BIC RTR-EV15 Bi-Ampable Floor Speaker Owner’s Manual

BIC RTR-EV15 Bi-Ampable Floor Speaker

SPECIFICATIONS

• Drivers
• • High Excursion 15″ Custom Eviction Series Woofer with High Power Magnet
  • Enables Extended Output to 116dB
  • Sealed Back 5’/4″ Midrange
  • High-Efficiency Horn Tweeter
• Power Handling
  • 430 Watts Peak
  • 225 Watts RMS
• Frequency Response: 24Hz – 20kHz ± 2dB
• Sensitivity: 95dB @ 2.83V/1 watt, 1 meter
• Features
  • Bi-ample :
  • 2 pairs of Gold-Plated 5-Way Binding Posts
  • w/ Removable Connecting Straps
  • Ported Enclosure
• Finish: MDF Black Vinyl Cabinet
• Dimensions: 43″ H x 17 1/4″ W x 12 1/2″ D
• Limited Warranty: 5 years of parts and labor on drivers

Unpacking

Carefully unpack your new RIR speakers from their boxes, being cautious of staples that could potentially damage the cabinets. Inspect each speaker for any transit damage. If you find any damage, please contact your dealer immediately. It’s advisable to retain the cartons as they offer the best protection for your speakers if you ever need to move them.

Positioning Your Speakers: The room you select for your Home Theater will impart its unique “sonic signature” to your system’s sound. When choosing a room and speaker placement, it’s essential to consider the impact of furnishings, materials, surfaces, and how room dimensions influence your speakers’ performance. Experimentation with speaker placement is necessary to determine the best arrangement for your optimal experience. Your RIR dealer may be able to provide guidance in establishing a starting point for discovering the ideal placement. However, here are some general guidelines to help you get started.

Choice of room

If you have the option to choose the room in your home for your listening area, here are some factors to consider:

• Rooms with varying wall lengths, non-parallel walls, uneven ceilings, and diverse dimensions tend to produce more even sound and provide a wider range of options for speaker placement.
• An equal mix of hard and soft surfaces can help balance the room’s sound. Soft surfaces like upholstered furniture, heavy curtains, and carpet absorb higher frequencies, while hard surfaces like glass and hardwood floors can lead to increased reverberation at higher octaves.
• Solid wall construction and concrete floors offer the most stable and vibration-free foundation for your audio system.

IMPORTANT HINT: Adjustments to the sound of your room can often be made very simply. Hanging pictures on a wall to create an uneven surface, drawing the drapes one way or the other, or moving a piece of furniture can often create the desired effect. Remember to experiment!

Note: The distance between yourself and the point directly between the speakers is slightly (roughly 20%) greater than the distance between the two speakers.

• The Optimum Listening Position: Home Theater and music are great joys of life, particularly when enjoyed in the comfort of your own home. When choosing the location of your speakers, remember to base your decision around your favorite chair or most comfortable listening position. (See Figure 1 ).
  The Distance Between Each Speaker: This part will require some experimentation and is somewhat dependent on the size of the listening area. However, as a general rule, the best results are usually attained when the speakers are 6 feet apart centered on your TV. In larger rooms, greater distance between the speakers is possible but may require angling in of the speakers for the maximum effect.

• Distance Between the Speakers, the Rear Wall, and Side Wall: We have achieved optimum results throughout design phases, listening tests, and evaluation with the speaker 2 to 3 feet out from the rear wall (see Figure 2). Moving the speaker closer to the rear wall or a room corner will tend to “color” or enhance the lower frequencies. Placing the speaker closer to the rear wall will also tend to adversely affect the depth of the stereo image.

• Hooking Up Your New Speakers: STOP! – Make sure that you consult your amplifier’s owner’s manual regarding speaker hook-up.Your amplifier should be turned off throughout this procedure.

Note: For best results, maintain a maximum distance away from the side wall consistent with speaker separation.

A word about speaker wire

• There are a number of quality speaker wire products available today. Most of these products offer obvious cosmetic benefits over lamp cords and light gauge wires. RtR Speaker Systems come equipped with
  gold-plated binding posts to allow the greatest reliability and ease of wire hook-up. The choice of speaker wire is dependent on the type of amplifier, the distance you intend to run the wire, and your budget, among other things. If in doubt as to which brand or type of wire to use, consult your audio dealer.

