Altec Lansing 4100 User Manual

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PLACEMENT OF SPEAKERS

s te re o inform a tion is h e a rd from th e Sate 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

re l

ations h i p to th e Sate l

ite s . Pl

acing th e Subwoofe r on th e fl

oor cl

o s e to th e

wal

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

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

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

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

ow. Th e

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

ace d s l

igh tl

y be h ind th e l

i s te n e r. Usual

y be s t s te re o e ffe ct is obtaine d by

acing speake rs a s far apart as th e ir w i ring al

o w s . Front Sate l

ite and Re ar

s p e a k e rs are us ual

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

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

re s ul

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

s cal

e input vol

tage

Satellite Amplified Speakers

Spe a k e r Drive rs (pe r s a te l

ite )

Two 1" (28 m m ) m icro

drive rs

Com bined Sate 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

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