User manual FOCAL ELECTRA BERYLLIUM 1000 BE

[. . . ] You should then inform the dealer from whom you purchased the product so that the tweeter can be removed by a professional and returned to the product distributor for replacement. ⷠIf the dome is broken in any way giving rise to loose particles of Beryllium, these should be carefully collected with the use of an adhesive tape and sealed in a zip-top bag to be returned with the tweeter. User precautions All the products in the Electra 1000 Be range are lacquered in order to offer a resistant cabinet surface and to make the upkeep easy. We recommend the use of a dry cloth to dust your pair of loudspeakers. [. . . ] Should the sound be "flat" or muffled, there are too many absorbing materials in the listening room. Try to find a better compromise between absorbing and reflective materials within your listening room. Generally the wall to the rear of the speakers should be made up of reflective materials so that the sound image exhibits satisfying volume and width. On the contrary the wall on the rear of the listener should be absorbing in order to avoid reflections damaging the perception of the stereo soundstage. These reflections may limit the impression of depth of the sound image. Furniture, such as bookshelves should be ideally placed along the side walls in order to diffuse sound waves and to prevent some frequencies from being amplified, especially in vocal range (it removes "flutter echo"). Loudspeakers choice Your loudspeakers have been developed to be used under Stereo and Home Theater configurations. If you already use Electra 1000 Be on the front and want to move forward to Home Theater, it is paramount to use Electra 1000 Be product line center unit and surround loudspeakers. You can also use in-wall IW 1000 Be when environment limitations won't allow you to use SR 1000 Be surround loudspeakers. Magnetic disturbance The Electra 1000 Be line speakers (except CC 1000 Be) generate a magnetic leakage that may interfere with other sensitive household appliances. It is strongly advised not to place the speakers closer than 50cm to your TV screen. Frame geometry as well as colours can be severely distorted by a magnetic field if the loudspeaker is placed too close to the cathode ray tube. Generally, every sensitive element (audio tapes, video tapes, magnetic data storages, projector and CRTS overhead-projector) should not be placed too close to non-shielded loudspeakers. CC 1000 Be center loudspeaker positioning CC 1000 Be center loudspeaker must be placed within close range of the screen for realistic dialogue reproduction. If a standard projection screen is used, the center unit must be placed right under the screen for optimal performance. If a perforated, acoustically transparent screen is used, the center unit can be placed behind at the lower half of the screen. F) SR 1000 Be loudspeakers installation Securely fasten the fixation rails on the wall using the provided plugs and then insert SR 1000 Be. SR 1000 Be positioning Considering it is detrimental to perception, avoid placing SR 1000 Be surround loudspeakers too far back in the listening area. The best location can be obtain when SR 1000 Be surround loudspeakers make a 120° to 160° angle with respect to the listener. Adequately defining parameters on the 3 positions mode selector and on the double input connector, providing one or two power amplifiers connection capability for each speaker, enables SR 1000 Be to implement 5. [. . . ] Foam Bung for Bass Tuning (Electra 1007 Be only) This foam bung allows you to make some fine adjustments to the bass performance of your loudspeakers. the Electra 1000 Be loudspeakers have been designed to reproduce deep bass in an even manner for a «free space» position. If you position your loudspeakers close to a wall, bass frequencies are further enforced. The foam bung allows you to reduce the amount of energy from the port to reduce bass level and improve damping in such situations. [. . . ]