• Most speaker wire is polarity-coded. This means that each conductor is chosen to be either ( +) positive or (-) negative. The ( +) positive side may be a different color or texture than the(-) negative side. On the back of your amplifier, each channel is probably labeled(+) and(-) as well as color-coded red for(+) positive and black for(-) negative. R! R speaker terminals are color-coded red for ( +) positive and black for(-) negative. Be sure to hook(+) to (+), (red to red), and(-) to(-), (black to black). (See Figure 3.) All connections should be tight and close-fitting. Inspect connections for frays and stray strands of wire touching both(+) and(-) terminals. (This will cause a short and, perhaps, damage
  your equipment.)

What Is Biamplification?

There are situations occasionally in which it may be useful to separate the woofer, with its crossover filter, from the midrange unit and tweeter section, and to drive them with separate amplifiers. One obvious case would be when the owner uses low-power amplifiers. Another far less common case, is the belief of an owner that the purity of the music is compromised when all frequencies pass through the same speaker cable.

The ability to amplify is enabled by using two pairs of input terminals driving separate crossover sections, as diagrammed below:

Virtually all modern receivers have adequate power to drive both input sections of the speaker without compromising loudness capability, partic­ularly with the high-efficiency RIR-EV15. Such receivers also have very low output impedance so that there is no frequency interaction in speak­er cables of appropriate thickness – 16 gauge is a safe value in normal installations. Accordingly, the RIR-EV15 is supplied with gold-plated con­nector links for use between the two pairs of input terminals, and a single receiver or amplifier drives both input sections in normal fashion.

With single-amplifier drive, cable from receiver can be connected to either pair of input terminals.

In bi-amplifier mode, the connector straps are removed. One amplifier drives the lower pair of input terminals for the woofer, while another amplifier connected to the upper pair of terminals drives the midrange and tweeter section. Of course, attention must be paid to match the amplifiers in output amplitude and phase. Each amplifier can receive the full frequency range of input signal, because the crossover filters built into the R!R-EV15 will pass only the correct range to each individual speaker in th cabinet.

Caring for Your Speakers

RIR speaker cabinets are finished with a very high quality polymer laminate/lacquer covering that is both attractive and serves as excellent protection for the wood cabinet. The cabinet can be cleaned with a damp, soft cloth or you may use a high-quality furniture polish to maintain the original luster. Use a soft brush or hand vacuum cleaner on the grille material.

Troubleshooting and Service

• RIR speakers do not use external fuse protection or circuit breakers because these devices tend to decrease sound quality and may only protect the speaker to a marginal degree. Rather, we use components and designs of the highest caliber as an effective method of protecting the speaker. However, no amount of protection will prevent damage caused by defective associated equipment or extreme abuse.
• If you have a problem, first try to determine if it is indeed a speaker problem. Determine whether the problem exists in both speakers.
• If its does, the problem likely originates in some other component in the system. If the problem is in one speaker only, reverse your speaker leads (left to right, right to left). If the problem moves to the other channel, your problem is not in the speakers.
• Once you have determined that you have a speaker problem, contact your dealer for author­ized factory service information. If you are unable to contact your dealer, if your dealer is unable to solve your problem, or if you have any questions or comments regarding your RIR Speaker System, please contact us at:
  • BIC America 925 N. Shepard Street Anaheim, CA 92806
  • Phone: 1-877-558-4242
  • Certified BEST VALUE Performance for Tech Support.

Please provide a detailed description of the problem you are experiencing. We will determine the most suitable course of action to assist you.

Warranty

RtR Speaker Systems are designed to the highest possible value and performance standards. Our confidence in their quality is such that B·l·C America offers customers this transferable limited warranty

RtR Speaker Systems Limited Warranty

If the RtR speaker system proves to be defective in materials or workmanship within five years from the date of the original customer’s purchase, we will, at our option, repair or replace the defective product.

DISCLAIMER

THE WARRANTY STATED HEREIN IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ALL OTHER LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF B·I·C AMERICA, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. B·I·C AMERICA HAS NOT MADE AND DOES NOT HEREBY MAKE ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, DESIGN, OPERATION, CAPACITY, FITNESS FOR USE, OR SUITABILITY OF THE RTR SPEAKER SYSTEMS.

Limitation of Implied Warranties

Any implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, are limited in duration to the length of this warranty.

Exclusion of Certain Damages

B·I·C America’s liability for any defective product is limited to repair or replacement of the product at our option. B·I·C America shall not be liable for incidental or consequential damages of any kind or character because of product defects. Some states do not allow limitations on implied warranties and/or do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations and exclusions may not apply.

This Warranty Does Not Cover:

1. Damage caused by abuse, accident, misuse, negligence, or improper operation.
2. Products that have been altered or modified.
3. Any product whose serial number has been altered, defaced, or removed.
4. Normal wear and maintenance.
5. Damages caused by shipping. (All claims for shipping damage must be made with the carrier.)

