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                        Owner’s Manual
Synchrony Series
Guide d’utilisation
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                        Owner’s Manual Congratulations on purchasing your new PSB Synchrony loudspeaker.   We hope that you enjoy our product for many years to come.  This  owner's manual will give you many useful tips about connecting, placing  and using your loudspeaker.  We recommend you read it thoroughly and  it should answer all of your product related questions.  If not, feel free to  contact us through our website: www.psbspeakers.com Synchrony design background A little technical background might give you an a
                    
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                        These two factors causing distortion in bass drivers are practically  eliminated by the combination of an aluminum shorting ring within the  magnet structure, the aluminum phase plug on the pole piece, and a  shorted copper turn on top of the pole piece.  The aluminum phase plug  smoothes response and also contributes as a heat sink for the voice coil,  reducing power compression. Long voice coils for all woofers (in a  narrow gap) ensure high and uniform BL vs. excursion, to maintain  dynamic l
                    
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                        Owner’s Manual Additional features of the Synchrony models: ? 1" Titanium Tweeter/Neodymium Motor/Aluminum Heat Sink. Low  mass for required stiffness needed for wide bandwidth response.   High efficiency and high power handling. ? Three chamber individually ported cabinet design (tower models)  gives greater control over the system tuning, resulting in deeper bass.  Doesn't suffer from the standing wave problems found in a typical  tower.  ? Perforated Hex Acoustically transparent Metal Grill c
                    
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                        Adjusting Rubber Levelers  and Spikes  (Tower Speakers) Attach the supplied spikes or rubber  levelers to the bottom of the speaker   as shown in the diagram at right. On  carpets, position the speakers and  adjust spikes to the desired height  (higher for thicker carpet) and hand  tighten the locknuts against the bottom  of the cabinet.   Adjusting Rubber Foot (For Center Channel Models) The Synchrony One C and Two C  center channel speakers come supplied  with a multi-position foot that allows
                    
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                        Owner’s Manual Wall Mounting Synchrony S Surrounds Select and install wall-mounting brackets and hardware sufficient to hold  the weight of the speakers on the walls safely. 1. Use the “3 finger” style flush mount bracket (provided in Owner's  Manual Kit). 2. The speaker should be mounted at a minimum height of five feet  measured from the bottom of the speaker to the ground.  The speaker  can be mounted on the wall beside or behind the listener.  Screws  with sufficient length and located to so
                    
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                        Speaker Placement — Maximizing Your Enjoyment Proper loudspeaker placement is an essential ingredient to getting the  best sound from your high performance stereo, multi-channel audio or  home theater system.  The goal is to reproduce faithfully the audio  soundtrack the movie director or music producer created without calling  any attention to the speakers themselves. All distances are equal All distances are equal 5.1 surround speaker placement 6.1/7.1 surround speaker placement Fortunately, i
                    
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                        Owner’s Manual enclosures are positioned vertically rather than horizontally. If you  are placing your monitors horizontally, the speakers will still  perform very well, but the seating area where you will enjoy  optimum sound will become narrower.  We suggest you position  the tweeters to the outside away from the center line. You may  prefer to tilt the speakers towards ear level. D. If you sit equally distant from both speakers, angling the speakers  inward (“toeing them in’) about 5 to 10 de
                    
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                        inches from all walls, but the choice is yours to determine by  listening. 2. You in Relation to the Speakers Where you sit in relation to your speakers obviously makes a  difference too.  The proportions of the particular triangle formed by  your speakers and you matter.  (You may need to send more power to  the more distant speaker to compensate if you get much further from  one speaker than the other.)  The overall distances involved also  matter.  As you get further from the speakers, more s
                    
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                        Owner’s Manual 4. Positioning Surround Speakers We are often asked about what kind of surround speakers are best:  dipole, bipole, or monopole (direct-radiator).  Placement, room  acoustics, and other factors affect the sonic realism of movies and  Null Zone Bipole 5.1 System Dipole 5.1 System multi-channel audio at least as much as the radiating characteristics  of a speaker. Therefore, we do not make specific recommendations  but rather suggest you discuss the best solution for your particular
                    
