Altec Lansing 4100 manual Troubleshooting

TROUBLESHOOTING

AlLEDs are unlit

Pow e ris notturne d on

Pre s s

Power On button on th e Syste m

Controle r.

AC cord is not conne cte d to waloutle t

Ve rify th e

AC line cord from

th e

back

ofth e Subwoofe r is plugge d

into th e w aloutle t.

Surge Suppre s s or (if us e d) is not powe re d on

Ifth e

AC line cord is plugged into a surge s uppre s s o r, m ak e s ure

th e s u rge

s uppre s s o ri s s w i tch e d on.

Sys te m Controle r is notconne cte d to th e S ubwoofe r

Conne ct Sys te m Controle rto Subwoofe r.

W aloutle t not functioning

Plug anoth e r de vice into th e

w a loutle t (s am e jack ) to insure i ti s

functioning.

No sound from

any spe ak e rs

Pow e ris notturne d on

Ve rify th e

AC line cord from

th e

back

ofth e Subwoofe r is plugge d

into th e w aloutle t.

Ve rify th e

Pow e r On switch

h as

be e n p re s s e d (LED is ilum inate d).

Volum e s e tting is too low

Turn th e

rotary knob to th e righ t to rais e th e s ys te m M a s te r

Volum e .

Ch e ck

volu m e

le ve lon com p u te rs ound card or alte rnate audio

source

de vice

and se tatm id le ve l.

Audio cable i s n o t conne cte d to audio source

Conne ct audio cable from audio source , ch e ck p lug conne ctions

on both s ubwoofe r and source .

Mak e

s ure th e s e s i g n a lcable s are

i n s e rte d firm ly into th e corre ct jack s .

Audio cable

conne cte d to w rong outputon audio source

M a k e

s u re th at th e

li m e g re e n 3.5 m m

s te re o jack is connecte d to

th e line-outjack o fth e audio source ;m ak e s u re it is fuly inse rte d.

Proble m w i th

audio source de vice

Te s tth e s pe a k e rs on anoth e raudio de vice . R e m o ve th e

audio

cable

from th e

audio source

d e vice and conne ct it to th e

line -out

on anoth e r audio de vice or th e h e adph one jack o fanoth e r audio

source

de vice .

No sound from

Subwoofe r

Subwoofe r volum e i s too low

If your m o d e lh as a Subwoofe rVolum e

control, try adju s ting itto

incre a s e

th e Subwoofe r volum e . If your m ode loffe rs a B a s s

S e le ctor function on th e Syste m

Controle r, adjus tS e le ct Bas s

function and raise volum e le ve l.

Sound source h as ve ry little lo w frequency conte nt

Iflis te ning to .W AVfile s ove r a com pute r sound card conne ction,

try li s te ning to a CD on your com pute r CD or DVD playe r. .W AV

file s o fte n h ave

little

lo w frequency conte nt. Try a m usic signal

with

m ore b a s s .

Controle r doe s

notw o rk

DIN conne ctor not ins e rte d in Subwoofe rjack

Ve rify th e

gray DIN conne ctori s firm ly ins e rted into th e DINjack

on th e

Subwoofe r.

R e fe r to th e

"Conne ctions " s e ction of your

U s e r's Guide for th e

corre ct pos ition ofth e arrow on th e

DIN plug.

Itis importantto insure th e pins are a ligned from plug to jack .

No sound from

Unitis not in Ste re o x2 or Gam ing m ode

Pre s s

th e

Mode button on th e Sys te m

Controle rto s e le cte ith e r

Re ar sate lite s

Ste reo x2 orgam ing Mode.

Rear le ve li s

too low

S e e

U s e r's Guide : "Re ar Volum e

Le ve lAdju s tm e nts ". Incre a s e

th e RearVolu m e le ve l.

S e tR e a rle ve lto de fault pos ition

S e e

U s e r's Guide : "Re ar Volum e

Le ve lAdju s tm e nts ".

Sound is

distorte d

Volum e le ve ltoo h igh

D e c r e a s e m a s te rvolu m e le ve l.

Sound source i s d i s torte d: audio source is compute r

.W AVfile s are o fte n ofpoor quality so distortion and nois e a re

sound card

e as ily notice d with h igh powere d

s p e a k e rs . Try a diffe re nt sound

source

lik e a m us ic CD.

Note nough tre ble

Tre ble s e tting is too lo w

Pus h

th e

Tre ble button on th e Syste m

Controle r and incre a s e

le ve l.

S e tR e a rle ve lto de fault pos ition

S e e

U s e r's Guide : "Re ar Volum e

Le ve lAdju s tm e nts ".

Too m uch

tre ble

Tre ble s e tting is too h igh

Pus h

th e

Tre ble button on th e Syste m

Controle r and de cre a s e th e

le ve l.

S e tR e a rle ve lto de fault pos ition

S e e

U s e r's Guide : "Re ar Volum e

Le ve lAdju s tm e nts "

Too m uch

bass or

Bas s s e tting is too h igh

Pus h

th e

Bas s

button on th e

S ys te m Controle rand de cre as e th e

le ve l.

Subwoofe ris distorte d

S e tR e a rle ve lto de fault pos ition

S e e

U s e r's Guide : "Re ar Volum e

Le ve lAdju s tm e nts ".