Russound In-Ceiling speaker - Manuals

Speaker Care 5 SPEAKER CARE Russound Advantage Series speakers are built with quality materials to last a lifetime. They should work foras long as you own your home and longer if you avoidthe following: • Too little power at high volumes • Too much power • Transients (immediate loud passages, thumps...

6 Getting Started & WHO – Installer Skills and Tools There are several related factors that must be considered before the installation of your Russound Advantage speakers: WHO: Who is doing the installation, the homeowner, or a professional installer? WHAT: What is the installation environment a...

7 WHAT – Speaker Usage and Environment WHAT - SPEAKER USAGE AND ENVIRONMENT Before you decide where you want to install yourRussound Advantage speakers, you’ll need todetermine their intended use. Will you be sitting inone place listening to music or watching a movie,or will you be playing backgroun...

WHEN – Pre-Construction or Retrofit Installation 8 WHEN - PRE-CONSTRUCTION OR RETROFITINSTALLATION PRE-CONSTRUCTION INSTALLATION Built-in speaker installation is more convenient duringhome construction than after construction is completed.Speaker wire can be routed to the destination before thewallb...

9 WHERE – Speaker Placement WHERE - SPEAKER PLACEMENT Placement can make all the difference in how yourRussound speaker system sounds. There are at least fourrelated considerations that factor into the speaker layout: • The intended use: critical listening, home theater, or background music • The ro...

10 WHERE – Speaker Placement For home theater, wall speakers for the front three chan-nels create the illusion that the sound is coming fromthe screen, which makes the viewing experience moreinvolving and believable. When you use ceiling speakersfor the front channels, the sound appears to come from...

12 Wire – Wire Requirements & HOW – Painting the Speaker Frames and Grilles WIRE CONSIDERATIONS When purchasing speaker wire, you will need to select theproper gauge, determine the length, and choose the brand. Wire is measured in gauges: the higher the number, thethinner the wire. For example, ...

HOW – Painting the Speaker Frames and Grilles 13 TO PAINT SPEAKERS THAT HAVE BEENASSEMBLED AND INSTALLED: Remove the speaker grilles from the frames, being careful not to damage the paint. Use a small pointedobject and start at the corner or edge of the grille. Remove the scrim cloth by gently separ...

14 HOW - Cutting Wall/Ceiling Opening for Speakers HOW - CUTTING WALL/CEILING OPENING FORSPEAKER The following steps outline how to locate a section ofwall between two studs, mark the outer boundaries ofthe hole, drill a small hole in the center to verify thelocation and then cut the main hole. Dete...

15 HOW - Cutting Wall/Ceiling Openings for Speakers Carefully score the penciled outline of the template with a sharp utility knife to avoid chipping paint or tear-ing wallpaper. Then use a keyhole/drywall saw to cutalong the scored line. Make sure you don’t make it anylarger than the marked outline...

16 HOW – Hooking up the Speakers HOW – HOOKING UP SPEAKERS IDENTIFYING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE (“+” AND “-”) Speaker wire consists of two conductors, and the wireshould be manufactured so you can discriminate betweenthe two. If your wire has transparent insulation, one con-ductor may be copper-colored...

18 HOW – Final Assembly of Speakers HOW – FINAL ASSEMBLY OF SPEAKERS Up to this point in the installation process you havelocated and cut the hole, mounted the speaker frame,run the wires, and connected them to the speaker baffleand to the amplifier/receiver. Now you will mount thespeaker into the f...

19 HOW – Final Assembly of Speakers TO TEST POLARITY: Polarity refers to the positive (+) and negative (-) electricalelements of the speakers, wires, and connections. The testfor polarity ensures that positive and negative wires andconnections are not reversed. This test is performed withthe speaker...

21 Series: Music Model: SP-M6TT Description: Round In-ceiling 15° Twist & Tilt Cut-Out: 8.25” (20.9 cm) Woofer: 6.5” (16.5 cm) woven glass fiber Tweeter: 20mm (0.8”) silk dome, fluid cooled Recommended Power: 5 - 100 watts Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms Efficiency: 89 dB (1W @ 1M w/1kHz) Frequency Re...