JBL ARENA 61W, ARENA 81W, ARENA 551W Instruction Manual

UH~

®

by

HARMAN

ARENA

In-Wall

61W,

Architectural Instruction

0

~

0

ARENA

81W,

ARENA

551W

Loudspeaker

Manual

0

~

0

I]

~

0

~

0

·

~

· 9

\

0

~

0

DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS

This

document instructions loudspeake attempting

WARNING: practice, performed

contains

for

the

JBL

rs.

It

is

important

to

use

this

product.

Calls

attention

condition

or

adhered

general

Arena

to

or

safety,

61W,

read Pay

the

to,

in

s

talla

81W

and

t

his

document

particular

to

a

procedure,

like

that,

could

551W

result

death.

CAUTION: or could entire

Note: operation

the

like

result

product.

Calls

that,

in

damage

attention

of

the

attention

if

not

correctly

to

information

product.

to

a

to

or

destruction

procedure,

performed

that

aids

tion

and

in-wa

before

attention

if

not

in

practice,

or

adhered

of

part

of

in

the

installation

operation

ll

to:

correctly

injury

or

condition

to,

or

the

or

ABOUT JBL

For

more

than

every

aspect performances car

or

office.

provide

every

about

purchasing

JBL

products

IN-WALL

•

Long-throw low

distortion.

•

1-inch provides

•

High-order

PRODUCT

Please

take www.jbl.com advancements produ

cts

tha

BOX CONTENTS

Your

JBL

in-wall

1 x

JBL

1 x

gr

i

ll

e

1

x

extra

1 x

mounting

1 x

instruction

®

68

ye

of

mu

sic

to

the

We'

re c

note

of

add

.

LOUDSPEAKER

w

oofers

(25mm)

s

opt

im

i

ze

crossove

REGISTRATION

a

momen

. Yo

u'

ll

enab

and

h

t

meet

t

heir

lo

uds

in

-

wall

l

oudspeaker

sc

rim

cloth

temp

ma

IN-WALL SPEAKERS

ars,

JBL

®eng

ineer

s

have

been

and

film

record

ing

and recordings onfident

that enjoyment itional

audio

with

rubber

ilk-dom

e

tweeter

d

response

r

netwo

t

to

register

le

us

to

elp

us

to

underst

needs

peaker

box

for

grille

late

nual

you

the

you

equipment,

HIGHLIGHTS

both

rk

deli

your

keep

an

d

expectat

should

play

on-the

JBL

expect-

surrou

wi

th

on

and

v

ers

produc

yo

u

a

nd

ou

conta

reproduction,

-go

system

you

and

that

you

will

n

ds

provide

an

integrat

off

axis.

acc

urate

t

on

our

pos

ted

on

r c

ustomer

io

ns.

in

the

involved

and

in

your

have

when

once

high

ed

wavegu

timbre

Web

our

l

atest

s

and

following

in

from

l

ive

home,

chosen

you

thin

again

choos

output

ide

reproduct

site

at

build

ite

ms

wi

ll

k

e

wi

th

io

n.

:

UNPACKING THE SPEAKER

Carefully it carton

unpack

immediatel

and

pac

y

to

ki

th yo

ng

e

speaker

ur

dealer

materials

.

If

and

for

you

/

or

future

suspect de

li

very

use.

da

mage

s

ervice.

from

K

ee

INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS

Your

new

JBL

l

ac

c

ur

ate pe

wi

ll

be

a

ffe

acoust

i

cs

of

ideal

conditions placement on

th

e

general

oudspeakers

rfo

rmance

c

ted

by

t

the

room

of

th

of

your

JBL

performance

.

How

he

speaker'

.

Not

e

se

in-wall

e

a

two

hav

e b

ver

, any spe

s pl

ll

listening

factors

loud

of

th

e l

acement

speake

ee

n en

gi

n

ee

red

ake

r

's

ultim

in

the

spaces

can

.

Th

erefore,

carefu

rs

wi

ll

have

oudspeakers.

to

provide

ate pe

li

s

tening

accommoda

l

attention

a

tran

sit,

p

the

sh

i

ex

t

re

rform

ance

room

and

te

to

significant

repo

pp

the

im

i

me

t

ng

he

pac

ly

t

rt

he

t

2

JBL

Arena

In-Wall

Architectural

Instru

Loudsp c

tion

M

eaker

anua

l

a.

LOUDSPEAKER PLACEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTED SOUND

•

Since

distributed

the

loudspeakers

throughout

•

Place

the

primary

•

To

avoid

loudspeakers,

LOUDSPEAKER PLACEMENT FOR TWO-CHANNEL STEREO

Pla

ce

the

left listening from same

area

each

speaker

distance

-

the

left

listener

"hot

and

(or

as

L:~.

