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USER MANUAL Santorin 30-500 CABASSE

SUBWOOFER OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS IN MIND

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in the inserts under the cabinets. These accessories ensure the

Thank you very much for choosing Cabasse speakers. Please read these instrucons carefully before seng up your speakers.13 ENGLISH tain types of grounds like wood oors. Powerful drivers generate magnec elds that can extend beyond the boundaries of the speaker cabinet. We recommend you keep magnecally sensive arcles (TV, computer screen, computer discs, audio and video tapes, swipe cards...) at least

1.5 (50 cm) away from the speaker. Cabasse centre speakers or

the ones marked «TV» are not concerned with this, being magne- cally shielded.

POSITIONING SPEAKERS IN A ROOM

OPTIMAL POSITIONING FOR A 2.1 OR STEREO WITH A SUBWOOFER SYSTEM For a stereo listening with 2 speakers or 2 satellites and 1 subwoofer, we recommend you to place the subwoofer in the front listening area. The placement of the subwoofer against a wall reinforces the low frequencies and limit the reecons from 80 to 200 Hz. However to obtain the best results, it is always ne- cessary to carry out tests according to the acousc of the room. OPTIMAL POSITIONING FOR A 5.1 OR HOME THEATRE SYSTEM Seng up a mul-channel Audio-Video system requires great care when posioning the specic AV speakers. The centre speaker should be placed as close as possible to the screen and where it sounds best from your listening spot while oering the opmal picture/dialogue cohesion. Theorecally, the screen should be located within a virtual triangle formed by the acouscal centres of the main speakers and the centre speaker. Praccally speaking, this means that the principal spea- ker should be placed above the screen if the main speakers are below it, and below the screen if the main speakers are above. The centre speaker should also, if possible, be set slightly back from the others, so that it is located at the same distance from the listener as the main speakers. The rear speakers or surround should be placed against the side walls, at listening height. They should not be posioned far behind the listening zone. The subwoofer should be placed in the front listening area, its posion against a wall reinforces the extreme low re- gister and limits the reecons between 80 and 200 Hz. However to obtain the best result, it is always necessary to carry out tests according to the acouscs of the room. Your AV processor enables the adjustment in level and delay of each of the 5/6/7 channels of your system. Fine- tuning is necessary to obtain a perfect sound stage. Turn o all the ampliers before connecng them to the louds- peakers. In order to connect loudspeakers properly, it is most important to keep in mind the following two factors: cable sec- on and phase. CONNECTION CABLE SECTION To get the full sonic potenal of Cabasse loudspeakers and avoid power losses, the cables connecng the speakers to the power amplier must have the lowest possible electrical resistance. To help you in choosing the correct cable gauge, follow diagram. Length between recommended amplier and loudspeakers secon 4,5 m 1,5 mm

PHASE In order to maintain the phase relaonship and frequency ba- lance of the loudspeaker system, both loudspeakers must be pro- perly connected to the power amplier. When properly connec- ted, the cones of the drivers of both loudspeakers will move in the same direcon when driven by the same signals. If the cones move in opposite direcons, the resulng out of phase signals will create a percepble power loss, parcularly in the low fre- quencies. The stereophonic message will also be degraded. Amplier and speaker manufacturers typically indicate connec- on polarity in one of two ways: red and black or plus and minus. In either case, always connect red or plus to red or plus and black or minus to black or minus. Connecons should be idencal for both channels. To check that the speakers are in correct phase, switch the system to mono while music is being played. If the amplier does not have a phase inversion switch, it will be neces- sary to change over the connecons on one only of the louds- peakers. If in correct phase, the image should be disnctly loca- ted between the loudspeakers with a slight loss of bass and low midrange level. If the image is confused and not centrally located and there is a drasc loss of bass and low midrange level, recheck your connecons. POWER MANAGEMENT Select the right voltage with the 115 V – 230 V

switch and connect the

plug to the mains with a 700 W or more power chord cable (3 A / 230 V, 6 A /115 V). Then power on the amplier with the

switch. Finally press the POWER key of the remote control or any key on the front pad to get the system on play mode. The display will be acvated aer 3 to 4 seconds. Aenon, before operang the unit, be sure that the operang voltage of your unit is idencal with that of your local power voltage. SETTINGS

