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MODEL SCS 178 and SCS 188 (230V)
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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, reflex-loaded 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 |
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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 |
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recording and reproduction, |
that you expected – and that |
JBL Consumer Products |
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from live performances to the |
when you think about |
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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 |
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I N C L U D E D
Four satellites for left/right |
One center channel speaker. |
Powered subwoofer. |
front and surrounds. SCS 188 |
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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 188) |
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cables for connection from |
12.2-meter (40-foot) speaker |
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receiver to subwoofer. |
cables for connection from |
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receiver to left and right rear |
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Three 4.6-meter (15-foot) |
satellites and surround back |
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speaker cables for connection |
speaker. (SCS 188 only) |
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from subwoofer to front |
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speakers and center speaker. |
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CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION: To prevent electric shock, do not remove the grounding plug on the power cord, or use any plug or extension cord that does not have a grounding plug provided.
Make certain that the
AC outlet is properly grounded. Do not use an adapter plug with this product.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important
2 operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.
S P E A K E R P L A C E M E N T
Front Speakers |
Center Channel Speaker Subwoofer |
0 – 0.6m (0 – 2 ft.) |
Surround Speakers
150-180 cm |
The front speakers should be |
The two surround speakers |
The low-frequency material |
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placed the same distance from |
should be placed slightly |
reproduced by the subwoofer is |
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each other as they are from the |
behind the listening position |
mostly omnidirectional, and this |
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listening position. They should |
and, ideally, should face each |
speaker may be placed in a |
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be placed at about the same |
other and be at a level higher |
convenient location in the |
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height from the floor as the |
than the listeners’ ears. If that |
room. However, the best |
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listeners’ ears will be, or they |
is not possible, they may be |
reproduction of bass will be |
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may be angled toward the |
placed on a wall behind the |
heard when the subwoofer is |
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listeners. |
listening position, facing for- |
placed in a corner along the |
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ward. The surround back |
same wall as the front |
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The center channel speaker |
speaker (in SCS 188 only) |
speakers. Experiment with |
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should be placed slightly |
should be placed behind the |
subwoofer placement by |
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behind the front left and right |
listening position, facing the |
temporarily placing the |
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speakers, and no more than |
center speaker. The surround |
subwoofer in the listening |
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two feet above or below the |
speakers should not call |
position and moving around the |
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tweeters of the left and right |
attention to themselves. |
room until the bass |
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speakers. It is often convenient |
Experiment with their |
reproduction is best. Place the |
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to set the center speaker on top |
placement until you hear a |
subwoofer in that location. |
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of the television set, as shown |
diffuse, ambient sound |
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in the drawing. |
accompanying the main |
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program material heard in the |
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front speakers. |
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