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SCS178 (230V) MODEL NUMBER: DESIGN GOAL: Bring the thrill of live performance and movie sound to the home environment by calling on JBL’s professional engineering leadership. SATELLITE TYPE:Titanium-laminate-dome tweeter, reflex-loaded enclosure SUBWOOFER TYPE: Bass-reflex enclosure PORT DESIGN: FreeFlow™ flared PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE: Cinema Loudspeaker Series X + 0 + Y ®...
R E A D T H I S ! CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: To prevent electric shock, do not remove the grounding plug on the power cord, or use any plug or extension cord that does not have a grounding plug provided.
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T H A N K Y O U F O R C H O O S I N G J B L For more than 50 years, JBL has been involved in every aspect of music and film...
M O U N T I N G O P T I O N S Satellites and Surrounds On shelves. Wall-Mounting The customer is responsible for proper selection and use of mounting hardware, available through hardware stores, to properly and safely wall-mount the speakers.
Speakers and electronics terminals have corresponding (+) and (–) terminals. Most manu-facturers of speakers and electronics, including JBL, use red to denote the (+) terminal and black for the (–) terminal. The (+) lead of the speaker wire is noted with a stripe.
Dolby* Pro Logic* (Non-Digital) – Speaker Level Use this installation method for Dolby Pro Logic applications ® (not Dolby Digital, DTS other digital processing), where the receiver/processor does not have a subwoofer output, or a volume-controlled preamp (line-) level output: Connect your receiver or amplifier’s front left and right...
Rear – – Right Surround – output or subwoofer output on your receiver or amplifier. Connect each speaker to the corresponding speaker terminals on your receiver or amplifier. Make sure that you have configured your surround- sound processor for “Subwoofer On.” The front left,...
• Check all wires and connections between receiver/ amplifier and speakers. Make sure all wires are connected. Make sure none of the speaker wires are frayed, cut or punctured. • Review proper operation of your receiver/amplifier. If there is no sound coming from one speaker: •...
EN 60065:1998 EN 55013/A14:1999 EN 55020/A14:1999 EN 61000-3-2/A14:2000 EN 61000-3-3/1.1995 EN 50081-1:1992 EN 50082-1:1992 Luc Emmanuel Godard JBL, Harman Consumer International France, 08/01...
Refinements may be made on occasion to existing products without notice, but will always meet or exceed original specifications unless otherwise stated. Simply Cinema is a registered trademark of JBL, Incorporated. * Dolby and Pro Logic are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
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