Altec Lansing 4100 Placement Of Speakers, How To Enhance Presentations With Dialogue, Subwoofer

PLACEMENT OF SPEAKERS

Als te re o inform a tion is h e a rd from th e Sate lite s pe a k e rs . Th e Subwoofe r

contains n o s te re o inform ation and sound is non-dire ctional. As a re s ult, th e

Subwoofe r doe s notn e c e s s a rily h ave to be place d in any particular

re lations h i p to th e Sate lite s . Placing th e Subwoofe r on th e floor clo s e to th e walor corne r of a room p rovide s m axim um b a s s e fficie ncy.

WARNING: Th e Subwoofe ris notm agne ticaly s h i e lded. Th e Subwoofe r

s h ould NOT be place d ne ar video display de vice s s uch as a TVor com pute r m onitor. Th e Subwoofe r s h ould NOT be place d ne ar com p u te rh ard drive s . Pos i tion th e Subwoofe r at le a s t 2 fe e t(.6 m) away from compute r h ard drive s , or any oth e r m e dia th atu s e s m a g n e tic e ncoding.

Th e Sate lite s pe ak e rs can be	placed clo s e to a vide o display (TV, com pute r
m onitor) with out dis torting th e	vide o im age . Th e Front Sate lite s can be clo s e
to th e m onitor or s tre tch e d out as		far as th e s p e ak e r cords a low. Th e
place m e nt de pe nds on wh e re	th e	li s te ne rs its . Th e R e a rs p e a k e rs can be
place d s ligh tly be h ind th e li s te n e r.		Usualy be s ts te re o e ffe ct is obtaine d by

placing speake rs as far apart as th e irwiring alows . Front Sate lite and Re ar s p e a k e rs are us ualy place d at e a rle ve lor s ligh tly above .

Sound e ffe cts may vary depending on h ow th e re cordings are m ade .

Th e re fore , itis not unusualto re arrange th e	s p e ak e rs from tim e to tim e u n til
th e li s te ne r finds w h ich arrange m e nt give s	th e be s tre s ults .

How To Enhance Presentations With Dialogue

Th e	4100 outputjack (CONNECTIONS, Ste re o x 2 s e tup, Ste p 4) is
conne cte d to a com pute r sound card. A CD playe r or oth e r audio s ource can
be	plugge d into th e unuse d Aux (Auxiliary) Input. Mixing ofth e com pute r

audio output with		anoth e r audio source	can be accompli s h e d by us ing th e
volu m e	controlor On/Offs w i tch on th e		s e cond audio source . A typical
e xam ple	m ay be	a s folo w s :

A le cture r m ay wantto inte rje ctdialogue into a m ultim e dia pre s e ntation. If

th e	le cture r h as a wire le s s FM microph one s yste m th e outputofth e
m icroph one re ce ive r can be conne cte d to th e			unus e d Inputon
th e	4100. W h e n th e le cture r w i s h e s	to m a k e	a	c o m m e n t, h e	e ith e rturns on
th e	m icroph one s w i tch to s p e a k o rh e	can raise		or lo w e r th e	m icroph one

volu m e controlto m ix h i s voice w i th th e		com pute r audio program . Any oth e r
audio de vice can be	used in th e s am e	m anne r.
Note: Microph one	location in re lation to th e s pe ak e rs i s i m p o rtant.		Pos ition
th e m icroph one s o th at th e s pe a k e rs are locate d be tw e e n th e m icroph one
and th e audie nce , or so th at th e m icroph one is be h ind th e s p e ak e rs .			Ifth e
m icroph one i s p laced in front of th e s pe a k e rs , fe e dback w i lre s ult.

Other Uses For The Auxiliary Input

You m a y e le ctto h ook up your Ste re o syste m	or Ste re o TV to th e Aux
(Auxiliary) Input s o th at your s pe ak e rs m ay be	us e d for th e s e de vice s w h e n

your prim ary audio de vice i s n o tin use. You can also connect your m o d e m audio-outto th e s e cond Input.

SPECIFICATIONS

TotalSys te m Pow e r	140 Watts ;70 RMS
Fre q ue ncy Re s ponse	30 H z - 20 kH z
Signalto Nois e R a tio @ 1 k H z input	> 70 dB
Sys te m TH D (dis tortion)	< 0.5% TH D at-10dB ful
	s cale inputvoltage

Satellite Amplified Speakers

Spe a k e r Drive rs (pe r sate lite )	Two 1" (28 m m ) m icro
	drive rs
Com bined Sate lite Audio Powe r	35 W atts

Subwoofer

Spe a k e r Drive rs	Two 5.25" (133 m m )
	drive rs
Audio Powe r	35 W atts

Power Requirements

USA/Canada/and applicable

Latin Am e rican countrie s	120v60H z AC
Europe /Unite d Kingdom ;
applicable Asian countri e s ;
Arge ntina, Ch ile and Uruguay	230v50H z AC
ETL / cETL / CE / NOM /IRAM Approve d