M&K Sound LCD-35, XENON LCR-25, XENON LCR-35, XENON Surround-25 Operation Manual

Miller & Kreisel Sound, Inc.
9351 Deering Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311-5858 USA
[phone] fax [phone]
www.mksound.com

©2002 Miller & Kreisel Sound, Inc.

satellite speaker

operation manual

XENON LCR-35
XENON LCR-25
XENON Surround-25

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................3

2. PLACEMENT OF YOUR SPEAKERS..........................................................................3

3. SPEAKER HOOK-UP......................................................................................................3

4. OPTIMIZING SPEAKER PLACEMENT...........................................................................5

5. THE TRIPOLE

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SURROUND 25 SPEAKER..................................................................6

6. PLACEMENT OF THE TRIPOLE®SURROUND SPEAKER..........................................6

7. HOME THEATRE USAGE................................................................................................7

CENTER CHANNEL.............................................................................................8

SURROUND CHANNEL.......................................................................................9

8. USE WITH M&K STBT5 WALL BRACKET.................................................................10

9. SATELLITE/SUBWOOFER PHASING TEST...............................................................10

10. SPEAKER DAMAGE & HOW TO AVOID IT................................................................11

11. M&K 5.1 MULTICHANNEL & PRO-LOGIC SYSTEM SETUP GUIDE.......................12

12. IF YOU NEED SERVICE......................................................................................14

13 . M&K 10 YEAR WARRANTY...........................................................................................15

14. CABINET MAINTENANCE.............................................................................................15

15. SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................................................15

DIAGRAMS

FIGURE 1 SPEAKER WIRING............................................................................................4

FIGURE 2 SEPARATION BETWEEN LEFT & RIGHT SPEAKERS..................................5

FIGURE 3 SURROUND SPEAKERS:ONE RO W OF LISTENER,SIDE LOCATION............6

FIGURE 4 SURROUND SPEAKERS:TWO ROWS OF LISTENERS,SIDE LOCATION.......7

FIGURE 5 SURROUND SPEAKERS:REAR WALL LOCATION...........................................7

FIGURE 6 MULTIPLE SURROUND SPEAKERS..................................................................7

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Date of Purchase:
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1. INTRODUCTION

Congratulations! Your new M&K speaker system will give you years of unmatched enjoyment and
excitement while listening to your favorite musical and audio/video sources. We encourage you to read
this owner’s manual, as there is a great deal of information provided here to help you achieve the best
possible performance.

If you have an y questions about y our speaker system, please contact y our M&K dealer or call the M&K
factory directly at [phone], from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.
Additional information may also be obtained on our web site: www

.mksound.com or you may send us an

e-mail at [e-mail].

This manual gives you basic hook-up instructions first, followed by more detailed technical,
installation, and service information.

2. PLACEMENT OF YOUR SPEAKERS

Your M&K speakers can be installed in a wide variety of locations. Their compact size gives you great
flexibility in installation. They can be placed on shelves, bookcases, or more permanently mounted using
brackets, through direct attachment to a wall, or with a ceiling suspension system.

You can place the left and r ight speakers vir tually anywhere in the room, but certain locations are
better than others. In general, locate them away from obstructions that would interfere with the direct path
from the speakers to your ears (such as walls, furniture, lighting, plants, etc.). Center channel speakers
should be located close to the television screen (see Home Theater Usage on page 7). Your speakers will
sound better when they are around ear height, or when angled towards y our listening location. They sound
better when they are not sitting on the floor.

For more detailed information on placement of your speakers, see Section 4 (page 4).

SPECIAL NOTE - The Xenon LCR45, LCR35, LCR25 ARE TV SHIELDED

This means that you can locate them close to a television set or even directly on top of the set.

In some rare instances, a small amount of residual magnetism at a specific angle to your TV set may
cause a slight geometric or color distortion of the picture on your television set. If you do get this
distortion, tr y moving the speaker slightly until the distortion is reduced or disappears. Then turn the set
off and wait 10 minutes before turning it back on to trigger the set's degaussing circuitry.

