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MODEL NUMBER:
SCS 140, SCS 146, DSC 1000 (230V)
DESIGN GOAL: Bring the thrill of live performance and movie sound to the home environment by calling on JBL’s professional engineering leadership.
SATELLITE TYPE: Titanium-laminate-dome tweeter, sealed enclosure
SUBWOOFER TYPE: Bass-reflex enclosure
PORT DESIGN: FreeFlow™ flared
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE: Cinema Loudspeaker Series
T H A N K Y O U F O R C H O O S I N G J B L
For more than 55 years, JBL |
We’re confident that the JBL |
or office, you will once again |
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has been involved in every |
system you have chosen will |
choose JBL. |
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aspect of music and film |
provide every note of enjoment |
For connection of the DSC |
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recording and reproduction, |
that you expected – and that |
1000, please refer to the DSC |
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from live performances to the |
when you think about |
1000 Source manual. |
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recordings you play in your |
purchasing additional audio |
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home, car or office. |
equipment for your home, car |
JBL Consumer Products |
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Four satellites for left/right |
One center channel speaker . |
Powered subwoofer. |
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front and surrounds. Wall- |
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mount brackets. SCS 146 |
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contains an additional satellite |
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to be used as surround back. |
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Two 6.1-meter (20-foot) speaker |
Two (Three in SCS 146) 12.2- |
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cables for connection from |
meter (40-foot) speaker cables |
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receiver to subwoofer. |
for connection from receiver to |
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left and right rear satellites and |
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Three 4.6-meter (15-foot) |
surround back speaker. |
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speaker cables for connection |
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from subwoofer to front |
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speakers and center speaker. |
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Declaration of Conformity |
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CAUTION |
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RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK |
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DO NOT OPEN |
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We, Harman Consumer International |
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CAUTION: To prevent electric shock, |
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2, route de Tours |
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do not remove the grounding plug |
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72500 Château-du-Loir |
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on the power cord, or use any plug |
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or extension cord that does not have |
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declare in own responsibility, that the product |
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a grounding plug provided. |
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Make certain that the |
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described in this owner’s manual is in |
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AC outlet is properly grounded. |
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compliance with technical |
standards: |
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Do not use an adapter plug |
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EN 60065:1998 |
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with this product. |
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EN 55013/A14:1999 |
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The lightning flash with arrowhead |
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EN 55020/A14:1999 |
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symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is |
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intended to alert the user to the |
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EN 61000-3-2/A14:2000 |
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presence of uninsulated “dangerous |
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EN 61000-3-3/1.1995 |
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voltage” within the product’s enclosure |
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that may be of sufficient magnitude to |
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EN 50081-1:1992 |
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constitute a risk of electric shock to |
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EN 50082-1:1992 |
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persons. |
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The exclamation point within an |
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equilateral triangle is intended to alert |
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Gary Mardell |
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the user to the presence of important |
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operating and maintenance (servicing) |
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JBL, |
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instructions in the literature |
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Harman Consumer International |
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accompanying the appliance. |
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France, 08/03 |
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S P E A K E R P L A C E M E N T |
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Front Speakers |
Center Channel Speaker |
Subwoofer |
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0 – 0.61m (0 – 2 ft.) |
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Surround Speakers (SCS 140) |
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placed on a wall behind the |
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listening position, facing for- |
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ward. The surround back |
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1.52 – 1.83m |
should be placed behind the |
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listening position, facing the |
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center speaker. The surround |
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speakers should not call |
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attention to themselves. |
Surround Speakers (SCS 146) |
Experiment with their |
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diffuse, ambient sound |
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accompanying the main- |
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program material heard in the |
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front speakers. |
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1.52 – 1.83m |
The low-frequency material |
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(5 – 6 ft.) |
reproduced by the subwoofer is |
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mostly omnidirectional, and this |
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speaker may be placed in a |
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convenient location in the |
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room. However, the best |
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reproduction of bass will be |
The front speakers should be |
to set the center speaker on |
heard when the subwoofer is |
placed in a corner along the |
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placed the same distance from |
top of the television set, as |
same wall as the front |
each other as they are from the |
shown in the drawing. Use the |
speakers. Experiment with |
listening position. They should |
supplied support leg to aim it |
subwoofer placement by |
be placed at about the same |
toward the listener by screwing |
temporarily placing the |
height from the floor as the |
the leg in to angle the speaker |
subwoofer in the listening |
listeners’ ears will be, or they |
up, or unscrewing the leg |
position and moving around the |
may be angled toward the |
slightly to angle the speaker |
room until the bass |
listeners. |
down. |
reproduction is best. Place the |
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subwoofer in that location. |
The center channel speaker |
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should be placed slightly |
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behind the front left and right |
behind the listening position |
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other and be at a level higher |
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tweeters of the left and right |
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speakers. It is often convenient |
is not possible, they may be |
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