Cambridge Audio 510D manual

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    User’ s Guide MegaW orks 510D Inf ormati on in this docum ent is su bject to cha nge wit hout notic e and does not r epres ent a com m itmen t on t he part of Cre ati v e T e ch nolog y Ltd. No part of thi s manua l may be r eproduce d or tr ansmitt ed in an y form or by an y means , ele c t r on i c or mecha nical, includi ng phot ocopying and r[...]

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    2 S a fet y & R e gu la t o ry Info r m at io n T he f ol l owi n g s ec t i on s co nt ai n no t i ce s f or var i ou s co untr ies: CA UTION: This devi ce is inten ded to be co nnected by the use r t o a CSA /TUV/U L c ertifie d/list ed IB M A T or compati b le pers ona l comput er i n the manuf acturer’ s def i n ed op erator acces s area.[...]

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    3 IMPOR T ANT SAFET Y INSTR UCTIO NS READ INST RUC TIO NS - All safety and operating instructions should be re ad before the MegaWorks 510D amplified subwoofer/satellite system is operated. RE T A IN I NS TRUC TI ONS - T he safety and operating instructions should be re tained for fu t u r e refe r e n ce . HEED WARNINGS - All warnings on the subwo[...]

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    5 Me gaW or ks 51 0D Thank yo u f or buy ing Me gaW ork s 5 10D b y Cambri dge Sou ndW orks. Th is 5. 1 ampl i f ied mu ltime dia s peak er sy stem sup ports the best audio tech nology today: EAX , Dir ectSou nd 3D, D o lb y Di g i tal 5.1 and four -chan nel gami ng, from eit her an anal og sourc e or a digi t al sour ce of up to 96 kHz da ta rate [...]

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    6 ❒ Examine each unit carefully . If anything is missing o r damaged, do not instal l or use the syst em. Contact the ret ailer where the syst em w as purchased. ❒ Sav e the carton and i ts inserts in case you n eed to shi p or mov e your Me gaW orks 510D system later . 3m Spea ker C abl e (3) Subwo o f er AC P ower C able, U K Vo l u m e C o n[...]

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    7 Speak er Pla cement The V ol ume Contro l can be moun ted in eit her of th e D esk top Sta nds. If you w all-m ount t he fron t sate llites , you ca n at tach the V ol ume Con trol to a con ven ient su rfa ce with t he hook and loop f as ten e r prov ided. Un scr ew the t hum bsc rew to rel ea se t h e sa te ll ite f ro m the D esk top S tam d. R[...]

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    8 The V olum e Contro l ca n be moun ted in ei ther o f th e Desk top Sta nds. Vo l u m e C o n t r o l Rear satellites mou n ted on flo or stan ds. (if purcha se d) Y ou ca n also m ou nt th e f ron t t hre e sate ll ite s on a w a ll If yo u wall- mount th e fr ont sate ll ites , yo u ca n atta c h the V o lu me Co ntrol t o a con veni ent su rfa[...]

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    9 Stan d Re mo val an d I nsta ll ati on Sa te llit es o n Flat Surfaces Mo unti ng Sat ellites on W al ls Mou nt satel lites onl y on wall s that are str uctural ly soun d. Pos iti on fr ont sate l lit es a t or s li ght ly bel ow e ar level. Pos iti on re ar s at elli te s to t he sid e s an d a li tt le a bo ve ea r level. Bef or e pl a cing t h[...]

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    10 The Cen tr e S tand T o adj u s t the sa tell ite/ Centr e Stan d assem bly' s vert ical atti tu de, gri p the sa te llit e in on e ha nd and the s ta nd base in t he othe r . On T op of the Monitor Fo r sa fety and con ven ience , adher e th e bas e of the M oni tor St and to th e top of t he monito r using the two stri ps of hoo k and l o[...]

