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INTRODUCTION OREUS OWNER’S GUIDE About This Manual Table of Contents To start enjoying your new Oreus HCS, read and then follow all 2 Table of Contents instructions listed in this guide, as well as those found in the 2 This box contains owner’s manuals of associated components in your audio system. 2 Introduction Save all instructions for future reference. 2 Oreus Technology 2 Planning Your System TECHNOLOGY 3 Placement 3 If you want to stand your speaker on a table Oreus loudspeakers incorporat
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FIGURE 1– In this overhead view of a typical installation, satellite IF YOU WANT TO STAND YOUR SPEAKER ON TABLE speakers are used to reproduce sound for the front and surround channels. The center channel reproduces sound and dialog.The powered subwoofer provides extended bass for effects and music. Feed speaker cable through the foot 1. The foot supplied with your Oreus satellites and center channel is supplied assembled. PLACEMENT NOTE: The satellite speakers can be placed directly on a shel
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Attach the foot to the speaker Adjust the angle of your speaker 1. Remove the two screws and take off the rear cover plate from 1. You can tilt your speaker up or down on its foot and you can the speaker. Use the hex key supplied to loosen the screws. also rotate it. If you experience difficulty tilting or rotating your speaker, try loosening the fixing screws for the pivot cover plate on the foot. 2. The foot can be attached to the speaker at two different positions. The first position allows
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3. Connect the cable to the speaker terminals. Observe correct 6. Feed the speaker cable through the cable-entry hole in the base polarity. Speaker cable is usually colour-coded (red or white for and then through the pivot. positive) or provided with an identifying stripe or rib on the positive conductor. Connect the positive conductor to the red speaker terminal. 4. Insert the pivot into one or other of the two pivot holes in the speaker, depending on whether you wish to use the speaker vertic
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2. Feed your speaker cable through the stand column. The cable 5. Your speaker should now look like this. can exit through the hole at the bottom rear of the stand column or it can exit through the hole in the stand base. INSTALLING THE OREUS SUBWOOFER 3. Secure the stand base to the column and tighten the two fixing screws. Use the hex key provided. The rear panel metal plate acts as a heatsink for the subwoofer’s Attaching the stand to the speaker internal amplifier. There should be at l
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SPEAKER-LEVEL SUBWOOFER CONNECTIONS LINE-LEVEL SUBWOOFER CONNECTION If your receiver has a pair of stereo subwoofer outputs, connect interconnect cable from the receiver's left and right subwoofer outputs to the corresponding inputs marked LINE LEVEL IN L and R on the subwoofer. Connection tips 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
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However, overall balance must be maintained; otherwise, the OPERATION music will not sound natural. An experienced listener will set the volume and crossover of the With LFE Connection subwoofer so that its impact on bass response is always there, but is never obtrusive. If you are using the LFE input, the subwoofer's CROSSOVER control is NOT active, because this function is controlled by your surround processor. Phase Control The proper adjustment of the subwoofer's rear panel phase switch When
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ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK SPECIFICATIONS If the bass seems boomy, or you notice a rumbling sound when Oreus HCS listening to record albums, the cause may be acoustic feedback. Satellite Frequency Response: This means that low-frequency vibrations from your speakers are 95 Hz – 22 Khz (±3dB) reaching the turntable.To help isolate the turntable from these vibrations, place the turntable on a heavy, solid support, as far Recommended Amplifier: 25 – 100 Watts away as possible from the subwoofer. If you cont
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