JBL ATX40 manual

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    X + 0 + Y 2 0M HZ OWNER’S GUIDE PRODUCT LINE: A TX20/30/40/60/10C/100S (230V) A TX Series DESIGN GOAL: Bring the thrill of live performance and movie sound to the home environment by calling on JBL ’s professional engineering leadership. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE: Home Loudspeaker Series MODEL NUMBER:[...]

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    2 For more than 50 years, JBL has been involved in every aspect of music and film recording and reproduction, from live performances to the recordings you play in your home, car or office. We’re con- fident that the JBL system you have chosen will provide every note of enjoyment that you expected – and that when you think about purchasing addi-[...]

  • Page 3

    3 near these heat-dissipation systems may possibly affect the long term reliability of both your amplifier and the objects placed above it. Do not place CDs, record jackets, owner’ s manuals or other paper on top of or beneath the unit or in between products containing amplifiers in a stack. This will block the air flow, causing degraded per- for[...]

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    4 1.52 – 1.83m (5 – 6 ft.) 0 – 0.61m (0 – 2 ft.) Subwoofer Surround Speakers Front Speakers Center Channel Speaker SPEAKER PLACEMENT Placement A TX Series loudspeakers are designed to give very good per- formance in a wide variety of placements. Best results, how- ever , will be obtained when the speakers are placed on a strong and sturdy s[...]

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    5 SUBWOOFER PLACEMENT & OPERA TION Subwoofer Start with the subwoofer as close to one of the front corners as possible to take advantage of solid-angle gains. If you get too much bass, adjust the ”VOLUME” towards ”MIN”. The result will be lower distor- tion and higher reliability . If the excessive bass is at one or more discrete freque[...]

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    6 OPERA TION With LFE Connection If you are using the LFE input, the subwoofer's CROSSOVER control is NOT active, because this function is controlled by your surround processor . When using the LFE input, set the subwoofer's VOLUME con- trol to "Max" and calibrate the subwoofer level along with the other speakers according to th[...]

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    7 SPEAKER CONNECTIONS Separate and strip the ends of the speaker wire as shown. Speakers and amplifiers/ receivers have corresponding (+) and (–) terminals. The (+) lead of the speaker wire is noted with a stripe. It is impor- tant to connect all the speakers identically: (+) on the speaker to (+) on the amplifier and (–) on the speaker to (–[...]

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    8 LINE LEVEL If your receiver has a pair of stereo subwoofer outputs, con- nect interconnect cable from the receiver's left and right subwoofer outputs to the corre- sponding inputs marked LINE LEVEL IN L and R on the subwoofer . If your receiver has a single subwoofer output or a dedi- cated LFE output, connect interconnect cable from this ou[...]

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    9 Subwoofer Crossover Subwoofer Level V olume Subwoofer playback level can be adjusted using the rear panel V olume control. For detailed information on fine-tuning V olume and Crossover Frequency , see page 6. Crossover Frequency The crossover frequency knob determines the highest frequency your subwoofer will reproduce. It allows a seamless trans[...]

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    JBL Consumer Products 250 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury , NY 11797 Europe: 2. Route de T ours, 72500 Château du Loir, France www.jbl.com ©2002 JBL, Incorporated. JBL is a registered trademark of JBL, Incorporated. Part No. 1111-A TX SERIES Refinements may be made on occasion to existing products without notice, but will always meet or exceed ori[...]