Xiom EP500 User manual

EP500 v4 In-Cabinet

Subwoofer

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

CAUTION

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8. Donotinstallnearanyheatsourcessuchasradiators,heatregisters,stoves,orotherapparatus(includingampliers)

that produce heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one

wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third

prongareprovidedforyoursafety.Iftheprovidedplugdoesnottintoyouroutlet,consultanelectricianfor  

replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the

point where they exit from the apparatus.

11. Onlyuseattachments/accessoriesspeciedbythemanufacturer.

12.

Useonlywiththecart,stand,tripod,bracket,ortablespeciedbythemanufacturer,orsoldwiththe

apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury

from tip-over.

13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14. Referallservicingtoqualiedservicepersonnel.Servicingisrequiredwhentheapparatushasbeendamagedinany

way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus,

the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

15. Donotexposethisapparatustodrippingorsplashingandensurethatnoobjectslledwithliquids,suchasvases,are

placed on the apparatus.

16. To completely disconnect this apparatus from theAC Mains, disconnect the power supply cord plug from the

AC receptacle.

17. The mains plug of the power supply cord shall remain readily operable.

18. Donotexposebatteriestoexcessiveheatsuchassunshine,reorthelike.

The lightning flash with arrowhead

symbol within an equilateral triangle, is

intended to alert the user to the presence

of uninsulated “dangerous voltage“ within

the product’s enclosure that may be of

sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock

to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert the user to

the presence of important operating and

maintenance(servicing)instructionsinthe

literature accompanying the product.

WARNING : To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do

not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

SAFETY PROCEDURES

• EnsurethatyouconnectyourSubwooferonlytothetypeofpower

supply indicated on the amplifier faceplate, and ensure that the power

cord cannot be walked on or otherwise damaged.

• To prevent electric shock, match wide blade of plug to wide slot, fully

insert.

• Ensure that objects or liquids are not allowed to penetrate the enclosure.

• YourAXIOMSubwoofersarefinishedinadurablevinyland

from time to time should be wiped clean gently with a

slightly damp cloth to remove any dust or stains.

For any additional information or service, contact:

AXIOM, 2885 HWY 60 Phone: 1-888-352-9466

DWIGHT ON CANADA

P01 1H0

Placement

e amount of deep bass you get from your new subwoofer will be quite dependent on proper location in your particular room, the

room’s dimensions, and the location of your listening area. You can’t easily change your room or its dimensions, so it’s worthwhile

nding the best location that will let your subwoofer deliver its optimum performance---smooth, deep and powerful bass to your

seating area. e subwoofer does NOT have to be at the front of the room with your main stereo speakers. Deep bass below 80 Hz

is not directional, so it doesn’t maer if the subwoofer faces you or is at the side or back of the room. Now get ready to do the tried-

and-true “subwoofer crawl.” Move your subwoofer as close as you can to where you sit. If it’s a chair, move the chair aside and place

the sub where the chair was. If it’s a couch, slide the couch temporarily out of the way and put the sub about where you usually sit.

Play a DVD movie with lots of low-frequency eects or a CD with plenty of deep bass in the music, the kind that really kicks your

sub into motion.

Now crawl around the room in the general area where you were thinking of locating the sub or even in areas that you didn’t think

of. Go several yards in each direction--near the wall, out from the wall, towards a corner, away from the corner, and so on on all four

walls--while you listen for smooth and extended bass response. At some locations, the bass may seem really exaggerated and boomy.

In other spots, it may almost disappear. Pick a location somewhere between these extremes. at’s it! Mark the spot with some

masking tape then move the subwoofer into that position. Now put the furniture back.

Test the technique by playing the same deep bass selections, only this time sit in your favorite chair (where the subwoofer was). e

deep bass should sound just like it did at the place where the sub now sits. You see, it works!

Every member of our Axiom team is pleased that you have decided to purchase one of our products. We have all worked hard to

bring the highest level of satisfaction to your audio experience.

