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3.

Select either the Filter Mode On or Of

f (#5).  The Filter Mode On

switch position should be used when connecting your 

MIRAGE

®

subwoofer to a r

eceiver without bass management or when you

wish to manually contr

ol the cr

ossover and volume settings (such as

in a music system).   The Filter Mode Of

f switch position should be

used when connecting to a r

eceiver with bass management (such

as in a digital surr

ound sound movie system).  This connection

defeats the cr

ossover featur

e on the 

MIRAGE

®

subwoofer

, allowing

this contr

ol to be handled by the r

eceiver

.  Adjusting the fr

ont panel

Level Contr

ol (#1) will still be r

equir

ed.

4.

Ensur

e that the supplied vibration dampeners ar

e installed in the

high-level speaker inputs, as this ensur

es that the inputs will not

vibrate audibly

.

5.

See Final System Adjustments, below

.

1.

The other way to connect your subwoofer to your r

eceiver is using

a High-Level (#8) (speaker wir

e) connection.  First r

emove the high-

level vibration dampeners that ar

e installed between the terminals

and then simply connect the speaker wir

es fr

om the Fr

ont Left and

Right Speaker Outputs on your r

eceiver to the Left and Right Inputs

on the r

ear of the subwoofer (#8).  It is imperative that speaker

polarities be maintained, one must connect the positive and

negative wir

es to the appr

opriate positive and negative terminals.

Failur

e to do so will r

esult in an out of phase connection, sever

ely

limiting the amount of bass in your system.  

2.

After connecting the High-Level (#8) (speaker wir

e) between your

receiver and subwoofer

, ensur

e no fray wir

es ar

e touching, as this

could cause a short cir

cuit and damage your electr

onics.  Plug your

MIRAGE

®

subwoofer into an AC outlet.  Do not use the AC outlet

on the r

ear of your r

eceiver

.

3.

See Final System Adjustments, below

.

Do NOT connect both RCA (#7) and High-Level (#8) connections

simultaneously

, as this will damage your MIRAGE subwoofer

.

1

.
The Subwoofer is equipped with a master power switch which must

be engaged prior to use. 

After having completed the br

eak-in

pr

ocess, select the corr

ect position for the Power Mode switch (#6),

either On or Auto depending on your system.  The Auto selection

will leave the unit in a self-sensing mode, such that should the unit

sense an audio signal it will tur

n itself on and then shut down after

several minutes without signal, while in the On position the

subwoofer always r

emains on.  Should the system not be used for

an extensive period of time, it is r

ecommended that the subwoofer

be unplugged fr

om the AC outlet.  

2.

Adjust the Level Contr

ol (#1) on the fr

ont panel of your 

MIRAGE

®

subwoofer so that the volume of your subwoofer matches the

overall system volume.  This ensur

es a smooth transition between

the low and high fr

equencies of your system.  

3.

Adjust the Fr

equency Setting (#3) on your 

MIRAGE

®

Speakers

subwoofer so that the fr

equency range of the subwoofer blends

well with that of the fr

ont speakers (For use with all settings, except

when in Filter Mode Of

f).  Setting the cr

ossover too low will cr

eate

a gap between the fr

equency r

esponse of the fr

ont speakers and

that of the subwoofer

, while setting the cr

ossover fr

equency too

high will cr

eate a doubling of certain fr

equencies, making the music

sound boomy

. When using small satellite speakers, the appr

opriate

cr

ossover fr

equency should be fr

om 95Hz to 120Hz, for the

bookshelf speakers 65Hz to 95Hz and for the large cr

ossover

floorstanding speakers 40Hz to 65Hz.

4

Adjust the Phase contr

ol (#4) so that the subwoofer integrates fully

with the r

est of your audio system.  This contr

ol is adjustable to

either 0 degr

ees or 180 degr

ees, and ensuring that the subwoofer

operates in phase with the r

est of the system is critical, as an out of

phase subwoofer will either sound like it is lacking in bass

performance or that its timing is of

f.  This setting will be

determined by your listening position, the characteristics of your

listening r

oom and its interaction with your 

MIRAGE

®

subwoofer

.

An out of phase speaker means that the speaker cone is moving

inwar

ds when it should be moving outwar

ds, like the other

speakers in your system, causing cancellations of certain

fr

equencies.  By adjusting the phase contr

ol, one can ensur

e that all

speakers move in the pr

oper dir

ection, at the same time.

5. 

Steps 2, 3 and 4 might r

equir

e r
epeating in or

der to fine tune your

system.  Ensuring the pr

oper blending between the speakers and

the subwoofer is critical to the performance of your system, as a

whole.

Outside of North America, the warranty may be changed to comply

with local r

egulations. Ask your local 

MIRAGE

®

dealer for details of the

LIMITED W

ARRANTY applicable in your country

.

Please see the warranty document on the back cover

o

wners manual

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