--_I_--

sound

as

uniformly

area.

and

right

locations.

spots"

where

with

each

right

loud

close

to

its

nearest

possible.

~

·I

Left

'

Speaker

I

is

general

sound

as

possible

loudspeakers

the

sound

set

to

play

at a lower

spea

kers

the

.the

same

distance

side

wall

Equal

Distanc

e~

Speaker

,

Equa

D,stan

I " I

l · ce'/

'.(

I

throughout

for

roughly

is

too

same

distance

should

Right

TJ

even

the

same

loud,

plan

volume.

as

possible).

also

\fl. L \

)·

---

an

sound

from

be

as

-L

area,

distance

to

close

--

place

coverage

use

more

the

primary

The distance

to

.

from

the

5.1-Channel

•

In a 5.1-channel

Speaker

loudspeakers

area, 5 ft-

I]

Surround Left

7

.1-Channel

•

Speaker

In a 7.1-channel loudspeakers li

stening

area,

•

In a 7.1-channel right loudspeakers (0.9m -1.

Placement

system

should

7ft (1.5m-

Front

Le

t

;\t

·

>1~

I

Placement

system,

should

5

ft-

system, the

shou

8m)

apart

, t

he

surround

be located

2.1

m)

from

c

enter

;.;

...

-~J8lL I -~~

Video

Display

I I

to

the

I

the

surround

be

loca

ted

directly

7ft (1.5m -2.1

surround

ld

be located

and

at 5 ft-

7ft

left

sides

the

left

m)

back

on

(1.5m

and surr

of

floor.

ront

;~,

I

and

to

the sides

from

left

the

rear wal

- 2

ound

the main

~

h

ilgrt

Surround

Rig

surrou

the

floor

and

.1

m)

right

listening

·'!I

ht

F

nd

right

of

the

main

.

surround l,

3ft-6ft

from

the

back

floor.

Ideally,

the

distance

between

the left

and

right

loudspeakers

slightly

less

than

their

distance

LOUDSPEAKER PLACEMENT FOR HOME THEATER

The

front

left

and

front

of

the

video

display,

with

•

The

front

left

and

front

to

the

sides

of

the

used

more

than

loudspeaker shou

display. Its

the

tweeters

HOI

waveguide

80

tweeter

•

loud

speakers

not

be

The

center

video

below

The

JBL high-performance listen loudspe

akers

are insta

speaker

placement

from

right

loudspeakers

their

tweeters

right

video

display. For

with a 50

in

(2m)

should

of

the

front

will

ing

experience

lled

above

during

installation.

the

primary

listening

should

be

as

close

to

ear

loudspeakers should

-in (1.

example,

3m)

front

video

display should

apart. ld

be

aligned

with

be

no

more than

left

and

front

right

mainta

in

even

sound

even

when

ear-level.

This permits

area

located

level

be

relatively

left

and

the cent

2ft

(0.6m)

speakers

dispersion

the

front in-wall

should

.

on

either

as

possible.

front

generally

er

of

the

above

.

and

more

close

flexible

be

right

a

side

or

r{

Surround

:-,

Left

Front Left

Surro Back

10.9m -1.8ml

und left

Vi

deo

Center

Display

3'-

6'

Front

urround

S

Back

Right

Surrou

nd

~<-

.

Ri

ght

~

-

l1iiil

JBL

Arena

Instruction

In-Wall

Manual

Architectural

Loudspeaker

3

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

JBL

architectural

are

unable

and

fully,

properly,

WARNING: no

responsibility hardware damages fallen

speakers

to

understand

or

if

you

are

unsure

please

contact

your

HARMAN

or

for

any

resulting

loudspeaker.

are

extremely

and

follow

the

of

your

ability

dealer

or

International

for

improper personal

from

improper

easy

to

instructions

to

install

a

qualified

installation

injuries

install.

installer

assumes

installation

However,

in

this

manual

these

loudspeakers

.

or

product

of

if

you

clearly

or

a

CONNECTING TO THE

CAUTION:

You installed.

or installation, speaker

Speaker

Use JBL

•

Note: codes

Making

Connect or connect or Do making bass

REMOVE

must

connect

To

injury

through

installation.

Wire

high-quality in-wall

speakers.

