Polk-audio SurroundBar 400 Component Home Theater Speaker Bar User Manual download pdf (Page 14)

SYMPTOM DIAGNOSIS REMEDY

No sound Receiver “off,” or in standby mode;

selected source not active, volume

low or system muted; speaker wires

and/or component interconnect cables

not connected properly.

Turn on receiver; select appropriate source,

turn up volume, unmute; check wiring.

No surround sound effect No surround content in program material;

two channel source and receiver set to

stereo; surround sound processing disabled;

urround channel volume settings too low.

Enable surround sound processing: use

PLII or PLIIx for stereo program material

(note that some programs will not have

ny stereo or surround effects); check

surround channel levels in receiver’s

setup menu and increase if appropriate.

Dialogue hard to hear

or understand

Center channel not wired properly; poor

audio mix; center channel level too low;

improper placement; poor room acoustics.

Check wiring; check center channel level

in receiver’s setup menu and increase if

appropriate; speaker may be obstructed

by furniture. Move speaker so that it’s

not “buried” in a cabinet, must have

a direct line of sight to listening area.

No bass or not

enough bass

Subwoofer turned off; sub volume too low;

bad/disconnected wire; subwoofer disabled

in receiver’s loudspeaker conﬁguration menu.

Turn on subwoofer; turn up subwoofer

volume; replace/connect wire; in receiver’s

speaker conﬁguration menu, check to make

sure subwoofer is enabled (if applicable).

Voices sound boomy,

chesty and unnatural

Subwoofer volume too high; sub crossover

(low-pass ﬁlter) set too high; subwoofer

phase setting not optimal.

Turn down subwoofer volume; reduce

crossover frequency setting on receiver;

change subwoofer polarity; move sub-

woofer closer to SurroundBar and/or

away from corner.

No sound from one

or more channels

Poor connections to receiver and/or

SurroundBar 500 CHT SDA Control

Module; poor connections to

SurroundBar 400 CHT bar.

Check speaker wiring connections from

the receiver to the SurroundBar 400 CHT

or the SurroundBar 500 CHT SDA Control

Module; verify that all channels are playing

properly by using receiver’s speaker test

tone calibration facility in setup menu.

Harsh, distorted sound

at very high volume

Speaker overdriven at low frequencies;

system has reached its maximum capacity.

Choose “small” speaker under speaker

setup and set crossover frequency to

150Hz or higher.

Voices, music sound thin,

lack body, sounds unnatural,

“phasey” or sound is incoherent

Speaker cable polarity incorrect; inappropriate

surround processing or surround channel

levels set too high; speaker damaged.

Check speaker wiring; select another

surround sound mode; reduce surround

channel levels. Repair speaker.

Receiver clicks off Short circuit Receiver not compatible with SurroundBar.

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