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Mordaunt-Short 500 Series THX manual

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  • Page 1

    DRAWN BY Jonathan Noakes DRAWING NUMBER ARTWORK COLOUR DRAWING TITLE MS500 Series THX Select System Owners' Manual Cover Artwork Details CHECKED BY James Johnson-Flint DATE AP11516/1 Pantone Cool Grey 10C 23/03/00 As per supplied sample MATERIAL DRAWN BY Jonathan Noakes DRAWING NUMBER ARTWORK COLOUR DRAWING TITLE MS500 Series THX Select System[...]

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    .....................................2 .....................3 ..................................................4 ...............................6 ....................................8 .................9 ............................................10 ....................................................11 Introduction & Contents Brief Introducti[...]

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    3 Incorporating a series of patented electronic and loudspeaker developments, home THX is the ultimate in sound for multi-channel home cinema systems. The system was developed after it was realised that conventional audio components could not satisfactorily reproduce movie soundtracks in the home environment. As well as more accurately reproducing [...]

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    4 Connecting your MS500 THX Select System Please do not compromise the performance of your system by using infe- rior quality cables. Mordaunt-Short recommends that high quality cables of 16 gauge or higher be used. Your professional dealer will give you good advice. There are two pairs of terminals on the rear of every speaker which permit bi-wiri[...]

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    5 Attaching feet to your loudspeakers Our floorstanding loudspeakers come with feet and spikes that will greatly improve stability and sound quality. The spikes attach to the bottom of the feet with the aid of a threaded guide (fig. 3) There are eight pilot holes on the bottom of the speakers. The feet are located and secured here with the wood scr[...]

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    6 Each of your MS502’s have a built in dedicated subwoofer amplifier spe- cially designed to deliver powerful low frequencies to the sub-woofer drive unit mounted on the side of each MS502. This integrated system gives the best possible bass reproduction with the minimum of adjust- ments and makes a separate subwoofer unnecessary. The controls ar[...]

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    5. V olume This control allows you to adjust the volume of the low frequency output of your sub woofer amplifier for best sound-balance. This adjustment is defeated in THX mode as THX approved surround-sound processors allow subwoofer level adjustments to be done by the processor. 6. Notch Filter This is a single band Parametric EQ that is a powerf[...]

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    8 SUBWOOFER TUNING FOR OPTIMUM SOUND QUALITY Your MS500 system incorporates subwoofers built into the left and right front speakers to generate substantial amounts of low-frequency energy for a satisfying bass response. In addition the M500 system has been designed to give a substantially flat frequency response. However, the dimensions of some roo[...]

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    9 9. Should more than 6dB of cut be required (i.e. one measurement is more than 12dB above the average of the others) the notch filter can be set to the –12dB setting and the process repeated. Driver Precautions By far the most common cause of loudspeaker failure, and one that is understandably not covered by guarantee, is damage to the voice coi[...]

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    Checking the Power Supply Setting For your own safety please read the following instructions carefully before attempting to connect your MS502 unit to the mains. • Check that your unit indicates the correct supply voltage. • If your mains supply voltage is different, consult your dealer. This unit is designed to operate only on the supply volta[...]

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    Frequency R esponse Sensitivity Impedance (nominal) Distortion P ower Rating Drivers Filter Network Connections Size (HxWxD) W eight (each speaker) Operating Position 30Hz - 22kHz 90dB 4 Ohms Less than 2% at 90dB 15W - 150W rms (1) 10” Long throw active woofer (2) 5.25” Aluminium alloy mid (1) 1” Aluminium tweeter Bypassable 2nd order LF 2.5-[...]