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A Suggestion Your Rocket ELT-1 home theater system is carefully hand-packaged utilizing molded foam inserts to protect their fine furniture-grade finish. Please use care when unpacking your new speakers. When removing them from the box, hold the wood sides of the cabinet, while taking care not to exert pressure on the front cloth grille. We strongly recommend that you save the foam inserts and shipping cartons to protect your speakers, should ever need to move or ship them to a new location. Thank you.
Your Rocket ELT-1 Enjoyment Guide Table of Contents Product and Company Introduction Section 1-Getting Started Section 2-Placement 2.1 Front Speaker Placement 2.2 Should You “Toe In” Your Speakers 2.3 Center Channel Speaker Placement 2.4 Surround Speaker Placement 2.5 Alternative Speaker Placement Options • Shelf Mounting • Stand Mounting • Wall Mounting 2.6 Your ELT SW-10 Subwoofer Placement Section 3-Making the Connections 3.1 Connecting Your Speakers • 1) A Question of Polarity 3.
Introduction to AV123 and your new Rocket ELT-1 Home Theater System At AV123, our absolute highest priority begins and ends with you, the customer. You can rest assured that if you’re not 100% satisfied with your purchase within 30 days from your original receipt date, you may return your product(s) for a prompt refund in full (excluding shipping charges) with no explanation necessary.
Use the "Rule of Thirds" whenever possible as a starting guide. This suggests that the best placement for your Left speaker is approximately 1/3 of the way along the wall behind your speakers. Similarly, the best place for the Right speaker is usually 2/3 of the way across the same wall. If at all possible, move the speakers out from the back wall. Although all rooms are different, we recommend a minimum wall-to-rear-of-speaker distance of 3 inches.
screen as possible. Try to keep the tweeters of all three speakers (Left, Center, and Right) as close to the same height from the floor as possible. If the tweeters are at - or very close to - on-axis with your ear level when you're seated, you're doing very well indeed (this may pose a challenge if you're placing a single Center Channel speaker either above or below the screen. Try aiming the Center Channel slightly down or up to compensate).
No matter how you mount your speakers to the stands, make sure you follow the instructions supplied with the stands and try to keep standmounted speakers out of the major traffic paths in your room just as you would with floorstanding speakers. 3. Wall mounting: Although proper wall mounting usually requires more effort than shelf or stand mounting, it is often the most practical since it positions the speaker safely out of room traffic patterns. We like Vogel (www.vogelsusa.com), Haropa (www.haropa.
Section 3-Making the Connections Now that you've got your speaker placed properly, it's time to connect them. Before you begin connecting your speakers, turn your system components OFF. That way, you won't run any chance of "shorting" your amplifier and possibly damaging it as you're hooking up your speakers. And remember to turn your system back on... then you're done! No, we're not being funny here. You'd be amazed how many people forget that little step! 3.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. per are the most common. If you can't see the conductors themselves, look closely at the insulation. You'll notice that the insulation over one conductor is different than that over the other conductor - one will have slight molded ridges in it, the other will be smooth, for example. Choose one of the conductors to carry the "+" signal. It really makes no difference which one you pick.
Section 4-Features and Functions of Your ELT SW-10 Subwoofer Your ELT-1 system includes an incredible 10” front ported 200W subwoofer for thundering bass response. This sub has several features you won’t find in other subwoofers at even 2-3 times the price. These features, and their use is explained in the section below. 4.2 SW-10 Setup Though relatively “plug and play” the following information will help you configure your ELT SW10 properly in your new home theater environment. Rubber and Spiked Feet 4.
Frequency As shown in the figure above (please see item # 5) your SW-10 subwoofer includes a continuously variable crossover adjustment built directly into the amplifier. This lowpass filter will allow you to limit the frequencies at which the subwoofer will produce an audible response. The number selected with this dial is the highest the subwoofer will play. Thus, for example, if set to 80 Hz your subwoofer will play ONLY 80 Hz information and below, regardless of what it is receiving.
Section 5-Setting Up Your Receiver Though much of this information may also be found in you’re receiver manual, the guidelines below are specifically for your receiver to ELT-1 speaker connections, and should be followed for best performance. 5.1 Simple Calibration First you'll need an SPL meter. Radio Shack sells an analog meter that works very well for this purpose. Set the meter on ‘slow’ and “C” weighting.
The easiest way to test different methods and frequencies for crossing over your subwoofer is by using bass sweeps from the "AVIA Guide To Home Theater" DVD. Specifically, the tones that descend in frequency from the individual satellite speakers to the subwoofer are quite useful and effective. Using your SPL meter, watch for the smallest amount of overall needle fluctuation while you direct and descend the tones from speaker to subwoofer going around your system. 6.
Section 7-Specifications and Your ELT-1 Warranty 7.1 AV123 Warranty Policy and Registration All products sold through AV123 carry a limited manufacturer's parts and labor warranty. All Rocket Series loudspeakers are guaranteed to be free from manufacturer's defects for a period of one year from the date of purchase. Get an extra two years of warranty coverage free! When you go online and register your product, we will extend the warranty by an additional two years - that's three years total.
