7NEW CONSTRUCTIONPAINTING THE SPEAKERFRAME AND GRILLEPerformance Specialist loud-speakers can be painted tomatch any décor. If you wishto change their color, the satinfinish on the grille and frame willfunction as a primer coat. Beforepainting, install the paint shield(in the assembly kit) securelyinto the recess in the baffle. Thiswill protect the speaker compo-nents and baffle from paintresidue. Use a high-qualityspray paint, and apply a thincoat of color.Be certain the grilleperforations remainfree of paint. Fillingthem with paint willdiminish the soundquality.Note: Gently remove theacoustical foam blanket from thegrille before painting. Reattachthe blanket after the paint hasdried.You will need to purchase the correct rough-in frame kit for your model:SPEAKER MODEL ROUGH-IN FRAME KITSS6 RIF6SS8 RIF8SSLCR RIF55SS6C, SS6DT RIF6C (pair pack)/RIF6CS (single pack)SS8C RIF8CDetailed installation instructions are supplied with the rough-in kit.TROUBLESHOOTINGIf there is no soundfrom any of thespeakers:• Check that receiver/amplifieris on and a source is playing.• Check all wires and connectionsbetween receiver/amplifier andspeakers. Make sure all wiresare connected. Make sure noneof the speaker wires are frayed,cut, punctured or touching eachother.• Review proper operation ofyour receiver/amplifier.If there is no soundcoming from onespeaker:• Check the “Balance” controlon your receiver/amplifier.• Check all wires and connec-tions between receiver/amplifierand speakers. Make sure allwires are connected. Make surenone of the speaker wiresare frayed, cut, punctured ortouching each other. In multi-channel applications, make surethat your receiver or processorhas been configured to enable allchannels that you are using.If there is low (or no)bass output:• Make sure the connectionsto the left and right “SpeakerInputs” have the correct polarity(+ and –).• Consider adding a poweredsubwoofer to your system.• In Dolby Digital or DTSmodes,make sure your receiver/proces-sor is correctly configured. Whenusing a subwoofer, make surethe subwoofer output of thereceiver/processor has beenenabled. If no subwoofer isbeing used, make sure theleft and right front and rearspeakers have been config-ured as “LARGE.” See yourreceiver/processor’s owner’smanual for futher information oncorrect speaker configurationin Dolby Digital, DTS and othersurround sound modes.If the system plays atlow volumes but shutsoff as volume isincreased:• Check all wires and connec-tions between receiver/amplifierand speakers. Make sure allwires are connected. Make surenone of the speaker wires arefrayed, cut, punctured or touch-ing each other.• If more than one pair of mainspeakers is being used, check theminimum-impedance require-ments of your receiver/amplifier.