Klipsch LIGHT SPEAKER SYSTEM, LIGHTSPEAKER User Manual

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State-of-the-art LIGHT & SOUND

One complete system that installs in 30 minutes or less!

OWNER’S MANUAL

AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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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.

Le symbole de l’éclair fléché dans un triangle équilatéral, a pour but d’avertir l’utilisateur de la présence non isolées d’une «tension dangereuse» dans le boîtier du produit que mai d’une magnitude suffisante pour constituer un risque d’électrocution pour les personnes.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

Le point d’exclamation dans un triangle équilatéral sert à alerter l’utilisateur de la présence d’importantes exploitation et de maintenance (entretien) dans la documentation accompagnant l’appareil.

Caution marking is located at the side of the apparatus. Attention marquage est situé sur le côté de l’appareil.

CAUTION: Risk of Electrical Shock - Use in Dry Locations Only ATTENTION: Risque de Choc Électrique - Utiliser Seulement Dans des Endroits

Secs

CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user servicable parts – refer servicing to qualified service personnel only. ATTENTION: Pour réduire le risque de choc électrique, ne pas retirer le couvercle (ou l’arrière). Non utilisateur servicable parts - confier l’entretien de service qualifie seul le personnel.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

AVERTISSEMENT: Pour réduire le risque d’incendie ou de choc électrique, ne pas exposer cet appareil sous la pluie et l’humidité.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all Warnings. Follow all instructions.

2. Do not use this apparatus near water. The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on apparatus.

3. Clean only with a dry cloth.

4. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

5. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

6. The lamp holder is used as disconnect device. The lamp holder of apparatus should not be obstructed OR should be easily accessed during intended use. To completely disconnect the power input, the lamp holder of the apparatus shall be disconnected from the mains.

7. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

8. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

9. Added weight of the device may cause instability of a free-standing portable lamp. Use only with portable table lamps in which the distance from the bottom of the base to the top of the lampholder does not exceed three (3) times minimum base width. Use only with portable table lamps which are provided with lamp shades” or the equivalent.

10. This device is not intended for use with emergency exit fixtures or

emergency exit lights

11. NOT FOR USE WHERE EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER

NE PAS EXPOSER AUX INTEMPÉRIES

12. NOT FOR USE IN TOTALLY ENCLOSED RECESSED LUMINAIRES

NE PAS INSTALLER DANS DES LUMINAIRES ENCASTRÉS COMPLÈTEMENT FERMÉS

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Congratulations

Thank you for choosing a LightSpeaker® from Klipsch®. You have chosen one of the most unique, patented, audio systems in the world. With proper installation and operation, you will enjoy years of trouble-free use. Klipsch® sells numerous loudspeakers for use inside or outside your home. To see the complete Klipsch® product assortment, visit us on the Internet at: www.Klipsch.com.

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Table of Contents

System Overview....................................................................................6

What is in this box................................................................................8

Step 1 - Where will you install.........................................................9

Step 2 - Check your connector type...........................................9

Step 3 - Test fit your LightSpeaker

...........................................10

Step 4 - Removing the trim ring....................................................11

Step 5 - Installing the trim ring....................................................14

Step 6 - Adjusting the Simple Tabs

.......................................15

Step 7 - Setting the zone and stereo switches...................16

Step 8 - Installing your LightSpeakers

...................................20

Step 9 - Pairing....................................................................................21

Step 10 - Plug in your sources......................................................23

Step 11 - Enjoy your LightSpeakers

.........................................24

Operating the transmitter & remote control.......................25

Helpful hints...........................................................................................27

More about removing trim rings................................................30

Where to put the transmitter.....................................................33

Attaching the remote wall bracket.............................................33

Selecting LightSpeaker

locations..............................................34

Specifications.......................................................................................37

Possible causes of interference.................................................40

Troubleshooting the remote.........................................................41

Warranty...............................................................................................42

Registration Information.................................................................43

FCC Declaration...................................................................................44

Technical Support Information...................................Back Cover

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System Overview

This wireless LightSpeaker® System is intended to install into any home easily and without any expensive and complicated wiring. You can install a typical system in your home in a few minutes and not have to worry about repairing walls or ceilings. Plus there is no climbing into attics or wriggling into crawl spaces! LightSpeakers® deliver great sound into any room in your house, using your existing wiring and your recessed lighting fixtures. The LightSpeaker® installs in a standard 5“ or 6“ recessed ceiling light fixture common in most homes. It will replace a standard light bulb (R-30 or R-40). This unique patented LightSpeaker

has full bandwidth audio and “green” lighting together in one small package. Part of what makes this possible is the use of a 10W LED to provide the equivalent light of a 60W incandescent bulb while using 80% less power than the light bulb it replaced. Consider also that you may never have to replace this light; an operating life of 25,000 to 40,000 hours means that with average use this light should easily last 15 to 25 years.

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Your system can use up to 8 LightSpeakers® to provide audio and lighting to your entire home. You can even divide your home into two unique areas where different music sources, sound and lighting control allow you to add music with integrated “green” lighting to places you only dreamed of having it before.

There’s no wiring and no big (or small) speaker boxes. The wireless transmitter can be centrally located which will provide audio and, together with the remote, allow you

to control your LightSpeakers

from anywhere in your home. The RF remote and the transmitter base station will control which source you listen to in a room as well as the level of the sound and the brightness of the light; this can be done from anywhere in the house, you don’t need to be near the transmitter.

Plug two separate audio sources into your transmitter and deliver the music from your AM/FM Radio, TV or MP3, or any audio source, to any room in your house.

