How to Guide

UNPACKING
Remove the V815/V1020/V1220 from its
packing carefully and inspect it for any
shipping damage. If you discover damage,
contact your B
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If possible, save the carton and internal
packing. It’s the best possible protection
for your V815/V1020/V1220 if you need
to move it or return it for service.
Keep your sales receipt in a secure
place.
It helps establish the duration of
your warranty and is good for insurance
purposes (just in case anything happens
to your stereo system).
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CAmerica V815/V1020/V1220 powered
subwoofer. It will give your stereo system
unparalleled low frequency output.
Bass frequencies are critical to realistic
sound reproduction. After you’ve hooked up
your V815/V1020/V1220 subwoofer, you’ll
discover just how much “punch” and depth
you’ve been missing. No matter what kind of
music or videos you listen to...whether you
listen to it loud or soft, you’ll experience
sound that’s richer and fuller. Bass guitar
and string bass will have more impact.
You’ll be able to FEEL as well as hear per-
cussion – just the way you would at a live
performance. If you have an audio/video
system, movies will come alive with thun-
derous sound effects that were never pos-
sible without the V815/V1020/V1220.
The V815/V1020/V1220 is a self-powered
V815, V1020,
AND V1220
AMPLIFIER
PANEL TOUR
Before actual hookup, you should famil-
arize yourself with the connections on the
back of the V815/V1020/V1220, as shown
in Drawing 1 below
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1.
FROM
RECEIVER.
Connects to your
receiver’s speaker terminals. These bind-
ing post, color-coded connectors are used
to hook the V815/V1020/V1220 to your
receiver if it does not have sub- woofer out
or LFE
output connections. This is
explained in section 9.
2.
OUT TO SPEAKERS. If you are using the
V815/V1020/V1220 from receiver inputs,
you will hook your main speakers to these
binding post, colo
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-coded connections.
They are NOT used if you are using the LFE
(SUB) IN
line level connection.
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ubwoofer that frees your receiver or
power amplifier from the power demands
of reproducing very low frequencies. To do
this, the V815/V1020/V1220 incorporates
its own built-in crossover system that auto-
matically “assigns” higher frequencies to
your main speakers and lower freqoencies
to its own power amplifier, contained with-
in the subwoofer enclosure.
The V815/V1020/V1220 has been metic-
ulously designed and tested to insure high-
performance, durability and longevity.
This manual is designed to take you step-
by-step through the hook-up and operating
process. This procedure is not difficult, but
it
IS slightly different than hooking up a line
level component such as a cassette deck or
CD player. Reading this manual carefully
will insure that you get maximum perfor-
mance from your V815/V1020/V1220.
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DRAWING 1 - V815/V1020/V1220 rear panel