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INSTALLATION & OPERATION GUIDE
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B LENDING H IGH F IDELITY
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Features and Benefits dens or living rooms; as main or surround Congratulations! Introduction speakers in home theaters. Thank you for choosing a Performance In-Wall Loudspeaker from Niles. With The PR or Performance group of A PR5/PR6 Speaker Kit; and the cor- proper installation and operation, you’ll enjoy years of trouble-free use. in-wall loudspeakers offers speakers responding Bracket Kit (5 or 6) is expressly designed for an optimum bal- required to install one pair of PR5/PR6 ance
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Installation Considerations Features and Benefits BumpBack™ Woofer Magnet a particular stage of construction. When Figure 1 Model HD8 Shown Niles engineers have utilized a unique the framing and wiring are finished, you motor construction enabling far greater install the bracket. After the drywall is up, “throw” or voice coil excursion. This but before the painter begins to paint, you New Construction Wings allows a high level of bass performance to install the frame and provide the rustproo
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Speaker Placement Installation Considerations er, so you must connect the wire from the An IR sensor requires that a 2-conductor best position, measure the “listening” dis- Speaker Placement amplifier to the volume control and then shielded wire (West Penn D291 or equiv- tance between the ideal listening position from the volume control to the speaker. alent) be home run from each sensor loca- (your favorite chair or couch) and the wall Placement for Critical Listening tion to the main equipm
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Speaker Placement Speaker Placement The Boundary Effect You can make listener position still soundtrack to envelope you in the envi- five to eight feet of the listening location. Corners can affect the bass response of less critical by using mono rather than ronment on screen. They will place back- If you are using a 25 to 50 watt amplifier the speaker powerfully! This is called the stereo. This can be difficult to achieve ground music, rain sounds, traffic noise, you can mount the speakers 10
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Installation Fundamentals Installation Fundamentals cable. Side-by-side wiring is unavoidable Try to line the holes up perfectly, because er cable around the house. What you Installation in particular spots in every house, just it makes pulling the wire much easier. see when you look at the painted wall move the speaker wire route away as A good technique is to snap a chalk line board, plaster, or paneling is only the Fundamentals soon as possible. If construction forces a across the face of
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Installation Fundamentals Installation Fundamentals ing a penlight into the wall. Figure 6 building codes, some municipalities If you have access to an attic require conduit). or basement space you can In traditional wood stud/drywall construc- quickly see which part of the tion you can cut the hole for the speaker wall space is free of obstruc- and utilize the large hole to auger holes tions (See Figure 5). across, up or down the wall for as far as your drill bit will take you. If you ha
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Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in New Construction Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in New Construction Screw one side of the assembled bracket the grille with paint. The grille is construct- Installation of with wings to the stud using one of the ed of aluminum with a perfectly even supplied screws. Level the bracket. Screw powder coat overall. This powder coat is Brackets, Frames the other side of the bracket to the stud. an ideal primer. Two or three screws (
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Installation of the Speaker, Sensor and Grille in New or Existing Construction Installation of Brackets, Frames and Grilles in Existing Walls Figure 11 That way, the drywall section can be Installation of Installation of the replaced cleanly if there is an unseen obstruction behind the wall. BE VERY Brackets, Frames Speaker, Sensor CAREFUL NOT TO SAW THROUGH EXISTING WIRES, PIPES, OR STRUCTURE. and Grilles in and Grille in New or IF YOU FEEL ANY EXTRA RESISTANCE AS YOU ARE CUTTING, STOP
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Installation of the Speaker and Grille for New or Existing Construction Installation of the Speaker and Grille for New or Existing Construction Installing the Speaker 1. Stand half way between the two speak- If the grille is already 6. Repeat these instructions ers. installed, remove it by for each speaker you are 2. Play some music with the amplifier or using a bent paper clip or connecting to the ampli- radio set to Mono. the tip of a corkscrew and fier. pulling it away from the 3. Listen
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Operation Installation of the Speaker and Grille in New or Existing Construction Adjusting the Tweeter Removal of Speaker Operation The tweeter is housed in a precision adjust- ment mechanism which enables precise and Grille Listening at Higher Volumes aiming of the directional high frequencies It requires more power to achieve a reason- to provide optimum performance. To adjust Removing The Speaker able volume of sound in a large room than the tweeter: If the grille is already installed,
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Specifications Specifications Specifications Specifications Model PR5 Model PR6 Driver Complement Driver Complement 5-1/4” Talc-Filled Polypropylene Woofer 6-1/2” Talc-Filled Polypropylene Woofer with Custom Debris Screen and Butyl with Custom Debris Screen and Butyl Rubber Surround Rubber Surround ® ® 3/4” Kaladex Tweeter Housed in a 3/4” Kaladex Tweeter Housed in a Low Diffraction Precision Adjustment Low Diffraction Precision Adjustment Mechanism Mechanism Design Principle Design Princ
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