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Contents
Declaration Of Conformity ........................................................................ i
Safety Precautions .................................................................................... ii
Instructions for:
Introduction ............................................................................................ 1
Inspecting For Damage ............................................................................. 2
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Important Notes .....................................
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Safety & Regulatory Information The following sections contain notices for various countries: All cables used to connect the computer and Notice for the USA Compliance Declaration of Conformity peripherals must be shielded and grounded. FCC Part 15: This equipment has been tested According to the FCC96 208 and ET95- 19 This product conforms to the following Council Operation with non- certified computers or non- and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Directive: shielded cables may res
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ INSTRUCTIONS - All safety and oper- should use a mounting accessory recom- the plug fully into the outlet, try reversing DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE - Unplug ating instructions should be read before the mended by Cambridge SoundWorks. the plug. If the plug should still fail to fit, the power supply from the wall outlet or DeskTop Theater 5.1 amplified subwoofer/ VENTILATION - Slots and openings in the contact your electrician to replace your other power source and
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Introduction hank you for purchasing Cambridge SoundWorks DeskTop Theater 5.1 by 1-877-YES-HIFI Cambridge SoundWorks. (1-877-937-4434) T DeskTop Theater 5.1 lets you 24 hours a day, experience the full potential of every day ® Dolby Digital multichannel sound In Canada: 1-800-987-9104 from your computer. It makes the Outside US or Canada: most of your computer DVD player, Tel: 617-332-5936 processing both Dolby Digital and Fax: 617-527-3194 ® Dolby Surround program www.cambridgesoundworks.com ma
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Inspecting For Important Notes These instructions assume you have channel sound cards such as Sound channel satellites, use the pair with Damage a DVD player with a SPDIF output Blaster 16 or the Sound Blaster the longer cables instead. jack. This jack should provide the AWE series can also be used with One satellite of each pair has a Examine each unit carefully for signs of Dolby Digital (AC-3) compressed data DeskTop Theater 5.1, but these white plug. The other satellite has a shipping damage
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Installation Sequence Speaker Placement 1. Read all of the instructions 6. Turn on the power. Set the The Front Satellites. The front The satellites may also be hung on before installing the Volume Control to approximately satellites play stereo music, the off- the wall behind the monitor using the speaker system. “10 o’clock” . Press the Speaker screen sounds of video playback screw and wall anchors provided (see 2. Using the placement instructions Test button. Use the test sound to and the fro
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satellite directly to the top of the The center channel speaker may The Rear Satellites. The rear at exactly the same height, nor at monitor, using the hook and loop be used with either of its two stands satellites provide the surround the same height as the front fasteners (see Diagram D). Position (Monitor Stand or Center Desktop effects in Dolby Digital, Dolby satellites. the face of the center channel so Stand). It can be attached directly to Surround and Creative Multi If you have side wall
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recommend placing the subwoofer The rear satellites may be installed Also, you may attach the rear on the floor (see Diagram J). on their convenient floor stands. While satellites under a desktop or at the Leave at least 8 cm (3 inches) of listening, the stands should be sides of a desk using the hook and space between the subwoofer face positioned to the left and right of your loop fasteners (see Diagram I). and a wall. Small objects in front listening position (see Diagram G). After you positi
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The Satellite Desktop Stands The Center Channel Stands satellite from sliding across the Install a Satellite Desktop Stand by The stands for the center channel desktop should it be inadvertently inserting it into the “T”-shaped speaker are installed by inserting bumped or jostled. socket in the back of each satellite, the strut of the stand into the Note: If you wish to install the feeding the cable through the recess in the back of the Center rear Satellites in the Floor Stands, stand’s cut-out
