Klipsch Icon Serie Mode D'emploi page 3

Room Placement
Your Icon loudspeakers will perform well in a variety of locations,
but best results will be achieved using the following guidelines:
Front Left and Right Speakers
• Place on a common wall 6 to 15 feet apart.
• If used in a home theater system, position the speakers
flanking your video display.
• Position them equal distance from the back wall (if they are
not wall-mounted).
• Position them at the same height above the floor
(for non-floor standing models) with the high frequency
drivers at seated ear height.
• Angle speakers toward the listener and even with or forward
of any adjacent obstructions (if they are not wall-mounted).
• Placing them near a corner or wall provides the greatest
amount of bass while moving the speakers away from room
boundaries reduces bass energy.
• Asymmetrical placement of a pair of speakers from adjacent
side walls can smooth room-induced bass unevenness.
• Bookshelf models may be placed on shelves or optional floor stands.
• Experiment with the above guidelines to suit your taste and to
compensate for your room's acoustic characteristics.
Center Channel Speakers
• Place immediately above or below the center of your video display.
• These models are supplied with a tilt rod to compensate for
placements above or below seated ear height.
• Use the supplied rubber pad to protect the front bottom edge
of the speaker. (See Figure 3.)
Surround Channel Speakers
• Place above seated ear height on side or rear walls
(approximately 4-5 feet above the floor) or on optional
floorstands.
• Attach wall bracket with an appropriately sized screw head
screwed into a wall stud or wall anchor with a suitable weight
bearing capacity. (See Figure 3.)
• See your Klipsch dealer for optional, adjustable wall mounts if
required. These mounts utilize the threaded bushings on the
rear of the cabinet.
On Wall Placement
(See Figure 3.)
• Icon LCR and bookshelf models may be wall-mounted
using the included wall bracket.
Never use the wall bracket for mounting the speaker to
the ceiling.
Connecting
Turn your amplifier off before making any
connections.
• Your loudspeakers are equipped with positive (Red) and negative
(Black) connection terminals on the rear of the cabinet. These
correspond to the positive and negative terminals on the
appropriate channel (left, right, center, rear etc.) of your amplifier.
(See Figures 2A and 2B.)
(See Figures 2A, 2B and 3.)
(See Figures 2A, 2B and 3.)
Standard Connections
• All speakers in your system must be connected in phase with
the positive speaker terminal connected to the positive
amplifier terminal. Repeat this for the negative speaker
terminal and amplifier terminals. Most speaker wire has
distinguishing markings on the insulation of one of the
conductors to assist in correct hookup.
• Use 16 gauge (AWG), two conductor, copper wire at a
minimum and larger gauge wire for longer runs. The
connection terminals on your loudspeaker will accommodate
bare wire, and spade terminals.
With all connection types, take care that there is no
contact between the positive and negative terminals
at the speaker and amplifier. Damage to your equipment
may result.
Active Floorstander Connections
Your floorstanding speakers have a built-in amplifier that
needs to be connected to an AC outlet. Once plugged in, it
will be either ON or in STANDBY depending upon the position
of the AUTO POWER switch. You must unplug the power cord
from the AC outlet to completely turn off your speaker during
extended periods. (i.e. vacations.)
There are two methods of connection provided on the input panel
of the XF-48. One is a single RCA-jack that functions as a line-level
input and the other is a set of binding posts that function as a high-
level input. Both are provided in order to connect to a wide variety
of electronics. Depending upon your system, one or both of these
connections may be available.
Do not connect both the standard SPEAKER IN and
the LINE IN inputs at the same time as damage to
your equipment could result.
In most applications, best performance will be attained by using
the line-level input. Additionally, there is a "Sensitivity" switch on
the input panel that will help match the line-level input signal to
the source connected. Below are the recommended connection
methods and sensitivity settings based upon the equipment
source:
• When using with a source that has line-level preouts such as
an A/V receiver or preamplifier, connect the XF-48 line-level
input to the line-level preouts of the source. In most cases,
the sensitivity switch should be set to "LOW".
• In some instances, the source line-level voltage may be too
low to get full output from the XF-48. In those cases, set the
sensitivity switch to "HIGH".
• If your source does not have line-level preouts, you may
connect the XF-48 to the source via the binding post high-
level inputs. In this manner, the speaker would be connected
to the amplifier outputs as if it were a traditional passive
speaker. In most cases, the sensitivity switch should be set
to "LOW".
In some rare cases, you may find it necessary to connect the
XF-48 to the high-level binding posts and have the sensitivity
switch set to "HIGH". In this manner, there may be slight audible
noise from the speaker at very low levels.
3
(See Figure 4.)(All Models)
(See figure 5.)(XF-48 only)