Samson Rubicon R10s Owner's Manual

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® S T U D I O R E F E R E N C E M O N I T O R S 150 Watt Active Sub Woofer ...

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Safety Instructions/Consignes de sécurité/Sicherheitsvorkehrungen ACHTUNG: Um die Gefahr eines Brandes oder Stromschlags zu verringern, sollten Sie dieses Gerät weder Regen noch Feuchtigkeit aussetzen.Um die Gefahr eines Stromschlags zu verringer...

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PRECAUCION: Para reducir el riesgo de incendios o descargas, no permita que este aparato quede expuesto a la lluvia o la humedad. Para reducir el riesgo de descarga eléc- trica, nunca quite la tapa ni el chasis. Dentro del aparato no hay piezas susc...

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Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rubicon R10s Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Rubicon R10s Layout...

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5 5 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Samson Rubicon R10s Active Subwoofer. Taking care of the low end for your Rubicon or any any near-field monitor system, a powerful 150-watt low frequency ampli - fier drives a heavy-duty 10-inch transduc...

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6 6 Rubicon R10s Features The Samson Rubicon R10s reference subwoofer is a perfect compliment to the Rubicon models or any near-field or multi- media monitor system. Here are some of its main features: • Heavy-duty, 1.3” long excursion (34mm) ...

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7 7 Rubicon R10s Layout ®           1 SUB DOWN - Push switch used to lower the Sub volume. 2 MUTE – LED lights indicating that the sub is off. 3 POWER LED – Blue LED lights indicating that the R10s is pow- e...

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8 8 Rubicon R10s Layout Rear Panel Layout                 1 LEFT UNBALANCED INPUT - Female RCA connector that accepts unbalanced line level signals. 2 LEFT BALANCED INPUT - F...

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9 Quick Start Setting up your R10s Active Subwoofer is a simple proce- dure, which takes only a few minutes: The following sec- tion is an explanation to get your Rubicon, sub-satellite monitor system running. The example assumes that you are using...

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10 Quick Start - Continued • Now, power up the R10s. • Press and hold the rear panel SYETEM LEVEL DOWN control for 5 seconds. This will let you start with the monitor system turned all the way off. Now, power up your active satellite spe...

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11 Operating the Rubicon R10s 11 The Ins and The Outs The R10s features both balanced and unbalanced line level inputs and outputs so that connection with passive or active satellites is easy. It is recommended that you use the balanced line inpu...

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12 Control Functions and Indicators SYSTEM LEVEL Up and Down Controls The volume control is used to adjust the amount of level to the R10s subwoofer. In addition, the volume control will also control the output level of the high-pass outputs. ...

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13 Using the Remote Control You can take advantage of many of the R10s’s powerful fea- tures of the using the infrared remote. You can mute and con- trol the level of the sub, and mute or control the over-all sys- tem level using the R10s’s remo...

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14 Mono Sub With Active Satellites If you have active monitors, installation is easy using the R10s's LINE LEVEL ioutputs. Below is a typical system set-up using the R10s with a mixer and a pair of active satellite loudspeakers. The R10s’s...

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15 15 Connecting the Rubicon R10s • Lower your mixer’s master outputs to all the way off. • Connect the mixer’s left output to the R10s’s LEFT AUDIO INPUT and the mixer’s right output to the R10s’s RIGHT AUDIO INPUT. Now conne...

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16 16 Rubicon R10s Connections Unbalanced 1/4” to RCA Cable Un-Balanced XLR to RCA Cable Rubicon R10s Wiring Guide There are several ways to interface the Rubicon R10s, depending on your exact monitoring set-up. Follow the cable diagrams below f...

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17 17 Specifications Transducer: 10", Long Excursion Transducer Amplifier: Power Rating: 150 Watts RMS Frequency response: 20Hz-200Hz+/-3 dB Sensitivity: 94dB SPL @ 1 W/1m Line Input Connect...

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