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    Headzone PRO OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS Mobile Headphone Monitoring System with virtual 5.1 Reproduction[...]

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    T able of Contents - 2 - 1. Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    T able of Contents - 3 - 12. T echnical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 13. Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Safety Information - 4 - Thank you for selecting Headzone, the mobile headphone monitoring system with 5.1 reproduction from beyerdynamic. Please take some time to read through this manual carefully before using this product. 1. Important safety information Headzone HBP 1 base station and HR 1 rail • READ these instructions. • KEEP these instru[...]

  • Page 5

    Application / Supplied Components - 5 - 3. Accessories 3.1 Supplied components • Quick Installation Guide • CD-ROM • HBP 1 Headzone Base PRO Base station (9,5"), incl. external power supply and desk top frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Order # 490.989 • DT 880 PRO HT St udio Headphone 250 Ω , semi-open, integrated ultrasound exciters[...]

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    Headzone T echnology - 6 - 4. The Headzone technology 4.1 The idea Headzone emerged from the idea of remodelling the effective parameters of an ideal auditory space with a certain loudspeaker set-up (up to 5.1) as convincingly and exactly as possible and to make this available in a compact and lightweight transportabl e de- vice like an external so[...]

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    Headzone T echnology - 7 - 4.4 The virtual control r oom After being able to create “virtual loudspeakers”, the next question will be how to place these loudspeakers in a room, as the actual sound image is composed by the loudspeaker itself and the acoustic characteristics that are added by the room it is standing in . With other words, your ?[...]

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    Headzone T echnology - 8 - 4.5 Why head tracking? 1. Loudspeakers do not move! Loudspeakers are installed at fixed positions within a room and provide a sound impression that is spatially stable. The loudsp eaker does not change its position with the listeners’ every movement, but will sometimes be in front of them, next to them or behind them, d[...]

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    Headzone Hardware - 9 - 5. Headzone hardwar e 5.1 Base station Front 6.35 mm jack socket T ip = Audio Left Ring = Audio Right Sleeve = Ground Note: Please never connect more than one pair of headphones to the phones jack (using Y adaptors) as this will prevent proper operation of the head tracker system and could permanently damage your hardware. H[...]

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    Headzone Hardware - 10 - Rear Digital audio input (IEEE1394) The digital IEEE1394 (Firewire) port provides input for 6 digital audio streams up to a sample rate of 96kHz. Furthermore, the Firewire connection is used for exchanging configuration data between the Headzone hardware and Headzone software control panel. Headzone utilizes a standard 6-pi[...]

  • Page 11

    Headzone Hardware - 11 - 5.2 DT 770 PRO HT / DT 880 PRO HT Headphones • In addition to conventional headphones, the DT 770 PRO HT or DT 880 PRO HT is equipped with a head tracker exciter rail containing the ultrasonic transmitters. • The head tracker exciter rail has a small integrated button on the rear that resets the head tracker when defini[...]

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    Headzone Software - Windows - 12 - 6. How to install the Headzone software - Windows Important: Before installing the Headzone audio drivers, please check if your workstation meets the minimum system requirements for Headzone (refer to chapter 12. “T echnical specifications”). Headzone is delivered with a CD-ROM containing an installation packa[...]

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    Headzone Software - Windows - 13 - 2. Please read the beyerdynamic software license agreement carefully . T o accept and continue select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and select “Next”. 3. Select a destination on your hard drive where you wish the Headzone software to be installed. Continue by clicking “Next”.[...]

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    Headzone Software - Windows - 14 - 4. Select by which name the Headzone software is to be listed in your Windows “Start Menu”. Continue by selecting “Next”. 5. After the Headzone software control panel has been copied to your PC, the set-up wizard will install the appropriate ASIO and WDM drivers for your Headzone device. Please click “Y [...]

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    Headzone Software - Windows - 15 - 6. Now , connect your Headzone hardware to your PC via Firewire. Make sure that your Headzone device is turned on. Wait until Windows automatically opens a “Found New Hardware” dialogue box and leave it open. Click the “Ok” button in the Headzone Set-up panel to continue installing the Headzone audio drive[...]

