Bowers & Wilkins XT2: инструкция

XT2

Owner’s Manual

and Warranty

Contents

English

Русский

Limited Warranty...........2

Ограниченная

Owner’s Manual............2

гарантия....................17

Руководство по

Français

эксплуатации ............17

Garantie limitée.............3

Manuel d’utilisation.......4

"esky

Záruka .......................19

Deutsch

Návod k pouãití..........19

Garantie .......................5

Bedienungsanleitung.....6

Magyar

Korlátozott garancia ..20

Español

Használati útmutató ...21

Garantía limitada...........7

Manual de

Polski

instrucciones ................8

Gwarancja .................22

Instrukcja

Português

uÃytkownika ...............23

Garantia limitada...........9

Manual do utilizador....10

.......................24

Italiano

.....................24

Garanzia limitata .........11

Manuale di istruzioni ...11

.......................26

Nederlands

....................26

Garantie .....................13

Handleiding ................13

Ελληνικά

Περιορισµένη

EU Declaration............31

εγγύηση....................14

of conformity

Οδηγίεσ Χρήσεωσ ....15

1

Y

ou can call B&W in the UK or visit our

Multi-channel surr

ound

English

web site to get the contact details of

Position the speakers as shown in figure 4

your local distributor.

according to the number of surround

channels. T

o get a more even coverage

Limited Warranty

To validate your warranty, you will need to

over an extended listening area, it is

pr

oduce this warranty booklet completed

beneficial to raise the speakers above ear

Dear customer,

and stamped by your dealer on the date of

height, say 60cm (2 ft).

purchase. Alternatively, you will need the

Welcome to B&W.

original sales invoice or other pr

oof of

Mounting

This product has been designed and

ownership and date of purchase.

manufactured to the highest quality

The speakers may be mounted on a shelf

standards. However, if something does go

or bookcase, on the wall or on the optional

wrong with this product, B&W Group Ltd.

floor stand FS-XT.

and its national distributors warrant free of

Owner’s manual

The floor stand supports the base of the

charge labour (exclusion may apply) and

speaker 700mm (27.5 in) above the floor

replacement parts in any country served by

and we recommend that you use

an official B&W distributor.

Introduction

approximately this height for all mounting

This limited warranty is valid for a period of

Thank you for choosing B&W.

options, although surround and front home

five years from the date of purchase or two

theatre applications may warrant a different

Please read this manual fully before

years for electronics including amplified

height (see above).

unpacking and installing the product. It will

loudspeakers.

help you to optimise its performance.

Stray magnetic fields

The speaker drive units create stray

Terms and Conditions

B&W maintains a network of dedicated

magnetic fields that extend beyond the

distributors in over 60 countries who will be

1 The warranty is limited to the repair of

boundaries of the cabinet. We recommend

able to help you should you have any

the equipment. Neither transportation,

you keep magnetically sensitive articles

pr

oblems your dealer cannot resolve.

nor any other costs, nor any risk for

(CRT television and computer screens,

removal, transportation and installation

computer discs, audio and video tapes,

Unpacking

of products is covered by this warranty.

swipe cards and the like) at least 0.5m from

Check in the carton for:

the speaker. LCD and plasma screens are

2 This warranty is only valid for the

not affected by magnetic fields.

original owner. It is not transferable.

•

1 foam plug

• 4 self-adhesive rubber feet

Mounting on a shelf or bookcase

3

This warranty will not be applicable in

• 1 wall bracket assembly

Fit the supplied self-adhesive rubber feet to

cases other than defects in materials

• 1 M6 cap head screw

the base of the speaker to avoid rattles.

and/or workmanship at the time of

•

1 pr

ofiled washer

(figure 5)

purchase and will not be applicable:

• 5mm allen key

Mounting on the wall

a. for damages caused by incorrect

•

2 mounting templates

W

e str

ongly recommend two people for the

installation, connection or packing,

final part of this job, one to hold the

Positioning

b.

for damages caused by any use other

speaker and the other to feed and connect

than correct use described in the user

As an initial guide:

the cable.

manual, negligence, modifications, or

2-channel audio

If you ar

e running cable in the wall, the

use of parts that are not made or

(figure 1)

bracket can also disguise the cable

authorised by B&W,

Position the speakers so they subtend an

between its exit from the wall and the

c. for damages caused by faulty or

angle of approximately 60º at the centre of

speaker terminals, but only if the cable is

unsuitable ancillary equipment,

the listening area.

flexible enough. It is difficult to recommend

a definite maximum gauge, because cables

d. for damages caused by accidents,

Multi-channel audio front

vary significantly in flexibility

, depending on

lightning, water

, fir

e heat, war, public

(figur

e 2)

the insulation material. Solid core cable is

disturbances or any other cause

The left and right speakers may be placed

not r

ecommended because of its lack of

beyond the reasonable control of B&W

closer together than for

flexibility and tendency to fracture when

and its appointed distributors,

2-channel audio, because the surr

ound

2

bent sharply. 4mm

or 10AWG is probably a

channels tend to widen the image. The

e.

for products whose serial number has

practical maximum and, if the two insulated

angle subtended at the centre of the

been altered, deleted, removed or

cores have an additional, common outer

listening area may be reduced to 40º.

made illegible,

sheath, this should be removed from close

Keep the centr

e speaker in vertical

to the wall exit.

f.

if r

epairs or modifications have been

orientation for audio-only applications.

executed by an unauthorised person.

You should determine and mark the

Home theatr

e fr

ont

position of the wall plate, and ther

efor

e the

4

This guarantee complements any

(figur

e 3)

correct exit point of the cable from the wall,

national/r

egional law obligations of

Position the centre speaker either

before routing the cable.

dealers or national distributors and

immediately above or immediately below

does not affect your statutory rights as

The wall bracket assembly consists of a

the screen, depending on which is nearer

a customer

.

wall plate to which is attached a 'wave'

ear height. The XT2 may be used in

shape cover

. Disassemble the two parts by

horizontal orientation if desir

ed to give a

How to claim repairs under

sliding one against the other before pulling

better visual aspect next to the screen, but

warranty

them apart. Note that in use, the two parts

we r

ecommend the XTC speaker for this

may be r

equired to mate in a different

Should service be required, please follow

application in pr

eference.

orientation from that supplied.

the following procedure:

Position the left and right speakers within

There are two mounting templates (left and

1

If the equipment is being used in the

approximately 0.5m (20 in) of the sides of

right), because the wall plate is of

fset fr

om

country of purchase, you should

the screen, to keep the sound image in

the centr

e line of the speaker

. Furthermor

e,

contact the B&W authorised dealer from

scale with the visual image on screen. Their

the wall bracket supplied allows the

whom the equipment was purchased.

height should be somewher

e between the

speaker to swivel through 30 degrees, but

centre of the screen and the height of the

2

If the equipment is being used outside

only towards the opposite side to the wall

centre speaker.

the country of purchase, you should

plate. (figure 6)

contact B&W national distributor in the

The templates show the position of the wall

country of r

esidence who will advise

plate in relation to the outline of the

wher

e the equipment can be serviced.

2