Bowers & Wilkins CM1: инструкция

Contents

English

"esky

Owner’s Manual............2

Návod k pouãití..........28

Limited Warranty...........3

Záruka .......................29

Français

Magyar

Manuel d’utilisation.......4

Használati útmutató ...30

Garantie limitée.............6

Korlátozott garancia ..32

Deutsch

Polski

Bedienungsanleitung.....7

Instrukcja

Garantie .......................9

uÃytkownika ...............33

Gwarancja .................35

Español

Manual de

instrucciones ..............10

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Garantía limitada.........12

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Português

Manual do utilizador....13

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Garantia limitada.........15

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Italiano

Manuale di istruzioni ...16

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Garanzia limitata .........18

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Nederlands

Handleiding ................19

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Garantie .....................20

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Ελληνικά

Οδηγίεσ Χρήσεωσ ....21

EU Declaration of

Περιορισµένη

Conformity..................46

εγγύηση....................23

Technical

Русский

Specifications .......47–48

Руководство по

эксплуатации ............25

Ограниченная

гарантия....................27

least 0.5m away from any side walls. Figure 1a

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illustrates this arrangement.

Home Theatre Systems

Owner’s manual

If the speakers are to be used for the front channels in

Dear customer,

a home theatre system they should be placed closer

together than for 2-channel audio because the

Thank you for choosing Bowers & Wilkins. Please read

surround channels tend to widen the image.

this manual fully before unpacking and installing the

Positioning the speakers within approximately 0.5m of

product. It will help you to optimise its performance.

the sides of the screen will also help keep the sound

B&W maintains a network of dedicated distributors in

image in scale with the visual image. The speakers’

over 60 countries who will be able to help you should

height should be somewhere between the centre of

you have any problems your dealer cannot resolve.

the screen and the height of the centre speaker. As

with conventional stereo positioning, the speakers

Environmental Information

should ideally be at least 0.5m away from any side

All B&W products are designed to

walls. If the speakers are preferred placed against the

comply with international directives on

back wall and this location results in over emphasized

the Restriction of Hazardous Substances

bass, see the Fine Tuning section of this manual for

(RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment and the

information on using the foam plugs.

disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

(WEEE). These symbols indicate compliance and that

If the speakers are to be used for the surround

the products must be appropriately recycled or

channels in a home theatre system, position them as

processed in accordance with these directives.

illustrated in Figures 1c to 1e according to the number

Consult your local waste disposal authority for

of channels. To achieve even coverage over an

guidance.

extended listening area it is beneficial to raise the

speakers above ear height.

Carton Contents

Check in the carton for:

Stray Magnetic Fields

The speaker drive units create stray magnetic fields

2 Two-part foam plugs.

that extend beyond the boundaries of the cabinet. We

8 Self-adhesive rubber pads.

recommend you keep magnetically sensitive articles

Speaker Installation

(television and computer screens, computer discs,

audio and video tapes, swipe cards and the like) at

The speakers are best used mounted on rigid floor-

least 0.5m from the speaker. LCD and plasma screens

stands that locate the tweeters approximately at ear

are not affected by magnetic fields.

level when seated. Shelf or wall bracket mounting is

an option but it provides less opportunity for

Connections

optimising the sound through adjustment of speaker

All connections should be made with the equipment

position.

switched off.

The specific stand or wall mount used will affect the

There are 2 linked pairs of terminals on the back of the

sound quality of the speakers. The B&W FS-700/CM

speaker. For conventional connection the terminal links

stand is recommended.

should remain in place (as delivered) and just one pair

If the speakers are to be placed on a shelf or furniture

of terminals connected to the amplifier. For bi-wire

unit, the adhesive pads supplied may be attached to

connection the terminal links should be removed and

the underside of the cabinet.

each pair of terminals connected to the amplifier

independently. Bi-wiring can improve the resolution of

Speaker Positioning

low-frequency detail. Figures 2a and 2b illustrate

Adjustment of speaker position following initial

conventional and bi-wire connection.

installation will probably further improve the sound

Ensure that positive terminals on the speaker (marked

quality and is usually worthwhile.

+ and coloured red) are connected to the positive

In either stereo or home theatre installations try to

output terminal on the amplifier and that negative

ensure that the immediate surroundings of each

terminals on the speaker (marked – and coloured

speaker are similar in acoustic character. For example,

black) are connected to the negative output terminal

if one speaker is adjacent to bare walls while the other

on the amplifier. Incorrect connection can result in

is adjacent to soft furnishings and curtains, both the

poor imaging and loss of bass.

overall sound quality and the stereo image are likely to

Ask your dealer for advice when selecting speaker

be compromised.

cable. Keep its total impedance below the maximum

Conventional Stereo Systems

recommended in the speaker specification and use a

To begin with, the speakers should be positioned

low inductance cable to avoid attenuation of high

between 1.5m and 3m apart at two corners of an

frequencies.

equilateral triangle completed by the listening area at

Fine Tuning

the third corner. The speakers should be

Before fine tuning, make sure that all the connections

approximately 0.5m away from the back wall, and at

in the installation are correct and secure.

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