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    Headzone Software - MAC - 16 - 7. How to install the Headzone software - MAC 1. Audio drivers • Just connect Headzone to your MAC and start working! • There is no need to install any audio drivers as Headzone is fully Apple Core Audio compliant. MAC OSX will recognise your har d- ware as “Headzone Firewire”. • As Headzone is registered as[...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 17 - 8. How to use the Headzone software contr ol panel 8.1 General The software control panel is your remote control for the Headzone hardware. This means the control panel does not do any audio processing and does not occupy significant CPU capacity of your workstation. By using the software control panel you can[...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 18 - 8.3 Room set-up 8.3.1 Virtual speaker set-up Within Headzone you can easily configure the virtual speaker set-up to meet your personal needs. Click on any of the speaker symbols in the virtual control room and move them to a new position while holding down the mouse button. Alternatively you can type the desir[...]

  • Page 19

    Headzone Software Control Panel - 19 - Ambience The Ambience parameter basically controls how much colouration your control room should add to your audio material - in ot her words: if you want the acoustics of your room to be “dry” or really “wet”. Y ou should be aware of the fact that in reality the room sound has quite a big influence on[...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 20 - 8.4 V olume controls 8.4.1 Input peak LEDs The input peak LEDs of all surround channels show if an input stream is close to saturating the Headzone input. One or mor e of the LEDs will light up when there is less than 6dB of headroom left before an input signal clips. The LEDs correspond to t he Clip LED on th[...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 21 - 8.4.3 Surround channel volumes The volume faders for all surround channels will level audio signals in your Headzone hardware within a range of -50dB to +10dB and are intended to set up a convenient balance between your virtual surround speakers. When using positive gain, please watch the level meters to make [...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 22 - 8.5 Control / status panel 8.5.1 Bypass processing Although Headzone is designed to simulate a virtual 5.1 control room, there may be situations where you want Headzone to operate like a “normal” headphones amplifier when checking a stereo mix or a CD. By clicking the “Bypass processing” tick box all p[...]

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    8.5.4 Select headphone adaptation The Headzone hardware provides different sound adaptations for the DT 770 PRO HT and DT 880 PRO HT headphones. At th e f ac to ry Headzone has been configured for use with the DT 880 PRO HT . V ia the “Headphones” drop-down menu you can select the appropriate adaptation of the headphone you are using. Headzone [...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 24 - 8.6 ASIO driver control panel 8.6.1 Opening the ASIO driver control panel For changing the settings of the Headzone ASIO driver , select the “Advanced” tab on the Headzone software control panel and cli ck on the “ASIO Settings… “ button. A new window will open for the Headzone ASIO driver allowing y[...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 25 - 8.7 Storing and loading set-ups Within the Headzone software control panel you can save and load different set-ups of your system. This comes in handy when you have to switch between different virtual loudspeaker and room set-ups or when dif ferent people use the same Headzone hardware and want to have their o[...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 26 - V olume panel • V olume left including Mute status • V olume right including Mute status • V olume center including Mute status • V olume LFE including Mute status • V olume LS including Mute status • V olume RS including Mute status • Master V olume • LFE Full-range feature • LFE Phase Rever[...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 27 - 8.8 Firmware Updates 8.8.1 Updating the Headzone Software Contr ol Panel Windows Updates of the Headzone Software Control Panel will be available as a new installation package as described in chapter 6. “How to install the Headzone Software - Windows”. Before installing a new software package you must not [...]

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    Headzone Software Control Panel - 28 - 4. After loading a DSP update file, the Headzone software control panel will signalise when it is ready to transfer the new firmware to your base station. As the update of the Headzone DSP firmware can take up to 30 minutes we recommend to disable screensavers or automatic “standby”, “sleep” or “powe[...]

  • Page 29

    Headzone Software Control Panel - 29 - 6. When the firmware upload is finished, the Headtracker LED on the front panel of your Headzone base station will stop blinking red and you will be asked to restart the software control panel and your hardware. T o restart your hardware, please turn it off and on again by using the power switch on the rear pa[...]