Axiom is deeply commied to ongoing audio research. It began in the early 1980s when I was involved with the world-class psycho-

acoustical research that was being conducted at the National Research Council in Oawa, Canada. Since that time we have built

one of the nest acoustical laboratories in the world at our facility in Dwight, Canada where we continue this research allowing

Axiom to provide the world’s most realistic-sounding loudspeakers.

At Axiom our goal is to provide you with a truly exciting and emotional experience every time you listen to your audio system. We

want you to feel part of our Axiom family and as such we stand at the ready to deliver personal, expert advice on any of your audio

needs.

Sincerely,

Ian Colquhoun

President and Founder

Axiom Audio

Installation

Step 1

Make an opening in your cabinet or false wall that measures 363mm x 480mm (14 9/32” x 18 7/8” ). Ensure the opening is

perfectly square. Your cabinet or false wall opening will need to provide support to the boom of the entire speaker.

Warning: Make sure there aren’t any other wires, pipes, or other xtures that might be in the wall before cuing.

Step 2

Install your speaker wire through the back of your cabinet of false wall and connect it to the EP500 In-Cabinet. (See illustrations on

next page) Slide the speaker into your cabinet or wall cutout.

Paintable Models

Step 1

Apply painters tape along painted edge keeping o the raw material.

Step 2

Apply paint to edge with paint brush.

When dry remove tape.

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Subwoofer Setup

Step 1

INPUTS: Your subwoofer has three options for input connection. Do not mix these inputs; whatever output you are using on your

receiver or pre-amp needs to be connected to the same input on your subwoofer.

RCA LOW LEVEL INPUT: e most common input method is the RCA jack. Using a standard RCA cable hook this input to an

RCA sub output jack on your pre-amp processor or receiver.

BALANCED XLR INPUT: If your receiver or preamp-processor has balanced XLR subwoofer line-out connections, you may

connect a Balanced XLR male connector to the XLR female input on your subwoofer.

HIGH LEVEL INPUT: Use the “speaker-level” or high-level 5-way binding post connectors only if your receiver or preamp lacks

a dedicated line-level subwoofer output jack. Connect speaker cables from your amplier’s le-channel and right-channel speaker

output binding posts to the high-level inputs using banana plugs (single or dual), spade connectors, pins, or bare cable if you wish

(unscrew the top of each binding post and insert the cable into the hole in the post; tighten the knurled knob against the cable).

You can run the speaker cables either to the subwoofer rst or the speaker rst. NOTE: BE SURE TO CONNECT BLACK TO

BLACK AND RED TO RED.

Step 2

LOW LEVEL OUTPUT (RCA or XLR Balanced) : If you are using more than one subwoofer the line out allows you to connect

one subwoofer to the next around your room. Be sure to use the same cabling method as you have used from your pre-amp or

receiver. Do not mix the RCA, XLR Balanced, or High Level when daisy chaining multiple subwoofers.

Step 3

CROSSOVER : If you are using the Bass Management crossover menu seings in your A/V receiver or pre-amp processor turn the

subwoofer crossover control to 150 Hz. If you are using the HIGH LEVEL (Speaker Level) binding-post inputs, set the subwoofer

crossover switch to 80 Hz for any of our bookshelf models or 60 Hz for any of our oor-standing models. Since every room and

subwoofer location in it will react dierently we suggest you try some other crossover seings as well, for example 40 Hz with a pair

of M80s. You may nd that the best sound in your room is achieved using a slightly higher or slightly lower crossover seing to our

suggestion above.

Step 4

VOLUME : Set the volume to 1/2 turn of the rotation range. Later, during the set up process, you will likely return to this volume

seing to balance the output of the subwoofer to the other speakers. Your receiver may be equipped with an auto-setup feature.

ese are very convenient but will not always give you the most optimum audio quality in your room. If you have the time we

would suggest doing your set-up manually. You can always compare your manual setup to the auto-setup to see which one you

prefer. Aer your initial set-up is complete, whether manual or auto, you may nd you want to turn your subwoofer volume up or

down a small amount aer listening to a variety of source material. Seing up sub levels and proper sub placement in your room can

be tricky but worth puing some eort into as the results will be signicant.

