Technical information
Table Of Contents
- Additional safety information
- Please read this owner’s guide
- Where to find…
- Before you begin
- Unpacking the carton
- Placing your speakers to achieve realistic home theater sound
- Connecting the speakers
- Connecting front cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass module
- Figure 5
- Cube speaker array connections to the Acoustimass module
- 1. Connect the wire pair marked CENTER to the center cube speaker array. Press the terminal tab o...
- 2. Connect the wire pair marked RIGHT to the right front cube speaker array (to the right of the ...
- 3. Connect the wire pair marked LEFT to the left front cube speaker array.
- 4. Plug the other end of each cable into the CENTER FRONT, RIGHT FRONT, and LEFT FRONT blue RCA j...
- Connecting rear cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass module
- 1. Connect the wire pair marked RIGHT REAR to the right rear cube speaker array (on your right as...
- 2. Connect the wire pair marked LEFT REAR to the left rear cube speaker array.
- 3. If you have a center rear cube speaker array (Acoustimass 16 system or upgraded Acoustimass 15...
- 4. Plug the other end of each cable into the RIGHT REAR, LEFT REAR, and CENTER REAR orange RCA ja...
- Connecting the Acoustimass® module to the receiver
- 1. Insert the multi-pin connector on the system input cable into the input jack on the Acoustimas...
- 2. Connect each wire pair on the other end of the system input cable to your surround receiver. C...
- 3. If applicable, connect the RCA plug marked LFE on the system input cable to the LFE/SUBWOOFER ...
- Cube speaker array connections to the Acoustimass module
- Figure 6
- Checking the connections
- Connecting the Acoustimass module to power
- Upgrading your Acoustimass 15 Series II speaker system
- For realistic home theater sound
- Setting your digital surround sound receiver
- Be sure to get the digital audio signal
- Setting your analog surround sound receiver
- Troubleshooting
- Customer service
- Cleaning the speakers
- Technical information
- Warranty period
- Accessories

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Contents
Where to find…
Setting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Unpacking the carton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Placing your speakers to achieve realistic home theater sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front center cube speaker array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front left and right cube speaker arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear cube speaker arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Powered Acoustimass
®
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting front cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting rear cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting the Acoustimass module to the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Checking the connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting the Acoustimass module to power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Upgrading your Acoustimass 15 Series II speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
For realistic home theater sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Adjusting the LFE level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Adjusting the bass/room compensation level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting your digital surround sound receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Be sure to get the digital audio signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Setting your analog surround sound receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cleaning the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Technical information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Warranty period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
AM264924_00 _V.pdf • August 13, 2002