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Starfire Series Manual

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Summary of Contents for STARFIRE-10

Page 1: ...STARFIRE 10 10 Inch Powered Subwoofer STARFIRE 12 12 Inch Powered Subwoofer w w w c h r y s a l i s a c o u s t i c s c o m S E R I E S ...

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Page 3: ... t i c s c o m ii TA B L E O F CO N T E N T S Congratulations 1 Installation 2 Rear Panel Connections 5 Crossovers 6 Interconnect Cables 9 Care of Your Subwoofer 9 Protection Circuitry 9 Troubleshooting and Service 10 Specifications 11 Chrysalis Products 12 ...

Page 4: ...refully This unit is heavy Use caution when lifting or moving to avoid injury Please save the carton and all packaging materials for future use Packing this unit in any other carton may result in severe damage when shipping Record the serial number in the space provided on page 13 for future reference Product Features A single driver consisting of either 10 8 2 piston diameter subwoofer with 2 0 h...

Page 5: ...ll your Chrysalis subwoofer it must remain in an upright position woofer facing forward Using shipping or storing the subwoofer in any other position for an extended period of time may result in damage to the unit not covered by warranty Caution This subwoofer has electronics built into the cabinet Do not place the cabinet next to sources of heat such as furnace registers radiators etc Do not plac...

Page 6: ... positive to red and black negative to black Be sure all connections are tight and that there are no loose strands or frayed wires Volume Control This control allows you to balance the output from the subwoofer to the main speakers in your system This control should be set to achieve similar output levels from both the main speakers and subwoofer when listening to music A good starting point for t...

Page 7: ...ition will have a greater amount of apparent mid bass frequency output For all installations experiment with the phase switch to determine the setting 0 or 180 degrees that produces the most mid bass If the settings sound similar we recommend the 0 position Auto Turn on Function The subwoofer will turn itself on automatically when an audio signal is present If no signal is present for approximatel...

Page 8: ...More detail of these connections can be found below 1 SPEAKER LEVEL INPUT terminals Connect these input terminals to the speaker output terminals of your amplifier or receiver 2 SPEAKER LEVEL OUTPUT terminals The speaker level signal to the front speakers is output from these terminals 3 LINE INPUT jacks Connect these jacks to the LINE OUT jacks of the amplifier 4 LOW PASS CROSSOVER Use this knob ...

Page 9: ...e a subwoofer out jack sometimes labeled LFE that is internally filtered settable at the receiver processor and designed to be used with a powered subwoofer In some installations it may be beneficial to use BOTH the Chrysalis crossover and the receiver processor crossover resulting in a steeper ultimate crossover slope In some rare cases combining both an external crossover and the one internal to...

Page 10: ...Starfire Series Manual w w w c h r y s a l i s a c o u s t i c s c o m 7 Figure 2a Line Level Subwoofer Connection Diagram ...

Page 11: ...Starfire Series Manual w w w c h r y s a l i s a c o u s t i c s c o m 8 Figure 2b Speaker Level Subwoofer Connection Diagram ...

Page 12: ... or cleaning solutions may damage the finish on the cabinet We recommend using only a damp cloth to clean the cabinet During normal conditions your new subwoofer may be left on continuously without any problems The unit is equipped with a signal sensing turn on off that will automatically turn on the unit when a signal is present at the inputs and turn off the unit after several minutes when there...

Page 13: ...aged Has the amplifier overheated 6 Make sure the speaker wires are fully inserted into the spring clip connectors and that no wires are touching from one terminal to another If the protection circuitry is active the unit may cycle on and off until operating parameters return to normal Under more serious conditions the unit may shut off completely Normal operation should return upon cooling but yo...

Page 14: ... speaker level pass through level pass through Inputs RCA Line Level LFE and RCA Line Level LFE and Speaker Level inputs Speaker Level inputs Phase 0 or 180 0 or 180 Auto On Off Yes Yes Removable Grill Yes Yes Video Shielding No No LED Power Indicator Yes Yes Input Impedance 65K ohm for LINE INPUT jacks 1 2K ohm for SPEAKER LEVEL INPUT terminals Sensitivity Speaker Level 1 0V 1 0V Line 100 mV 100 ...

Page 15: ...ries Manual w w w c h r y s a l i s a c o u s t i c s c o m 12 CH RY S A L I S PR O D U C T S BassMatrix Series BassMatrix 10 BassMatrix 12 Photon Series Photon 8 Photon 10 Starfire Series Starfire 10 Starfire 12 ...

Page 16: ...s not responsible for damage caused by accidents abuse misuse natural or personal disaster or unauthorized modification The CHRYSALIS products are not intended for professional or commercial use and CHRYSALIS is not responsible for damage resulting from such use 4 The CHRYSALIS product warranty is limited to units that are purchased from authorized CHRYSALIS dealers and finalized within authorized...

Page 17: ...ill CA 95037 408 465 2888 voice 408 779 9227 fax 408 779 9208 service fax w w w c h r y s a l i s a c o u s t i c s c o m Service E mail service chrysalisacoustics com Product E mail help chrysalisacoustics com Technical E mail techhelp chrysalisacoustics com 63 STARFIRE Rev D NOV08 ...

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