3. SPEAKER HOOK-UP

Please follow these instructions carefully, to avoid any possible damage to the speakers or your
amplifier, and to get the best possible sound.

The sound quality of your speakers can be affected by the type of speaker wire that you use to
connect them. While it is possible to use speaker wire as thin as 22 gauge to hook your speakers up, we
recommend using the largest diameter wire that you can. This means a minimum of 18 gauge wire. Over
10 feet, you should use 16 gauge, and for more than 30 feet, we recommend using 14 gauge or heavier.
The smaller the number, the thicker the wire.

There is a wide variety of premium speaker cables available from a number of specialist
manufacturers. We do not endorse any specific brand of premium cable, but we do recommend using as
high quality a cable that fits your budget. Using better quality cables will improve the sound of your
speakers.

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HOOKUP

For each speaker, connect the Positive (+) lead from your amplifier or receiver to the RED (+) INPUT
terminal and connect the Negative (-) lead from your amplifier or receiver to the BLACK (-) INPUT
terminal. See Figure 1.

4. OPTIMIZING SPEAKER PLACEMENT

The sound quality produced by your speakers can be significantly enhanced by careful attention to
their placement. While we understand that you may not redesign your room to accommodate your
speakers, coming as close as possible to the ideal placement will give you much better sound.

The left and right channel speakers can be oriented either horizontally or vertically. The center
channel speaker is designed for horizontal orientation (tweeter and woofer drivers next to each other), and
may be angled (vertically) towards your listening position.

Three factors are important in getting the best sound. They are:

A. Height (or angle).

B. Location away from room walls or reflecting surfaces.

C. Separation between Left and Right speakers.

A. HEIGHT (OR ANGLE)

Your M&K speakers will always deliver sound superior to conventional speakers, regardless of where
you locate them. However, because they are designed for very fast and accurate transient response, they
achieve even better sound quality, and the flattest frequency response when properly oriented relative to
your ear.

Ideally, the tweeters should be at the same height from the floor as your ears, when you are sitting in
your main listening position.

If you have the speakers mounted above or below this height, they sound their best when you angle
the speakers so that the speakers are aimed at your ears when you are in the main listening position.

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FIGURE 1

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SATELLITE SPEAKERS

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RIGHT LEFT

+

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AMPLIFIER OR RECEIVER

B. LOCATION AWAY FROM REFLECTING SURFACES

Your speakers should be located, whenever practical, away from walls, the floor , furniture, or any other
reflecting surfaces. Do the best you can. Objects close to the speaker will reflect sound, and this
reflected sound arrives at your ear slightly later than the direct sound.This delay is very slight, so instead
of hearing an echo, you hear a "blurred" sound with less clarity that is not as sharp and distinct as it should
be. This time delay also affects frequency response and sonic imaging.

If the speakers are on a television set or shelves, locate them on the front edge, so there is no flat
surface directly in front of them. If the speakers will sit close to walls or other large objects, lea ve as much
space as possible between the speaker and the object. Ideally, your speakers will be several feet from the
nearest surface, but in most rooms compromise is necessary.

C. SEPARATION BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT SPEAKERS

Here is a formula for achieving the ideal left to right stereo imaging. Think of a triangle formed by the
locations of the Left and Right speakers and your listening position. Ideally, the subtended angle formed
should be between 45 and 50 degrees. Roughly, this means that the Left and Right speakers should be
separated by about the same distance that you are sitting back from the speakers. In other words, if the
distance from your listening position to the point directly between the speakers is 10 feet, place the
speakers so their centers are 10 feet apart. See Figure 2, above.

On Figure 2, the length of line A - B should be about the same as the length of line X - Y. (They may
not seem to be the same in this diagram due to an optical illusion).

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FIGURE 2

LEFT SPEAKER

RIGHT SPEAKER

CENTER SPEAKER

X

A

B

Y

Aim the speakers
at the primary listener.

Line X - Y should equal
line A - B.
(Line A - B appears longer
in this diagram due to an
optical illusion).