Altec Lansing 4100 - Manual (Page 6)

PLACEMENT OF SPEAKERS
Al l s te re o inform a tion is h e a rd from th e Sate l l ite s pe a k e rs . Th e Subwoofe r
contains n o s te re o inform ation and sound is non-dire ctional . As a re s ul t, th e
Subwoofe r doe s not n e c e s s a ril y h ave to be pl ace d in any particul ar
re l ations h i p to th e Sate l l ite s . Pl acing th e Subwoofe r on th e fl oor cl o s e to th e
wal l or corne r of a room p rovide s m axim um b a s s e fficie ncy.
WARNING : Th e Subwoofe r is not m agne tical l y s h i e l ded. Th e Subwoofe r
s h oul d NOT be pl ace d ne ar video displ ay de vice s s uch as a TV or com pute r
m onitor. Th e Subwoofe r s h oul d NOT be pl ace d ne ar com p u te r h ard drive s .
Pos i tion th e Subwoofe r at l e a s t 2 fe e t (.6 m) away from compute r h ard drive s ,
or any oth e r m e dia th at u s e s m a g n e tic e ncoding.
Th e Sate l l ite s pe ak e rs can be pl aced cl o s e to a vide o displ ay (TV, com pute r
m onitor) w i th out dis torting th e vide o im age . Th e Front Sate l l ite s can be cl o s e
to th e m onitor or s tre tch e d out as far as th e s p e ak e r cords a l l ow. Th e
pl ace m e nt de pe nds on wh e re th e l i s te ne r s its . Th e R e a r s p e a k e rs can be
pl ace d s l igh tl y be h ind th e l i s te n e r. Usual l y be s t s te re o e ffe ct is obtaine d by
pl acing speake rs a s far apart as th e ir w i ring al l o w s . Front Sate l l ite and Re ar
s p e a k e rs are us ual l y pl ace d at e a r l e ve l or s l igh tl y above .
Sound e ffe cts m a y vary depending on h ow th e re cordings are m ade .
Th e re fore , it is not unusual to re arrange th e s p e ak e rs from tim e to tim e u n til
th e l i s te ne r finds w h ich arrange m e nt give s th e be s t re s ul ts .
How To Enhance Presentations With Dialogue
Th e 4100 output jack (CONNECTIONS, Ste re o x 2 s e tup, Ste p 4) is
conne cte d to a com pute r sound card. A CD pl aye r or oth e r audio s ource can
be pl ugge d into th e unuse d Aux (Auxil iary) Input. Mixing of th e com pute r
audio output with anoth e r audio source can be accompl i s h e d by us ing th e
vol u m e control or On/Off s w i tch on th e s e cond audio source. A typical
e xam pl e m ay be a s fol l o w s :
A l e cture r m ay want to inte rje ct dial ogue i n to a m ul tim e dia pre s e ntation. If
th e l e cture r h a s a w i re l e s s FM microph one s y s te m th e output of th e
m icroph one re ce ive r can be conne cte d to th e unus e d Input on
th e 4100. W h e n th e l e cture r w i s h e s to m a k e a c o m m e n t, h e e ith e r turns on
th e m icroph one s w i tch to s p e a k o r h e can raise or l o w e r th e m icroph one
vol u m e control to m ix h i s voice w i th th e com pute r audio program . Any oth e r
audio de vice can be used in th e s am e m anne r.
Note : Microph one l ocation in re l ation to th e s pe ak e rs i s i m p o rtant. Pos ition
th e m icroph one s o th at th e s pe a k e rs a re l ocate d be tw e e n th e m icroph one
and th e audie nce , or s o th at th e m icroph one is be h ind th e s p e ak e rs . If th e
m icroph one i s p l aced in front of th e s pe a k e rs , fe e dback w i l l re s ul t.
Other Uses For The Auxiliary Input
You m a y e l e ct to h ook up your Ste re o s y s te m or Ste re o TV to th e Aux
(Auxil iary) Input s o th at your s pe ak e rs m ay be us e d for th e s e de vice s w h e n
your prim ary audio de vice i s n o t in use. You can al so connect your m o d e m
audio-out to th e s e cond Input.
SPECIFICATIONS
Total Sys te m Pow e r 140 Watts ; 70 RMS
Fre q ue ncy Re s p o n s e 30 H z - 2 0 k H z
Signal to Nois e R a tio @ 1 k H z input > 70 dB
Sys te m TH D (dis tortion) < 0.5% TH D at -10dB ful l
s cal e input vol tage
Satellite Amplified Speakers
Spe a k e r Drive rs (pe r s a te l l ite ) Two 1" (28 m m ) m icro
drive rs
Com bined Sate l l ite Audio Powe r 35 W atts
Subwoofer
Spe a k e r Drive rs Two 5.25" (133 m m )
drive rs
Audio Powe r 35 W atts
Power Requirements
USA/Canada/and appl icabl e
Latin Am e rican countrie s 120v 60H z AC
Europe /Unite d Kingdom ;
appl icabl e Asian countri e s ;
Arge ntina, Ch il e and Uruguay 230v 50H z AC
ETL / cE TL / CE / NO M / IRAM Approve d