Optimus PRO SW-14 User Manual

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Cat. No.

PRO SW-14 12-Inch 100-Watt Subwoofer

The subwoofer has a down-firing 12­inch driver with a dual 2-inch voice
coil. You can connect both stereo
channels to a single subwoofer.

CHOOSING A LOCATION
FOR THE SUBWOOFER

Because low frequencies are much
less directional than other sounds, you
can use a single subwoofer for both
stereo channels and you can put the
subwoofer almost anywhere within
your listening area. However, to sim-

Your Optimus PRO SW-14 12-Inch
100-Watt Subwoofer is designed to
add the dramatic realism of solid bass
response (below 150 Hz) to many
speaker systems that lack the ability
to reproduce these frequencies on
their own. The subwoofer’s bass reflex
design provides cle an bass response
in the crucial bottom octave of the a u­dible range.

plify connections, it is usual ly best to
put the subwoofer between the left
and right stereo speakers.

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The subwoofer’s effect is most dra­matic when it is used with stereo
speakers such as RadioShack PRO­7s and PRO-77s. The stereo speakers
reproduce the high, midrange, and up­per bass frequencies, while the sub­woofer reproduces the low bass
frequencies. This results in height­ened presence and clarity across the
entire audio range.

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ADDING THE SUBWOOFER TO YOUR
SPEAKER SYSTEM

With the subwoofer in t he selected l o­cation, measure the distance from it to
each speaker, and to your receiver/
amplifier. Then follow these steps to
connect the subwoofer.

Notes:

• Use 18-gauge speaker wire for
distances up to 25 feet.

• Use 16-gauge speaker wire for
distances greater than 25 feet.

• To maximize the bass response,
you must connect the receiver/
amplifier’s positive (+) and nega­tive (–) terminals to the sub­woofer’s corresponding positive
(+) and negative (–) terminals.

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You can easily do this by using
speaker wire that has a stripe or a
ridge on one conductor. Your local
RadioShack store has a wide
selection of speaker wire.

1. Connect the subwoofer’s
terminals to the appropriate left
and right speaker terminals on
your amplifier.

2. Connect the subwoofer’s

PUT

terminals to the correspond-

ing left and right stereo speaker.

INPUT

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