SCS 300 SAT (serv.man2) - JBL Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 5

7 in order to avoid damage to
the Threaded Insert 

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. 

Such damage would not be
covered under the warranty.

Step 7: Holding the Satellite
Speaker ¶ with both hands,
reinsert the ball portion of
the Ball and Shaft £ into the
Attachment Plate ¢.

Step 8: Hand-tighten the
Molded Nut ™ while posi-
tioning the speaker for the
desired orientation. 
If the Molded Nut

™

is diffi-

cult to tighten by hand, insert
the Metal Bar

∞

into one of

the holes in the outer edge of

the Molded Nut

™

and use

the bar as a lever. Be careful
not to cross-thread.
The swiveling ball enables
you to aim the speaker to one
side or the other, or to tilt it
up or down. Although stereo
imaging may be improved 
by aiming the front speakers
toward the listening position,
especially for music selec-
tions, the surround speakers
are intended to provide a dif-
fuse, ambient sound that is
best achieved by aiming the
speakers straight out from
the wall. Aiming the surround
speakers toward the listening

position may ruin the inten-
ded effect by calling too
much attention to the infor-
mation in those channels.

Step 9: Once the speaker’s
orientation has been final-
ized, insert the Metal Bar ∞
into one of the holes in the
outer edge of the Molded Nut
™ and tighten the Molded
Nut ™ securely. Keep the
Metal Bar ∞ in a safe place
in the event that you decide
to adjust the speaker’s orien-
tation in the future.

Separate and strip the 
ends of the speaker wire 
as shown. The wires supplied
with the system may already
be stripped and tinned for
easy insertion into the
speaker terminals. You may
need to separate the two
conductors further in order to
thread them through the shelf
stand or floor stand adaptor.
Speakers and electronics ter-
minals have corresponding
(+) and (–) terminals. Most
manufacturers of speakers
and electronics, including

JBL, use red to denote the (+)
terminal and black to denote
the (–) terminal.

The (+) lead of the speaker
wire is noted with a stripe. It
is important to connect both
speakers identically: (+) on
the speaker to (+) on the
amplifier and (–) on the
speaker to (–) on the ampli-
fier. Wiring “out of phase”
results in thin sound, weak
bass and a poor stereo
image.

With the advent of multichan-
nel surround sound systems,
connecting all of the speak-
ers in your system with the
correct polarity remains
equally important in order to
preserve the proper ambi-
ence and directionality of the
program material.

To connect the supplied
speaker wires to the satellite
and center speaker termi-
nals, press the red or black
plastic cap for the desired
terminal, insert the bare end
of the wire into the hole
below the cap and release
the cap. Gently tug on the
wire to make sure that it is
fully inserted.