For

wire

speaker For

wire

12-gauge For

wire

speaker

All

speaker

for

use

Connections

each

receiver

to

each

receiver

to

not

re

verse

connections.

response

POWER

the

protect

accidental

turn

all

speaker

lengths

of

wire. lengths

between

speaker

lengths

of

wi

re.

wires

in

in-wall

chan

n

el's

the

positive

channel's

the

negative

polarities

Doing

.

speaker

the

audio

wire

less

wire.

greater

must

applications

positive

(red)

negative

(black)

(that

so

AMPLIFIER

wires

system

electrical

system

power

to

obtain

than

50ft

(15m

50

ft

and

than

100

comply

with

.

(+)

terminal

(-)

term

terminal

is,

do

not

will

cause

before

and

yourself

shorting

OFF

the

best

performance

),

use

1

00

ft

(15m

ft

(

30m),

all

local

on

the

on

the

corresponding

i

na

l

on

the

on

the

connect+

poo

r

imaging

the

speaker

and

before

at

least

-30m),

use

building

back

corresponding

to-,

from

surges

beginning

16

-

at

least

and

of

the

speaker;

of

the

or-

to

and

diminis

is damage

from

gauge

use

1

ampl

+)

fully

during

the

your

at

l

east

0-gauge

safety

i

fier

ampl

if

ier

speaker.

when he

d

4

N

egat

iv

e

(Bla

Pre

ss

down

on

into

th

e

hol

e

CAUTION: equipment, not speaker

touch

frame.

To

each

Term c

k)

the

and

avoid

be

certain

JBL

i

na

l

post

release

short

other

Arena

Po

s

to

open

the

circuits

that

and

In-Wall

itive

Terminal

(Red)

the

hole

po

st

to

secure

positive

do

not

Architectural

;

insert

that

may

and

touch

the

bare

the

wire.

damage

negative

metal

parts

Loudspeaker

Instruction

end

of

your

wire

strands

such

Manual

the

wire

do

as

the

••

MOUNTING THE SPEAKERS

For

New

Construction

If

you

wish

to

pre-install a rough-in

the

drywall

is

installed

the

correct

rough-in authorized the instructions

For

Note: this

1.

Make supplied the fully. lengths of conduit, that

JBL

rough-in

in

Existing

The

installation

manual.

Ensure

that 2" (13mmthe

speaker

sure

to

installation

wall,

so

the

Periorm

will

interiere

dealer.

kit.

After

For

Construction

the

51

being

allow

speaker's

an

obstruction

with the

in

new

frame

Detailed

the

drywall

Existing

procedure

drywall, plywood

mm)

thi

ck

installed.

at

least

template

locking

pipe

s, hea

speaker.

frame

construction,

kit

for

your

mounting instructions

is

installed,

Construction

is

the

or

and

capable

1"

(25.4mm) between

and

any

mechanism

survey

to

ting

ducts

I

for

the.speakers

you

loudspeaker

follow

,

below.

same

for

other

wall

of

withstanding

rafters

or

will

be

sure

that

or

air

returns in the

1'

(25.4m

m)

will

need

model

are

the

all

models

material

the

edge

other

obstructions

have

there

before

to

purchase

from

your

supplied

installation

covered

is

1/2"-

the

weig

of

the

room

to

engage

are

no

studs,

wall

cavity

with

by

ht

of

behind

4.

Connect

Amplifier,

the

speaker

on

page

4.

to

the

amplifier

as

explained

in

Connecting

to

the

2.

Determine with

the

3.

Cut

the

mounting

the

speaker

drywall

opening.

~

(

25.4mm

):

~

correct

speaker

to

mark

the

along

the

mark

~

Mounti

Open

l

location

wall mat

you

ng

ing

made

__

1"

(25.4

and

erial.

mm)

use

in

Step 2 to

the

template

create

included

the

5.

in

Make po

sit

Speaker

Clamps

Ready-to-Mount

Postion

sure

all

four

speaker clamps

ion.

are

Sp

eaker

Ready-to-Mount

Clamps

in the

ir "ready-to-mount"

in

Position

JBL

Arena In-

II

Instruction

Wall

Manual

Architectural

Loudspeaker

5

6.

Insert

the

speaker

clamp

clamps

will

automatically

speaker.

•

When

you

notice

clamped

successfully.

IMPORTANT: tighten

the

Always

clamp

straight

screws

on

resistance

use

screws

into

the

mounting

the

front

on

into

the

of

position

screws

rotate

low-torque

the

speaker

the

settings.

opening.

baffle.

and

begin

speaker

Tighten

the

The

speaker

clamping

has

been

NEVER

the

over-

Painting

JBL If primer

1.

the

architectural

you

wish

to

coat.

Gently

remove the

Grille

loudspeaker

change

For

the

best

the'

grille's

results

scrim

grilles

cloth

can color, follow

from

the

painting.

