Infinity Kappa Owners manual

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Instruction Manual

KAPPA SERIES INSTRUCTION MANUAL

PLANNING YOUR SYSTEM

Congratulations on choosing Infinity KAPPA Series
Loudspeakers. The instructions in this manual will help you
realize the full potential of your loudspeakers.

TABLE OFCONTENT

2 Table of contents

2 This box contains

2 Planning your system

3 Wall mounting

4 Wiring the system

5 Final adjustments

5 Care of your speaker system

5 Specifications

THIS BOX CONTAINS

Choosing Proper Placement and Setup

The Infinity Kappa Surround speaker can be used in side or rear
channel applications. Please refer to the placement and setup
method for your application. The first step is to determine the
application for which your Infinity Kappa Surround speaker will
be used.

If you are using the Infinity Kappa Surround for surround
channels in a 5-channel home theater system or for side
channels in a 6- or 7-channel home theater system, please
follow the directions in the section “Placement (Application 1)”.

If you are using the Infinity Kappa Surround as a rear speaker in
a 6- or 7-channel home theater system, please follow the
directions in the section “Placement (Application 2)”.

Placement (Application 1)

When using the Infinity Kappa Surround for surround channels
in a 5-channel home theater system or for side channels in a 6­or 7 channel home theater system, refer to Figure 1. The speakers
should be placed perpendicular to or slightly behind the
primary listening location, as shown.

Figure 1

- This overhead view shows a typical home theater plan.

X 8

X 4

Required space to lift speaker

NL: Benodigde ruimte om de luidspreker op te tillen
DK: Mindsteafstand for at løfte højttaleren
SP: Espacio necesario para elevar el altavoz
D: Erforderlicher Platz, um den Lautsprecher anzuheben
I: Spazio necessario per alzare il diffusore
F: Espace requis pour lever l'enceinte

Top of the speaker

NL: Bovenzijde luidspreker
DK: Højttalerens overside
SP: Parte superior del altavoz
D: Lautsprecheroberseite
I: Sommità del diffusore
F: Sommet de l'enceinte

Drill holes Here

NL: Boor hier de gaatjes
DK: Huller bores her
SP: Taladre aquì los orificios
D: bohren Sie hier die erforderlichen Löcher
I: Eseguire i Fori qui
F: Percer les trous iç i

WALL BRACKETS

NL: Muurbeugels
DK: Voegbeslag
SP: Soportes murales
D: Befestigungsklammern für die Wandmontage
I: Staffe da Parete
F: Supports muraux

X 8

X 4

X 1

Left
Surround
Channel

Left
Front
Channel

Center

Channel

Couch

Right
Front
Channel

Infinity

Subwoofer

(optional)

Right

Surround

Channel

Setting the Surround Configuration Selector

The Surround Configuration Selector switch is located under
the right-hand grille. (Refer to Figure 2)

X 2

UNPACKING

The packing materials of your KAPPA Series speakers are
designed to protect the loudspeakers from any damage due
to rough handling during shipment. We strongly suggest that
you keep the packing material for future purposes, in case you
move or if your loudspeakers should require service.

2

It is generally recommended that the Surround Configuration
Selector be set to BIPOLE. This will provide a large ambient
surround sound field while allowing for precise localization of
sound effects that the film maker has placed in the surround
tracks.

If you are using a receiver/processor with a THX® surround
mode and have selected the THX surround mode, it may be
beneficial to set the Surround Configuration Selector to DIPOLE.
This is a matter of personal preference and may change
depending on the individual film soundtrack. It is also recom­mended that the Dipole setting be used with older recordings
that are only recorded with a Dolby* Pro Logic* (not the newer
Dolby Digital) soundtrack.