I) THE AJUSTABLE PARAMETERS

USE OF THE FRONT PANEL PAD : The 5 keys on the front panels of the Santorin give access to all the here-under adjustable parameters. Use the ““ and “ “ (TP6 et TP3) keys to select the parameters, then select the right opon or value thanks to the ““ et ““ (TP4 et TP2) keys. The “ENTER” (TP1) key must be pressed down to conrm a seng and/or answer to “ENTER ?” and “ VALIDATE ?”. A) PARAMETERS ADJUSTABLE ONLY BY MEAN OF THE FRONT PANEL : SOURCE: selecon of the type of input/output being used :

speaker cable terminals). These 2 types of inputs can be used simultaneously depending on congu- raon. - XLR: XLR

inputs CHANNELS: selecon of the input channels being used : - R: right channel - L: le channel - R+L: right and le channels VOLUME: adjustment of the subwoofer sound level, -30 dB to +6 dB, pressing the “+” and “-“ keys in 1 dB increments. LOW PASS FILTER: adjustment of the subwoofer’s low-pass fre- quency, 30 Hz to 200 Hz, pressing the “+” and “-“ keys in 1 dB increments.ENGLISH

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PHASE: seng of phase of the subwoofer output signal, 0 to 180 degrees, pressing the “+” and “-“ keys in 1 dB increments. AUTO ACQUISITION: automac seng of the subwoofer para- metric lters. It requires the use of the microphone and the microphone preamplier delivered with the Santorin. PARAMETRIC 1 – PARAMETRIC 2 – PARAMETRIC 3: these 3 para- metric modules allow the room adaptaon of the subwoofer response in order to decrease the acouscal defaults of the lis- tening room in low frequencies. They can either be acvated manually or with the AUTO ACQUISITION process. The manual seng implies the adjustment of the following para- meters listed in the “PARAMETRIC 1 – PARAMETRIC 2 – PARAME- TRIC 3 “secons: - CENTER: it determines the middle frequency of the correcon: it is adjustable between 30 and 200 Hz in 1 dB increments. - BAND WIDTH: width of the correcon, from 1/8 of an octave up to 2 (16/8) octaves in 1/8 of an octave increments. - GAIN: intensity of the correcon, adjustable from -12 dB to +4 dB in 1 dB increments. POWER: Power management - ON: the subwoofer is ready for acvaon either by pressing down the “POWER” key on the remote control or by pressing down any key of the front panel. OFF: the subwoofer is no longer acvated. Acvaon requires to posion the POWER secon on “ON” or “AUTO” AUTO: automac power management with acvaon of the subwoofer when audio signal is received by the subwoofer. This is the seng we advise to be used aer the correct setup has been achieved. The remote control can be stored unl new set- ng becomes necessary. DELAY: compensaon of the me delay when the subwoofer is placed between the listening spot and the main speakers. It is adjustable between 0 and 6.8 meters in 0.34 meter increments. B) PARAMETERS ADJUSTABLE WITH THE FRONT PAN- NEL AND/OR THE REMOTE CONTROL: POWER: on and o switch of the subwoofer MUTE: - MUTE ON: the sound signal is cut o, the subwoofer remains powered and all the parameters can be adjusted. - MUTE OFF: the subwoofer is on play mode. PRESET 1, PRESET 2, PRESET 3: access to the end-user presets. DISPLAY: Screen display: press this key to switch on or o the LCD display. REMOTE CONTROL KEYBOARD: POWER (RC1): subwoofer’s power switch MUTE (RC2): - MUTE ON: the sound signal is cut o, the subwoofer remains powered and all the parameters can be adjusted. - MUTE OFF: the subwoofer is on play mode. PRESET 1, PRESET 2, PRESET 3 (RC4,RC5,RC6): acvaon of the enduser presets. DISPLAY (RC7): Screen display: press this key to switch on or o the LCD display.

II) CONNECTIONS AND CONFIGURATION:

Santorin 30-500 has been designed for opmum results in almost every audio and video applicaon. These are the instrucons for the main domesc conguraons: A) 2.1 CONFIGURATION: 2 satellites + 1 Santorin connected to a stereo amplier. Connect the right (R) and le (L) HI LEVEL inputs

of the Santo- rin to the loudspeakers’ output terminals of your amplier with loudspeaker cable. Be careful not to invert polarity and/or chan- nels, the red (+) terminals of the amplier must be connected to the red (+) terminals of the amplier, and right amplier’s output to the right inputs of the subwoofer. Connect the right (R) and le (L) HI LEVEL outputs

of the San- torin to the terminals of both satellite speakers. Respect polaries and le and right when connecng the speaker cable between the subwoofer and the satellites. Connect the Santorin to the mains and power it on. Set the « SOURCE » and « CHANNELS » parameters as follow:

SOURCE = RCA + HL CHANNELS = R+L

B) 5.1 CONFIGURATION: 5 loudspeakers + 1 Santorin connected to an AV-amplier. Connect either the right(R) or the le (L) LOW LEVEL INPUT (A7) of the subwoofer to the SUBWOOFER / LFE output with an RCA/ RCA cable. If the amplier or preamplier is also ed with a XLR output for SUBWOOFER/LFE we advise to choose it and connect it to one of the (A6) BALANCED INPUTS of the Santorin. Connect the Santorin to the mains and power it on. Set the « SOURCE » et « CHANNELS » parameters as follow : SOURCE = RCA + HL or XLR if BALANCED INPUT is being used CHANNELS = R or L Aenon The subwoofer might hum in such a conguraon, depending on the ground specs of the other compo- nents. If so, the problem is cancelled by joining the electrical grounds of the subwoofer and the pream- plier with a RCA-RCA cable connected to one of the RCA inputs of the subwoofer and to one available RCA input of the preamplier.

