Octave 4A 02 OWNER’S MANUAL 04 ILLUSTRATIONS 14 SPECIFICATIONS 14 TROUBLESHOOT ww w. a r g on au d i o.
Octave 4A Owner’s manual Dear Customer, Quality has always been our driving force and founding Argon Audio is a natural extension of this philosophy. We have 20 years’ experience in creating and specifying high quality products, manufacturing them and selling them on to end users with Value-for-Money as the primary aim. And Argon Audio is a brand fully compliant with these values.
Octave 4A Running-in period We recommend a running-in time of your new Argon Octave 4A loudspeakers of approximately 15-20 hours at normal listening level before you decide on the final positioning of the loudspeakers. During the running-in time the drive units will settle in and perform as intended. Connecting your loudspeakers We recommend that you read the manual of your other audio products carefully before connecting your loudspeakers. Please switch off all equipment when connecting your loudspeakers.
Octave 4A Front panel, input indicators Power ON LED, and input indicator • • • • • Lights Yellow when in stand-by Lights bright Blue when “ON” Lights bright Blue when in RCA, Mini Jack and Optical mode 1 and 2 Lights bright Blue + flashing light Blue, when ready to connect in Bluetooth mode Lights bright Blue + light Blue when connected in Bluetooth mode ww w. a r g on au d i o.
Octave 4A Rear panel and connections Bass port that enhances the bass. Do not block this port. S/PDIF Digital optical input 1 and 2. For connecting a music source that has a digital S/PDIF output. Input for CD player, DVD player etc. using RCA plugs. 3,5 Mini-Jack input for connecting iPod, MP3 or PC Out put for active subwoofer Volume control and Input selector. Turn the knob to adjust the volume up or down.
Octave 4A Connecting your speakers STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 1 Connect the RED (+) and BLACK (-) terminals from the left speaker to the corresponding terminals on the right speaker using at least decent speaker cable, to enhance sound quality. Insulation on cable must be stripped on all ends. Note: Because this Argon system is self-powered, do not connect the speaker terminals to the speaker outputs of a stereo receiver. STEP 2 Connect the power cord into the left speaker and the other end into the wall outlet.
Octave 4A Connect your Argon Octave 4A to a subwoofer 1 2 CONFIGURATION (connecting subwoofer using RCA plugs mono or stereo) Connect the single RCA plug to your Argon Octave 4A. Your subwoofer might have input for one RCA plug just like there is only one RCA output plug from the Argon Octave 4A. Connect using this single RCA plug at both ends. Your Subwoofer might have a Left and Right input. In this case you can choose two options.
Octave 4A Use of digital audio connection (S/PDIF optical) 1 Optical inputs Your Argon Octave 4A is equipped with two optical digital inputs (shown marked no.1 on the drawing) An optical Digital input means that you can connect a sound source that has a optical digital output. Conversion of the signal from digital to analogue would normally happen in the sound source, but when connecting your device via optical digital inputl, the D/A conversion will happen in the Argon Octave 4A.
Octave 4A Use of analogue audio connection 1 2 What not to do when connecting a Source input to your Argon Octave 4A Do not use a combined RCA and Mini-Jack (3,5mm) cable! Often you will see a cable that has mini-jack at one end and two RCA plugs at the other end. The cable will work but the input sensitivity of mini-jack and RCA are quite different. This will result in the Argon Octave 4A playing too low volume. Use only cables with identical plug types at both ends.
Octave 4A Use of Bluetooth audio connection Pairing and connecting Bluetooth • Turn on the Argon Octave 4A • A Blue light will show in the front display-eye • Activate Bluetooth on your mobile/tablet/pc etc • Activate “make device discoverable” on your mobile/tablet/pc etc • Make your mobile/tablet/pc etc search for Bluetooth devices • “Argon Octave 4A” will show up in the display as “found” • Tab on the “Argon Octave 4A” text on the mobile/tablet/pc etc to pair • When paired tap again on the “Argon Audio O
Octave 4A Argon Octave 4A will automatically connect to your PC/Laptop when it’s turned on. To avoid this you need to disconnect Argon Octave 4A in the PC/Lap top Bluetooth settings. Using Bluetooth Indicators and functionality Operating Argon Octave 4A Volume control/input selector NOTICE this knob/button has THREE FUNCTIONS: 1) Controlling volume by turning 2) Changing input, by pressing 3) Turn off/on, by pressing/holding 3 sec. Play back • Any music player app can be used for play back.
Octave 4A Controlling the volume The main volume on Argon Octave 4A is adjusted on the back side as indicated on above drawing (page 11). It is recommended that you set the volume level on Argon Octave 4A at a rather high level and use your mobile/tablet/pc etc app to adjust the play back volume. Regarding TV sound, most TV remotes can control the Argon Octave 4A active speaker volume if connected to variable TV audio out and to mini jack input on Argon Octave 4A.
For “Auto Power Up” (APU) there are 3 different settings you can choose from: No APU • means you need to turn Argon Octave 4A On manually (see above) APU1 – scanning all inputs • Argon Octave 4A will make a cycling process and scan all five inputs for signal. The process takes about 3 seconds for each cycle • While searching for an active input the Blue light will flash in the display-eye. • When a signal is found, Argon Octave 4A will automatically turn On and select the source.
• • • Octave 4A When the display-eye on the front start to flash yellow, release the knob. Press and release the knob again TWICE while the yellow light is still flashing (press within five seconds) Wait until the display-eye stop flashing, APU is now set to APU on last selected source and Argon Octave 4A will go into standby.
Octave 4A that the bass ports on the rear panels are not blocked by a rodent or jelly sandwich. If no output from right speaker, check... that the speaker wire is properly connected from the left to right. Check by removing the speaker wire from both terminals on each speaker and reconnecting. ww w. a r g on au d i o.
