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C/L/R 3000 Center/Left/Right Professional Audio V ideo Shielded Loudspeaker with Built-In Powered Subwoofer Owner's Manual * Registered T rademark Congratulations on your purchase of the Definitive T echnology C/L/R 3000 Shielded Center/Left/Right Audio V ideo Loudspeaker System.
2 CAUTION! T o reduce the risk of electric shock and fire, do not remove the cover or back plate of this device. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Please refer all servicing to licensed service technicians. A vis: Risque de choc electricque, ne pas ouvrir .
3 Unpacking Y our C/L/R 3000 Please Inspect For Shipping Damage Each loudspeaker leaves our plant in perfect condition. Any visible or concealed damage most likely occurred in handling after it left our plant and should be reported at once to your Definitive dealer or the delivery compa- ny that delivered your loudspeaker .
4 Rear Panel Gold Jumper High Mid Low HIGH LEVEL IN POWER AUTOMATIC ON/OFF LEVEL FULL RANGE LOW LEVEL IN H igh Mid Low HIGH LEVEL IN POWER AUTOMATIC ON/OFF LEVEL W ITH BUILT-IN POWERED S UBWOOFER CLR 3000 BALTIMORE MD 2 1117 USA ® FULL RANGE LOW LEVEL IN SERIAL NUMBER 1.
5 Connecting Each Speaker with One Pair of Speaker Wires Only When the C/L/R 3000(s) are hooked up using simply one set of speaker wire per speaker (with no separate low-level input for the subwoofer .
6 Bi- or T ri-Wiring The concept of bi- or tri-wiring is that higher sonic performance (greater inner detail, higher definition, increased transparency and improved depth) is achieved by utilizing two or three sets of wires to connect each loud- speaker to its respective channel of your amplifier or receiver .
7 For tri-wiring: (See diagram # 3) Remove all the gold jumpers on the speaker and wire with separate wires to each of the low , mid and high ter- minals going to the appropriate + or - terminal of its appropriate channel of your amplifier .
8 Using the Full-Range Low-Level Input for Driving the Built-In Powered Subwoofer Y our C/L/R 3000(s) has a separate RCA input jack labeled “Full Range Low Level In” which may be used to drive the built-in powered subwoofer directly from your preamp or preamp section of your receiver (if you have center channel low level full-range output).
9 When you use this low-level input to the subwoofer , it is very important to disconnect (on the speaker(s)) the gold jumper going between the + (red) mid and low , and - (black) mid and low 5-way binding posts. (There should be nothing connected to the 5-way binding posts labeled low .
Using Y our C/L/R 3000(s) in a Dolby Digital AC-3 System Using your C/L/R 3000 as a Center Channel in a Dolby Digital System When using your C/L/R 3000 as a center channel in a Dolby Digital system simply hook up the C/L/R 3000 to the center channel output of your system as described in the preceding section.
Setting Bass and T r eble Contr ols on Y our Receiver or Amplifier Normally we recommend that you set the “Bass” and “T reble” controls on flat or 0 dB.
VER Y IMPORT ANT : SETTING CHANNEL BALANCE AND BASS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Dolby Digital and Dolby ProLogic systems and decoders have a criti- cal channel balancing procedur e for the left and right front.
The C/L/R 3000 is supplied with brass inserts designed to go into the bottom of the speaker to hold adjustable feet which hold the speaker above the surface it is placed on as well as give you the option of angling the speaker up or down to point directly at the listeners.
Definitive T echnology warrants to the original retail purchaser only that this Definitive T echnology Loudspeaker Product (the “Product”) will be free from defects in materials and workmanship fo.
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