Set the bass management settings of your receiver or decoder (see your receiv- er or decoder manual) for “Small” left front (main), right front (main), center front, left rear (surround) and right rear (surround) to “Small,” and Subwoofer to “Yes.” If your receiver/decoder allows you to choose the crossover frequency of or between your subwoofer and satellites, choose the highest possible (up to 100
Hz for the ProMonitor 1000 and 120 Hz for the ProMonitor 800) Turn the low pass filter control on the ProSub all the way up in a clockwise direction. Adjust the relative levels of all five channels and the subwoofer according to the channel balancing procedure outlined in your receiver or decoder manual.
THIS IS VERY CRITICAL.
Optional Hook-Up One
Hook up the left and right front ProMonitors and ProSub as described in Steps 1 thru 9 earlier. Wire your center channel to the center channel out on your receiver (or center channel amplifier) and your left and right rear surround speak- ers to the rear channel outputs on your receiver or rear channel amplifier, taking care that all speakers are in phase, i.e. red (+) to red (+) and black (-) to black (-). Set the bass management system of your receiver or decoder for “Large” Left and Right Main Speakers, “Small” Center and Rear Surround Speakers and “No” Subwoofer. All the bass information including the .1 channel LFE signal will be directed to the main left and right channels and into the subwoofer giving you all the benefits of Dolby Digital AC-3 5.1.
Optional Hook-Up Two
An option on this hook-up (if your decoder will allow you to select “Large” Left and Right Main Speakers and “Yes” Subwoofer), in addition to the hook-up as described above, is to use an RCA-to-RCA low level cable to connect the LFE sub-out on your receiver to the low-level LFE/sub-in (the lower RCA input) on a ProSub. Tell your bass management system that you have “Large” Left and Right Main Speakers, “Small” Center and Surrounds, and “Yes” Subwoofer. You will then be able to raise the LFE .1 channel level being fed to the subwoofer by either using the LFE/sub remote level adjustment on your decoder (if it has one) or the LFE .1 channel level control on your Dolby Digital channel balancing procedure. This set-up has the advantage of allowing you to set the low frequency level on the a ProSub for smooth balance with music while also allowing you to “juice up the bass” for movies with the controls on your decoder. It should also sound somewhat better.
Variation on the Optional Hook-up
One variation on the optional hook-up is to hook up and adjust the system as described under “Optional Hook-Up” except select “Small” Left and Right Main Speakers and “Yes” Subwoofer on the bass management system (along with “Small” Center and “Small” Rear Surrounds). The advantage of this over the Optional Hook-Up will be somewhat greater dynamic range (i.e., you can play the system louder). However, depending on the specific characteristics of the crossovers designed into your bass management system, the transition and blending between the satellites and subwoofer may not be quite as smooth and continuous as the Optional Hook-Up, or with the basic hook-up detailed above
in Steps 1-9. However, if you wish to play the system louder, you can experiment with this variation. In addition, this variation is also one which can be used if your decoder bass management system does not allow a “Large” Left and Right Main Speakers and “Yes” Subwoofer setting.
We encourage you to experiment with the various settings on your subwoofer, settings on your decoder, and hook-up options as described until you find the best
4combination for you.
