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    Digit al Driv e ™ USER’S MANUAL Featuring Softwar e V ersion 2.0[...]

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    Caution! i . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual[...]

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    A ttention! ii . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual[...]

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    V orsic ht! iii . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual[...]

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    A ttenzione! iv . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual[...]

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    T able of Contents v . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual C ongratulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Before you Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Congratulations! 1 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual C ongratulations on your purchase of a V elodyne Digital Drive subwoofer system! Digital Drive technology , universally acknowledged as the state - of - the - ar t in bass reproduction, is the result of years of research and development, combining advanced Digital Signal Processin[...]

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    P ack ag e Contents 2 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Y our V elodyne Digital Drive Subwoofer consists of the following components: • Digital Drive Subwoofer • Power Cord • Remote Control • Digital Drive Accessor y Kit, consisting of: - Calibrated precision microphone - Microphone windscreen cover - T abletop microphone st[...]

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    3 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual - T heater/Music selection indicator (ser vo speed control) - Signal sensing auto turn on/off/12 V olt trigger (defeatable) - 6 presets for customized listening modes and EQ defeat - Selectable default preset - Switchable V elodyne logo indicator - Night Mode maximum volume setting - Save settings[...]

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    4 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS A brief description of each button on the remote control follows: • PWR – Causes woofer to stand by if in “Active” standby mode. • NUMERIC KEYPAD – Used to enter SETUP mode and for other functions. • SET (+/-) – Increases or decreases the Q value for a parame[...]

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    Inst allation Overview 5 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual DIGIT AL DRIVE ACCESSORY KIT T he V elodyne Digital Drive Accessor y Kit contains the following six components: • Calibrated precision microphone • Microphone windscreen cover • T abletop microphone stand • Microphone stand adapter • 25 - foot audio/video cable •[...]

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    6 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Figur e 2: Digital Drive Rear Panel Connections (1) POWER – Pr ess the POWER switch to the ON position to activate the subwoofer . If the unit is to be left unused for an extended period of time, move this switch to the OFF position to prolong the life of the subwoofer . (2) 117V~60Hz 15A – Co[...]

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    7 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual ( 6) LFE INPUT – T his XLR input jack receives the balanced LFE signal from your receiver or processor . (7) MIC INPUT – This XLR input jack is for your XLR microphone cable. (8) EQ OUTPUT LEFT/RIGHT – Connect the audio cable from your accessor y kit to these jacks: white plug to LEFT , and [...]

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    Inst allation – Quic k St art 8 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T o set up and take advantage of the EQ features in your new Digital Drive subwoofer in the least amount of time, perform the following steps: 1. Unpack the subwoofer and connect the power cable. 2. Connect an LFE input cable from your receiver/processor to the inpu[...]

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    Inst allation – Step-by -Step 9 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T o ensure a quick and flawless installation of your V elodyne Digital Drive unit, follow these numbered setup instructions in their exact order . SUBWOOFER CABLE CONNECTIONS Make all necessar y cable connections between the applicable subwoofer connector por t and [...]

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    10 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 4 . Referring to Figure 2, Items 5 and 8, connect the audio/video cable between your s ubwoofer (EQ OUTPUT VIDEO/LEFT/RIGHT yellow , white, and red respectively) and your electronics (receiver , processor , TV , etc.). Inser t the color - coded cable plugs into the correct EQ OUTPUT receptacle ?[...]

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    11 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual N OTE: When a DD subwoofer detects an incoming RS - 2 32 command, it rever ts to “Slave Mode”. This means that the subwoofer will no longer accept IR commands. T o reestablish n ormal operations, remove the RS-232 cable and power cycle the unit. Note that the daisy chain connection ONL Y allo[...]

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    Subw oofer setup – Ov er vie w 12 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual B EFORE YOU BEGIN: Once the installation has been completed, note that you can use your subwoofer without performing ANY of the setup steps below . Simply use the remote to set the volume, and select the preset that most closely matches your listening material, an[...]

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    13 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Figur e 3: Introductory Screen See Figur e 3. This the Introductor y screen. Notice that as you change settings (such as preset, volume, etc.) they ar e shown on this scr een. Y ou enter setup mode by pressing MENU and entering the code 12345. Upon successful entr y of this code, the system takes[...]

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    14 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Figure 4: EQ Setup screen The EQ Setup scr een includes a “SYSTEM RESPONSE” “sweep” window and a graphic equalizer . Y ou use these settings to equalize your r oom. The graphic equalizer features 8 bands, each of which can be used at its current frequency , or can be infinitely adjusted t[...]

