M&K Sound CENTER-850 Operation Manual

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    Operation manual lcr-851/center-851 lcr-850/center-850 lcr-651 lcr-650 miller & kreisel sound, inc. 9351 deering avenue chatsworth, ca 91311-5858 usa (818) 701-7010 fax (818) 701-0369 www.Mksound.Com ©2002 miller & kreisel sound, inc. Satellite speaker tm.

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    This manual applies to: lcr 650 shown in light cherry lcr 651 shown in titanium lcr 850 in lt. Cherry lcr 851 in titanium center 850 in lt. Cherry center 851 in titanium.

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    Table of contents 1. Introduction...........................................................................................................3 2. Placement of your m&k speakers...........................................................3 3. Speaker hook-up & usage.........................................

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    1. Introduction congratulations! Your new m&k speaker system will give you years of unmatched enjoyment and excitement while listening to your favorite musical and audio/video sources. We encourage you to read this owner’s manual, as there is a great deal of information provided here to help you ach...

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    Wiring the positive ( + ) lead from your amplifier or receiver should be connected to the red ( + ) "input" terminal, and the negative ( — ) lead from your amplifier or receiver should be connected to the black ( — ) "input" terminal. See figure 1 below. 4. The m&k high-frequency prism system (850 a...

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    If the center speaker is located horizontally above the tv, the tweeter should be angled up and if the speaker is located below the tv than the tweeter should point down. This does not apply to the center-851 or center-651 speaker. 6. Optimizing speaker placement the sound quality produced by your s...

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    Try to follow the formula as close as you can. You can fine tune the placement by listening to a source with an image (such as a vocalist) centered between the speakers. When listening in stereo (no center channel speaker), move the speakers closer together or farther apart in small increments until...

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    Center channel the center channel speaker in any multichannel system is the most important speaker in the system. This speaker often produces more output than the left and right speakers combined. This speaker should be of the highest possible quality, and as similar as possible in response and radi...

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    If you mount the surrounds on the side wall behind the listening position, they can be aimed towards each other or angled towards the back wall or the side wall surface directly behind them. By reflecting sound behind the listening position, you may increase the sense of envelopment in the sound. If...

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    If your subwoofer has a phase switch on its back panel, move it either from (+) to (—) or vice versa. If your subwoofer does not have a phase switch, it takes a bit more work. You will have to change the positive and negative speaker inputs on the back of both main speakers. You can do this at the b...

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    This clipping distortion occurs when the demands of the music are greater than the amplifier's available power. It can occur at 20 watts with a small amplifier, or at 400 watts with a large amplifier. When this happens, the amplifier's output waveform (which should look like a smooth arc) is "clippe...

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    14. Specifications these specifications apply to both the lcr-851 & center-851, except as indicated: impedance 4 ohms minimum power: 10 watts rms recommended power: amplifiers with between 25 and 200 watts rms or more (see below) maximum power: 200 watts rms unclipped peaks frequency response: 80 hz...

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    Lcr & center 851/850/651/650 manual pn # 70042 08/20/2002 rev1 pt/qrk.