User manual JBL L1

[. . . ] Also please ake a minuteto fill out the enclosed customer proflecardand mailit back to us. purchased lfyou have Ll speakers, the next sectonand skip beginon page4, PLACEMENT. ATTACHING SCRE\ryS AND BASE(L, L5, , / &L7ONLp The moldedbaseprovidedwith the L3, L5 andL7 are not only intended enhance speaker's to the appearance, to sablzetlre but speaker well. After rcmovingthemfrom the carcons, your L3, L5 or L7 lay speakers their back on a on soft surhce suchas carpeting. Locatethe speakerbaseand eht Phillips-head screws packed eachspeaker in cafron. [. . . ] are The closertlre speakers placedt room corners, more the (boomybass) they will mid-bass room is produce. lf your listening extremelynaffowyou maynot be speakableto placeyour L Series ers at leastthree feet from side wallsasshown in DrawingslA" lC decrease and I E. lf this is the case, the disncebetweenthe two to speakers allow at leastsome disncefrom sidewalls. Placement for best treble dispersion High musical soundscreatethe fine deails of a musical experience. High-frequency soundssuchasfemalevocals, violins, leadguitars, upper pianooctaves cymbals and are more directional tjran bass and midrange. other words, these In are treble sounds best heardwhen they canproectdirectlyin an path unencumbered from the speaker your ean to Thanksto their tianium dome highfrequency transducers, L Series are speakerc lesssensitive for to placement besttreble than almostanyother speaker model. . Howeveyou njoyyour best' will musical o<perience when ttre L Series'tweeters at or near are "ear level"asshownin Drawings (anlB, lD lF andL7 Supplement reason why we recommend other placing | 's on speaker L stands). CONNECTION. You will need. . . i ' 3 A tape measure wire 3 Speaker 3 One of the followingdepending on wire type andthickness: pliers, a Wire strippers, diagonal pair of scissors knifeor a What kind of wirc to use For best results, werecommend desed heavythe useof specially speaker ultralow resistance Bauge, from yourJBL wire. Available dealen s ableto conductthe it maximumpower andfrequency bandwidthof your amplifier or receiver. multiHoweve[ any insulated, strandedcopperwire maybe used, providedit is of the proper gauge (thickness). The to easiest obtain is ordinary lampcord (alsocalled "zipcord'), available hardware at stores. and home improvement The minimumsizeof wire to usedepends the lengthofthe on and wire betweenthe amptifier your L Series Speakers. ; I I The followingchart showsthe maxmumlengths differentwire for gauges measured as onewoyfrom |youq amplfier the speakerl. Beforehookingup the prepared wires, makesurethat speaker l2 gauge your receive[power amplifier Special speakercable or integrated amplifieris turned off. Firstdetermine disnce the wire is exceptonall), thick ( 12+ (red) and- (black)speaker betweenthe most distant gauge zipcordor special speaker output terminals both rht for speaker your stereosysand interconnectcable), dividethe !Now makethe hookup wires between tifr a visualdifference Note: ln somecases, amp/ the for bothspeakersths lenglh, the two twisted wire bundles receiverhastwo completesets evenif one L SeriesLoudthat makeup eachspeaker wire. terminals, marked of speaker is speaker muchcloserto your '4" Thismaybe donein various and"B". lf you'rejust conamplifier than the othen You on waysdepending the type and nectingone set of speakers, we mayneedto loosely up part coil brandof wire you're using. Difyou suggest usethe "A" set of of one channel's behind wire the ferentiating markscanbe a terminals. EachL Series speaker alsohas closeandthe other far away "silYer"), strandof yarn in one a + -termicorresPonding from the ampor receiver. . . thin, raisedribs on conductoG nals their backsides. lt is on keeping HOWEVER, both wire one paft of the outer insulation, importantto hook botJrspeakor a printed"+" markingon one IT"d"rlcal n"to In effecq are reconrnerdirg ers up to the left and right amp/ we of the insulators. lt does not receiverspeaker terminalsin an which yidd lss En O-ftB bss wi a4 wire garges makeanydifference which of identical manner(+red to +red otm ld oerthe dsarces+ecificed Ttre galges the two strandsof wire go to and-black to -black) so that 0. indrd represent I 82[rm 0. | 72tn and (+) and (-) on the speakers and they are"in phase". Follow 0. aucroto aswire &mger Drawing6 closely when coners are connectedidentically. lf nectingthe speaker icrses In odrc'words, the lowerthe garye you mix up thb + andntrrer, the thirj<ertlp wire. l4 gauge WIRE LENGTH Upto20ft Upto30ft Upto50ft Almost any length GAUGEz OF COPPERWIRE l6 gauge lengths samewill help the proper snalbalance maintain and imaging. [. . . ] Now turn on your amp/ the enclosure surhcesbecome amp/receiver front, panel. receiverand a musicsource dirty, theymaybe cleaned with a suchas CD player; cassette deck No sound fiom one speaker dampcloth or a cleaner suible or FM station. Selectthat sourceon the amp/ way left or righr usea pumpor spmycleaner direceiverfront paneland press 2. Speaker wire to that speaker recdyon the speakers sincethe PLAYon the musicsource at hasbecomedisconnected over-spnry could be harmfulto the comPonent either the speaker the or L Series'speaker cones. [. . . ]