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    11 Use th e tripl e cable Audi o Sour ce Co nnection - Ana log T o So und Blast er A udigy/L ive! 5.1 ser ies sound ca rd ❒ Front, rear an d centre/s ubwoofer m iniplugs. ❒ 5.1-channel output i s produced . T o 4 -channel so und car d ❒ Front and rear miniplugs. ❒ 4.1-channel output is produced. T o 2 -channel so und ca rd ❒ Front miniplu[...]

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    12 Use th e Digit al ca ble Audi o Sour ce Co nnection - Digi tal T o o th e r so un d ca rd s w it h mi ni ja ck d i git a l o u tp ut Us e the Digi tal ca ble ❒ Digital Out miniplug only . ❒ Channe l output is dep endant on the sound card. T o a dig it al out pu t th at is no t a mi ni ja ck: Use an adap ter (not pro vided) to con vert the pr[...]

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    13 Speak er Con nections[...]

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    14 V olu me Contr ol an d P o wer Conne ctio ns T ona l Ad jus tme nt s Adjust the T reble switch to your preferred s etting. Ad jus t the Bas s l ev el contr ol to achieve the bass output you li ke[...]

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    15 Meg aW orks 510 D has mode rate ly hi gh in put se nsi tivi ty , s o it m ay ampl if y the hu m and hi ss in her ent in some au dio pro gra m sour ce s (more common i n an alo g ra th er tha n dig it al sou r ce s). An y no i s e is no t du e to a fau l t i n th e speak er s ystem. Y ou can mi nimize backgr ound n oise as f ollo ws: Use t he M e[...]

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    16 EAX is a co llect i on of po werful , i n nova t ive aud i o te ch n ol og i es . Designe d b y Crea ti ve's wor l d-cl ass audio sc ient is ts and b ui lt into gro undb reaki ng Pers onal Dig it al Ent ertai nment ( PDE) solu tions , EAX is c hangin g the way audio i s exper ienc ed. EA X o ffer s ad van c ed , in te ra c tive audio an d h[...]

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    17 T ech nica l Sup po r t W e are c ommitte d to gi ving you t he b e st pr oducts aswell a s t he best service by pr ovi ding you with a comprehensi ve suite of eService o ptions c om plemente d by telephone su pport. Wit h Cr eati ve's eSe r vice str a t e gy , we deliv er the best possibl e customer e xperience us ing our m ultilingual Cus[...]

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    18 telephone . T elephon e numbers can be found in the ' Crea tive Euro pe an Co nta ct C en tre' se ction belo w . Down loa d Dri vers The Creati ve websit e of fers a range of updates and dri vers for our products in a va riety of operat ing syst ems. Dow nload Man u a ls Browse Creati ve's exte nsi ve librar y of produc t insta ll[...]

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    19 Less than 30 days since dat e of pur chase Should y our store r ecei pt i nd icate that the pr oduct is less tha n 30 days old , you h a ve the option of r eturning the ful l p roduct to the D ealer/ Ret ailer for a re pla cemen t o r cre dit. Th e 3 0-day ti me period may not apply in all insta nces, so please check the D eal er/R et ail er rep[...]

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    20 Limi ted W arran ty Creati ve L abs (I re land) L imited ( “ Crea ti ve ” ) w a rrant s to yo u, th e origina l b uye r a nd hold e r of this wa rranty , a s it stands i n the accompany ing warranty c a rd , th at the hardwa re p roduct wil l be fr e e of defects in mater ia ls a nd work m anship for a pe riod o f two ye ars a fter the date [...]

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    CREA TIVE LABS (IRELAND) L TD . , T ec hni c al S up por t De par tm ent , Bally co olin B usi nes s P ark, B lan chards to w n, Dubli n 15 , Ir e lan d. F ax: +353 1 820 50 52 Unit ed Kingdom T el +35 3 1 4 333200 Germany T el +35 3 1 4 380000 Irel an d T el +35 3 1 8 207555 Franc e T el +35 3 1 4 333220 Spain T el +35 3 1 4 380020 Italy T el +3 5[...]