Dell Stereo Sound Bar – AC511 Dell Stereo Sound Bar with bracket – AC511M User’s Guide Regulatory Model: AC511
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Contents What’s in the box ......................................................................................... 4 Features ........................................................................................................ 5 Setting up your sound bar .......................................................................... 6 Installing the sound bar to your Dell monitor ...................................... 6 Turning on your sound bar .............................................................
What’s in the box NOTE: The documents that are shipped with the sound bar may vary based on your region.
Features 1 3 5 7 9 USB cable Headphone port Right T-Hook Volume knob Thick rubber cushion 2 4 6 8 Aux-in port Left T-Hook Power LED Bracket 5
Setting up your sound bar Installing the sound bar to your Dell monitor Without bracket 1 Align the tabs on the sound bar to the slots on the monitor base. 2 Slide the sound bar to the right to secure the sound bar onto the monitor base.
With bracket 1. Pull the bracket’s clamp. NOTE: Use the thick rubber cushion between the bracket and the non-swivel base monitor stand. 2. Secure the bracket to the monitor stand.
3. 4. Push the bracket down to align it with the stand base. Align the tabs on the sound bar with the slots on the bracket. Slide the sound bar to the right to secure the sound bar to the bracket.
Turning on your sound bar NOTE: If the sound bar is not detected, connect the uplink cable that came with your Dell monitor. Connect one end of the uplink cable to the USB port on the Dell monitor and the other end to the USB port on your Dell computer. Connect the USB cable of the sound bar to the USB port of the Dell monitor. The sound bar turns on automatically when the computer is turned on. The light on the right side of the sound bar turns solid white.
Connecting your sound bar Use the audio in or aux-in jack to connect your audio device such as tablet or smartphone to your Dell sound bar. Audio-in port You can play audio using the audio-in cable that came with your sound bar. 1 Connect the audio-in cable to the aux-in port on the left side of the sound bar. 2 Connect the other end of the audio-in cable to your audio device. 3 Play music and adjust the volume as desired.
Headphone jack 1 2 3 Connect the headphone to the headphone jack on the sound bar. Play music and adjust the volume as desired. Press the Default playback button on the left side of the sound bar to toggle between the speaker and headphone. NOTE: The Default playback button is disabled when the headphone is not connected to the sound bar.
Adjusting the volume You can directly control the volume of computer using the volume knob on the sound bar.
Troubleshooting Problems Possible causes Sound bar not Sound bar not functioning properly. detected or synchronized. Possible solutions • If required for your Dell monitor, connect one end of the uplink cable to the USB port on the Dell monitor and to the USB port on your Dell computer. • Once the USB cable is plugged into the USB power source, observe if the white LED on the right of the sound bar lights up. • If the LED is not lit, check if the USB is properly inserted to the USB port.
use a known good USB keyboard (or any other USB device) to see if it works on the same USB port. • If the known good USB device is not working on the same port, or the original sound bar works properly on another system, the former system's USB I/O may be defective. • If known good USB device works, or the sound bar does not work properly on another system, replace the sound bar with a good one.
• • • • different music source (for example, a portable CD player or an MP3 player). Go to the control panel of the computer and click on Sound. Try different ports. Re-install the on-board drivers or the sound card drivers. Restart the computer. Try with a speaker that is known to be good. No sound No sound from USB audio source. • Check if a 3.5 mm aux-in cable is inserted in the sound bar aux-in jack. • Remove the 3.5 mm aux-in cable from the aux-in jack.
• Ensure no loose objects are touching the sound bar. Distorted Sound Other audio source • Clear any obstructions is used. between the sound bar and the user. • Confirm that the USB cable or audio line-in plug is completely inserted into the jack of the audio source. • Decrease the volume of the audio source. • Turn the volume level to a lower setting by rotating the sound bar knob counterclockwise. • Clean and re-seat the cables again. • Turn off the sound processing of the audio source.
example, a portable CD player or an MP3 player). Low volume Volume is too low. • Clear any obstructions between the sound bar and the user. • Turn the volume to a higher level by rotating the knob clockwise. • Set all Windows volume controls to their maximum. • Increase the volume of the audio application. • Test the sound bar using another audio source (for example, a portable CD player or an MP3 player).
• Is the external audio device turned on or is playing music? • Check if the audio device is turned on or is playing music. • Ensure that the audio device volume is not set to 0% volume level. • Try replacing the audio device with a known good audio device. Aux-in distortion Is the aux-in cable properly plugged in? • Clear any obstructions between the sound bar and the user. • Confirm that the audio line-in plug is completely inserted into the jack of the audio source.
Headphone jack connected. Audio distortion. • Check if the headphone plug is properly inserted into the sound bar headphone jack. • Check if the headphone plug is not showing intermittent connection. • Check if the music file is not distorted when playing without the headphone or connected to a known good headphone. Cable not long enough and extension cable cannot connect to speaker USB cable.
Specifications General Model number Connection type Supported operating systems Electrical Operating voltage Audio input Output power Physical Characteristics Sound bar dimensions: Width Height Depth Weight Bracket dimensions: Width Height Depth Weight AC511/AC511M USB • Microsoft Windows 8 • Microsoft Windows 7 • Microsoft Windows 10 5V USB Digital Audio input Analog Audio Aux-in (3.5 mm jack) 2 x 1.25 W at ≤10% THD 406.00 mm (15.98 in) 39.00 mm (1.54 in) (including T-Hook) 49.00 mm (1.93 in) 454 g (1.
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