Velodyne Acoustics DECO owner manual Congratulations, Deco Home Theater System Overview

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations on your purchase of the Velodyne DECO Home Theater System. You have purchased a high quality set of precision crafted speakers and a high performance 8” subwoofer which will enhance your home theater listening pleasure. This manual provides an overview of the product, details the performance characteristics of the DECO Home Theater System, and describes how to configure and install the system. This system is engineered to reproduce the surround formats used in today’s home theaters including *Dolby Digital 5.1®, Dolby Pro-Logic®, Dolby Pro-Logic®II and DTS®.

Please take a few moments to read the entire manual to ensure you get the maximum performance out of your system.

DECO HOME THEATER SYSTEM OVERVIEW

The DECO Home Theater System consists of five identical satellite speakers and an 8” Class D 600 watt amplified subwoofer. The satellite speakers are a two-way design with a single 4” woofer and a 1” silk dome ferrofluid cooled tweeter. The satellite drivers are magnetically shielded to reduce the possibility of their magnets interfering with the colors produced by your television. The enclosure is designed with the aid of the latest computer modeling programs and is molded from a reinforced high-density non-resonant polypropylene. The satellite speakers include a ¼-20 threaded insert and a key-hole slot for various wall-mounting options. The DECO Satellites are designed to integrate flawlessly with the DECO 8 subwoofer.

As you carefully unpack the system, you will find the following items:

a) 5 ea.	DECO Satellite speakers
b) 1 ea.	DECO 8” Subwoofer
c) 20 ea.	Small Rubber feet
10 ea.	Large Rubber feet
d) 1 ea.	16’ RCA cable
e) 1 ea.	Owner’s Manual

*Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Pro Logic II are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. DTS is a registered trademark of DTS Technology.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE DECO 8 SUBWOOFER

Woofer:	8” High Excursion, forward firing non-shielded
	driver with a 6.5” piston diameter
High Pass Crossover:	80 Hz (6 dB/octave)
Low Pass Crossover:	40 Hz to 120 Hz (12 dB/octave - initial, 48
	dB/octave - ultimate)
Phase:	Switchable from 0° to 180°
Frequency Response:	28 Hz to 120 Hz (+/-3 dB)
Amplifier Power:	Class D Switching (with Patented energy
	recovery circuit)
	1200 Watt Dynamic Power
	600 Watts RMS Power
Magnetic Structure:	12.75 lbs [5.8kg]
Voice Coil:	2.5” diameter Ultra-Hi-temp with inner/outer
	dual layered copper wire, CNC wound on glass
	fiber composite former, bonded with high tem-
	perature polyimide resin (proprietary Velodyne
	design)
Inputs:	Line Level - Gold Plated RCA
Outputs:	Line Level - Gold Plated RCA
	(80 Hz High Pass)
Warranty:	Two Years
Enclosure Dimensions (H,W,D): 11.25” x 11.0” x 11.75”
Weight (ea., unpacked):	38 lbs. [17.3kg]

Specifications are those in effect at the time of printing. Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. reserves the right to change specifi- cations or appearance at anytime without notice.

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