G E T T I N G S T A R T E D
Please inspect your loudspeaker carefully. Notify your Polk dealer if you notice any damage or missing items. Keep the carton and packing material. It will do the best job of protecting your speaker if it needs to be transported.
P L A C E M E N T ( F I G U R E S 1 , 2 & 3 )
Your PSW Series subwoofer offers many placement
The PSW202 subwoofer is magnetically shielded for safe placement near your television set. If you notice video distortion or discoloration, immediately move the subwoofer away from the TV and call Polk Audio Customer Service
You’ll find an informative article on “Subwoofer Positioning and Adjustment” in the set up section at: http://www.polkaudio.com/home/faqad/
C O N N E C T I N G T H E S U B W O O F E R T O T H E S Y S T E M — G E N E R A L
If you elect to use the speaker level inputs, use
Note that one of the speaker input terminals on the rear of the speaker is marked red (+) and the other black
Strip 1/2" of insulation from each of the two conductors on both ends to expose the bare wire. Twist the exposed wire of each conductor to form two
U S I N G P U S H - T A B ( F I G U R E 4 )
Push the plastic tab of one connector to open up the hole. Insert the bare wire into the hole, and release the plastic tab. Repeat this step for the other terminal (Figure 4).
Make sure that the two bare wire ends do not touch each other. Such contact could result in an electrical short and cause your receiver or ampli- fier to turn off or malfunction.
R E C O M M E N D E D H O O K - U P M E T H O D F O R “ S A T E L L I T E ” S Y S T E M S ( F I G U R E S 5 & 6 )
Connect the left and right front speaker outputs of your receiver or amplifier to the speaker level inputs of the powered subwoofer with speaker wire.
Then, connect the left and right front satellite speakers with speaker wire from the speaker level outputs from the powered subwoofer. If it is more convenient, parallel wire the subwoofer and front satellites from your receiver (Figure 6).
Connect the Center Channel Speaker directly to the center channel output from your receiver.
Connect the Rear Surround Satellites directly to the rear or surround channel outputs from your receiver.
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