Polk Audio Atrium 45p user manual

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ATRIUM
45P
Owner’s
Manual
High Performance
Self-Powered
5601 METRO DRIVE,
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21215, USA, Multi-Zone
800-377-7655, FAX: 410-764-5266
Speakers
www.polkaudio.com
RM0745-1

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SAFETY 8. Ventilation. 12. Power cord protection. plug has been damaged. Cooling fins on the rear of Power-supply cords should b) Objects have fallen into, PRECAUTIONS This pair of Atrium Self-Powered or liquid has spilled into, the cabinet are provided be routed so that they are READ FIRST! for ventilation, to ensure not likely to be walked on the product, or Loudspeakers comes in one box, containing CAUTION c) Product has been RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK reliable operation of the or pinched by i

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PLACEMENT OPTIONS “POWERED-PASSIVE” SPEAKER PAIR HOOKUP & ADJUSTMENT Because they are self-powered, your Atrium Self-Powered Atrium Loudspeakers are not This pair of Self-Powered Atrium Speakers Hookup #1—Line Level [figure 7]. Use this Loudspeakers allow you to bring sound into magnetically shielded and should not be makes it easy to take your music with you to hookup option for: any room in your house. You can use them placed closer than 1’ (30cm) from a televi- remote locations. You can even

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SELECTING AN ELECTRONIC SOURCE • Your Atrium Powered Speaker can be either Hookup Hookup #2—Speaker Wire [figure • Your Atrium Powered Speaker can be either If you turn on your system and do not the left or right speaker of a stereo pair, 8]. Use this hookup method with speaker the left or right speaker of a stereo pair, hear any sound, check the settings on depending on convenient placement near wire to remote locations, for “Multi-Room” depending on convenient placement near a your electroni

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MONO/STEREO SETTING SETTING VOLUME WITH SECONDARY MOUNTING VOLUME CONTROL Use this switch [figure 11] to improve The Atrium’s swiveling wall bracket allows it Installation of Atrium Series Loudspeakers The Secondary Volume Control for the Self- imaging, especially in remote room and to be mounted either horizontally or vertically requires basic skills in using tools such as a powered Atrium Speakers is located on the long distance installations. and aimed to deliver the best possible sound drill

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• Prior to installation, hold the speaker in the • If there is no stud behind the wall at the • Line up the bracket, attached to the speak- • Once the speaker is mounted, the bracket chosen location to make sure it safely chosen location, install #10 (M4.5) wall er, so that the screw heads pass through knobs can be loosened to “aim” the speak- clears obstacles such as ceiling, adjacent anchors (not supplied) into the wall by fol- the large center hole of the bracket’s key- er, and then hand-tigh

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PAINTING YOUR ATRIUM PREPARING TO PAINT: PAINTING THE CABINET, BRACKET PAINTING THE GRILLE: LOUDSPEAKERS KNOBS AND BRACKET: 1. Separate the parts of the speaker. Remove 1. The grille of the Atrium speaker features You will need: 1. Apply two thin coats of primer to the cabi- the brackets and bracket knobs. Remove an even, protective powder coating. This net and knobs. The bracket does not the grille by carefully pushing forward on powder coating is an ideal primer. • A spray can of primer paint