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SURROUND CINEMA
SPEAKERS
SCS145.5
OWNER’S GUIDE
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 2 READ FIRST! Important Safety Precautions! 13. Unplug this apparatus during light- 18. An outside antenna system should ning storms or when unused for long not be located in the vicinity of over- periods of time. head power lines or other electric light 14. Refer all servicing to qualified or power circuits, or where it can fall service personnel. Servicing is required into such power lines or circuits. When when the apparatus has been dam- installing an out
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 3 THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING JBL For more than 50 years, JBL provide every note of enjoy- Web site at www.jbl.com. has been involved in every ment that you expected – It enables us to keep you aspect of music and film and that when you think posted on our latest advance- recording and reproduction, about purchasing additional ments, and helps us to better from live performances to audio equipment for your understand our customers the recordings you play in home,
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 4 SPEAKER PLACEMENT FRONT CENTER CHANNEL SPEAKERS SPEAKER SUBWOOFER 0-2 ft. Stands shown are optional. SURROUND SPEAKERS 5 – 6 ft. The front speakers should be slightly to angle the speaker The low-frequency material placed the same distance down. reproduced by the subwoofer from each other as they are is mostly omnidirectional, The surround speakers from the listening position. and this speaker may be should be placed slightly They should be placed at placed
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 5 MOUNTING OPTIONS SATELLITES AND SURROUNDS On shelves. On the wall. Wall On optional stands (FS1000). brackets are included. WALL-MOUNTING Attach plate to wall. The Slide speaker onto support. Place speaker and support brackets should be placed, if on wall plate. Make sure possible, so that the screws that at least 1/4" (6mm) of IMPORTANT NOTE: The will fasten into a wooden wall the wall plate metal shaft is satellite speaker, when stud. If that is not possi
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 6 SPEAKER CONNECTIONS CONNECTION TIPS Separate and strip the ends To connect the supplied of the speaker wire as speaker wires to the shown. The wires supplied speaker terminals, press the with the system may already red or black plastic tab for be stripped and tinned for the desired terminal, insert easy insertion into the the bare end of the wire into speaker terminals. Speakers the hole and release the tab. and electronics terminals Gently tug on the wire
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 7 DOLBY DIGITAL OR DTS (OR OTHER DIGITAL SURROUND MODE) CONNECTION RECEIVER SUBWOOFER Connect this jack to the LFE ured for 5.1-channel LINE LEVEL IN output or subwoofer output operation, and the front left, L on your receiver or amplifier. front right, center and rear LFE OUT LFE INPUT R Connect each speaker to the speakers should all be set to corresponding speaker “Small.” If your receiver terminals on your receiver allows you to set the cross- Use this
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 8 DOLBY PRO LOGIC (NON-DIGITAL) – SPEAKER LEVEL Use this installation method Right Front Left Front for Dolby Pro Logic applica- Center ® + – + – tions (not Dolby Digital, DTS + – or other digital processing), where the receiver/processor does not have a subwoofer output, or a volume-controlled preamp (line-) level output: Subwoofer Connect your receiver or SPEAKER LEVEL amplifier’s front left and right + – –
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 9 OPERATION Move the Master Power ™ in the “Auto” position). automatically turn on (LED will switch (marked “Power” ¡) When your receiver or ampli- be green). If the subwoofer to the “ ” (On) position to use fier is off, or is not sending does not sense a signal after • the subwoofer. The SUB145 program material to the sub- approximately twenty minutes, subwoofer will automatically woofer, the subwoofer will be it will automatically go back turn on or go into
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 10 TROUBLESHOOTING If there is no sound from any other speakers that is work- If the system plays at low of the speakers: ing correctly. Turn every- volumes but shuts off as thing back on, and deter- volume is increased: • Check that receiver/ampli- mine whether the problem fier is on and a source is • Check all wires and con- has followed the speaker, or playing. nections between receiver/ has remained in the same amplifier and speakers. Make • Check that t
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 11 If there is no sound from the surround speakers: • Check all wires and con- nections between receiver/ amplifier and speakers. Make sure all wires are con- nected. Make sure none of the speaker wires are frayed, cut or punctured, or touching each other. • Review proper operation of your receiver/amplifier and its surround sound features. • Make sure the movie or TV show you are watching is recorded in a surround sound mode. If it is not, check to see whet
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SCS145.5 OM 7/21/04 12:44 PM Page 12 SPECIFICATIONS Subwoofer SCS145.5 System Amplifier Frequency Response 100 Watts RMS 35Hz – 20kHz (–6dB) Woofer 8" (200mm) Satellites Enclosure Recommended Power Bass reflex 10 – 100 Watts Dimensions (H x W x D) Impedance 15" x 13" x 14" 8 Ohms nominal 381mm x 330mm x 356mm Sensitivity Weight 86dB @ 1 Watt/1 meter 30 lb/13.6kg Tweeter One 1/2" (13mm) titanium-laminate dome, video-shielded Midrange One 3" (75mm) driver, video-shielded Dimensions (H
