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Niles Audio HDLCR manual Placing An Hdlcr As The Center-Channelspeaker

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PLACING AN HDLCR AS THE CENTER-CHANNEL SPEAKER

The center-channel speaker is the workhorse in a home theater system. It handles all of the critical dialog and is vitally important in creating the illusion of sounds emanating directly from the picture. Here are some tips for obtaining optimum center-channel performance:

•In a typical installation, place the HDLCR horizontally, directly above the television or projection screen. Try to insure that the speaker is not placed too high relative to the left and right speaker, as shown in Figure 3.

HDLCR

Not Greater than 24"

HDLCR

Figure 3. If the HDLCR is placed above a TV, install the speaker with the tweeter up. If it is placed below a TV, install the HDLCR with the tweeter down.

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Niles Audio HDLCR manual Placing An Hdlcr As The Center-Channelspeaker

Contents

HDLCR I N S T A L L A T I O N G U I D EIntroduction INTRODUCTION FEATURES AND BENEFITSNILES AUDIO CORPORATION - 1-800-BUY-HIFI EASY RETROFIT INSTALLATION IN YOUR EXISTING HOME INSTALLER-SELECTABLEACOUSTIC FINE TUNINGCTR L/R MODE SWITCH MICROPERF ALUMINUM GRILLESDOLBY DIGITAL READY NILES’ HD HIGH-DEFINITIONVOICE MATCHINGINSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS TOOLS AND PRECAUTIONS RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER POWERLOUDSPEAKER WIRE INCORPORATING A REMOTE CONTROLSPEAKER PLACEMENT INSULATING THE WALL CAVITYTECH TIP THE BOUNDARY EFFECT NILES AUDIO CORPORATION - 1-800-BUY-HIFIHDLCR PLACING AN HDLCR AS THE CENTER-CHANNELSPEAKERHDLCR HDLCRINSTALLATION FUNDAMENTALS RUNNING THE SPEAKER WIRE IN NEW CONSTRUCTIONOBSERVE SAFETY FIRST SCHEDULING AND PREPARATION RUNNING THE SPEAKER WIRE IN NEW CONSTRUCTIONCONTINUED ABOUT DRILLINGPULLING THE CABLE CONCEALING SPEAKER WIREABOUT INTERIOR WALLS PLANNING THE SPEAKER WIRE ROUTE CONCEALING SPEAKER WIRE CONTINUEDABOUT EXTERIOR WALLS OTHER POSSIBLE SPEAKER WIRE ROUTES INCLUDE speaker wiringCONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE NEW CONSTRUCTION INSTALLING A BRACKET INSTALLING THE BRACKETCONCEALING SPEAKER WIRE CONTINUED CUTTING HOLESCONCEALING SPEAKER WIRE FOR A FUTURE INSTALLATION EXISTING CONSTRUCTION INSTALLING A BRACKET PAINTING THE GRILLE AND FRAME INSTALLING THE FRAMEFINISHING THE INSTALLATION SETTING THE CTR L/R MODE INSTALLING A NILES MS-100MICROSENSORFigure 14. The HDLCR’s CTR L/R mode switch CONNECTING AND INSTALLING THE SPEAKER CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGECONNECTING AND INSTALLING THE SPEAKER CONTINUED CHECKING SPEAKER PHASEADJUSTING THE TWEETER ACOUSTIC FINE TUNINGFigure 19. Rotating the HDLCR’s tweeter LISTENING AT HIGHER VOLUMES ADJUSTING THE TWEETER CONTINUEDINSTALLING THE GRILLE CLEANINGREMOVING THE SPEAKER LIMITED WARRANTY Custom Installer Electrician Friend Myself WARRANTY REGISTRATION CARDCustom Installer Ease of Use Price/Value Product FeaturesN i l e s A u d i o C o r p o r a t i o n