Klipsch Bookshelf Speaker owner manual Bass Management Settings, Care and Cleaning

REFERENCE SERIES

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tive and negative output terminals on your amplifier or receiver to the matching input terminals on your speakers:positive (“+”,color-coded red) to positive and negative (“–”,color-coded black) to negative.(See Figure 5.)

Most pre-terminated speaker cables have color-coded connectors that make it easy to match output and inputs correctly. If yours do not,or if you are making your own out of paired,two- conductor wire,look for identifying marks on the insulation of the two conductors.Normally there will be printing,a stripe or a molded ridge along one of the conductors.

Bi-wiring - In bi-wiring,separate cables are connected from the amplifier or receiver output ter- minals to the speaker input terminals for the tweeter and woofer. (See Figure 6.) This results in

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lower electrical resistance between the amplifier and speaker than single-wiring with the same gauge cable.In some cases bi-wiring may be preferable to single-wiring with lower-gauge cable,which will be thicker and probably less flexible.

To bi-wire your Reference Series speakers,loosen the nuts on the binding posts and remove the metal straps or wire jumpers linking the woofer and tweeter terminals.Observing proper polarity, connect one cable to the tweeter binding posts (upper) and another to the woofer binding posts (lower).Run both cables back to your amplifier or receiver and attach them to the same channel. (Do not, for example, attach one to an A speaker output and the other to a B speaker output on an amplifier or receiver with A/B speaker switching.) Amplifiers may be severely damaged if straps are not removed.

Biamping - In biamplification, the tweeter and woofer are driven by separate amplifiers fed from the same preamplifier output. We do not recommend biamplifying any of our speakers, since in general it will produce no benefit that could not be obtained simply by using a single larger amplifier and may cause severe sound degradation if not done properly. If you do biamplify, use the same model amplifier for the tweeter and woofer sections (to prevent frequency-response errors caused by different amplifier gains) and be sure to remove the straps linking the two sets

of input terminals on the speaker. Amplifiers may be severely damaged if straps are not removed.

BASS MANAGEMENT SETTINGS

Surround-sound receivers and processors use what is known as bass management to ensure that low frequencies in the various channels are sent to speakers that can handle them well and away from small speakers that cannot.Any of the Klipsch Reference Series bookshelf models can be set to Large in your receiver or processor’s speaker setup menu if necessary. But if your system includes a good powered subwoofer, you probably will get better overall performance by using the Small setting and letting the sub handle the low bass,especially in the case of speak- ers having a single woofer less than 6.5 inches in diameter.

CARE AND CLEANING

The only thing you should ever need to do to your speakers is dust them occasionally. Never

apply any abrasive or solvent-based cleaner or any harsh detergent. You can clean the grilles with the brush attachment of a vacuum cleaner.

WARRANTY — U.S. AND CANADA ONLY

The Warranty below is valid only for sales to consumers in the United States or Canada. KLIPSCH,L.L.C.("KLIPSCH") warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship (subject to the terms set forth below) for a period of five (5) years from the date of purchase.During the Warranty period,KLIPSCH will repair or replace (at KLIPSCH’s option) this product or any defective parts (excluding electronics and amplifiers).For products that have electronics or amplifiers,the Warranty on those parts is for a period of two (2) years from the date of purchase.

To obtain Warranty service, please contact the KLIPSCH authorized dealer from which you pur- chased this product. If your dealer is not equipped to perform the repair of your KLIPSCH product, it can be returned, freight paid, to KLIPSCH for repair. Please call KLIPSCH at 1-800-KLIPSCH for instructions. You will need to ship this product in either its original packaging or packaging affording an equal degree of protection.

Proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale or receipted invoice, which is evidence that this product is within the Warranty period, must be presented or included to obtain Warranty service.

This Warranty is invalid if (a) the factory-applied serial number has been altered or removed from this product or (b) this product was not purchased from a KLIPSCH authorized dealer. You may call 1-800-KLIPSCH to confirm that you have an unaltered serial number and/or you purchased from a KLIPSCH authorized dealer.

This Warranty is only valid for the original purchaser and will automatically terminate prior to expiration if this product is sold or otherwise transferred to another party.

This Warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or damage due to misuse, abuse,negligence, acts of God,accident,commercial use or modification of,or to any part of,the product.This Warranty does not cover damage due to improper operation,maintenance or installation,or attempted repair by anyone other than KLIPSCH or a KLIPSCH dealer which is authorized to do KLIPSCH warranty work.Any unauthorized repairs will void this Warranty. This Warranty does not cover product sold AS IS or WITH ALL FAULTS.

REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS WARRANTY ARE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE CONSUMER.KLIPSCH SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS PRODUCT. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW, THIS WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER,INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PRACTICAL PURPOSE.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages

or implied warranties so the above exclusions may not apply to you.This Warranty gives you specific legal rights,and you may have other rights,which vary from state to state.

WARRANTY OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

The Warranty on this product if it is sold to a consumer outside of the United States or