Heco Music Colors 200 - Manual (Page 6)

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Dear HECO Customer,
Congratulations on your fine new loudspeakers and thank you very much for choosing HECO! You have
made an excellent choice. The high-quality speakers produced by HECO are renowned all over the world.
Please study the instructions and information below carefully before using your new loudspeakers.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT CONNECTING YOUR HECO MUSIC COLORS LOUDSPEAKERS
Please always use a good quality loudspeaker connection cable from an audio dealer. To prevent
impairment of sound quality, we recommend cables with cross-sections of at least 2.5 mm² for lengths
up to 3 m and at least 4 mm² for lengths above 3 m.
Always turn off the amplifier or receiver before connecting or disconnecting loudspeaker cables. Place
the loudspeakers in their planned positions and cut the cables to the right length. The cables for both
channels should always be exactly the same length.
Strip 10 – 15 mm of insulation from the ends of the cables. Twist the ends – this is much better than tinning
them with solder – insert them in the terminals and tighten the terminal screws firmly (fig. 1). Loudspeaker
cables with CE-compliant banana or single-pin plugs (4 mm) or forked fittings can also be used.
For good sound it is imperative that the cables must be connected in such a way that the speakers are
“in phase”. This means that the black negative terminals on the speakers (-) must be connected to the
negative (-) terminals on the amplifier, the red positive (+) speaker terminals to the positive (+) amplifier
terminals. To make this easier one wire of most speaker cables is marked with a coloured strip or a ridge
in the insulation.
Before switching on the system double-check all your connections and make sure that the terminal screws
are tight and that there are no short circuits caused by stray wire filaments – this could cause serious
damage to your amplifier!
SETUP INFORMATION
In the ideal configuration the speakers and the listening position should form an equilateral triangle. When
the left and right speakers are the same distance from the listening position their sound arrives at the
same time, resulting in a harmonious, natural music reproduction. (Fig. 2)
There should be a clear line of sight between the loudspeakers and the listening position. Any sound-
absorbing or reflecting obstacles in the path will distort the sound.
When you install the loudspeakers the following distances should be maintained:
Music Colors 200: These floorstanding speakers are designed for positioning near a wall, however they
should be located at least the following distances to walls and other objects wherever possible: 10 cm to
the rear, 20 cm to the side (this should be at least 30cm to the side bass speaker).
Music Colors 100: Shelf loudspeakers should also be as free-standing as possible, the distance to the
sides to walls and items should be at least 10 cm if possible, the tweeters should be located at ear height.
If the speakers are arranged on a shelf, there should be a minimum clearance of 10 cm to the shelves
above or the ceiling.
You should use the supplied spikes when setting the speakers up. This isolates them from the supporting
surface, preventing unpleasant resonance effects. You can choose between metal and hard rubber
spikes for the standing speakers, while the enclosed hard rubber spikes are used for the shelf speakers.
The spikes are screwed into the threaded sleeves in the bottom of the speaker (Music Colors 200) or
adhered to the underside of the speaker (Music Colors 100 / Music Colors Center 80).
HECO MUSIC COLORS CENTER 80
The Music Colors Center 80 loudspeaker visually and acoustically ideally matches the other Music Colors
models. The loudspeaker is placed immediately on or under the television set.