Energy fps 用户指南

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ar
e pr

oud to welcome you as an owner of ENERGY

Speaker Systems’

new T

ake FPS speakers.

Please take the time to r

ead all of the instructions contained in this

manual to make certain your system is pr

operly installed and set up for

optimal sound r

epr

oduction. Be sur

e to unpack your system car

efully

Retain the carton and all packing material for futur

e use.

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your pur

chase of ENERGY

speakers! Pr

oprietary

technology and high quality manufacturing will allow you to enjoy the most

natural and accurate music r

epr
oduction for many years. The advice of

fer
ed in

this manual is aimed at helping you maximize and maintain peak

performance, and ther

efor

e, your listening satisfaction. Please take the time

to r

ead all of the instructions contained in this manual to make certain your

system is pr

operly installed and functioning corr

ectly

BREAK-IN PERIOD

str
ongly advise that you r

esist the temptation to play your ENERGY

speakers loudly until they have been pr

operly br

oken in. It’

s important to

ensur

e the drivers have had time to loosen up a bit. This pr

ocess should

last appr

oximately 50 hours. This can be easily be done by putting your

compact disc player on Repeat mode, while playing a CD with a wide dynamic

range at normal listening levels.

SPEAKER AND SUBWOOFER PLACEMENT

ont Speak

er Placement (Diagr

am 1)

For best ster

eo imaging, the left and right speakers should be the same

distance fr

om their r

espective side walls. If the distance fr

om one speaker to

the listener is very dif

fer
ent fr

om the other it can af

fect the soundstage or

ster

eo imaging. Ther

efor

e, the ideal position is having the speakers

equidistant to the listener

A general guideline for speaker placement is to set up the space between

speaker and listener at appr

oximately 1-1/2 times the distance between the

speakers. For example, if the speakers ar

e placed a minimum of 6-feet (1.8m)

apart (the absolute minimum), the best seating position would be

9-feet (2.4m) away

Center Channel Placement (Diagr

am 1)

A center channel can be expected to r

epr
oduce as much as 60% of a movie's

soundtrack, most of which is dialogue. In or

der to maintain the ef

fect of

voices emanating fr

om the actor's mouth, the center speaker should be

centrally located between the left and right main channels and placed above

or below the television. Be sur

e that the center speaker’

ont baf

fle is flush with the fr

ont face of the television or cabinet to

maximize dispersion.

The T

ake FPS speakers ar

e equipped with magnetic logos.

In the event that the speaker is mounted upside-down or in a

horizontal/vertical position, simply r

emove and r

otate the logo.

SPEAKER CONNECTIONS

CAUTION: * T

of
f all power in your audio/video system befor

pr
oceeding with your installation. Not doing so could r

sult in potential

damage to the system.

Connecting the Speak

s (Diagr

am 2)

On the back of your ENERGY

Take FPS speakers ar

e r
ed and black spring

connectors. Using standar

d speaker wir

e, connect the system one channel at a

time, and start your pr

ocess at the Receiver

. Pr
ess down on the terminal, insert

the wir

e and r

elease. Connect the speaker wir

e fr

om the positive (RED+)

terminal on the r

eceiver to the positive (RED+) terminal on the speaker

Connect the negative (BLACK-) terminal on the r

eceiver to the negative

(BLACK-) terminal on the speaker

. Do this one channel at a time until all of

your speakers ar

e connected pr

operly

. Be car

eful to corr

ectly match positive

and negative, as well as the corr

ect speaker to the corr

ect channel.

NOTE: If you inadvertently r

everse one of the connections (i.e, r

ed to

black), you will notice a sever

lack of bass fr

om your system. This is

called wiring the system “Out of Phase”. If this occurs, check the wiring

and r

e-connect as necessary

FOR SPEAKER INST

ALLA

TION –

(Refer to diagr

ams 3 thr

ough 7)

RECOMMENDA

TIONS

Receiver Settings

The r

ecommended setting for the T

ake FPS speakers is the “large” position.

The Subwoofer must be activated by setting the “on” or “use” settings. Set

the cr

ossover fr

equency (if possible) to 80Hz.

Amplifier Requir

ements

All ENERGY Speakers ar

e designed to operate on a wide range of r

eceivers

and/or amplifiers. The impedance for all models is rated at 8 ohms, allowing

almost any amplifier to function well. Of course, the better the amplifier and

the system components, the better the overall system will sound.

W
ARNING: If an amplifier or r

eceiver is over

-driven, the r

esulting

distortion is actually many times gr

eater than its rated power

. Over

driven amplifier distortion is called “Clipping”, easily identified by its

fuzzy

, distorted sound, and can damage any speaker

. The volume contr

of most amplifiers and r

eceivers is a logarithmic type, which means that

full power may be r

eached with the volume contr

ol set at as little as the

halfway point. Operating the loudness, tr

eble, or bass contr

ols incr

eases

power output well beyond rated levels. The warranty on your speakers

is ther

efor

e void if the voice coils ar

e bur

ned or damaged as a r

esult of

overpowering or clipping.

Car
e of Finishes

our ENERGY

Speakers should be gently wiped clean with a warm, lint

ee cloth. Do not use any type of cleaner

, or abrasive as they can damage the

finish.

W
ARRANTY OUTSIDE OF

THE UNITED ST

TES

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

regulations. Ask your local ENERGY

dealer for details of the LIMITED

ARRANTY applicable in your country

W
ARRANTY FOR THE UNITED ST

TES AND

CANADA

Please see the warranty document on the back cover

“ENERGY”, the “ENERGY” logo, ar

e trademarks of Audio Pr

oducts Inter

national Corp.

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