Stereo x2 Setup:

1. Conne ctth e orange p lug fro m th e RIGH T FRONT Sate lite into th e jack

m ark e d R IGH T FRONT on th e Subwoofe r;re p e a tth is

proce dure for th e LEFT

FRONT Sate lite , conne cting th e brown plug from th e

LEFT FRONT Sate lite

to th e jack m ark e d LEFT FRONT on th e Subwoofe r.

 

2. Conne ctth e purple plug from th e RIGH T REAR Sate lite into th e jack

m ark e d R IGH T REAR on th e Subwoofe r, re pe at th is procedure for th e LEFT REAR Sate lite , conne cting th e gold plug from th e LEFT REAR Sate lite to th e jack m ark e d LEFT REAR on th e Subwoofe r.

3.Conne ctth e gray DIN plug from th e Syste m Controle r unit into th e DIN jack m ark e d CONTROLLER on th e Subwoofe r. Note th at th e DIN plug h as

an arrow. Th e arrow s h o u ld be face up for corre ctins e rtion into th e DINjack

on th e Subwoofe r.

 

 

4. Se le ctth e 6.5 ft(5m ) cable w ith

lim e

gre e n 3 . 5 m m s te re o plugs on each

end and connectone e nd into th e

jack

labe le d FRONT on th e Subwoofe r and

th e oth e r to th e 3.5 m m outputjack on your audio source (CD Playe r, s te re o c a s s e tte p laye r, com pute r sound card, e tc.).

5. Optional: Conne ct a s e cond audio s ource to th e Auxiliary Input at th e back of th e Subwoofe r. Se e H ow To Enh ance Pre s e ntations W i th Dialogue and Oth e r Us e s For Th e (Aux) Auxiliary Input be low.

6. Conne ctth e power cord (at back o fSubwoofe r) to an AC W a ls o c k e t.

7. Th e unitis now ready to ope rate . Turn on th e audio source de vice .

Note: Always turn on your audio source de vice be fore turning on your Alte c Lansing 4100 Speaker Sys te m . If you turn on th e s pe ak e r s ys te m be fore turning on th e audio source , you wilh e ara loud POP sound wh e n th e audio de vice i s turned on.

8. Turn on th e Alte c Lans ing 4100 Spe ak e rSyste m . Se e U S E O F CONTROLS be low.

Front Input and (Aux) Auxiliary Input

Both Inputs are e q ual. Th e Aux (Auxiliary) Input is located on th e re a rofth e

Subwoofe r. One Inputcan be

us e d for th e compute r output and th e oth e r as

de s cribe d in "H o w to Enh ance

Pre s e n tations w ith D ialogue . " M a k e

conne ctions as describe d above (CONNECTIONS). Do notins e rtth e AC

p o w e r plug into th e w a loutle t be fore a lconne ctions a re m a d e .

Headphones

Conne ctyour h e adph one s to th e jack on th e

Syste m

Controle r. W h e n

h e adph one s are conne cte d, als p e a k e rs a re

m u te d .

 

USE OF CONTROLS

Power On/Off

Th e Pow e rOn/Offbutton is located on th e Syste m

Controle r. Pre s s

th e

Pow e rbutton to turn on th e s pe a k e r s y s te m . Pus h

it again to turn th e

unit off.

A gre e n LED power indicator in th e LED grouping above th e Mode button wil glow to s h ow power is on.

Master Volume Control

Locate th e rotary k nob on th e Syste m Controle r.

Th e

rotary k nob acts a s

th e M a s te rVolu m e controland h a s s e ve ralfunctions .

It ope rate s as a

M a s te r Volum e

controlforth e ove rals ys te m w h e n

no oth e rbuttons h ave

be e n push e d.

Itis als o us e d to individualy adjus tth e

le ve ls o fbass, tre ble ,

and re ar sound. Ifany ofth e s e functions i s s e le cte d and notu s e d for a fe w s e conds, th e controlre ve rts back to be com ing a Mas te rVolu m e control.

Five

le ve lindicators around th e controls h ow th e

pos ition ofth e

control. In

th e

e xtre m e counte rclock w i s e

p o s i tion alLED's

are

off. As th e

controli s

rotated clock w is e th e LED's ilum inate one at a tim e

untilin th e

m axim um

pos ition, wh e n alLED's are glowing.