Step 5

AC INPUT : Your subwoofer is supplied set to either 115 volts or 230 volts depending on the country we shipped it to. If you

move countries, this voltage can be changed by having a technician change the fuse type (T6.3AL for 115V and T3.15AL for 230V)

and move a cable inside your subwoofer amplier to the plug marked with the desired voltage. Residents of some other countries

will need to purchase an adaptor or new proper power cord that ts your specic socket.

Once you have made appropriate connections from the A/V receiver or preamp/processor to the subwoofer, nd a nearby AC wall

outlet and connect the main power cord to the three-wire socket at the boom of the control panel. Move the power switch to the

ON seing. e LED POWER indicator should glow Green. Leave the switch at the ON seing unless you go away for an extended

period. Moving it to OFF will shut down all power to the subwoofer.

Step 6

TRIGGER: Use of the trigger input is an optional hook-up. If your A/V receiver or A/V preamp-processor has a 12-volt trigger

output, you can run a 3.5mm connector cable to the subwoofer trigger input and your subwoofer will power on and o with your

A/V receiver or A/V preamp-processor. When the trigger signal is in the “o” mode the LED will change from Green to Red and

the amplier will be switched to a low power consumption standby mode. If you have multiple subwoofers you can run a 3.5mm

connector cable from the trigger out on the rst subwoofer to the trigger input of the second subwoofer.

Step 7

PHASE and POLARITY: is synchronizes the in/out movement of the subwoofer cone driver with the other speakers in your

system. Once you have chosen the best location for your subwoofer, try rotating the phase dial in 1/8 turn increments starting at

0 until you reach 180 and then switch to Polarity to 180 and repeat the process to see if one of these seings produces deeper and

smoother bass output in your room. Once complete, move the dial back to the position that resulted in the smoothest and deepest

bass at several listening locations in the room. If you hear no dierence, leave the dial and the polarity switch at the 0 position.

Quite oen the phase dial and polarity switch makes lile dierence, but it’s dependent on your particular room’s dimensions and

subwoofer location.

Step 8

SUBSONIC: Seing this switch to “ON” inserts a 20-Hz cut-o lter in the subwoofer’s bass response to prevent the subwoofer

from reproducing frequencies below 20 Hz, which may include rumble from studio air conditioning, subways or other undesirable

artifacts. If you play vinyl discs from a turntable, set this switch to “ON” to prevent the subwoofer from reproducing turntable

rumble and low-frequency record-warp anomalies.

Leave this switch set to “OFF” for all other digital recordings and DVD sound tracks that contain ultra-deep bass frequencies you

want the subwoofer to accurately reproduce.

Step 9

GROUND LOOP: If your subwoofer is producing a 50 or 60 Hz hum it is likely due to a ground loop. is is caused by a

dierence in potential between the grounds of your receiver or pre-amp and the subwoofer through your house wiring. If this

occurs remove the silver Chassis Ground Screw. If this does not remove the hum, call 1-888-352-9466 for technical support.

Step 10

OUTPUT : Turn the speaker around and look at the back panel. You’ll see gold-plated 5-way binding posts, to which you are going

to connect the speaker cables from the amplier.

Connect two sets of speaker cables--one cable to the upper pair of binding posts and one cable to the lower pair. At the amplier,

connect the one set of cables to one pair of red and black output terminals, and the other set of speaker cables to the other pair of

output terminals.

Always maintain the red-to-red (+ to +) and black-to-black (- to -) connection scheme for each channel’s speaker connections.

Axiom Audio Head Office: 2885 Highway 60

Dwight, ON Canada

P0A 1H0

Toll Free (North America): 1-888-352-9466

Worldwide: 1-705-635-2222

Email: info@axiomaudio.com

www.axiomaudio.com

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