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INSTALLATION & OPERATION GUIDE
MODEL S
MODEL S
AT8000
AT8000
AT8200
AT8200
ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY
IN-WALL LOUDSPEAKERS
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®
B LENDING H IGH F IDELITY AND A RCHITECTURE
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Congratulations! Thank you for choosing Advanced Technology In-Wall Loudspeakers from Niles. With proper installation and operation, you'll enjoy years of trouble-free use. Niles manufactures the industry's most complete line of custom installation components and accessories for audio/video systems. For a free full line catalog write: Niles, Catalog Request, P . O. Box 160818, Miami, Florida 33116-0818 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 FEATURES AND BENEFITS 1 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 3 SPEAKER
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Features and Benefits Hyperbolic Tri-Laminate Dome Introduction Midrange and Zero-Diffraction Swiveling Tweeter* The AT or Advanced Technology group of The AT8000’s 1-1/2” midrange driver and In-Wall Loudspeakers are designed to 1” tweeter both share a tri-laminate design deliver truly stunning performance with consisting of an inner textile layer which optimum installation flexibility. All models forms the dome, a high damping layer to in the AT series are constructed using the kill unwanted re
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Features and Benefits X-Matrix™ Reinforced Baffle Three Stage Installation System for The X-Matrix baffle design uses specially Remodels or New Construction molded ribs to add rigidity to the baffle You install only the parts you need for a assembly. The end result is better bass and particular stage of construction. When the improved midrange detail. framing and wiring are finished, you install the bracket. After the drywall is up, but Weather Resistant Construction before the painter begins to
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Installation Considerations Figure 1 Model AT8000 Shown New Construction Wings Bracket Frame Speaker Baffle Grille Installation Considerations Recommended Amplifier Power pensible control for true convenience—a For satisfactory performance, we recom- local volume control. It allows you to mend an amplifier with a power rating of adjust the volume of the speakers without twenty to two hundred watts for the leaving the room. AT8000 and AT8200 speakers. Curiously, Plan to wire the system so that ea
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Installation Considerations Speaker Wire An IR sensor requires that a 2-conductor Use 2-conductor speaker wire when con- shielded wire (West Penn D291 or equiva- necting AT speakers to your receiver or lent) be home run from each sensor loca- amplifier. For most applications, we rec- tion to the main equipment location. This ommend you use a minimum of 16 or 18 wire is normally run beside the speaker gauge wire. For wiring runs longer than 80 wire at the same time. Typically, the sensor feet we
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Speaker Placement Although the AT speakers utilize an infinite amount of insulation used for each speak- baffle design which does not require the er equal, as bass output will be more con- use of a backbox, critical listeners may sistent. Further improvement can be made appreciate the tighter bass and extended by wedging a brace of 1x1 stock between frequency response into the lower octaves the front and rear walls, both above and that the use of a backbox (or blocking off below the cutout. Use
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Speaker Placement image is created. Here are some guidelines on the speakers performance. (For more to make the process of placement quick information, see Setting the Tone Controls and easy. on page 15). Make sure the sound will not be blocked or Placement for Varying Listening reflected off of furniture or other objects. Positions You should have a direct line of sight with If you want the freedom to sit anywhere in the front of the speaker. To determine the a room facing any direction, and/o
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Installation Fundamentals around you” effect). By trying to place the you work your surround sound amplifier speakers so that they create as much channels harder. If the surround sound sys- reflected sound as possible, you emphasize tem you are using has a small five or ten the ambient effect. They can be up high in watt amplifier for the rear speakers, stay the wall or even down low at power outlet within five to eight feet of the listening loca- height, in the ceiling, near corners, or tion. I
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Installation Fundamentals you can avoid wire routes which could bits and they can create injury. Pay partic- potentially induce hum over the speaker ular care when using “hole-hogs” and wire. The basic rules are: other powerful electric drills; the torque of the drill when suddenly stopped by a nail • Never run speaker wire through the can break the wrist of a strong man. same hole as an electrical cable. • Never run speaker wire into the same Drilling J-box as electrical cable. Use a bit t
