User manual MONITOR AUDIO RADIUS HD V5

[. . . ] Owners Manual Contents Page Important Safety Instructions Safety Instructions For Fixing Your RadiusHD Loudspeakers to a Wall Re-cycling RoHS Declaration of Conformity Background Introduction Setting up and Positioning Positioning - Front Speakers Positioning - Surround Speakers Optimum Speaker Placement Fixing to the Wall Fixing the R45 / R90 HD HD HD 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 HD HD to a Wall HD Fixing the R180 / R225 / R250 / R one R270 HD to a Wall 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 Feet and Spikes Specifications Guarantee and Service Claims under this Guarantee Data Protection Owner Information EC Declaration of Conformity monitoraudio. co. uk 1 Important Safety Instructions 1. Great care and attention has gone into the materials chosen to produce the Radius HD Series. A gentle wipe with a dry, clean cloth is all that is required to remove any dust. Treat them as you would a fine piece of furniture because that is how they have been designed. [. . . ] You may get good results from pointing them at the ceiling or toward the rear corners of the room. Surround speaker placement which is ideal for home theatre may not necessarily be perfect for multichannel music listening, where a precisely focused rear soundstage is best. If both types of listening are important to you, then you can position your surround speakers for a compromise between the two. monitoraudio. co. uk 5 Optimum Speaker Placement Left Centre 0° Right 22° 30° 90° Surround Left 110° Surround Right 135° 150° Rear Surround Left Figure 1. Rear Surround Right 6 RadiusHD Fixing to the Wall The R45HD & R90HD come with a bracket to mount it on the wall. It is fixed using the 2 button head screws on the back of the cabinet either side of the terminals. WARNING: Ensure that there are no water pipes, or electricity cables running behind where the wall bracket is going to be secured. Work from secure steps and avoid trailing wires. WARNING: Do not connect your speaker cable to the amplifier before connecting it to the speaker. When you unpack the Radius Wall Bracket you will notice that it is packed in two parts. Please do not put these two pieces together before fixing to the wall. Remove the backing from the `low tack' adhesive on the back of the template. Offer the bracket template up to the wall, so that the fixing holes run vertically, ensuring that it is true. If you are happy, press it against the wall to hold it in place. Mark the centres of the two wall fixing holes with a bradawl, piercing through the template (examples can be seen in Fig. 2 and Fig. If your loudspeaker cable has been/going to be run through the wall remember to take this into consideration when fixing the bracket to the wall. Please see the template for reference dimensions. Figure 2. 2. Figure 3. For fixing to plasterboard (sheet-rock) or a solid wall use a suitable 6. 5mm (1/4") drill bit. Drill the two positions deep enough to accept the wall plugs provided, this should be 30mm (1 1/8"). If your cable has been run through the wall, feed it through the hole in your wall bracket and then screw the bracket to the wall using the 25mm (1") screws provided. There are two small markers on the wall bracket to ensure vertical/horizontal alignment. monitoraudio. co. uk 7 3. 4. For fixing to a wooden wall/structure, use a 2mm drill bit to drill 2 pilot holes and use 25mm screws to secure the bracket. [. . . ] This guarantee covers both labour and parts. The liability of Monitor Audio is limited to the cost of repair or replacement of the defective parts (at the discretion of Monitor Audio) and under no circumstances extends to consequential losses or damage. Claims under this Guarantee The equipment should be returned in its original packaging to the original supplier where possible, or to any other authorised Monitor Audio dealer. If it is not possible to return the equipment by hand, then it should be sent carriage prepaid via a reputable carrier. If the original packing is not available replacement packaging can be purchased from Monitor Audio. [. . . ]