Cadence XSUB-12, XLNS-12 User Manual

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XLNS-12 / XSUB-12

ACTIVE POWERED

SUB WOOFER

INSTALLATION

GUIDE

Thank you for purchasing a Cadence Cinema Home Series Active Powered
Subwoofer.

SOME BASIC ACOUSTIC FACTS:

The acoustic characteristics of a sub woofer are such that the bass waves will
travel along the floor of your room. Y ou may theref ore position the sub woofer in
any place as the wave is non directional.

The sub woofer you hav e purchased is an Active Powered design. Because the sub
power amplifier is built-in to the woofer cabinet. Even though sub woofer bass
waves are non directional, still for a more massive response, the sub woofer
should be placed in close proximity to the main listening area. The sub woofer
design incorporates a front firing woofer in a rear ported, computer tuned
enclosure. The enclosure features 4 metal spiked footings which should be
installed by you to isolate the sub woofers vibration from your house. It is
important to keep this open space between the sub woofer enclosure and the
floor. Never block this space, the enclosure must sit on all 4 footings.

For optimum bass response in your system, position the sub woofer with the
tuned port facing a room corner. By doing so, you are creating a loading effect
which enhances the bass response. In certain installations, facing the woofer face
to the wall or corner might also enhance the bass response and eliminate some
mechanical noises when the woofer is being over driven.

ADJUSTING YOUR SUB WOOFER:

The sub woofer features an adjustable Phase Shift Control. This switch acts as a
delay for optimal sound balance between the sub woofer and the other
component speakers in the system. Experiment with the switch in both positions
to determine which sounds better in your home theater system. Typically, if the
sub woofer is located near the front your system, near your TV/Monitor, you can
leave the switch in the 0 position. If the sub woofer is located at the rear of the
listening area, it should be set to the 180 position.

Y ou may adjust the sub woofer crossov er frequency from 40Hz to 120Hz. Set your
sub woofer level control to the desired volume and then begin to raise the sub
woofer crossover frequency towards the 120Hz position, until it begins to blend
with the rest of your system. If your system is equipped with larger front stage
speakers, you should be able to keep the sub woofer frequency below 80Hz as the
front speakers will begin to produce bass at that same level and you will get a nice
overlap. When using smaller satellite front stage speakers, you will have to raise
the sub woofer crossover frequency to 120Hz so the sub woofer can mesh with
their higher bass response.

Your sub woofer also features a “Bass Equalization” control. This control allows
you to boost or cut up to 12dB of bass at 50Hz. This allows you to compensate and
add bass during weak musical passages, and to also cut out some bass, should you
so choose, during very intensive bass passages.

Once again, experiment with various settings until you find the combination
perfect for you. The av ailability of this fine tuning is what separates a cheap basic
audio system from a Cadence Cinema Series Home Theater System.

AUT O TURN ON CIRCUIT :

The sub woofer features an Auto Turn On circuit. You never have to manually
reach behind the sub woofer to turn it on or off. The sub woofer automatically
turns on and off when it senses musical input. The system will shut down after 5
minutes of no musical input. The On/Off switch will remain lit even when the
system is off, but the AMP ON LED will light only when a musical signal is or was
present in the past 5 minutes.

FUSE AND POWER CABLE:

Please be sure that the power cable is plugged in tightly in to the sub woofer.
Should the sub woofer stop working, the first step in trouble shooting is to check
the fuse. T o do this you must first disconnect the power cable from the sub woof er.
The fuse holder should now be visible. Carefully remove the fuse, if it is blown it
should be replaced with the same value 3 amp fuse. The fuse is there to protect
the system for voltage spikes.

SIGNAL INPUT:

The sub woofer accepts input via low level RCA cables or high level speaker
connections. If your receiver has a sub woofer RCA pre-amp output channel(s)
then this is the preferred method to input the signal to the sub woofer .

If your receiver does not have RCA pre amp out put channels, you can simply
connect your receivers speaker wires to the High Level input and then use the
High Level output to power your syst em speakers.

XSUB-12

XLNS-12

REAR PANEL

ACTIVE SUBWOOFER XLNS-12ACTIVE SUBWOOFER XLNS-12

110110

7070

115115

5050

4040

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Hz Hz

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK,TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK,

WARNING: WARNING:

DO NOT EXPOSE THE APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE DO NOT EXPOSE THE APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE

WARNING:SHOCK HAZARD-DO NOT OPENWARNING:SHOCK HAZARD-DO NOT OPEN

AVIS:RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE-NE PAS OUVRIRAVIS:RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE-NE PAS OUVRIR

NOT SUITABLE FOR IN WALL MOUNTING NOT SUITABLE FOR IN WALL MOUNTING

VOLUME VOLUME BASS BASS CROSSOVER CROSSOVER

CONTROL CONTROL EQ EQ FREQ FREQ

MAX MAX MIN MIN 120120

+12+12 12 12

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dB dB

CAUTIONCAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCKRISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPENDO NOT OPEN

PHASE PHASE

00180 180

LOW LEVELLOW LEVEL

AMP AMP

ON ON

HIGH LEVEL INPUTHIGH LEVEL INPUT

LEFTLEFT RIGHTRIGHT

INPUT INPUT

L L

R R

HIGH LEVEL OUTPUTHIGH LEVEL OUTPUT

POWERPOWER

120V 60Hz 300W120V 60Hz 300W

ONON

OFFOFF

REAR PANEL

POWERPOWER

120V 60Hz 300W120V 60Hz 300W

ONON

OFFOFF

ACTIVE SUBWOOFER XSUB-12ACTIVE SUBWOOFER XSUB-12

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRETO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE

WARNING: WARNING:

OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE
THE APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE THE APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE

CAUTIONCAUTION

DO NOT OPENDO NOT OPEN

WARNING:SHOCK HAZARD-DO NOT OPENWARNING:SHOCK HAZARD-DO NOT OPEN

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT OPENRISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN

NOT SUITABLE FOR IN WALL MOUNTINGNOT SUITABLE FOR IN WALL MOUNTING

HIGH LEVEL OUTPUTHIGH LEVEL OUTPUT

R R

LOW LEVEL INPUT LOW LEVEL INPUT

LEFTLEFT

RIGHTRIGHT

L L

AMP ON AMP ON

9090

PHASE PHASE

00

180 180

LEFTLEFT

9090

110110

7070

FREQ FREQ

120120

4040

( ) ( )

( ) ( )

Hz Hz

Hz Hz

HIGH LEVEL INPUTHIGH LEVEL INPUT

RIGHTRIGHT

BASS BASS

+12+12 12 12

( )

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dB

dB

VOL VOL

MAX MAX MIN MIN