Bowers & Wilkins CT8.4 LCRS manual

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    CT8.4 LCRS Owner’ s Manual[...]

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    CT8.4 Owner’s Manual Addendum ( for Issue 1 and 2) English Page 2 Speaker Installation ‘The speaker can be mounted in either vertical or horizontal orientation using the accessory brackets. ’ ‘The speaker can be wall mounted in vertical orientation using the accessory brackets.’ Français Page 4 Installation des enceintes acoustiques “l[...]

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    &IGURE &IGURE ^ M IN ^ M IN &IGUREA     !MPLIFIER /54054   &IGUREA     !MPLIFIER /54054     !MPLIFIER /54054 &IGUREB          [...]

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    &IGURE &IGURE ^ M IN ^ M IN &IGUREA     &IGUREA     !MPLIFIER /54054     !MPLIFIER /54054 &IGUREB          $EG   ?[...]

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    Contents English Owner’ s Manual ............2 Limited W arranty...........3 Français Manuel d’utilisation .......4 Garantie limitée.............6 Español Manual de instrucciones ................7 Garantía limitada...........9 EU Declaration of Conformity ..............11 T echnical Specifications .............12 CT 8.4 OM Inner.qxd 7/11/07[...]

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    English Owner’ s manual Dear customer , Thank you for choosing Bowers & Wilkins. Please read t his manual fully before unpacking and installing the product. It will help you to optimise its performance. B&W maintains a network of dedicated distributors in o ver 60 countries who will be able to help you should you have any problems your de[...]

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    l ocked by twisting clockwise. If the binding post terminals are to be used, connect o ne pair of positive and negative cables to the t erminals marked LF and the second pair of positive and negative cables to the terminals marked HF . E nsure that positive cables are connected to the r ed t erminals and the negative cables connected to the black t[...]

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    How to claim repairs under warranty Should service be required, please follow the following p rocedure: 1 If the equipment is being used in the country of purchase, you should contact the B&W authorised dealer from whom the equipment was purchased. 2 If the equipment is being used outside the country o f purchase, you should contact the B&W[...]

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    p oids nécessitent la participation de deux personnes pour une manipulation sans problème. U n tissu frontal est attaché à l’enceinte via des plots d e maintien par pression. Choix de la position L es enceintes CT8.4 LCRS utilisées comme enceintes a vant d’un système Home Cinema doivent être positionnées de part et d’autre de l’écr[...]

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    Période de rodage Les performances d’une enceinte acoustique se m odifient subtilement pendant une période de rodage initiale. Si l’enceinte a été stockée dans un environnement de faible température, ses composants a mortissants et les suspensions des haut-parleurs vont demander un peu de temps avant de retrouver leurs q ualités mécaniq[...]

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    7 Español Manual de instrucciones E stimado cliente: G racias por elegir B&W . Le rogamos que lea la t otalidad de este manual antes de desembalar e instalar el producto ya que ello le ayudará a optimizar l as prestaciones de este último. B&W mantiene una red de importadores altamente motivados en más de 60 países que podrán ayudarle [...]

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    8 i ncorrecta de estas conexiones tendrá como resultado una pérdida de graves y una imagen sonora s ensiblemente menos creíble. Una vez que la clavija haya sido montada por completo, podrá insertarla en s u correspondiente toma y fijarla girándola en sentido h orario. S i se van a conectar las cajas acústicas en monocableado con los terminale[...]

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    9 d irectamente sobre el r ecinto. Pruebe primero con una superficie pequeña por cuanto algunos productos de l impieza pueden dañar ciertas superficies. Evite utilizar productos abrasivos o que contengan ácidos, álcalis o a gentes antibacteriológicos. La tela de la rejilla p rotectora puede limpiarse con un cepillo normal para la ropa o un asp[...]

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    10 CT 8.4 OM Inner.qxd 7/11/07 12:11 Page 10[...]

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    11 CT 8.4 OM Inner.qxd 7/11/07 12:11 Page 11[...]

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    12 CT8.4 LCRS T echnical features Description Drive units Frequency range Fr equency response Dispersion Sensitivity Harmonic distortion Nominal impedance Cr ossover fr equency Recommended amplifier power Max. r ecommended cable impedance Dimensions Net weight Rohacell ® bass cone Blue Kevlar ® brand fibre FST midrange cone Speakon ® and binding[...]

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    Neutrik and Speakon are registered trademarks of Neutrik AG. Rohacell is a registered trademark of Röhm GmbH. Kevlar is a registered trademark of DuPont. Nautilus is a trademark of B&W Group Ltd. Copyright © B&W Group Ltd. E&OE B&W Group (UK Sales) T +44 1903 221 500 E uksales@bwgroup.com B&W Group North America T +1 978 664 2[...]