Emotiva 10 Speaker User Manual


 
6.PhaseAdjustmentControl
Adjuststhephaseofthesubwooferfrom0to180degrees,relativetothemainspeakers.Asubwooferinproperphasewith
therestofthespeakersinasystemiswellintegratedwiththeoverallsoundstage,addingbassfrequencieswhichseamlessly
blendwiththeotherspeakers.Anoutofphasesubwooferwilldrawattentiontoitselfbyseemingtobedisconnectedfrom
theoverallsoundstage,sometimessoundingdetachedordisconnectedtotheothersystemspeakers.Itwillalsoaffectthe
soundofthesysteminthemidbass;sometimesthisappearstobeasenseofphysicaldistancefromtheotherspeakers.
Toadjustthephaseandproperlyintegratethesubwooferintoyoursystem,startwiththePhaseAdjustmentControlon0,
andgraduallyturntowardsahighernumber,takingtimetostepbackandlisten,untiltheimagingandintegrationseems
correcttoyou.Thispartoftheprocessmaytaketime,justrelaxandenjoytheprocess.
7.StandbyPowerSwitch
Bringsthesubwoofertofullpowerfromstandbymode.YoumayusetheStandbyPowerSwitchintwodifferentways:
1.Whilethesubwooferisinstandbymode,fliptheswitchto‘ON’tobringthesubwoofertofullpower,and‘OFF”toreturnit
tostandbymode.
2.Withthesubwooferinstandbymode,settheswitchto‘AUTO’.Whenthesubwoofersensesanaudiosignalfromthe
preamplifier/processor,itwillautomaticallygotofullpower(modethismaytaketwoorthreeseconds).Aftertenminutes
withnoaudiosignal,thesubwooferwillreturntostandbymode.ThetenminutedelayallowsforyoutochangeCD’s,pause
amovie,etc.,withoutshuttingthesubwooferoffandonrepeatedly.
8.IECPowerCableConnection
9.MainPowerSwitch
TheMainPowerSwitchislocatedtowardsthebottomoftherear
panelofthesubwoofer,towardstheleft.Thisswitchhastwo
positions,markedas‘O’(off)and‘1’(On).Turningtheswitchto‘1’
putsthesubwooferinstandbymode.Tobringthesubwoofertofull
power,turntheStandbyPowerSwitchto‘ON’.
Note:‘Standby’Powerconsumesabout2wattsorlessofpower,
abouthalfofwhataconventionalnightlightconsumes.YourUltra
SubwooferwasdesignedtostayinStandbymodeindefinitelyif
needed.Ifyouareawayfromhomeforanextendedperiodoftime,
youmayconsidersettingthemainpowerswitchto‘0’(Offposition).
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