Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GENESIS 5.3 Genesis Advanced Technologies
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Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 1 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Owner s Manual and Set-up Guide: Genesis 5.3 Loudspeak er Contents SET-UP GUIDE 3 U NPACKING 3 R OOM P LACEMENT 3 P OWER C ONNE.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 2 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ A Message fr om Genesis Congr atulat ions ! You are no w the own er of on e of the fin est loud speaker sys tems in t he wor ld. Based on t echno logie s de velop ed and ev olve d ove r the pas t fou r deca des, th e Gene sis 5.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 3 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Set-up Guide Now th at you have your new Genes is 5 louds peake r syst em, we real ize that yo u can’ t wait to hook it u p a nd s tart p layi ng! Howev er, pleas e r ead t his set up g uid e (ev en i f yo ur de aler i s settin g it up f or you!) before yo u proceed.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 4 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ 6’ to 8’ 20% 80% 10’ to 12’ Power Co nnections The re are tw o connec tions yo u will need to mak e to t he G5. First, the po wer cord for the built-in ampli fier will nee d to be plug ged into a pow er sock et.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 5 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ The bui lt-in amp lifier consum es ab out 1 0w on stand by – a bout the same as a chil d’s nigh t-li ght. He nce, leave the a mplifier on unless you wil l not be usin g the sys tem for an extend ed perio d of time (like a mont h-lo ng vac atio n).
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 6 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ W hile using this conn ection, switch t he Bass Input Sel ector to the down/line-le vel positi on. This will bypas s the high-level in put from the servo am p, and t he bas s input is t aken d irectly fro m the low- level inputs.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 7 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Contro ls There are a to tal of f ive co ntro l kn obs in two rows on the bac k plat e of the Gene sis 5 lo udspea ker. The upper left knob on the back plate marked “ Tw eeter ” is a volume control for the front tweeter.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 8 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ T uning the system Two chan nel ster eo mus ic is the be st wa y to begin your setup procedur e. W e suggest tha t mul ti-cha nnel and video sour ces be used onl y after yo u have set up the sys tem to p roperly rep rodu ce music.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 9 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ music accompan iment shoul d sound as if it were cut from one clot h, not sep arate . If the voic e soun ds “thin” or doe s not ha ve enoug h “ches t” to its so und, t urn th e woofers amplifi er’ s gain up till it doe s.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 10 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Small rooms have m ore b ass gain , henc e the sma ller t he roo m, t he higher t he lo w-pas s freque ncy to u se, and the lower the ba ss ga in level. The larger the room, the lo wer the low-pas s fre quenc y to u se, and the high er th e bas s ga in.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 11 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ (toe-in) to ward s your lis tenin g positi on unt il you ha ve a proper ly defined cen ter i mage. If the sp eaker s are too far apart you wi ll lo se the side image and if they are too close toge ther you will ha ve t oo s mall a cent er st age.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 12 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Do no t exte nd th e sp ikes all t he w ay to the end. T he y shou ld o nly be scre wed far enou gh down so that no part of t he aco ustic sus pensio n touches the floor, or re sts h eavil y on th e ca rpet.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 13 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ You can tilt t he tona lity of th e speak er toward s bright o r dry with the tweet er control, and for ward or l aid-back with the midrang e control. Home T heate r and Multi-Cha nnel Music W hile the Gene sis 5.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 14 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ If you are pl anning t o use l ong runs (m ore th an 10 fe et) of interconnects to con nect th e line-le vel LFE i nputs of your G5 to your process or, we su ggest tha t you use t he bala nced XL R inputs.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 15 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ the dif feren ce - by li steni ng - with e ach a djust ment, then make t he next ch ange. A common problem w e find with many set-ups is a tendency to separate the spe akers to o far fr om each oth er and to e them in too much.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 16 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ A good bal ance bet ween pro per lo w bass ext ension an d a deep an d spacio us s ound stage n eeds to b e estab lis hed to opti mize your speaker' s perfo rmance .
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 17 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ listener . This r eflection is und esirabl e because it is s lightly dela yed from the orig inal sound and “ smear s” pi npoin t imaging . This po int on the sidew all can be easil y determ ined with the he lp of a se cond per son an d a mirror .
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 18 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ T he T ec hnology The Genesis Ri bbon Tweet er Rev iewers in th e Audiophi le press hav e often re marked that the Genesi s ci rcular r ibbo n twee ter is the world ’s best.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 19 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Mid-Bass Co uplers In order to c reate a “so und br idge ” betwe en th e midr ange and th e bass sectio n, the G5 inc orporate s two 6.5inc h meta l cone mid- bass co uple rs.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 20 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ mode rate levels . The Genesis serv o bass syst em reduce s this distort ion to be low on e perce nt at almos t any out put le vel.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 21 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ cones a nd t he loud spe aker enclos ure a ll wor k in u nis on to pr oduc e bass ou tput that desce nds e venly to bel ow your hea ring limit s.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 22 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ resonate at the same frequ encies . Th is en sure s that all midran ge fr equenc ies are “dump ed” b elow t he b ase of the cabinet so that floor-bo rne vibr atio ns do not affect th e imag ing and sou ndst age o f th e loud speak er.
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2 23 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Specifi cations Dime nsio ns: H 46” x W 13 ¼” x D 23 ¼” W eight: 145 lbs (66kg) per side Freq uency Resp onse : 18Hz t o 36k Hz, +/ - 3d B Co ntrols: Lo w-pas s, ba ss ga in, L FE gain Rear T weeter (+/- 1 dB) Midrange (+/- 1.
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