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                        positioning relation to the listener to obtain the level of direct versus  diffuse sound that you prefer. Most people find it best to mount  dedicated surround speakers like our  Synchrony S Surrounds on the side  walls slightly behind the prime  listening position and two feet above  ear height when seated (this typically  places the bottom of the speaker  about 5 feet (1.5 m) above the floor.)  The surround speakers can also be  mounted at ceiling level or on floor  stands if this is preferred
                    
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                        Owner’s Manual Connections Important: Always turn off your electronic equipment before connecting  speakers. Selecting Speaker Wire We recommend the  2 following gauge of Under 25 ft (7.5 m): 16-gauge – (1.3 mm )  2 standard two-conductor  25-50 ft (15 m): 14-gauge – (2.1 mm ) 2 speaker wire for the  Over 50 ft (30 m): 12-gauge – (3.3 mm ) wiring distances  specified; if you prefer,  you can use heavier (lower-gauge) wire. You may wish to audition and compare the performance of some of the  spec
                    
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                        Bare Wire Connection Banana Plug Connection Spade Plug Connection Loosen 1/2" (13mm) Insert banana plug into Loosen wingnut to expose  wingnut.  Insert wire the top of the wingnut. the top of the jumper strap.    through hole and tighten Ensure the wingnuts are A 1/4"(6mm) or 5/16"(8mm)  nut.  Takes wire sizes up tightened. spade will fit on the  to 8 gauge. narrower section of the  post.  Tighten the wingnut. marked with ‘+’ plus signs, or one wire under the insulation may be  different from th
                    
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                        Owner’s Manual Bi-Wire Connections First remove jumper Right Left Amplifier + - Pre-amp Bi-Amp Connections First First remove remove Front jumper jumper Left Amplifier Right Amplifier Right Left Right Left + + - - Pre-amp Speaker Connection Options (For Synchrony S  Surrounds) The captioned illustrations below show the following multi-channeled  configurations:  1.  Bipole or direct radiating surround mode 2.  Dipole surround mode 3.  6.1/7.1 system utilizing two (2) Synchrony S surrounds 4.  6.
                    
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                        Bipole or direct radiating surround mode Black Red Black Red From amp From amp From amp From amp left SURROUND left SURROUND right SURROUND right SURROUND channel channel channel channel Front Dipole surround mode Black Red From amp From amp Null Zone right SURROUND right SURROUND channel channel Front First First First First remove remove remove remove jumpers jumpers jumpers jumpers Wire Jumpers Black Red From amp From amp left SURROUND left SURROUND channel channel Replace gold-plated jumpers
                    
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                        Owner’s Manual 6.1/7.1 System Utilizing Two (2) Synchrony S Surrounds — Surround  — Rear Black Red Black Red From amp From amp From amp From amp left REAR left REAR right SURROUND right SURROUND channel channel channel channel Front First First First First remove remove remove remove jumpers jumpers jumpers jumpers Black Red Black Red From amp From amp From amp From amp left SURROUND left SURROUND right REAR right REAR channel channel channel channel 17                                           
                    
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                        6.1/7.1 System Utilizing Three (3) Synchrony S Surrounds — Surround  — Rear Black Red Black Red From amp From amp From amp From amp left SURROUND left SURROUND right SURROUND right SURROUND channel channel channel channel Front Black Red From amp From amp right SURROUND right SURROUND channel channel First First remove remove jumpers jumpers Black Red From amp From amp right REAR right REAR channel channel 18 Owner’s Manual                                                                         
                    
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                        Owner’s Manual 6.1/7.1 System Utilizing Four (4) Synchrony S Surrounds — Surround  — Rear Black Red Black Red From amp From amp From amp From amp left SURROUND left SURROUND right SURROUND right SURROUND channel channel channel channel Front Black Red Black Red From amp From amp From amp From amp left REAR left REAR right REAR right REAR channel channel channel channel 19                                                                                                                              
                    
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                        Synchrony Port Cover A Port Cover accessory is  supplied with each tower  (Synchrony One and Two) and  center channel speaker  (Synchrony One C and Two C).  The port covers can be used to  adjust the bass tuning of the  Synchrony models where room  problems at low frequencies (in  the 100Hz region) occur.  It is well  known that the room can  dominate the performance of the  low frequencies below 200Hz and  the added flexibility of a port cover  can tweak/improve the  performance in problem room