To expand your system, additional LightSpeakers

are

available from your retailer or at www.klipsch.com.

This incredible patented system provides even greater flexibility to you as the owner; since you can take this system with you if you move; and when you do, it leaves no trace (holes that need to be covered) that the system was ever installed and used.

Please take a few moments to copy down the serial number and part number found on the side of your product box onto page 43 of this manual. You will need them to register your product.

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Take just a minute to be sure you have everything you need to install your first wireless distributed audio system from Kadence Designs.

Transmitter Power Cord Large & Small

Trim Rings

LightSpeakers®, & Lens Remote

Lenses Remote Wall Bracket

Attachment Cords

Instruction Manual

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Step 1:

Decide which lights will be replaced with

LightSpeakers®.

Your Klipsch® LightSpeakers® have been specifically designed to cover large areas, however if the location of your fixtures allow you to do so, you should think about how you use your room and where you are likely to spend most of your time. Then choose the fixtures that are most evenly spaced to your preferred listening position.

WARNING! Turn off circuit breakers to all lighting

fixtures you are working on!

A) Turn off the circuit breaker and light switch, to the

bulbs you intend to replace with LightSpeakers®.

B) Remove the existing light bulb.

Step 2: Check your connector

type. Your Klipsch® LightSpeaker® is designed to fit into a standard Edison connector. It will not fit any other type connector.

STOP! Check your connector!

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Step 3: Test fit your LightSpeaker®.

Your LightSpeaker® is designed to fit directly into most 5“ (R30) and 6“ (R40) down light cans by simply removing the existing light and, in the same manner as a light bulb, re-installing your LightSpeaker® in its place. You may simply test fit your LightSpeaker®, or you may measure according to the diagram below, to be certain your Klipsch® LightSpeaker® will fit directly into your recessed light fixture.

6.6”

4.75”

This diagram shows the minimum width and depth necessary to house your LightSpeaker® completely within the recessed lighting enclosure. The depth can be less if you do not mind your LightSpeaker® standing out slightly from the ceiling.

If your LightSpeaker® fits directly into your recessed lighting fixture without any modifications you can skip forward to Step 7.

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If your Lightspeaker® does not fit either because the trim ring/reflector opening is too small or the lighting fixture is not set deep enough, please follow the instructions below.

STOP! Depth is adjustable in most fixtures! Read on!

Step 4: Removing the trim ring and any included reflector.

There are many types of recessed light fixtures so it may be necessary to perform a few simple operations. The goal is to get your ceiling fixture to look like the picture below.

Remove the trim ring and reflector. Sometimes, especially in the 5“ fixtures, these are combined units like the figure below.

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The attachment here is via a common “V” spring. To remove simply pinch the two sides of the spring together and slip out of the “C” shaped brackets on the inside walls of the lighting fixture.

C shaped bracket

The trim ring and reflector may also be attached to the inside of the recessed lighting fixture with small springs. Reach inside the lighting fixture, grasp the spring at the top hook, and lift it off of its point of attachment. There are usually two springs one on either side of the fixture. For more information on removing this type of trim ring see the section titled “More on Removing Trim Rings and Reflector” on page 28 in this manual.

The Edison Socket may also be attached to a socket arm (L-shaped bracket) or to a socket plate (flat circular piece of metal). Many times this “arm” or “plate” can be adjusted via a wing nut to a depth which is suitable for mounting your LightSpeaker®. In most cases however it is just as easy or easier to just remove the socket plate all together since it provides for the quickest and easiest install.

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Repositioning the socket plate (arm): Loosen the wing

nut just enough to push the plate (arm) as far into the enclosure as it will go. Retighten the wing nut. Retest your LightSpeaker® for proper fit. If it fits, remove it again and go forward to Step 7.

Complete removal of the socket plate: Loosen the wing nut, turning the “wings” so that they are aligned with the slot. Slide the plate until the big opening in the slot aligns with the thick part of the wing nut. Lift the socket plate free of the wing nut. Slide the wing nut up to the top of the slot and retighten.

The Edison socket is most often attached to the socket arm with either 2 screws or via a spring bracket. Either remove the screws to free the socket, or pinch the spring bracket to slide it free of the plate (arm). In 5” fixtures this spring bracket may be attached to a metal bracket which is itself attached to the trim ring and reflector.

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HELPFUL TIP! Save all the parts so if you move, you can

replace and take your LightSpeakers

with you.

Step 5: Installing the trim ring.

Your LightSpeaker® comes with their own integrated trim ring. There are two different sizes. Choose your trim ring based on either A or B below and place the LightSpeaker® trim ring over the back of the LightSpeaker®. Be sure the finished side is facing out. Upon completion of the install, this trim ring should fit snuggly and uniformly to the ceiling and should also seat properly around the entire edge of your LightSpeaker®.

A) The thicker trim ring will be used when your LightSpeaker® is installed into a 6“ lighting fixture.

B) The thinner one when it is installed into a 5” fixture.

As long as the trim ring covers the edges of the lighting fixture and any rough drywall edges you may use either trim ring; it will not affect the performance of your LightSpeaker®.

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SimpleTabs

Step 6: Adjusting the SimpleTabs™. Your LightSpeaker® is equipped with a unique mounting system. The three SimpleTabs™, on the back of the speaker can be rotated outward and when the LightSpeaker® is pressed into the housing, hold it centered and securely in place.

You will now adjust the Simple Tabs™ on the back of the LightSpeaker® to either A (6” recessed light fixture) or B (5” recessed light fixture).

If you are installing into a 5” recessed lighting fixture, rotate each of the SimpleTabs™ out to position “B” on the top of the LightSpeaker® unit.

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