Polk Audio PSW1200 - Manuals

The subwoofer should be placed only onits integrated Power Port™ base. (Fig. 1b) NEVER LAY THE SUBWOOFER ON THE AMPLIFIER END – THIS WILLDAMAGE THE AMPLIFIER. The PSW1200 is not magneticallyshielded and should not be placed close to a television set. If you see any color distortion in your TV, move ...

BASS MANAGEMENT/SPEAKERSETUP SETTINGS DOLBY PRO LOGIC Wide– (center speaker only) The center speaker is sent a full-range signal: allthe sounds that are on that channel willgo to the center speaker. Normal– (center speaker only) Bass fre- quencies below 100Hz are filtered out ofthe center channel an...

19 the one that’s right for you. AC POWER The PSW1200 has a built-in poweramplifier and must be plugged into astandard household 110-120V AC powersource in order to operate. The power switch has three positions:“On,” “Off” and “Auto” (Fig. 16) . In the “Auto” position, the amplifier will auto-matica...

“Large” Advantages– • You will probably get better blendingbetween main speaker and subwoofer.• The bass “attack” or “tightness” maybe better• Imaging may be more even, seamlessand natural H O W T H E P S W 1 2 0 0 C A N H E L P If your system has no bass manage-ment/speaker setup feature or if it d...

10 SWITCHABLE HIGH PASS CROSSOVER (Speaker Level)– If you want to filter bass out of any speaker, connect theSpeaker Level In and Out, and selecteither 40Hz or 80Hz. Use 40Hz for larg-er speakers, 80Hz for smaller speakers.This feature is useful if you have astereo or Pro Logic system that has nobas...

15 your amplifier to the red (+) terminal onyour speaker, and the wire from theblack (-) terminal of the amplifier to theblack (-) terminal on your speaker. Mostwire has some indication (such as color-coding, ribbing, or writing) on one of thetwo conductors to help maintain consis-tency. If your Sub...

14 SPEAKER CONNECTIONS Speaker level hook up is often the mostconvenient method and may yield thebest results, especially if the subwooferis placed far from your electronics.Speaker wires are a lot less susceptibleto picking up hum and noise than arelong RCA cables. Connect the speaker outputs of yo...

12 CENTER LINE IN– Connect Center line level preamp output here (Fig. 7) . (There is no need to plug something intoboth center inputs; one would be redun-dant.) The signal will pass through theVariable Low Pass Crossover. Use a Yconnector if you need to have this pre-out connected to a power amplifi...

13 LFE/SUBWOOFER IN - Use this input only if you have a Dolby Digital system andknow your Subwoofer output jack is lowpass filtered (Fig. 7 previous page) . If the Subwoofer output jack is unfil-tered, connect the subwoofer outputjack to any unused Line Level In jack (Fig. 8) . In either case, with ...

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