Installing the AR ARVP25 2-Way Speaker with Woofer

Installing the AR ARVP25 2-Way Speaker with Woofer

Connecting your Speakers 

Strip the insulation from the connection cable ends and twist the ends tightly or tin them with solder. Then insert the ends in the connection terminals and secure them with the terminal screws.

Caution: Take care to ensure that the speaker cables are connected with the correct polarity!

Connect the negative amplifier output terminal (black) to the negative connection terminal of the AR speaker (also black). Proceed in the same way to connect the positive terminals, which are normally red. Standard speaker connection cables normally have a colored marking or indentation in the surface of the insulation to distinguish the two leads from one another.

Positioning your Speakers

The optimum listening position is at the tip of the so-called “stereo triangle”. The equilibrium between the right and left stereo channels is best in this position, providing the most balanced and realistic sound reproduction.

Your AR speakers will operate most efficiently when they are located in parts of the room with “hard” acoustics, i.e., areas including hard, smooth surfaces such as walls and wooden furniture. The speakers should radiate the sound from this hard area into the “softer” parts of the room containing sound absorbing elements such as upholstered furniture, carpets and so on.

Make sure that there are no sound-absorbing obstacles between the speakers and your listening position, as this will muffle the sound and impair your listening pleasure.

Your AR VP Series speakers are fully shielded for use in audio/video applications. This allows you to place any of the speakers next to the television without affecting picture quality. If you are using other speakers, be sure to locate them at least 3 feet away from the television to avoid interference to the set’s picture.

Some other AR speakers are also shielded. Please see page 1 to check if your speaker(s) are video shielded before placing them near a television. The speakers should be installed at least 1 foot away from the side walls and 8 inches from the rear wall. This prevents exaggerated “booming” bass and helps to produce more balanced, detailed sound reproduction.

If possible, bookshelf speakers should be installed so that the tweeters are on the same level as the listener’s ears. If you install the speakers in a wall unit, take care to ensure that the fronts of the speakers are flush with the front of the wall unit.

Mounting your Speakers

The speaker's foot bracket can be used to set the speaker on shelving in either a vertical or horizontal position, or to mount the speaker to the walls or ceilings. A clamp ring and four clamp screws hold the foot bracket to the speaker. Mount the foot bracket to a wall or ceiling using screws through the two holes in the foot bracket. Removing the foot bracket from the speaker may make mounting easier.

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