Bowers & Wilkins 802, 800 manual Unpacking Your Speakers, English, Environmental Information

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1. Unpacking Your Speakers 2. Positioning your 800 Diamond or 802 Diamond

The 800 Diamond and 802 Diamond are very heavy and we strongly suggest that they are unpacked in the room in which they are to be used by two people working together. It is also a sensible precaution to remove jewellery to negate the risk of scratching the speakers’ surface finish.

The table above illustrates the component parts that are packed with the 800 Diamond and 802 Diamond. In the unlikely event that anything is missing please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the speakers.

All grilles attach magnetically. When fitting the midrange grille, rotate it to find the alignment with strongest pull.

Tweeter diaphragms are very delicate and easily damaged. Any mishandling of the tweeter grille close to the unit may result in the grille being attracted into the diaphragm. For this reason, the tweeter grille is supplied ready fitted and we recommend that you leave it in place.

The speakers are shipped with roller-glide feet fitted to their undersides to aid manoeuvring them close to their final positions. However, thanks to the extreme weight of the speakers, it is possible for the roller-glides themselves to leave marks in vulnerable floor surfaces. It is advisable therefore to protect the floor using an intermediate layer of carpet or floor tiles, for example, as the speaker is moved.

Once the speaker is close to its final position, the roller- glides can be removed and the adjustable spike or rubber feet fitted. This is described in Section 3.

Environmental Information

All Bowers & Wilkins products are

designed to comply with international

directives on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment and the disposal of Waste Electrical

and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). These symbols indicate compliance and that the products must be appropriately recycled or processed in accordance with these directives. Consult your local waste disposal authority for guidance.

General Guidelines

In either stereo or home theatre installations, try to ensure that the immediate surroundings of each speaker are similar in acoustic character. For example, if one speaker is adjacent to bare walls while the other is adjacent to soft furnishings and curtains, both the overall sound quality and the stereo image are likely to be compromised.

The location of room boundaries fundamentally affects the sound of a speaker. As more surfaces come

into close proximity, the speaker’s bass and lower midrange will become more prominent. At the same time, the speaker’s stereo image is likely to become less focussed and portray less depth. The aim when positioning speakers is to find a happy medium between domestic constraints, tonal balance and stereo image quality. Re-visiting and adjusting the position of your speakers following initial installation will probably further improve the sound quality and is usually worthwhile.

The 800 Diamond and 802 Diamond have an optimum vertical listening window which is designed to cover the average ear height range of seated listeners, between 0.9m and 1.2m. If you have very low seating, the 800 Diamond and 802 Diamond adjustable feet enable a small degree of vertical tilt should this be required. See Section 3.

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