III) SANTORIN SET-UP PROCEDURE

Once the above connecons have been fully done and the subwoofer connected to the mains and switched on and acva- ted with the “POWER” of the remote control or any of the front keys, proceed to the following set-ups using the front panel of the subwoofer. A) SELECTION OF THE SOURCE: check in « SOURCE » that the inputs and outputs being listed are the ones being used: RCA+HL : RCA INPUTS and/or HI-LEVEL INPUTS/OUTPUTS XLR : XLR BALANCED INPUTS2) B) INPUT CHANNEL SELECTION: check in « CHANNELS » the channel(s) being used: a) R: Right channel b) L: Le channel c) R+L: both Le and Right channels15 ENGLISH C) DELAY SET-UP: if the subwoofer is placed between the main speakers and the listening spot or at a shorter distance to the lis- tening spot than the main speakers, the adjustment of the DELAY will improve the sound result by entering in DELAY the dierence between two distances. The distance d1 is the radius of the circle passing by both main speakers tweeters, the listening spot being its centre, d2 being the distance between the sweet spot and the subwoofer ((4) scheme). The result r= d1- d2 is the value to enter in the DELAY secon if posive. If d2 is higher than d1, then leave DELAY on “0” and go to the PHASE SECTION for precise seng. D) SELECTION OF THE LOW PASS FILTER FREQUENCY The upper limit of the subwoofer’s frequency depends upon the type of use of the subwoofer, the main speakers’ characteriscs and the seng possibilies oered by the AV-amplier involved in the system: 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 set-up for single LFE channel repro- ducon with full range speakers for the other channels. The LFE channel is monitored by the processor of the AV amplier, we the- refore advise to set the low-pass lter of the Santorin on 200 Hz to avoid overlapping of both lters. - iO2 : 125 Hz - Riga : 80 Hz - Balc Evoluon : 65 Hz - Minorca / Minorca IW : 60 Hz - Bora : 55 Hz - Altura IW : 45 Hz - Murano : 50 Hz Mulchannel set-up with satellites speakers requiring back-up of a subwoofer for reproducon of the boom-end frequen- cies: adjust the lowpass lter of the Santorin on 200 Hz, then go in the SET-UP menu of the AV amplier, set the speaker sizes on SMALL when required and set the cross-over frequency between subwoofer and satellites speakers as close as possible to the cha- racteriscs of each satellite. Regarding Cabasse speakers, select the frequency in the above table. If not listed here, this fre- quency is available on the spec sheets of the products and on : www.cabasse.com When the SET-UP menu allows only one cross-over frequency and satellites with dierent roll-o frequencies are being used, then select the highest frequency. Stereo use with a stereo amplier: In this conguraon the subwoofer and a pair of Cabasse satellites speakers are connected to a stereo amplier. Select the low pass frequency in the above table and enter it into the set-up menu of the subwoofer. An experienced installer will be able to select aer measurements on site other values than the ones we determined in our anechoic chamber, taking into account the acouscal specicaons of the listening room. E) VOLUME ADJUSTMENT: when the set-up includes satellite speakers, we recommend to rst adjust the volume between the subwoofer and the main speakers in stereo mode with a selec- on of music rich in low frequencies. Once this set-up is achieved, adjust the LFE level in the set-up menu of the AV amplier. Further LFE levels adjustments should be done in the AV amplier and not in the subwoofer soware. F) PHASE ADJUSTMENT: it allows if necessary to aen the fre- quency response around the cross-over point. If the subwoofer is closer to the listening point than the main speakers, then leave the PHASE on the 0° and adjust the DELAY. The right seng is the one giving the highest perceived level of low frequencies. Try rst 0°, then 180° and 90°. Other values should be used by expe- rienced installers with the help of measuring equipment. Readjust the phase each me you move the subwoofer or the main spea- kers and each me you select a new cross-over frequency. G) PARAMETRIC FILTERS: Thanks to our long experience in digital sound processing, we have developed for the Santorin 30-500 unique room correcons modules. When a graphic lter proposes volume adjustments on xed bandwidth, our parametric lters oer more precise and more natural sengs, being perfectly focused on the crical zones. Somemes the room acousc requires the use of only one parametric lter where a graphic lter will in any case be acve all along the bandwidth of the subwoofer and create phasing shis. G1) AUTOMATIC ROOM EQUALISATION (5) (6):

1) Check that all the above sengs are done and recorded.