2.

Use a high-quality

that

the

grille

paint

will

plugged,

use

Note:

If

you

the

paint

has

remove

the

3.

We

have

included apply a light and

attach a new scrim

perforations

diminish

compressed

find

any

dried,

carefully

paint.

replacement

coat

of

spray

paint

the

speaker's

grille

perforations

spray

cloth.

and

apply

remain

free

sound quality.

air

to

blow

use a straight

scrim cloths.

adhesive

to

IMPORTANT:

cloth.

EXCESSIVE OUTPUT LEVELS

Your

JBL

quality

network

that

reduce

the

help

the

loudspeakers

operating

conditions. However, to continuous levels

that

result

loudspeakers

playback. To

feature

components

potential

featuring

of

damage

maintain

extend

in

distorted

custom-designed

high-order

to

their

performance

all

loudspeakers these limits,

or

strained

be

painted

its

satin

finish

this

procedure:

back

side

a t

hin

of

paint.

the

paint

that

are pin

After

the

inside

Never

individual

have

avo

sound.

to

match any

will

function

of

the

grille

coat

of

color.

Filling

them

If

any

perfo

rat

out

of

the

perforations.

plugged

with

or

sewing

needle

the

paint

of

the

perforated

spray

adhesive

transducers

filters

with

steep

speaker

drivers

even

under

limits

when it

id playba

ck

decor.

as a

befo

re

Ensure

with

ions

are

paint

after

to

has dried,

grille

on

and hig

h-

cutoffs

and

extreme

comes

at

volu

me

the

7.

Attach securely

the

supplied

hold

grille. Powerful

the

grille

in

place.

magnets

in

the

speaker

frame

will

OBTAINING SERVICE

To

obtain

service,

contact

an

authorized

Warranty,

DIMENSIONS

Dimensions For

s

below

Mounting Opening

Arena

61W

7-9

Arena

81W

(H X W)

Arena

551W

(H X W)

are

complete

performance

ite: www.jbl.com

for

more

information.

Dimensions Depth

(H X W):

9-13/16"

16" X 8-1

1/8

' X 6-1

to

mm)

change

X

5/16" 3-13116"

3/32" 3.0" (76m

/32" (249mm x 185mm)

:

11-15/

(303mm x 227

: 14-

(359mm x 163mm)

subject

specifications

.

LIMITED WARRANTY

JBL

Series speakers

speaker

's

warranty purchased. Your of

your

warranty

are

warranted against defect

depends

local

on

JBL

retailer can help

.

the

JBL

dealer.

Refer

to

Limited

Mounting Overall Dimensions

3-19132" (91 mm)

(97mm

)

m)

without

notice.

, pl

ease

laws in

the

country

you

determine

(H

X

(H

X

go

to

s. The

(w/grille)

W)

:

10-7

(276mm

(H xW)

(33

0mm x 254m

W)

:

15

-1/8" X 7

(38

4mm

the

JBL

duration

in

which the

/8" X

x 21

: 13" x 10'

x 1

8-11/32

2m

m)

-13132"

88mm

Web

of

it

was

length

"

)

the

6

JBL

Arena

In-Wall

Architectural

Instruction

Loudspeaker

Manual

a.

Balboa

500

Industries,

Int

cou

r

pearance

ap additional

your

International

Blvd.,

ernat ntries.

information

detailed

HARMAN

015

2

©

trademark

a

is

JBL

States

ed

Unit

e

th Features, For

call

For

TR0140

specifications

tions

s

que

(800)

t:

us a

al s

ic

chn

te

3_A

assistan

,

upport,

HARMAN 8

International

HARMAN

of

othe

and/or

nd

a

or

ce

4525.

-

336

submit

Northridg

Incorporat

Industri

ional

subject

are

inquiry

Industries,

Incorporated

91329

CA

e,

reserved.

rights

All

ed.

registered

d,

rning

e

without

of

y

an

notice.

products,

our

Incorporat

es,

change

to

conce

to:csupport@harman.com.

in

,,HARMAN

• •

jbl.com

.

www

ARENA

®

BllN

by

HARMAN

--------------------------------~--------------------------------

1

fo"

(254mm)

HARMAN

JBL

and the

JBL

logo are trademarks

of

HARMAN International Industries,

Incorporated, registered

in

the United States and/or other countries.

13"

(330mm)

1

3-13/16"

(97mm)

Note:

1"

(25.4mm)

must

be

clear

behind

the

drywall

to

provide

adequate

room

for

the

mounts

to

engage.

__.

I

__.

(J1

-..

__.

q

w

0

w

3

-