User Manual

8S/10S/12SBACKPANELCONTROLS
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[1]VOLUME
TheVOLUMEknobcontrolstheoverallvolumeofthesubwoofer.KRKrecommendssettingtheVOLUMEtotheMIN
positionwhenfirstconnectingthesubwoofertoyourstudiomonitors.NextgraduallyraisetheVOLUMEtoareasonable
leveltopreventdamagetoyourhearing.Youwillalsoneedtoadjustthelevelofyourstudiomonitorstomakesurethe
levelsmatchproperly
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[2]CROSSOVER
TheKRK8s/10s/12sstudiosubwooferseachhaveabuilt‐inCROSSOVERwithfourcrossoverfrequencysettingsto
choosefrom.Sincestudiosubwoofersaredesignedtobeusedwithavarietyofnearfieldmonitors,youwillneedto
determinewhichsettingisrightforyourroomandapplication.Forusewithsmallermonitors,KRKrecommendsstarting
withthehighestfrequencysettingandadjustingtoalowersettingasneeded.Forlargermonitors,youmayneedtouse
thethirdorfourthpositiontofindtheidealsetting.
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[3]INPUTSENSITIVITY
TheINPUTSENSITIVITYcontrolonyourKRK8s/10s/12sstudiosubwooferhastwooptions:NOMINALandHIGH.These
settingsaredesignedtocompensateforthedifferencesinaudiosourcesthatcanbeconnectedtoan8s/10s/12sstudio
subwoofer.TheNOMINALsettingworkswellwithmoststudiorecordingapplicationswhiletheHIGHsettingisusefulfor
connectingtoconsumerelectronicslikeastereoreceiver.
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[4]POLARITY
Subwoofersareomnidirectionalandphaseissuesmaydeveloprelatedthepositionofotherspeakersinyourroom.
Becauseofthis,theKRK8s/10s/12sstudiosubwooferscomeequippedwithapolarityswitchthatcanbesettoeither0
or180degreesincaseaphasesituationoccurs.
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[5]STAND‐BY
TheKRK8s/10s/12sstudiosubwooferscomewithapower‐savingfeaturecalledSTANDBYwhichcanbeleftONor
turnedOFF.Ifthestudiosubwooferdoesnotreceivesufficientsignalafter30minutesthesubwooferwillmuteandgo
intoSTANDBYmode.TobringthesubwooferoutofSTANDBYmodejustprovideenoughaudiosignaltothesubwoofer
againbutmakesuretomonitorthevolumetokeepitfrombeingtooloudonreturn.
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[6]GROUNDLIFT
Eventhebeststudioenvironmentcanbesubjecttonoiseduetothevarietyofequipmentthatmustbeconnected.
EngagingtheGROUNDLIFTswitchhelpstoreduceoreliminatethisnoise.
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[7]UNBALANCEDSTEREOINPUT&OUTPUT
TheKRK8s/10s/12sstudiosubwooferscomeequippedwithastereopairofunbalancedRCAinputsandoutputs.These
connectionsaretypicallyusedinhomeaudioandsomeDJproducts.
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[8]BALANCEDTRS&XLRINPUTS
TheKRK8s/10s/12sstudiosubwooferscomeequippedwithbothbalancedstereopairsofTRSandXLRinputs.These
connectionsshouldbeconnectedtoyouraudiosourcesuchastheoutputsofamixeroraudiointerface.
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[9]BALANCEDTRS&XLROUTPUTS
TheKRK8s/10s/12sstudiosubwooferscomeequippedwithbothbalancedstereopairsofTRSandXLRoutputs.These
outputsareforconnectingyoursubwoofertoapairofnearfieldstudiomonitors.NOTE:Thesignalfromthisoutputis
automaticallyhigh‐passedabovetheCROSSOVERfrequencysetting.
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