Warranty Service

Warranty service must be performed by an authorized service center, usually a B·I·C America speaker systems dealer or its authorized agent. You may obtain a list of authorized service centers by writing to the address on the back. All warranty repairs must be accompanied by the original bill of sale. No other document is acceptable or is required. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Due to our continual efforts to improve product quality as new technology and techniques become available, B·I·C America reserves the right to revise Speaker Systems specifications without notice.

Contact Information

• Company Name: B·I·C America
• Address: 925 N. Shepard Street, Anaheim, CA 92806
• Website: www.bicamerica.com
• Tech Support Phone: 1-877-558-4242 (4 BIC)
• Trademark: B·I·C America is a licensed trademark
• Copyright Year: ©2013

FAQs

How should I unpack my BIC RTR-EV15 speakers?

Carefully unpack your new RTR speakers from their boxes, being cautious of staples that could potentially damage the cabinets. Inspect each speaker for any transit damage. If you find any damage, please contact your dealer immediately. It's advisable to retain the cartons as they offer the best protection for your speakers if you ever need to move them.

What should I consider when positioning my speakers?

When positioning your speakers, consider the impact of furnishings, materials, surfaces, and room dimensions on your speakers' performance. Experimentation with speaker placement is necessary to determine the best arrangement for your optimal experience. Rooms with varying wall lengths, non-parallel walls, and an even mixture of hard and soft surfaces can enhance sound quality.

What is bi-amplification, and how can I use it with my BIC RTR-EV15 speakers?

Bi-amplification involves separating the woofer from the midrange unit and tweeter section and driving them with separate amplifiers. The BIC RTR-EV15 supports bi-amplification using two pairs of input terminals. Most modern receivers can drive both input sections without compromising loudness capability. The speaker comes with gold-plated connector links for use between the two pairs of input terminals. Make sure to match the amplifiers in output amplitude and phase for optimal performance.

How do I care for my BIC RTR-EV15 speakers?

To care for your RTR speaker cabinets, clean them with a damp, soft cloth or use high-quality furniture polish to maintain the original luster. Use a soft brush or hand vacuum cleaner on the grille material.

What should I do if I encounter issues with my BIC RTR-EV15 speakers?

If you encounter issues, first determine if it's a speaker problem. Check if the problem exists in both speakers. If it does, the issue may originate from another component in the system. If it's in one speaker only, reverse your speaker leads. If the problem moves to the other channel, the problem is not in the speakers. If you have a speaker problem, contact your dealer for authorized factory service information.

What is the warranty for BIC RTR-EV15 speakers?

BIC RTR-EV15 speakers come with a transferable limited warranty. If the speakers prove to be defective in materials or workmanship within five years from the date of the original customer's purchase, BIC America will, at their option, repair or replace the defective product. Please note that certain limitations and exclusions apply.

Can I bi-amplify the BIC RTR-EV15 speakers with any amplifiers, or are there specific requirements?

While the BIC RTR-EV15 speakers support bi-amplification, it's important to ensure that the amplifiers used have adequate power and low output impedance for optimal performance. Most modern receivers are suitable for driving both input sections of the speaker without compromising sound quality.

What is the recommended distance between the BIC RTR-EV15 speakers for the best listening experience?

The recommended distance between the BIC RTR-EV15 speakers is typically 6 feet apart, centered on your TV. However, in larger rooms, greater distances between the speakers are possible, but it may require angling the speakers for the maximum effect.

How should I connect my speaker wires to the BIC RTR-EV15 speakers?

Ensure that you follow proper polarity when connecting speaker wires. Most speaker wires are polarity-coded, with one conductor marked as positive (+) and the other as negative (-). Match (+) to (+) and (-) to (-), using the color-coding if available. Make sure all connections are tight and free of frays or stray strands of wire.

What should I do if I experience shipping damage to my BIC RTR-EV15 speakers?

In the event of shipping damage, please contact your dealer. They will guide you through the process of addressing any damage claims with the carrier.

Are there any specific recommendations for maintaining the appearance of the BIC RTR-EV15 speaker cabinets?

To maintain the appearance of the speaker cabinets, clean them with a damp, soft cloth, or use high-quality furniture polish. Additionally, you can use a soft brush or hand vacuum cleaner on the grille material to keep it clean and dust-free.

Does the BIC RTR-EV15 speaker system include any external fuse protection or circuit breakers?

No, the BIC RTR-EV15 speakers do not use external fuse protection or circuit breakers. They rely on components and designs of high quality to effectively protect the speakers. However, it's essential to ensure that associated equipment is not defective or subjected to extreme abuse.

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