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Installation Fundamentals Whenever you run the wire further than retrofit long lengths of wire. In some areas four and one half feet from a hole in a stud of the country the exterior walls are con- or joist (open attic space, going up walls, structed of solid masonry, and have no hol- etc.), fasten the wire to the joists or studs low space for speakers or wires. using cable clamps or appropriately sized Start by examining all the possible routes wire staples. The wire should not have you might
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Installation Fundamentals Unobstructed space for speaker wiring Figure 5 route around it all. You can accidentally Sometimes, an under-the-carpet run is pos- induce 60 Hz hum on your speakers if you sible (there are special flat speaker wires run your speaker wire right beside electri- made for under-the-rug wire runs). As a last cal wire for more than a few feet. Try to resort, heating and air conditioning vents keep speaker wire running parallel to can be used as wire raceways for plenum pow
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Installation Fundamentals Figure 7 In traditional wood stud/drywall construc- When you are dealing with the unknown tion you can cut the hole for the speaker because of the structure of your home, or and utilize the large hole to auger holes with difficult to patch wall materials like across, up or down the wall for as far as plaster, lath and plaster, faux finishes, wall- your drill bit will take you. If you have paper etc., be patient. A careful study of the matching paint and take reasonable
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Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in New Construction Figure 8 Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in New Construction 4 Wire Ties Stage One: Before Drywall is Hung Insulating the Wall Cavity. If feasible, fill the wall cavity with insula- tion at this point. Attach the wings to the bracket by snapping them into the sides of the bracket. The wings can be shortened by breaking them along the scored lines if their length will interfere with a corner or eaves. You can mount th
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Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in New Construction Figure 10 Screw one side of the assembled bracket Painting the Aluminum Grilles with wings to the stud using one of the sup- The grille is important to the sound of the plied screws. Level the bracket. Screw the AT loudspeakers. Do not fill the holes of other side of the bracket to the stud. Two or the grille with paint. The grille is construct- three screws (depending upon the size of ed of aluminum with a perfectly even the model
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Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in Existing Walls Figure 11 Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in Existing Walls Important: Before you cut into any wall, review the sections on running wire and speaker placement. 1. Drill a 1/8” pilot hole just barely through the wallboard or dry wall (1/2” to 5/8” deep in most homes) about an inch below the center of your proposed speaker location (an inch to the side if you are mounting the speaker horizon- 3. If you are cutting painte
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Installation of the Speaker and Grille in New or Existing Construction 7. Attach the frame to the bracket by to compensate for less than ideal room screwing the frame to the bracket using acoustics, or to suit the listener’s preference. the supplied screws. Do not overtighten As an example, a speaker installed within the screws, this will distort the frame and one or two feet of a corner or ceiling may the grilles will not fit (this is not perma- exhibit excessive bass response caused by nent,
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Installation of the Speaker and Grille in New or Existing Construction Installing the Speaker If the grille is already installed, remove it by using a bent paper clip or the tip of a corkscrew and pulling it away from the frame (See Figure 13). 1. Separate the speaker wire so that at least two inches of each conductor are free. 2. Strip one half inch of insulation from the Figure 13 end of each conductor of the speaker wire. conductor you can only feel, different col- 3. If you have gold pin con
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Operation Operation Listening at Higher Volumes It requires more power to achieve a reason- able volume of sound in a large room than it does in a small room. It is possible (even if you are not a teenager) to turn the volume so high that the amplifier runs out of power. This creates “clipping” distortion. Clipping distortion makes treble sound very harsh and unmusical. When you hear harsh sounding treble from any good speaker, turn the volume down immediately! Those harsh sounds are masking som
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Specifications Specifications Model AT8000 Model AT8200 Driver Compliment Driver Compliment WOOFER — 8” Interlaced carbon/glass fiber WOOFER — 8” aluminum/urethane cone cone with an inverted dust cap, butyl rubber with a high temperature aluminum voice coil suspension and a custom construction debris former, an inverted dust cap, a butyl rubber screen suspension and a custom construction debris screen MIDRANGE — 1-1/2” fluid-cooled tri- laminate hyperbolic dome with a NDFE 35 MIDRANGE — 1-1/2”