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The Floor Stands Mounting The Speakers The front of the slot is the side The rear satellites (with their Screw Mounting: The Satellite and Plastic anchors may be needed further away from the rear leg Desktop Stands attached) may be Center Channel speakers may be to secure the screws into particu- socket. Make sure the stand is installed in their floor stands. hung on a wall using a No.10 screw larly hard or soft material. If so, securely pressed into the slot. 1. Two of the six floor stand legs
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Decoder Amplifier Making Connections Hook and Loop Fasteners: Consult the Wiring Diagram on Use the signal cable with black When mounting speakers with Placement the next page before making any stereo miniplugs at each end to hook and loop fasteners, make connections. connect the rear output of your The Decoder Amplifier can be placed on sure that all surfaces are clean sound card (if present) to the Speaker Connections. Insert the desktop, a shelf or any site that and free of dirt and grease. H
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Wiring Diagram Decoder Amplifier Functions When the power is switched “ON”, Top Row the green indicator lights on the 4) Creative Multi Speaker face of the Decoder Amplifier will Surround: CMSS processes analog sequentially light from the right to program material. Repeated presses the left. The CMSS Music light will of this button steps through four remain illuminated after start-up. different operation modes. The indicator light for Dolby Music: Creates a 5.1 speaker Digital will illuminate au
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8)Speaker Test: Press this button 5) Dolby Digital indicator (PCM from an audio CD, a Video The test sound will operate for three to start the “test sound” genera- light: This light turns on CD or a stereo signal from a DVD). complete cycles and then stop. You tor. Use this test sound to position whenever a Dolby Digital signal Use this when, for example, a can terminate the sound at any point all the speakers and to balance is detected at the SPDIF input of Video CD has different languages by p
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Surround Reference Dolby Digital Dolby Pro Logic the sound will be properly reproduced CD-ROMs and CD’s with Dolby Dolby Digital (earlier called AC-3) Dolby Surround is an earlier by the DeskTop Theater 5.1. Surround encoding will feature delivers five discrete full-range surround sound standard which is When listening to DVD movies with the Dolby Surround logo at the channels (left front, center, right decoded with a Pro Logic processor 5.1 channel Dolby Digital sound, be beginning of the progr
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Creative Multi Speaker Audio Mode Selection The stereo soundtracks of some The Audio Mode selection feature Surround (CMSS) movies on the Video CD (VCD format) can only be used with the PCM CMSS is a 2 to 5.1 channel sound normally centered sounds from a contain different languages. For digital soundtrack of a Video CD or processor similar in some aspects stereo program are heard through example, a two channel soundtrack DVD with a stereo soundtrack, not a to a Dolby Surround with Pro Logic the
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Specifications Important Technical Support DeskTop Theater 5.1 Inside U.S.A., Canada and Latin America Playback Levels Six-channel Creative Labs Inc. Technical Support DeskTop Theater 5.1 is intended for Amplifier Specifications individual or small group listening If you need technical assistance, call 405-742-6622. Technical support is Left, Right, Left Surround, Right and will achieve surprisingly high available seven days a week from 8:00 am to midnight, Central time. Surround amplifiers, eac
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Holland Tel: +3115578244 Inside Europe Italy Tel: +39 2 982 4 4100 Creative Labs (Ireland) Ltd. Technical Support Norway Tel: 800 11663 (Freephone) BBS: +45 4824 4351 (HST V.34) Ballycoolin Business Park, Blanchardstown Dublin, 15 Ireland +45 4824 4361 (ZyTEL 19,200) Ireland Tel: +353 1 820 7555 Scandinavia Tel: +45 4824 4322 Fax: +353 1 820 5052 Fax: +45 4824 4323 BBS: +353 1 820 3784 (HST) Spain Tel: 900 953536 (Freephone) +353 1 820 3818 (ZyXEL) Sweden Tel: 020 791088 (Freephone) Belgium Tel:
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1-Year Limited Warranty o the original purchaser, This warranty is valid only Inside Asia Cambridge SoundWorks, when the speaker is returned to Inc. (a division of the retailer that sold the DeskTop Creative Technology Ltd. Technical Support T Creative Technologies, Theater 5.1 to the original 31 International Business Park, Ltd.) will warrant the purchaser. Creative Resource, Singapore 609921 DeskTop theater 5.1 system to This is the sole and express be free of defects in material warranty. Thi
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311 Needham Street, Newton MA 02464 1-877-937-4434 Fax: 617-527-3194 www.cambridgesoundworks.com Email: info@cambridgesoundworks.com P81-1300 0400 A Company
