Technika HCHKAW08 User Manual

OPERATION
Please refer to the manual of your source equipment where necessary.
SWITCHING ON
Checkthattheequipmentisproperlyconnected.
• Switchonthesourceequipment.
• Plugthemainsplugintothemainssocketandswitchthepoweron.
• SwitchtheON/OFFswitchonthesubwooferON.Themainsindicatoronthe
 subwooferwillglowindicatingthesystemisoperational.
• TurnthemainVolumecontrolonthesubwoofertoalow
 level.Turnclockwisetoincrease,anticlockwisetodecrease
 thevolume.
SYSTEM DEFAULTS
Wheneveryouswitchonatthemainsthesystemstateis:
MODE:    Surround
SATELLITE SPEAKERS:  Allsettothesamevolumelevel
BASS (Subwoofer) LEVEL: SettothesamelevelastheSatellites
VOLUME LEVEL:  Settomidlevel
BYPASS AND SURROUND MODES
SURROUND:Thedefaultmodeofthesystemis“Surround”.Ittakestheinputfrom
astereosourceandprocessesittosimulatea5.1sourcesothatyoureceivea“sur-
roundsound”eectfromalltheloudspeakersandthesubwoofer.Thismodeisfor
usewithStereo(2channel)inputs.
If your source equipment is Stereo: youshouldalwaysuseSurroundmode.
If your source equipment has a multichannel processor: DonotuseSurround
modeasthesoundwillbegarbled!Letthesourceequipmentdotheprocessing.
BYPASS: Allthesignalsgodirecttothespeakerswithnointernalprocessing.
If your source equipment is Stereo: NEVERuseBypassModeasthesubwooferwill
notreceiveasignalandyouwillgetnoBass!
If your source equipment has a multichannel processor: AlwaysuseBypassMode
forbestresults.
SETTING UP THE SYSTEM - MULTICHANNEL INPUT
• PresstheBYPASSbuttonontheHandset.
• Playsomemusiconthesourceequipment
• SettheMainVolumeControl(usingthehandset
 ortheVolumecontrolontheSubwoofer)toasuitablelevel.
• AdjustthevolumeoftheFrontSpeakersatthehandsettoareasonablelevel.
• SettheCentrespeakertothesamelevelastheFrontspeakers.
• UsetheBASScontrolsonthehandsettosetthesubwoofervolume.Theidea
 istogetadeepbasssound,nottoswampthesoundwithexcessivebass!
• Nowadjusttheleveloftherearspeakers.Donotsetthisleveltoohighasthis
 willadverselyaectthesoundimage.
LARGE or SMALL? Somedigitalsurroundprocessorsaskyoutospecifythesizeof
thespeakers.Ifyourprocessorhasthisfeature,setallthespeakersto“Small”.This
willdirectallthesystembasstothesubwoofer.Remembertosetthesubwoofer
optionontheprocessorto“on”,oryouwillgetnobass.
Setalltheanalogueoutputlevelsfromtheprocessor(DVDplayer,etc.)according
totheinstructionsthatweresuppliedwiththatequipment.
SETTING UP THE SYSTEM - STEREO INPUT
• PresstheSURROUNDbuttonontheHandset.
• Playsomemusiconthesourceequipment
• Adjustthespeakerlevelsasabove.
USING THE SYSTEM
Ifyousetthesystemtomutewhenlastswitchedo,presstheMUTEkeyto
restorethevolume(SeeP.8).
UsetheVolumecontroltoadjusttheoveralllevel.
NEVERlistentoaStereosourceinBYPASSmodeoryouwillgetnobass.Ifyoudo
notwantsoundfromtheCentre/Rearchannels,turnthoselevelsdown.
Use the MUTEkeyonthehandsettomute/unmutethesound.
CAUTION: Ifathighlevelsyouhearpoppingorthumpingnoisesfromthesub-
woofer,turntheVolumedownimmediatelyandthenturnthebassleveldown.
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Technika HCHKAW08 Specifications

Power

supply voltage	AC 240V ~ 50 Hz
amplifier power output (satellites)	5x5W RMS
amplifier power output (subwoofer)	15W RMS

Frequency Response

frequency response (satellites)	180Hz - 18kHz
frequency response (subwoofer)	38Hz - 8kHz

Weight and Dimensions

dimensions (subwoofer)	200x225x200 mm
dimensions (satellites)	85x85x85 mm