hey congratulations on purchasing the fives from audio advice the fives come with a user manual
as well as a quick start guide that will walk you through the basics of setting them up so for the
purposes of this video we'll mostly focus on the tips and tricks that you won't find anywhere else
alright no matter what gear you connect up the first step is usually connecting the
primary speaker to the passive speaker and then connecting the speaker system itself
to a power supply the really nice thing about the fives is you don't have to worry about which one
is the left versus the right speaker you see most power speakers force you to keep the layout of the
left and the right based on one speaker having the amplifier but not the fives klipsch added a little
switch on the back of the fives labeled primary and this lets you designate if the speaker with
all the connections is on the right or the left side now this really comes in handy when the wall
outlet you're trying to reach is closer to one speaker versus the other using the included four
pin connector cable that comes in the box make the connection from the primary speaker to the passive
now the primary speaker is the one with all the connections on the rear panel so just connect that
one to the wall outlet on the top panel a white led light will light up next to the input selector
wheel which tells you the fives are powered on from here the next step should be the correct
placement of the fives now how you place them depends a bit on how you plan to use them so let's
go over placement for use with a tv first the hdmi arc input on the back means you can use the fives
instead of a sound bar if you have an older tv you can also use the toslink digital input instead for
use with a tv we recommend spreading the fives at least four to five feet apart or the width of your
tv whichever is greater the four pin connector cable is about 15 feet long so this allows you
to spread them farther apart if you are placing your speakers on a work desk in a home office
you'll want to form an equilateral triangle with the speakers equally distanced so that you're also
sitting at an equal distance from the speakers just play around with the angle of the fives
and toe them in just a tad until the vocals sound like they're right in the center of the soundstage
desktop stands will also stabilize the position you set and they will also improve the sound of
the bass finally if you have room positioning the fives about one to one and a half feet away from
any walls or any other boundaries will also help tone down any room resonance that might color the
base speaking of bass the fives have a special crossover circuitry you can use with a subwoofer
that improves the mid-range so think voices that sound much cleaner and detailed when you connect
up a subwoofer as soon as you connect an rca cable from the subwoofer output on the back of the fives
the lower frequencies will automatically route from the woofer to your sub with music playing
you can actually see the crossover in action when the woofer goes from maximum excursion
to very little excursion as soon as you make this connection for a small to medium-sized office
space we recommend a smaller 10-inch subwoofer but if you're using the fives in a larger room
go with a 12-inch or even a 15-inch subwoofer for deep immersive sub bass extension klipsch has also
added a pretty neat thing that they call dynamic eq now this circuit automatically adds some bass
back in as you decrease the volume with the volume dial on top of the primary speaker or the remote
and this gives the fives a very warm musical sound even at super low listening levels now we can't
imagine why anyone would want to do this next thing but if you want to turn this feature off you
can do that by holding down the button labeled sub on the remote control for three seconds the white
led light on the top panel will blink just once to let you know that dynamic eq has been disabled
holding down the sub button again for three seconds will reactivate dynamic eq and the
white led light on the top panel will blink two times to indicate that it's been reactivated if
you have an amazon echo or another similar type of voice controlled smart device there's a really
cool trick that will give you voice controls with the fives you'll need an analog stereo
mini plug cable with a pair of rca connectors on the end to connect to the rca inputs on the fives
there's a little toggle switch next to this pair of rca inputs that can be set to either line or
phono setting the switch to the line input will let you use amazon alexa from the echo to play
pause or skip to the next song just by saying those commands if you have an apple tv or roku box
connected up to your tv you can also use either of those as a music source with the fives too
now the next most important step is downloading the klipsch connect app if you haven't already and
then pairing the fives with your phone if you have an iphone you can get it from the apple app store
or the google play store if you're on android a more important reason to download this app is also
the software updates now klipsch tells us a new update is in the works that will unlock exciting
new features in the fives these will include more extensive eq controls plus a special mode that
will adjust low in energy to compensate for any load generated by surrounding boundaries like a
desk a media console a speaker stand or even the surrounding walls we're working with klipsch to
come out with another tips and tricks video that will deep dive into those features once it comes
out so stay tuned for that now until that time comes download the klipsch connect app right now
when you do this the first thing you'll see is the welcome screen prompting you to choose your
klipsch product and set it up once you complete this initial setup process you will see the
setup complete screen and this is where you can access the quick start guide or just press done if
you press done here you will see the home screen where you can also add additional klipsch products
get a view of all your connected clips devices access the settings for a given klipsch product
or see a list of how to video guides alright guys that completes our tips and tricks for the fives
as we said we'll be back with another tips and tricks video once klipsch releases
their new update and unlocks new super powers hiding inside these totally awesome speakers
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