THX subwoofers

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FIGURE 3 - WIRING ONE SUBWOOFER TO AN AMP OR PROCESSOR

WITH A SUBWOOFER OUTPUT JACK (NON-THX)

SUBWOOFER (or MONO) OUT

SURROUND

PROCESSOR

 

LOW PASS FILTER

PHASE

 

BASS EQ

 

BASS LEVEL

 

 

 

 

THX MODE

+

LEFT/MONO

 

THX

THX

REFERENCE

V

 

 

 

NO LOW

RIGHT

 

+3 dB

￿￿￿￿

 

PASS FILTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

￿￿￿￿

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

 

+6 dB

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

￿￿￿

 

 

80 Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

–

 

 

EXTENDED

VARIABLE

 

L

 

 

 

24 dB/

 

 

 

E

￿￿

￿￿￿ OCTAVE

 

MX-350THXPOWERED SUBWOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CENTER SWITCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION FOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VARIABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOW PASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured under license

 

CAUTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lucasfilm and THX are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Lucasfilm Ltd.

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registered trademarks

 

SHOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DO NOT OPEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Made in U.S.A.

AVIS: RISQUE DE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHOC ELECTRIQUE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NE PAS OUVRIR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUTION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCONNECT SUPPLY CORD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEFORE CHANGING FUSE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REPLACE FUSE ONLY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITH SAME TYPE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTENTION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEBRANCHER AVANT DE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMPLACER LE FUSIBLE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILIZER UN FUSIBLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DE RECHANGE

120 VAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DE MEME TYPE.

50/60 Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MILLER & KREISEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUND CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10391 Jefferson Blvd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culver City, CA 90232

T 6 AMP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

310/204-2854

SLOW-BLOW

FIGURE 4 -WIRING TWO SUBWOOFERS TO AN AMP OR PROCESSOR

WITH A SUBWOOFER OUTPUT JACK (NON-THX)

SUBWOOFER (or MONO) OUT

SURROUND

PROCESSOR

use a Y-connector

to connect to

two subwoofers

 

LOW PASS FILTER

PHASE

 

BASS EQ

 

BASS LEVEL

 

 

 

 

THX MODE

+

LEFT/MONO

RIGHT

THX

THX

REFERENCE

V

 

 

 

NO LOW

 

+3 dB

￿￿￿￿

 

PASS FILTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

￿￿￿￿

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

+6 dB

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BA

￿￿￿

 

 

80 Hz

–

 

 

EXTENDED

VARIABLE

 

L

 

 

 

24 dB/

 

 

 

E

￿￿

￿￿￿

OCTAVE

 

MX-350THXPOWERED SUBWOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CENTER SWITCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION FOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VARIABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOW PASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured under license

 

CAUTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lucasfilm and THX are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Lucasfilm Ltd.

RISK OF ELECTRIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

registered trademarks

 

SHOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Lucasfilm Ltd.

 

DO NOT OPEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Made in U.S.A.

AVIS: RISQUE DE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHOC ELECTRIQUE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NE PAS OUVRIR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUTION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCONNECT SUPPLY CORD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEFORE CHANGING FUSE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REPLACE FUSE ONLY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITH SAME TYPE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTENTION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEBRANCHER AVANT DE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMPLACER LE FUSIBLE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILIZER UN FUSIBLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DE RECHANGE

120 VAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DE MEME TYPE.

50/60 Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MILLER & KREISEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUND CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10391 Jefferson Blvd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culver City, CA 90232

T 6 AMP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

310/204-2854

SLOW-BLOW

 

LOW PASS FILTER

PHASE

 

BASS EQ

 

BASS LEVEL

 

 

 

 

THX MODE

+

LEFT/MONO

RIGHT

THX

THX

REFERENCE

V

 

 

 

NO LOW

 

+3 dB

￿￿￿￿

 

PASS FILTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

￿￿￿￿

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

+6 dB

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BA

￿￿￿

 

 

80 Hz

–

 

 

EXTENDED

VARIABLE

 

L

 

 

 

24 dB/

 

 

 

E

￿￿

￿￿￿

OCTAVE

 

MX-350THXPOWERED SUBWOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CENTER SWITCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION FOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VARIABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOW PASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured under license

 

CAUTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lucasfilm and THX are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Lucasfilm Ltd.

RISK OF ELECTRIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

registered trademarks

 

SHOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Lucasfilm Ltd.

 

DO NOT OPEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Made in U.S.A.

AVIS: RISQUE DE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHOC ELECTRIQUE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NE PAS OUVRIR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUTION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCONNECT SUPPLY CORD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEFORE CHANGING FUSE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REPLACE FUSE ONLY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITH SAME TYPE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTENTION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEBRANCHER AVANT DE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMPLACER LE FUSIBLE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILIZER UN FUSIBLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DE RECHANGE

120 VAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DE MEME TYPE.

50/60 Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MILLER & KREISEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUND CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10391 Jefferson Blvd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culver City, CA 90232

T 6 AMP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

310/204-2854

SLOW-BLOW

If your surround processor has only one PREAMP OUTPUT (and no SUBWOOFER OUT), and you do not have an M&K High-Pass Filter or crossover, you must use a Y-connector to feed the amplifier and subwoofer. See Figure 5 on page 10. If you have a surround sound processor with a SUBWOOFER OUTPUT jack, use it to feed the subwoofer. See Figure 3 above.

If you are using two subwoofers, it is not necessary to use both inputs on each subwoofer. Connect the interconnect cable to the LEFT/MONO "INPUT jack only. Run the Left channel interconnect cable to the Left subwoofer and the Right interconnect cable to the Right subwoofer. See Figure 4.

Some surround processors/receivers/amps have very low output levels from their SUBWOOFER OUTPUT jacks. If you do not get enough bass using the SUBWOOFER OUTPUT jacks on a non-THX processor, use that processor's PREAMP OUTPUT jacks instead. To connect the subwoofer, run shielded RCA - RCA interconnect cables from the outputs on your component to the "INPUT" jacks found on the subwoofer's backplate. See Figure 5 on page 10.

If your processor has a single subwoofer output, do not use a Y-connector to connect it to both the Left and Right input terminals of the subwoofer. The subwoofer combines both channels to mono in its amplifier input stage.

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MK Sound MX-5000THX Mk II, MX-350THX operation manual Use a Y-connector To connect to Two subwoofers

MX-350THX, MX-5000THX Mk II, MX-350THX specifications

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