Eltax Monaco 5.0 [3/12] Instruction manual

Instruction manual

Thank you for purchasing Eltax loudspeakers. You have just purchased one of the best domestic

hi loudspeakers available and we hope you will enjoy the music they reproduce for many years

to come. The following notes are designed to assist you in obtaining a greater degree of musical

satisfaction from your Eltax loudspeakers. Before connecting your loudspeakers, we suggest that

you read this leaet carefully.

Amplier capacity/power handling

Your Eltax loudspeaker system will operate satisfactorily with any good amplier designed for

use with an 4-8 Ohm impedance load. Allthough Eltax loudspeakers are designed to handle high

power loadings, you must remember that any loudspeaker that is abused with excessive use of

volume, tone controls and graphic equalisers is likely to cause damage to the drive-units. Be carefull

especially with small ampliers constantly driven on high power levels as these may be liable to

go into »clipping mode« and disort the signal causing possible damage. If you hear a distordet

signal through the loudspeakers you must reduce the power level.

Connecting to your amplier

We strongly recommend the use of high quality speaker cables, colour coded or grooved cables

are recommended to assist checking polarity, your local dealer should be able to advise you on

this point. Always switch OFF your amplier before making any connections or adjustments to

the system. Wire the right-hand channel cable so that the positive (RED) terminal of your loud-

speaker is connected to the positive (RED) on your amplier, and the negative (BLACK) terminal

of your loudspeaker is connected to the negative (BLACK) terminal on your amplier. Repeat

the instructions for all channels. Do NOT connect more than one loudspeaker to one terminal on

your amplier.

Phasing

Providing that you have followed the connecting instruction correctly the loudspeakers should be

in phase and provide solid stereo images. If, however, you have any doubt as to the phasing of

the loudspeakers, try reversing the connections (RED & BLACK) to ONE of the loudspeakers, and

play a recording which has plenty of deep bass operating both loudspeakers simultaneously with

the stereo amplier switched to »mono«. The correct polarity is indicated by rm full bass, when

incorrect, the bass will be noticeably much weaker.

Service

No routine attention is required to the working parts of the loudspeakers and being very reliable

Eltax loudspeakers rarely require service. Any service problems should in the rst instance be

referred to your dealer.

Set Up of Speaker System for your Home Theatre

A surround sound system, as a minimum, requires 5-7 loudspeakers. It is important to position

them carefully. Thus we recommend that you work with the arrangement of the speakers in your

system, perhaps our idea of placing the system initially may not suit the way in which your furniture

is arranged.(see page 10)