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W A T C H C E N T E R S E R I E S 3 O W N E R ’ S M A N U A L
S E C T I O N 1 — I N T R O D U C T I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
S E C T I O N 1 . 1 — W A T C H S Y S T E M I N T R O D U C T I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
D E S I G N C O N S I D E R A T I O N S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
A P P L I C A T I O N S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
S E C T I O N 1 . 2 — W A T C H P A C K A G E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
W A T C H C E N T E R S E R I E S 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
W A T C H D O G P A S S I V E S U B W O O F E R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
W A T C H C O N T R O L L E R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
W A T C H S U R R O U N D S E R I E S 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
C O N C L U S I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
S E C T I O N 2 — U N C R A T I N G Y O U R W A T C H C E N T E R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7
S E C T I O N 2 . 1 — U N C R A T I N G T H E W A T C H C E N T E R C H A N N E L . . . . . . . . 1 9
I N I T I A L C H E C K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
U N C R A T I N G T H E W A T C H C E N T E R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
S E C T I O N 2 . 2 — C R A T E C O N T E N T C H E C K L I S T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0
C E N T E R C H A N N E L C R A T E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0
C E N T E R S T A N D B O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
S E C T I O N 3 — I N Y O U R R O O M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3
S E C T I O N 3 . 1 — T H E W I L S O N A U D I O S E T U P P R O C E D U R E . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5
F I N A L L I S T E N I N G R O O M S E T U P ( V O I C I N G ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5
Z O N E O F N E U T R A L I T Y : M A I N L E F T A N D R I G H T C H A N N E L . . . . . . . . . 2 5
S E C T I O N 3 . 2 — R O O M A C O U S T I C S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
S L A P E C H O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
S T A N D I N G W A V E S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9
C O M B F I L T E R E F F E C T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1
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