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Limited Warranty
Dear customer,
Welcome to B&W.
This product has been designed and manufactured to the highest quality standards. However, if something does go wrong with this product, B&W Loudspeakers and its national distributors warrant free of charge labour (exclusion may apply) and replacement parts in any country served by an official B&W distributor.
This limited warranty is valid for a period of five years from the date of purchase or two years for electronics including amplified loudspeakers.
Terms and Conditions
1The warranty is limited to the repair of the equipment. Neither transportation, nor any other costs, nor any risk for removal, transportation and installation of products is covered by this warranty.
2This warranty is only valid for the original owner. It is not transferable.
3This warranty will not be applicable in cases other than defects in materials and/or workmanship at the time of purchase and will not be applicable:
a.for damages caused by incorrect installation, connection or packing,
b.for damages caused by any use other than correct use described in the user manual, negligence, modifications, or use of parts that are not made or authorised by B&W,
c.for damages caused by faulty or unsuitable ancillary equipment,
d.for damages caused by accidents, lightning, water, fire heat, war, public disturbances or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of B&W and its appointed distributors,
e.for products whose serial number has been altered, deleted, removed or made illegible,
f.if repairs or modifications have been executed by an unauthorised person.
4This guarantee complements any national/regional law obligations of dealers or national distributors and does not affect your statutory rights as a customer.
How to claim repairs under warranty
Should service be required, please follow the following procedure:
1If the equipment is being used in the country of purchase, you should contact the B&W authorised dealer from whom the equipment was purchased.
2If the equipment is being used outside the country of purchase, you should contact B&W national distributor in the country of residence who will advise
where the equipment can be serviced. You can call B&W in the UK or visit our web site to get the contact details of your local distributor.
To validate your warranty, you will need to produce this warranty booklet completed and stamped by your dealer on the date of purchase. Alternatively, you will need the original sales invoice or other proof of ownership and date of purchase.
Owner’s manual
Introduction
Thank you for choosing B&W.
Please read this manual fully before unpacking and installing the product. It will help you to optimise its performance.
B&W maintains a network of dedicated distributors in over 60 countries who will be able to help you should you have any problems your dealer cannot resolve.
Unpacking
Check in the carton for:
•2 Foam plugs
•Support/wall bracket assembly
•M6 cap head screw
•Profiled washer
•5mm Allen key
•2 Mounting templates
Positioning
Home theatre front centre (figure 1) Position the speaker in horizontal orientation either immediately above or immediately below the screen, depending on which is nearer ear height.
Mounting
The speaker may be mounted on a shelf or bookcase, or on the wall.
Stray magnetic fields
The speaker drive units are magnetically shielded to reduce the risk of picture distortion with CRT televisions and computer screens. LCD and plasma screens are not affected by magnetic fields.
Mounting on a shelf or bookcase
Rest the speaker on the 'wave' shape support. If you wish to tilt the speaker upwards, the thicker part of the support should be positioned towards the front of the speaker. Otherwise, position the thicker part to the rear. (figure 2)
Mounting on the wall
We strongly recommend two people for the final part of this job, one to hold the speaker and the other to feed and connect the cable.
If you are running cable in the wall, the bracket can also disguise the cable between its exit from the wall and the speaker terminals, but only if the cable is flexible enough. It is difficult to recommend a definite maximum gauge, because cables vary significantly in flexibility, depending on the insulation material. Solid core cable is not recommended because of its lack of
flexibility and tendency to fracture when bent sharply. 4mm2 or 10AWG is probably a practical maximum and, if the two insulated cores have an additional, common outer sheath, this should be removed from close to the wall exit.
You should determine and mark the position of the wall plate, and therefore the correct exit point of the cable from the wall, before routing the cable.
The wall bracket assembly consists of a wall plate to which is attached a 'wave' shape cover. Disassemble the two parts by sliding one against the other before pulling them apart. Note that in use, the two parts may be required to mate in a different orientation from that supplied.
There are two mounting templates (up tilt and down tilt), because the wall plate is offset from the centre line of the speaker. Furthermore, the wall bracket supplied allows the speaker to swivel through
30 degrees, but only towards the opposite side to the thicker part of the wall plate. (figure 3)
The templates show the position of the wall plate in relation to the outline of the speaker when facing at right angles to the wall (i.e. not tilted).
Using a spirit level, offer the appropriate template to the wall with the outline in the in the desired position of the speaker and mark 4 screw positions through the marked slots. Drill and plug the wall for 4mm (No.8) screws. If running cable in the wall, the exit clearance hole should be positioned as shown by the shaded area on the template.
Run the cable in the wall if desired. If the wall is drywall construction, leave approximately 30cm (1 ft) of cable protruding from the wall. Excess cable may be pushed back into the wall void as the speaker is mounted. If the cable is chased into solid wall construction, the excess has to be accommodated behind the 'wave' cover, so it is better to trim the cable to no more than 15cm (6 in).
Screw the wall plate to the wall in the orientation shown in figure 4.
Attach the wave cover to the back of the speaker using an M6 screw and profiled washer. (figure 5) The thicker side of the 'wave' cover should be positioned on the opposite side to the direction of tilt (ie to the bottom for upward tilt and to the top for downward tilt. (figure 3)
Feed the cable through the clearance holes in the wave plate and connect to the terminals (figure 6), following the instructions in the section “Connections”.
Taking care with the positioning of excess cable, attach the wave cover to the wall plate.
Connections
(figure 7)
All connections should be made with the equipment switched off.
Connect the positive terminal on the speaker (marked + and coloured red) to the positive output terminal of the amplifier and negative (marked – and coloured black) to