 

 

 

Ifone of th e function buttons

h a s b e e n d e p re s s e d (Bas s , Tre ble

or Mode ),

th e

rotary k nob wiladju s tth e

le ve lofth e function s e le cte d. Th e gre e n

function indicatorassociate d with th e function s e le cte d w i lbe ilum inate d.

S e e

Tre b le /Ba s s S e le ctors b e low.

 

 

 

Treble/Bass Selectors

 

 

 

 

Th e

Bas s

and Tre ble buttons

are located on th e

Syste m Controle r. W h e n

th e

Bas s

button is pus h e d, th e b a s s LED wilturn on and th e rotary k nob wil

ch ange th e le ve lof bass on als p e a k e rs , h aving th e

gre ate s te ffe ct on th e

subwoofe r. Th e LEDs around th e rotary knob willigh t one at a tim e to

indicate th e le ve lof bas s boost or bas s re duction. Th e ce nte rLED indicate s

th e de fault pos i tion. Push ing th e bass button again wili m m e d i a te ly e xit th is

function. To re s e tth e bas s le ve lto th e de fault pos i tion, h old th e bass button

down forth re e

s e conds.

Pus h ing th e Tre b le button wilre s u ltin a similar patte rn. Wh e n th e tre ble

button is p u s h e d ,

th e tre b le LED wilturn on and th e rotary k nob wilch ange

th e

le ve loftre ble

on als p e a k e rs . Th e LEDs around th e rotary k nob willigh t

one

at a tim e

to indicate th e le ve lof tre ble boos tor re duction. Th e ce nte r

LED indicate s

th e

d e faultposition. Pus h ing th e tre ble button again wil

im m e d iate ly e xit th is function. To re s e tth e tre b le le ve lto th e d e faultposition, h old th e tre ble button down forth re e s e conds.

Mode Selector

Th e Mode S e le ctor button is locate d on th e Sys te m

Controle r. Th e

M o d e

s e le ctor ch ange s th e ope ration of th e

s ys te m fro m

o n e m o d e to th e

ne xt:

Ste re o x2, and Gam ing. Pre s s i n g th e

Mode button cycle s th rough

th e two

m ode s . In Ste reo x2 mode (syste m de fault) th e FrontInput plays on both th e

Front and th e Rear Sate lite s and th e

Subwoofe r. In Gam ing m ode , th e Front

Input plays on th e

Front Sate lite s , th e

Re ar Input plays on th e

Rear

Sate lite s , and th e

Subwoofe r plays from b o th th e Front and th e

Re ar Inputs .

Rear Volume Level Adjustments

To adjustth e volu m e le ve lofth e Rear Sate lite s , in e i th e r th e Ste re o x2 or Gam ing m ode , h old down th e M o d e b u tton for approxim ate ly 3 s e conds. Th e

LED to th e le ftin th e LED group around th e

Maste r Volum e

control(rotary

k nob) wilbegin flas h ing. Th is indicate s th e

Maste r Volum e

controlis now

program m e d to adjustth e le ve lofth e Rear s p e a k e rs . Th e

LEDs around th e

rotary k nob willigh tone a ta tim e to indicate

th e s tre ngth ofRear s p e a k e r

le ve l. Pus h ing th e M o d e b u tton again wilim m e d iate ly e xit th is function.

If

th e controlis notactive ly us e d for a s h ort w h ile , th e controlre ve rts back

to

Maste r Volum e controlfunction. Th e de faultre a rs pe a k e r le ve lis atth e

 

ce n te rLED position.

 

Th e rotary k nob re ve rts to Maste rVolum e controlfunction wh e n a pe riod of3 s e conds of inactivity occurs afte r adjus ting th e bass, tre ble , or re ar s p e a k e r le ve ls .

System Reset to Factory Default Settings

Ifth e 4100 is turne d on, pre s s

th e

Powe r button to turn it off. To re turn to

factory de faults e ttings, pre s s

both

th e Bas s and Tre ble buttons atth e

s am e

tim e a n d w h ile h olding th e m down, plug in th e 4100. Th i s w i lre s e tth e

bas s ,

tre ble , m ode , volum e a n d re ar volu m e s e ttings .

 

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4100 specifications

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