTE ACOUSTIQUE ALT AVOZ AMPLIFIER AMPLIFICATEUR AMPLIFICADOR JUMPER REMOVED LIAISONS RETIRÉES EXCLUSIÓN DE ENLACES SPEAKER ENCEINTE ACOUSTIQUE ALT AVOZ SPEAKER ENCEINTE ACOUSTIQUE ALT AVOZ AMPLIFIER AMPLIFICATEUR AMPLIFICADOR AMPLIFIER AMPLIFICATEUR AMPLIFICADOR HIGH HAUTES ALTO HIGH HAUTES ALTO L[...]

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    15 2 Dear AR Customer , Congratulations! Y our new AR loudspeakers are an outstanding home hi-fi product that will give you many years of reliable service. The superlative quality of AR products is renowned all over the world and meets or exceeds all official audio standards. In order to avoid possible errors or damage please take the time to study[...]

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    3 14 Mounting your Speakers The speaker's foot bracket can be used to set the speaker on shelving, or to mount the speaker to the walls or ceilings. A clamp ring and four clamp screws hold the foot bracket to the speaker . Mount the foot bracket to a wall or ceiling using screws through the two holes in the foot bracket. Removing the foot brac[...]

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    13 4 leads to the positive output terminal and both negative leads to the negative output terminal. Then con- nect the other ends of one cable to the mid/tweeter terminals and those of the other cable to the woofer terminals on the speaker . T aking care to maintain proper polarity of both sets of wires. A bi-amping setup uses two amplifiers (Pg.16[...]

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    12 5 Connecting Y our XP410P speakers Y our ARXP410P speakers contain a power amplifier to drive the subwoofer , and you must use your receiver’ s amplifier to power the mid/high section. The ARXP410P may be connected in three different ways: 1) If your receiver is a conventional 5.1 unit, it will have speaker-level outputs for each channel and a[...]

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    11 6 couleur rouge. Les câbles de raccord des haut-parleurs comportent une inscription sur la surface de la gaine qui sert à distinguer le côté positif du côté négatif : il s’agit soit d’une couleur différente, soit d’une rainure sur le côté de la gaine isolante. Choisir la position optimale pour vos haut-parleurs AR Le meilleur end[...]

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    Cómo elegir la mejor posición para sus parlantes AR La posición óptima de audición es en la punta del llamado "triángulo estéreo" (Página 13 Fig. 1). En esta posición se logra el mejor equilibrio entre los canales estéreos derecho e izquierdo y se obtiene una reproducción de sonido más balanceada y realista. Sus parlantes ARXP[...]

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    AVERTISSEMENT : Si vous ajustez les commandes de tonalité lorsque vous faites jouer les haut- parleurs, vous pourrez endommager les transducteurs d’aigus et de graves de façon permanente. Utilisez la commande de volume avec prudence Il est également possible d’endommager les haut-parleurs en utilisant un amplificateur dont la puissance excè[...]