Outlaw Audio BLS-B(C) owner manual Option Connecting to a system with single speaker wire

Owner’s Manual

Setup Guide

Option 1:

Connecting to a system with single speaker wire.

This is the most common way to connect an individual speaker to a power amplifier or receiver. A standard 16 or 14 gauge speaker wire is used to join the amp and speaker together.

Caution: To prevent damage to your amplifier or speakers and avoid the risk of electrical shock always disconnect the power to your receiver or amplifier when making any system connections.

To connect each speaker with a single speaker wire, carefully follow the steps below:

1.Turn off all system components and unplug the receiver or amplifier.

2.Loosen one set of the Outlaw Loudspeaker’s binding posts. Note: Be sure that the binding posts jumpers remain installed.

3.Insert the appropriate polarity wire through the postholes on the binding post.

4.Carefully tighten the binding post until snug. Over tightening will strip the binding post and prevent a solid connection.

5.Repeat steps 2-4 at the amplifier binding post with the opposite end of the speaker wire.

Note: Remember that polarity must be maintained between speaker and amplifier, ie. positive terminal (red post) on speaker to positive terminal on power amplifier.

Caution: Check terminal posts on both connections (speaker and ampli- fier) to ensure that loose copper strands have not been allowed to “short” the binding post pairs. Any loose strands that touch both the positive and negative terminal posts must be removed before powering up the amplifier. Failure to do so may result in damage to the amplifier or speaker.

Option 1: Standard Connection
	Left Speaker			Right Speaker
		Boundary	High	Boundary	High
			Frequency		Frequency
		0	+2dB	0	+2dB
	Jumpers	-2dB	0dB	-2dB	0dB
		-4dB	-2dB	-4dB	-2dB
	remain in
	place
				LEFT	RIGHT
	Receiver/Amplifier
	Outlaw Audio

Option 2:

Connecting to a system in a bi-wire scheme.

Some audiophiles prefer to use a bi-wire scheme when connecting their speakers and amplifiers. While this connection type does not provide the added power of a bi-amplified wiring scheme (described in the next section), it can be beneficial in reducing the amount of EMF (electromotive force) that the woofer generates on the more “voltage-sensitive” high frequency circuitry.

To connect your speakers using the bi-wiring option, carefully follow the steps below:

1.Turn off all system components and unplug the receiver or amplifier.

2.Connect both pairs of speaker wire on one end by twisting the positive (marked) copper ends together as shown at right.

3.Repeat step 2 for the negative (unmarked) copper leads on the same end of the speaker wire, also shown at right.

Note: Some speaker wire manufacturers offer a speaker wire specifically designed for bi-wire applications. With these wires, Steps 2 and 3 are unnecessary.

4.Loosen your receiver or amplifier’s corresponding binding posts.

5.Insert the appropriate polarity wire through the postholes on the amplifier’s binding post.

Be sure to use the “double speaker wire” connection you have just created. The opposite end of this wire will have four leads, a pair for each set of speaker binding posts.

6.Carefully tighten the binding post until snug. Over tightening will strip the binding post and prevent a solid connection.

7.Loosen both sets of the Outlaw Bookshelf Loudspeaker’s binding posts.

8.Remove both binding posts jumpers.

Caution: Failure to remove these jumpers using this connec- tion scheme will result in damage to your power amplifier and or speakers.

9.Select one speaker wire lead to connect to the high frequency binding posts.

10.Insert the appropriate polarity wire through the postholes on the binding post.

11.Carefully tighten the binding post until snug. Over tightening will strip the binding post and prevent a solid connection.

12.Repeat steps 9-11 for the low frequency binding posts.

Note: Remember that polarity must be maintained between speaker and amplifier, ie. positive terminal (red post) on speaker to positive terminal on power amplifier.

Caution: Check terminal posts on both connections (speaker and ampli- fier) to ensure that loose copper strands have not been allowed to “short” the binding post pairs. Any loose strands that touch both the positive and negative terminal posts must be removed before powering up the amplifier. Failure to do so may result in damage to the amplifier or speaker.