Avalon Acoustics Sentinel manual 4.2Connecting Upper Speaker Cabinet to Crossover

4.2Connecting Upper Speaker Cabinet to Crossover

1.Locate the upper speaker cabinet wiring harnesses: a four-conductor wiring harness with labels "HIGH" and "MID" for the tweeter and midrange, and a two-conductor wiring harness with labels "LOW" for the woofer. These harnesses are hard-wired directly to the upper loudspeaker cabinet drivers (routed through the wiring tubes in the lower speaker cabinet), in order to provide the most unobstructed signal path.

2.Connect the upper speaker cabinet wiring harnesses (routed through the wiring tubes in the lower speaker cabinet) to the OUTPUT terminal block on the bottom of the crossover cabinet, as shown in Figure 4.1.

LOW

LOW

MID

MID

HIGH

HIGH

Figure 4.1 – Connecting the upper speaker cabinet wiring harnesses to the crossover. RED is positive (+) and WHITE is negative (-).

Do NOT over-tighten the binding posts.

3.Check to insure the correct polarity: The spade with the RED label connects to the positive (+) terminal, and the spade with the WHITE label connects to the negative (-) terminal.

IMPORTANT: Correct polarity of connections is critical to performance. Check to insure that the RED labeled spade is connected to the positive (+) post and the WHITE labeled spade is connected to the negative (-) post.

4.Check to insure the correct driver connections: The spades with the "LOW" label connect to the terminals labeled "LOW", spades with "MID" connect to terminals with "MID", and spades with "HIGH" connect to terminals with "HIGH".

WARNING: Improper connection of drivers to crossover sections may instantly destroy the drivers in question. Check all connections carefully BEFORE power-up.

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