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OWNER’S GUIDE
PRODUCT LINE:
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MODEL
NUMBER: SCS 178 and SCS 188 (230V)
DESIGN GOAL: Bring the thrill of live performance and movie sound to the
home environment by calling on JBL’s professional engineering leadership.
SATELLITE TYPE:Titanium-laminate-dome tweeter, reflex-loaded enclosure
SUBWOOFER TYPE: Bass-reflex enclosure
PORT DESIGN: FreeFlow™ flared
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE: Cinema Loudspeaker Series
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THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING JBL For more than 55 years, JBL We’re confident that the JBL or office, you will once again has been involved in every system you have chosen will choose JBL. aspect of music and film provide every note of enjoment recording and reproduction, that you expected – and that JBL Consumer Products from live performances to the when you think about recordings you play in your purchasing additional audio home, car or office. equipment for your home, car INCLUDED Four satellites f
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SPEAKER PLACEMENT Front Speakers Center Channel Speaker Subwoofer 0 – 0.6m (0 – 2 ft.) Surround Speakers 150-180 cm The front speakers should be The two surround speakers The low-frequency material placed the same distance from should be placed slightly reproduced by the subwoofer is each other as they are from the behind the listening position mostly omnidirectional, and this listening position. They should and, ideally, should face each speaker may be placed in a be placed at about the same ot
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MOUNTING OPTIONS Satellites and Surrounds On shelves. On the wall. Wall brackets On optional stands. are included. Wall-Mounting The customer is responsible for proper selection and use of mounting hardware, available through hardware stores, to properly and safely wall-mount the speakers. SPEAKER CONNECTIONS Separate and strip the ends of phase” results in thin sound, Connection Tips the speaker wire as shown. weak bass and a poor stereo Speakers and electronics image. terminals have correspond
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Dolby* Pro Logic* (Non-Digital) – Speaker Level (SCS 178 only) Use this installation method for Left Front Right Front Dolby Pro Logic applications Center ® (not Dolby Digital, DTS or + – + – + – other digital processing), where the receiver/processor does not have a subwoofer output, or a volume-controlled preamp (line-) level output: Subwoofer Connect your receiver or amplifier’s front left and right HIGH LEVEL speaker terminals to the left + – –
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Dolby Pro Logic (Non-Digital) – Line Level (SCS 178 and SCS 188) Use this installation method for output, or a volume-controlled level inputs on the subwoofer. Dolby Pro Logic appli-cations preamp (line-) level output: IMPORTANT: Do not use the ® (not Dolby Digital, DTS or Use RCA-type patch cords LFE input on the subwoofer other digital processing), where to connect the line-level with Dolby Pro Logic the receiver/processor is subwoofer outputs on your processors. Note: If your equipped with a
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OPERATION PHASE Press the Master Power Switch signal after approximately The Phase Control ™ determines (marked Power ¡) to the ON twenty minutes, it will whether the subwoofer’s piston- position to use the subwoofer. automatically go into standby like action moves in and out in When your receiver or amplifier mode. If you will be away from phase with the main speakers or is off, or is not sending program home for an extended period of opposite the main speakers. This material to the subwoofer,
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TROUBLESHOOTING If there is no sound from any of • If your receiver/processor is If there is no sound from the the speakers: set in Dolby Pro Logic mode, surround speakers: • Check that receiver/amplifier make sure the center speaker • Check all wires and is on and a source is playing. is not in phantom mode. connections between • Check that the powered • If your receiver/processor receiver/ amplifier and ® subwoofer is plugged in, its is set in Dolby Digital or DTS speakers. Make sure all wires
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Declaration of Conformity We, Harman Consumer International 2, route de Tours 72500 Château-du-Loir France declare in own responsibility, that the product described in this owner’s manual is in compliance with technical standards: EN 60065:1998 EN 55013/A14:1999 EN 55020/A14:1999 EN 61000-3-2/A14:2000 EN 61000-3-3/1.1995 EN 50081-1:1992 EN 50082-1:1992 Gary Mardell JBL, Harman Consumer International France,09/03 9
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SPECIFICATIONS SCS 178/SCS 188 Satellite and Surround Back Frequency Response (-6dB): 90Hz – 22kHz Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 86dB Nominal Impedance: 4 Ohms Recommended Amplifier Power 25 – 100 Watts RMS per Channel Drive Units: 12mm Polyamide/Titanium Laminate Video-shielded HF 100mm Paper Cone Video-shielded Mid/Bass Dimensions (H x W x D): 235mm x 140mm x 179mm (9.3" x 5.5" x 7") Weight: 2.8kg (6.2lb) SCS 178 and SCS 188 Center Frequency Response (-6dB): 100Hz – 22kHz Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 88
