Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 manual

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    English M M -1[...]

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    2 www .bowers-wilkins.com Wel co me to B owe r s a nd Wi lk i ns an d t h e M M-1 Th an k you for c ho osi ng B ower s & Wil ki ns. W he n J ohn Bowe rs firs t e sta bli sh ed o ur c om pa ny he did so i n th e be li ef th at i mag inat ive d es ig n, in novati ve e ngi ne er in g an d ad van ce d tec hn olo gy were keys that cou ld unl ock th[...]

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    3 www .bowers-wilkins.com 2. Connecting T o Y our MM-1 1. MM-1 Carton Contents MM-1 connection sockets are found on the back and the underside of the powered speaker . Those on the underside are the power input socket, the USB socket and the slave speaker socket. Those on the side are the line input socket and the headphone output socket. The conne[...]

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    4 The two MM-1 speaker units are intended to be desk mounted, one either side of a computer monitor . The powered speaker should be on the right side of the monitor and the slave speaker on the left hand side. Do not position the speakers too far apart if your are sitting close to the monitor . The triangle formed by the two speakers and the listen[...]

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    5 Indicator Colour Meaning Red Standby Blue On Slow ashing Blue Mute engaged Fast ashing Blue V olume adjustment Fast ashing Red V olume at minimum or maximum Continually ashing Red System fault White Software update underway The MM-1 indicator illuminates in a range of colours to indicate differ ent operational conditions. The table ab[...]

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    Copyright © B&W Group Ltd. E&OE Issue1 B&W Group Ltd Dale Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2BH England T +44 (0) 1903 221 800 F +44 (0) 1903 22 1 801 info@bwgroup.com www .bowers-wilkins.com B&W Group (UK Sales) T +44 (0) 1903 221 500 E uksales@bwgroup.com B&W Group North America T +1 978 664 2870 E marketing@bwgroupusa.com B&[...]