2) Select « PRESET 2 » for the rst adjustment in order to

keep « PRESET 1 » as a reference.

3) Unpack the microphone and the mic-stand delivered with

4) Place the microphone at the height of the listening point

(P1 on drawing (6)) and connect it to the microphone- preamplier input “MIC IN”.

5) In the subwoofer set-up:

a. In «AUTO ACQUISITION », press enter to conrm the measurement process. b. « Start Acq. 1 ? »: b1. Check that the microphone is right at the height of the listening spot (P1). b2. Press « ENTER » to launch the measurements acqui- sion 1. If « no signal input » comes out on the LCD screen, check all the connecons and above setups and start “AUTO ACQUISITION” again. c. « Start Acq. 2 ? »: c1. Place the microphone around 1 m aside the (P1) po- sion (le or right, as for as possible from the walls), somehow in front of (P1) and around 60 cm above inial posion (P2). c2. Press « ENTER » to launch the measurements acqui- sion 2.ENGLISH

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d. « Start Acq. 3 ? »: d1. Place the microphone around 60 cm away from (P1) posion, opposite side of (P2) , somehow in front of (P2) and around 60 cm above inial posion (P3). d2. Press « ENTER » to launch the measurements acqui- sion 3. e. «Finished!»: the automac room compensaon is achie- ved . Validate the recording for the selected PRESET with “OK”. It is then possible to record other compensaons in another PRESET with other microphone posions. Before starng listening tests: Select « XLR» as « SOURCE » if necessary and unplug the mi- crophone preamplier from the subwoofer. Check and if necessary set the “VOLUME” of the subwoofer, as the EQprocess might have modied the sound level around the low-pass frequency. Unplug and store carefully the measurement equip- ment for eventual further use aer having completed the set-up of the subwoofer. G2) MANUAL ROOM EQUALISATION: This way of seng up might bring beer results than the Cabasse autocalibraon system only if skilled people with specic mea- surement equipment are involved. It can also be used to slightly modify some auto-calibraon values for audio comparisons of dif- ferent PRESETS ((RC6) keys) or use of sources with dierent sound balances.

to be modied, between 30 and 200 Hz in 1 Hz increments.

4) « BAND »: select the width of the correcon, from 1/8 of an

octave up to 2 (16/8) octaves in 1/8 of an octave increments.

5) GAIN: adjust intensity of the correcon, adjustable from -12

dB to +4 dB in 1 dB increments.

they are to be used. H) USE OF PRESET1,PRESET2,PRESET3: The factory setup is with PRESET 1 on. The gains of the 3 parame- tric modules are set on 0 dB, bandwidth being on 1 Octave. The frequencies are preset on 50 Hz for PARA 1, 60 Hz for PARA 2, 70 Hz for PARA 3.

1) Recording of a PRESET»: it is fully automac, any new modi-

caon of a parametric module is immediately recorded in the last selected PRESET.

Press the « DISPLAY » key on the remote to control to get the dis- play “ON “ or “ OFF”. The display mode can also be modied in the setup menu using the keypad of the subwoofer. Because of technical improvements already under way in our constant search for opmum quality, Cabasse reserves the right to modify all the models pre- sented in specicaon sheets, adversing materials and manuals without prior noce. Baery replacement: take the remote control in your hand with the key side facing the oor. Press the locker and pull out the baery-tray (picture 3a). Remove the dead baery and replace it with another 3V lithium one, type CR2025. Dispose of the old baery according to these instrucons. Disposal of baery packs / baeries Do not dispose of baery pack/baeries into house hold waste, re or water. Baery packs/baeries should be col- lected, recycled or disposed of in an environmental friendly manner. Only for EC countries: Defecve or dead out baery packs/baeries must be recycled according the guideline 91/157/EEC. For more detailed informaon about recycling of this product, please contact your local city oce, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.17 ENGLISH Santorin 30 - 500 Acve subwoofer 30 cm ø - model 30ND40 Frequency response 22-200 Hz in semi-reverberang chamber Maximum sound pressure level 111 dB RMS Maximum output power 500 W RMS Peak power 1000 W Lowpass cut-o frequency from 30 to 200 Hz in 1 Hz increments Phase adjustment 0° to 180° in 1° increments Power requirements 110-120V / 220-240V AC - 50 / 60 Hz Maximum power consumpon 625 W Dimensions (h x w x d) 43 x 38 x 47 cm 17 x 15 x 18.5 in Weight 28 kg - 62 lbs Useable temperature range +5°C to +35°C Storage temperature -5°C to +40°C Useable humidity range 40% to 70% SPECIFICATIONSDEUTSCH