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Owner’s manual
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has been involved in every aspect of music and film recording and
reproduction, from live performances to monitoring the recordings you
play in your home, car or office.
We’re confident that the JBL system you have chosen will provide
every note of enjoyment that you expected – and that when you
think about purchasing additional audio equipment for your home,
car or office, you will once again choose JBL.
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Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket or table specified by the manufacturer 2. Keep these instructions. or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is 3. Heed all warnings. used, use caution when moving the cart/ apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over. 4. Follow all instructions. 13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. when unused for long periods of time. 6.
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Important Note Function of Automatic On/Off and Automatic Input Selector The Xcite offers two unique user-convenience features: If a signal is present at any other Input when a currently Automatic Turn On/Turn Off and Automatic Input Selector. selected Digital device is turned Off, or when a currently selected Analog device stops playing for more then 15 The Automatic Turn-On feature will turn the Xcite on as seconds, the Xcite system does NOT switch over to this soon as a source connected t
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Included “Smart” powered subwoofer/con- 2 satellites and a center Two fixed wall brackets for satel- troller. channel loudspeaker with Remote lites, one for center. Three adjust- Control Sensor. able wall brackets with tightening bar. Speaker terminal wrench. JBL speaker cables. Remote control with batteries. Digital coax input cable and ana- log RCA input cable. Features • Complete, self-powered DTS, Dolby* Digital surround • Late Night compression for nighttime listening processor with two
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Speaker Placement Before deciding where to best place your speakers, survey your room and study Figures 1 and 2. Subwoofer Right Front Subwoofer Channel Left Front Center Right Front Channel Channel Channel Center Channel Right Surround Left Front Channel Channel Listening Area Left Right Left Surround Surround Surround Channel Channel Channel Figure 1. In this overhead view of a typical installation, Figure 2. This figure shows an alternative layout, satellite speakers are used to reproduce
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Wall-Mounting the Satellites and Center Channel The CS360 satellites and center channel are designed Adjustable Wall Bracket to be mounted on the wall. There is a fixed-mount wall Step 1. Remove cap over threaded insert on rear of bracket and an adjustable wall bracket provided for each speaker. satellite and the center channel. Each speaker bracket will Step 2. Mark the positions on the wall where you would require up to four 38 mm (1-1/2") #10 wood screws; each like to place the mount
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Center and Satellite Speaker Connections Turn Off All Power Center Channel After placing the speakers, you are ready to connect your Observe polarities when making speaker connections, system. First, turn off all audio-system power. as shown in Figure 5. Connect the center channel + Use the speaker wire included (or similar) to make your terminal on the back of the subwoofer to the + (red) connections. The side of the wire with a ridge or other terminal on the center speaker. Connect the –
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Speaker, Source, and Remote-Sensor Connectors (rear panel of subwoofer) Optical (TOS Link) Digital Input Connect the optical digital output of any digital source (MP3 player, portable CD player, stationary DVD or CD player) to this TOS Link socket. A TOS Link cable must be purchased separately. Infrared Input If you prefer to place the subwoofer somewhere discreet, the infrared sensor on its front panel may not be able to receive commands from your remote control. In this case, use the
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Remote and Front-Panel Controls and Indicators Power ON (Remote and Front Panel) Front Panel On the Remote Control, the ON Button turns the unit ON, while Button 2 turns the unit to STANDBY. On the Sub- woofer Front Panel, the ON Button is a combined ON/OFF DISCRETE MATRIX CINEMA MUSIC Button that toggles between ON and STANDBY. The display briefly shows PWR ON or PWROFF while this is happening. Please note that the Xcite features Automatic Turn-On/ Off, and the power switch is not norma
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6 Surround Mode (Remote and Front Panel) H Input (Front Panel Only) Press the SURR Button on the Front Panel repeatedly to This control is available on the front panel. It allows scroll through the various Surround and Stereo options. manual selec tion when the user repeatedly presses and The SURR UP/DOWN Button on the Remote Control lets releases the button for any of the Xcite’s five inputs. The you scroll either up or down through the same modes. Xcite features an Automatic Input Selec tio
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SETUP PROCEDURE (via Remote Control Only): The CS360 System enters SETUP when you press and hold TEST: the MENU Button on the Remote Control for 3 seconds. After pressing the SET Button, a pink noise test signal circulates between the three speakers and the subwoofer, The Front Display now shows the word TEST blinking. Press (sound from the subwoofer only if SUBWFR is ON). While the [<] or [>] Navigation Button F on the Remote to the test signal is heard from each speaker, the Display sc
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LIPSNC: NAME: Lip Sync delays audio so that it is in sync with video that Permits you to add a name to any Input, up to six charac- may be delayed due to processing. When the Display ters long. shows LIPSNC blinking, press SET. The Display now shows When NAME blinks in the Display, press SET. The name of the standard value of 50 ms (milliseconds). You may the first input is shown in the dot-matrix display line, with adjust the Delay in 5 ms increments from 0 ms to 100 ms the entire name blink
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Surround Modes Phantom 3-Stereo Mode Stereo This mode creates surround sound Use this mode to play back Pro This mode plays a recording in from stereo recordings. The center Logic-encoded films when you do not traditional two-channel stereo. channel is not used and the surround want the surround channels to play. channels have a 20-ms delay. DOLBY DIGITAL [1.0][1.1] [3.0][3.1] [2/1.0][2/1.1] [3/2.0] SURROUND MODE STREAM TYPE [2.0][2.1] [3/1.0][3/1.1] [2/2.0] [2/2.1] [3/2.1] 48K 48K 48K X DOLBY
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Troubleshooting If there is no sound from any of the speakers: • Make sure the subwoofer is plugged into an active AC wall outlet. • Make sure the Master Power Switch, located on the rear of the subwoofer, is in the On/Standby position. • Make sure there is a source – for example, a DVD Player, CD Player, VCR or television – hooked up to one of the four input jacks. • Make sure that the program material is playing. • Recheck the hookup connections, referring to the Speaker Connections
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Specifications CSXcite System 3.1 Power Output Satellites and Center: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Watts x 3 @ 1% THD Transducers Satellites and Center: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High-Frequency driver: 13mm (1/2") Titanium-laminate dome, magnetically shielded. Midrange driver: Dual 89mm (3-1/2"), magnetically shielded Subwoofer: . . . . . .
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All features and specifications are subject to change without notice. JBL is a trademark of Harman International Industries, Incorporated, registered in the United States and/or other countries. Pro Sound Comes Home is a trademark of Harman International Industries, Incorporated. Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,487,535; 7,003,467 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS, DTS Digital Surround and Neo:6 are register
