AudioControl Digital Equalizer manual

DQT Owner ’ s Enjo yment Manual St ereo One- Thir d Octave Digit al Equalizer AudioControl ® 22410 70th A v enue W est • Mountlake T errace, W A 98043 USA Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 www .audiocontrol.com Digital F usion TM Mobile A udio Digital F usion TM Mobile A udio tm[...]

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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ T able of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features and Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Quick Installation Informat[...]

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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ Introduction W elcome to the w orld of Digital Fusion. The fusion of AudioControl’ s lengthy experience in performance signal processing combined with state-of-the-art Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology . Congr atulations also on y our pur- chase of the DQT , the w orld’ s first thirty-ba[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl octa v e increments for ma ximum control. In addi- tion each equalization filter utilizes precise constant- Q to pology , traditionally utilized only in the highest performing professional audio pr oducts. Parametric equalization controls: In addition to the thirty , one-third octa v e spaced controls, the [...]

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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl A GUIDED TOUR OF THE DQT 1) Inputs: The DQT has tw o RC A inputs that need to get their audio signals from y our sour ce unit. If y our source unit has multiple outputs (like a front, rear , and/or subw oofer) y ou only need to connect the front or rear outputs to y our DQT . 2) Input Le v el: This knob all[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ 10) Po wer Connections: This nifty connector is a godsend to any one who has tried to wire up their gear with their body crammed in the trunk. Y ou can wire up the po w er , ground, and r emote turn-on from the conv enience of outside y our car and then casually plug it into y our DQT . 5 Figur e 2: [...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl INST ALLING THE DQT Up to this point ev erything y ou ha v e read has serv ed to educate y ou on the oper ations of y our DQT . W e are sur e that y ou are no w chomping at the bit to install y our DQT so w e recommend y ou read the follo wing sections v ery carefully . A. Placement and mounting of the DQT [...]

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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl planning out y our system and e v en sketching it out on pa per . The follo wing diagrams are just a fe w of the system o ptions: D. Lev el Matching If y ou ha v e ev er listened to a friend’ s “killer” car audio system and heard lots of hiss, clicks or po ps, then y ou ha v e e xperienced an impro pe[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ 9 1) Digital Status Display: This se xy blue displa y ref lects which mode y our DQT is in. 2) Select: Ev ery time y ou touch this button, y our displa y will change ref lecting the fact that y ou are no w accessing a one of the v arious modes in the DQT . Y our choices are Gr aphicEQ, Par aEQ 1, Par[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl symbol “>o<“ in the middle of the lo w er part of the screen. By ta pping the “+ or -” buttons y ou can a pply an equal boost or cut to both channels. Separate left and right equalization: If y ou wish to a pply boost or cut to the left or right channels individually , tap the left or right ar[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ MODE: Memories This screen allo ws y ou to sa v e or recall settings using one of the eight memory locations. Using the Left and Right na vigation arro ws will cause the cursor to highlight one of the follo wing functions: Recall: Use the left or right na vigation arro ws to mo v e the cursor next to[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl f lashing ne xt to Sa v e. Push the “+” or “-” buttons to select the memory destinsation to wher e y ou are sa ving. Then use the left/right na vigation buttons to mo v e N(-) Y(+) displa y area. T ap the “(+)” button to complete the sa ving process or (-) to quit the memory sa ving process. MOD[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ 13 Figur e 13: sample curve designed to giv e enough control to ma ximize y our systems performance but not enough to get y ou in trouble. Here is an e xplanation of the ke y areas y ou should f ocus on: Sub-bass: 100 Hz and belo w - A car without bass is like a da y without sunshine... unless y ou l[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl 14 area of the audio spectrum that is an octa v e abo v e y our sub-bass frequencies and sev eral octa v es belo w y our midr ange. Most autosound systems ha v e too much midbass due to the fact that speakers mounted in the doors or kick panels cause resonance’ s or peaks in the r esponse curv e. These pe[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ 100 Hz, 125 Hz, 160 Hz, 200 Hz, and 250 Hz to control the ar ea. Or y ou can use one parametric control center ed at 160 Hz and set the bandwidth at 1 octa v e and y ou can perform a global adjust- ment of the entire midbass region. The other e xcellent use for a par ametric band is v ery narro w cut[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl 16 UNDER THE CO VER Beside all of the cle v er buttons on the outside of y our DQT , there are a fe w factory pr eset functions, located under the co v er , that assist in maximizing the performance of y our DQT . T o access these jumpers y ou will need to remo v e the 4 each to p scre ws and carefully lift[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ IF Y OU LIKE DQT , Y OU’LL LO VE... If y ou need a crosso v er for y our system that keeps up with y our DQT , another member of the Digital Fusion family is the DXS tm , a 2 channel, 3-w a y crosso v er with breath takingly steep 24dB per octa v e slo pes. If perfor - mance is important to y ou, t[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl 4. Y ou cannot let anybody who isn’ t (A) the AudioControl factory; (B) somebody authorized in writing b y AudioControl to service y our DQT . If any one other than (A) or (B) messes with y our DQT , that v oids y our w arranty . 5. The w arranty is also v oid if the serial number is altered or r emo v ed[...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ 19 DQT SPECIFIC A TIONS All specifications are measured at 14.4 VDC (standar d automotiv e v oltage). As technology adv ances, AudioControl reserv es the right to continuously change our specifications, like our w eather . . . although w e are w orking on it. Maximum input lev el . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl 20 MENU TREE Digital Fusion Digital Fusion Digital Fusion Digital Fusion Digital Fusion by AudioControl (r) by AudioControl (r) by AudioControl (r) by AudioControl (r) by AudioControl (r) Graphic EQ Graphic EQ Graphic EQ Graphic EQ Graphic EQ Freq=1kHz Freq=1kHz Freq=1kHz Freq=1kHz Freq=1kHz L = 6dB >o&l[...]