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Installation:

1. Place the Styrofoam™ blocks on the bottom plate of the stud bay. The SSW-3BB back box will rest on top of the blocks.

2. Install the two centering bars as shown in Detail A. The centering bars are for setting the depth of the enclosure. They also help

locate the horizontal position of the enclosure as they are mounted into the studs at the left and right to hold the enclosure in the
correct location.

3. Attach amplifier output wire to the nearest end of the back box. If the wire is not run yet, run this through the wall first, and attach

as noted. Fit the enclosure into the wall. The bottom of the SSW-3BB back box will rest on top of the Styrofoam blocks that you
put on the baseboard two-by-four in Step 1.

4. At this time, you may want to screw through each side of the wood centering bars to mount the enclosure to the studs. This will

hold the enclosure in position.

5. Install each of the ten bushings into their mounting holes . Insert one end of the rubber bushing into the hole, then place a flat

washer onto the shaft of a supplied 5” deck screw, insert the screw into the bushing and then screw the deck screw through the
bushing and into the wall stud.

6. The enclosure is now installed and ready for the wall-board to be installed over it. Remove the wood centering bars and use the

wood screws to close up the holes in the SSW-3BB back box. The drywall cutout dimensions are 26” (H) x 15” (W) (660.4mm x
381mm).

7. Note that it would be wise at this step to connect the baffle polarized locking connectors together and the other end of the speaker

wire to the amplifier and run a low-level test to make sure that the back box is properly connected to the amplifier. Once correct
connection is verified, disconnect the baffle and the speaker wire from the amplifier and proceed.

8. Determine your wallboard thickness. If it is ½”, proceed

to baffle installation (#9, this page). If it is 5/8”, then
add the included 1/8” rectangular spacer to the edge
of the opening and remove the PSA backing on the
1/8” rectangular strip spacer and attach this to the top
surface of the brace.

9. Connect the wires with the polarized locking

connector to the baffle following the instructions
noted in “Speaker Connections.” Do not forget to cover
the extra wire and mated connectors with the 6” x 6”
piece of lining material. Settle the baffle into place in
the opening.

10. Install the SSW-3 baffle into the SSW-3BB back box

using the twenty screws, as shown in the illustration
at right.

11. Attach the grille by lining up one end of the grille just

outside the baffle and then slowly bringing the other
end of the grille near to the baffle and releasing. Note
that the grille attachment magnets are energetic, so
bring the grille within about 1/16” before releasing to
minimize the risk of any damage to the baffle, grille,
or wall.

SPACER FOR
.625" DRYWALL

SSW3- SUBWOOFER
BAFFLE ASSY

GRILLE

Installed Back Box with finished .625"
drywall

SCREWS (20)

BAFFLE TO SPACER GASKET

CENTER SPACER FOR
.625" DRYWALL