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    Head T racker - 30 - 9. Using the head tracker Headzone uses unique, patented, ultrasonic head-tracking technology to make the virtual surround reproduction as realistic as possible. As ultrasonic signals always require a transmitter and receiver , the headtracking system consists of two components: the ultrasonic exciters mounted on the DT 770 PRO[...]

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    Set-ups - 31 - 10. T ypical set-ups 10.1 Recording set-up 10.1.1 Headzone as mobile Firewir e audio interface • Connect Headzone to your Digital Audio Workstation via Firewire and select the appropriate driver in the hardware setting s of your recording software. For software which supports ASIO, this will be the “Headzone ASIO” driver , whil[...]

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    Set-ups - 32 - 10.1.2 Headzone integrated in a professional studio set-up • Use the analog inputs on your Headzone base station to connect your mixing desk or your DACs. When connecting your mixing desk you will usually want to use the subgroups of your desk as 5.1 output. • Connect Headzone to your PC via Firewire anyway in order to use the He[...]

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    Set-ups - 33 - 10.2 Multimedia PC set-up 10.2.1 Headzone as Firewir e sound card • Connect Headzone to your PC via Firewire and select the appropriate driver in the “Multimedia settings” of your operating system. For Windows PCs, this is the “Headzone Firewire Audio” WDM driver , while on MACs you will have to select the “Headzone Firew[...]

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    Set-ups - 34 - 10.2.2 Headzone in combination with a 5.1 sound card • Use the analog inputs of your Headzone base to connect to the analog outputs of your 5.1 sound card. • Use a 5.1 sound card which is capable of surround decoding (e.g. Soundblaster Audigy Series). • Connect Headzone to your PC via Firewire to use the Headzone software contr[...]

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    Set-ups - 35 - 10.3 Home entertainment set-up 10.3.1 Headzone hooked up to a DVD player • Use the analog inputs of your Headzone base station to connect the analog outputs of your DVD player • Please ensure that your DVD player is capable of surround decoding. Y ou will usually find this out by looking at the back pane l. If your DVD player has[...]

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    T roubleshooting - 36 - 11. T roubleshooting T o restore the factory settings of your Headzone device, do the following: • Close the application software that uses Headzone as audio device. • T urn off the Headzone base station . • Press and hold the “Bypass” and “Input Select” buttons on the front panel of the base station. • T urn[...]

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    T roubleshooting - 37 - Problem Possible Cause Solution Virtual audio sources seem to move while turning your head Scale of the head tracker compensation does not match your personal perception Adjust the scale of the head tracker compensation according to your needs (see chapter 8.5.6 “Viewing and customising the head tracker”). No spatial rep[...]

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    T roubleshooting - 38 - Problem Possible Cause Solution Audio on the front channels is turned down although all sliders in the software control panel are at the same position. Some older audio players for Windows just level the volume on the L/R channels even when playing surround signals. Y ou can check the behaviour of your Windows audio player b[...]

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    T echnical Specifications - 39 - 12. T echnical specifications General Permissible ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +10 °C to +40 °C at < 90% humidity Power supply External mains adapter , 5 VDC Operating voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100[...]

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    Block Diagram - 40 - 13. Block diagram[...]

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    Contact - 41 - Germany beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG Theresienstr . 8 D-74072 Heilbronn Phone +49 (0) 7131 / 617-410 Fax +49 (0) 7131 / 617-299 proaudio@beyerdynamic.de www .beyerdynamic.de United States of America beyerdynamic Inc. USA 56 Central Ave. Farmingdale, NY 11735 T oll free 800 293 4463 proaudio@beyerdynamic-usa.com www .beyerdynamic-us[...]

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    E4/BA Headzone PRO (02.11)• Subject to change without notice • Printed in Germany beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG Theresienstr . 8 | 74072 Heilbronn – Germany T el. +49 (0) 7131 / 617 - 0 | Fax +49 (0) 7131 / 617 - 204 info@beyerdynamic.de | www .beyerdynamic.com Weitere V ertriebspartner weltweit finden Sie unter www .beyerdynamic.com For fur[...]