Sunfire Home Theater System manual Control Panel Features, Bass Level, Phase Control, Outputs

Control Panel Features

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1.	Bass Level	3.	Phase Control

This control lets you match the output	This control changes the relative phase
level of the subwoofer to the level	of the subwoofer with respect to your
of your satellite/main speakers. The	other speakers. Use this control to help
subwoofer output will increase as this	blend the subwoofer with the rest of
control is rotated clockwise. When you	your system. This is accomplished by
have just installed your system, turn	adjusting the control in small incre-
this down first before turning on your	ments as you listen for the most bass
subwoofer. This will prevent any loud	at your listening position. As a final trim,
surprises.	readjust the Crossover Frequency and
2. Crossover Frequency	Bass Level controls after the phase has
	been set.
This controls the high frequency cutoff	4. Outputs
point. With the control set to the 100
Hz mark, the subwoofer will reproduce	Line level high-pass output signals are
frequencies up to 100 Hz. If the control	available at these jacks. These outputs
is set fully clockwise, the crossover is	are active whenever a signal is hooked
bypassed and the subwoofer will re-	up to the inputs of the subwoofer. This
produce a wide frequency range. With	crossover is a passive network with a
the control fully counter-clockwise the	fixed crossover frequency of 70 Hz and
subwoofer reproduces a narrow range,	a 6 dB per octave slope.
up to 30 Hz.	We recommend using this high-pass
Rotate the control until the bass sounds	function with main/satellite speakers
natural. If the mid-bass sounds natural	that are small and not designed to
but you want more low bass, turn the	reproduce low frequencies. If your main
control down a little, then turn the Bass	speakers are capable of operating full
Level control up by about the same	range, then you will not need to use the
amount. This increases the low-bass	high-pass function.
output while leaving the mid-bass
output the same.

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