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Connecting

• Your loudspeakers are equipped with positive (Red) and negative

(Black) connection terminals on the rear of the cabinet. These

correspond to the positive and negative terminals on the

appropriate channel (left, right, center, rear etc.) of your ampliﬁer.

Your Icon loudspeakers will perform well in a variety of locations,

but best results will be achieved using the following guidelines:

Front Left and Right Speakers (See Figures 2A and 2B.)

• Place on a common wall 6 to 15 feet apart.

• If used in a home theater system, position the speakers

ﬂanking your video display.

• Position them equal distance from the back wall (if they are

not wall-mounted).

• Position them at the same height above the oor

(for non-ﬂoor standing models) with the high frequency

drivers at seated ear height.

• Angle speakers toward the listener and even with or forward

of any adjacent obstructions (if they are not wall-mounted).

• Placing them near a corner or wall provides the greatest

amount of bass while moving the speakers away from room

boundaries reduces bass energy.

• Asymmetrical placement of a pair of speakers from adjacent

side walls can smooth room-induced bass unevenness.

• Bookshelf models may be placed on shelves or optional ﬂoor stands.

• Experiment with the above guidelines to suit your taste and to

compensate for your room’s acoustic characteristics.

Room Placement

Center Channel Speakers (See Figures 2A, 2B and 3.)

• Place immediately above or below the center of your video display.

• These models are supplied with a tilt rod to compensate for

placements above or below seated ear height.

• Use the supplied rubber pad to protect the front bottom edge

of the speaker. (See Figure 3.)

Surround Channel Speakers (See Figures 2A, 2B and 3.)

• Place above seated ear height on side or rear walls

(approximately 4-5 feet above the ﬂoor) or on optional

ﬂoorstands.

• Attach wall bracket with an appropriately sized screw head

screwed into a wall stud or wall anchor with a suitable weight

bearing capacity. (See Figure 3.)

• See your Klipsch dealer for optional, adjustable wall mounts if

required. These mounts utilize the threaded bushings on the

rear of the cabinet.

Never use the wall bracket for mounting the speaker to

the ceiling.

On Wall Placement (See Figure 3.)

• Icon LCR and bookshelf models may be wall-mounted

using the included wall bracket.

Turn your ampliﬁer off before making any

connections.

Standard Connections (See Figure 4.)(All Models)

• All speakers in your system must be connected in phase with

the positive speaker terminal connected to the positive

ampliﬁer terminal. Repeat this for the negative speaker

terminal and ampliﬁer terminals. Most speaker wire has

distinguishing markings on the insulation of one of the

conductors to assist in correct hookup.

• Use 16 gauge (AWG), two conductor, copper wire at a

minimum and larger gauge wire for longer runs. The

connection terminals on your loudspeaker will accommodate

bare wire, and spade terminals.

Active Floorstander Connections

(See ﬁgure 5.)(XF-48 only)

Your ﬂoorstanding speakers have a built-in ampliﬁer that

needs to be connected to an AC outlet. Once plugged in, it

will be either ON or in STANDBY depending upon the position

of the AUTO POWER switch. You must unplug the power cord

from the AC outlet to completely turn off your speaker during

extended periods. (i.e. vacations.)

There are two methods of connection provided on the input panel

of the XF-48. One is a single RCA-jack that functions as a line-level

input and the other is a set of binding posts that function as a high-

level input. Both are provided in order to connect to a wide variety

of electronics. Depending upon your system, one or both of these

connections may be available.

Do not connect both the standard SPEAKER IN and

the LINE IN inputs at the same time as damage to

your equipment could result.

With all connection types, take care that there is no

contact between the positive and negative terminals

at the speaker and ampliﬁer. Damage to your equipment

may result.

In most applications, best performance will be attained by using

the line-level input. Additionally, there is a “Sensitivity” switch on

the input panel that will help match the line-level input signal to

the source connected. Below are the recommended connection

methods and sensitivity settings based upon the equipment

source:

• When using with a source that has line-level preouts such as

an A/V receiver or preampliﬁer, connect the XF-48 line-level

input to the line-level preouts of the source. In most cases,

the sensitivity switch should be set to “LOW”.

• In some instances, the source line-level voltage may be too

low to get full output from the XF-48. In those cases, set the

sensitivity switch to “HIGH”.

• If your source does not have line-level preouts, you may

connect the XF-48 to the source via the binding post high-

level inputs. In this manner, the speaker would be connected

to the ampliﬁer outputs as if it were a traditional passive

speaker. In most cases, the sensitivity switch should be set

to “LOW”.

In some rare cases, you may ﬁnd it necessary to connect the

XF-48 to the high-level binding posts and have the sensitivity

switch set to “HIGH”. In this manner, there may be slight audible

noise from the speaker at very low levels.

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