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    15 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Figure 5: System Settings Screen Fr om this scr een the crossover , subsonic filter , phase, polarity , theater/music, volume, and other settings can be set, as well as specifics for each preset, if desired. Y our DD unit comes with 6 presets, four of which are preprogrammed at the factor y . The[...]

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    16 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual • Phase – S et the phase (delay) of the subwoofer’ s output signal, 0 to 180 degrees (adjustable in 15 degree increments). • Polarity – Set your subwoofer’ s polarity by toggling between positive (+) or negative (-). This reverses the phase 180 degrees. • V olume – Each preset can[...]

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    Onscreen Prog r amming and Setup – Step by Step 17 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T he following steps take you though a typical Digital Drive setup procedure. 1. Push the POWER switch on the subwoofer’ s rear panel to the ON position. 2. Make sure your receiver/processor is on and the volume control is set to minimum. 3. If [...]

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    18 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 6 . Press MENU and enter 12345 to enter the EQ setup screen, as follows:[...]

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    19 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual U pon pressing 5, you should see the following screen:[...]

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    20 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 7 . Use the DD remote control to MUTE the subwoofer . 8 . Raise the volume on your receiver/processor until the DD test sweep (a tone that sweeps from 20Hz up to 200Hz) can be heard from your system’ s speakers. Continue to raise the volume until the “SYSTEM RESPONSE” graph on your TV shows[...]

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    21 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 9 . Now use the DD remote control to unmute the subwoofer , then use the volume up and down keys to match the level of the subwoofer to your full range speakers. That is, the “SYSTEM R ESPONSE” graph should be relatively flat (although at this point there will be peaks and valleys that will b[...]

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    22 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual About Room Placement. Room placement is the first step in equalizing your sub(s) to your room. Subwoofers operate a t extremely low frequencies, which are primarily omni - d irectional (that is, you can’t usually tell where they are coming from). Placing the sub in the room is a trial and - err[...]

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    23 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T IP: Here’ s an easy way to find the optimal position for the subwoofer without moving it to multiple positions in the room. Star t by setting the subwoofer up in your listening position. N ow , move the microphone around the room and obser ve the response graphs for dif ferent room positions.[...]

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    24 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual A ND REMEMBER: Use the UP , DOWN, RIGHT and LEFT directional arrow buttons that surround SELECT to move through the fields of the setup screen, and change settings by using the S ELECT button, then the UP and DOWN arrow keys. Or , you can skip the SELECT button and change values using the SET +/-[...]

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    25 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T IP: T o see immediate feedback on the effects of your changes to the “SYSTEM RESPONSE” graph, press the TEST button. The following screen appears: Press TEST again to return to the System Settings screen.[...]

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    26 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual N OTE: Some receivers/processors supply a signal that is already crossed over – i.e. just the bass frequencies. If this is the case, you will want to defeat the subwoofer’ s low pass crossover . T o defeat the low pass crossover , press the SELECT key , then the RESET key . The following scre[...]

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    27 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual N OTE: Y our goal in setting the low pass crossover is to make the crossover point (the point at which the subwoofer meets the main speakers in terms of frequency) as smooth as possible. A nother big factor in smoothing this point in the cur ve is phase, discussed in step 17, below . 15. Now adju[...]

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    28 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual N OTE: The following step shows using the graphic equalizer (using fixed frequencies and Q) to equalize the room. 18. Next, return to the EQ setup screen and adjust the graphical EQs to eliminate peaks and valleys from the room response. Use the right and left arrow keys to position the cursor ov[...]

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    29 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 1 9. Continue this process until the “SYSTEM RESPONSE” graph shows a +/– 3 dB response across the bass frequencies (that is, up to about 120Hz.). Note that this does not n ecessarily mean a “ruler flat” response; +/- 3dB is typical for an optimized response cur ve. An “equalized” ro[...]

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    30 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 2 0. T o have the unit EQ itself, select the auto EQ option, as shown: When this mode is selected, the unit automatically resets all EQs to their original frequencies, and Q settings (but retains any level changes you may have made). The AUTO EQ proceeds until you either save settings, press SELE[...]

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    31 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual N OTE: The following steps use the parametric equalizer to achieve room equalization. If you do not wish to use the parametric EQ feature, skip to step 24. 21. T o use the parametric EQ feature, position the cursor over the EQ and press the SELECT button. The values for that par ticular EQ appear[...]

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    32 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 2 2. T o manipulate a parametric EQ, you can now use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to move the frequency up and down, and the SET + and SET – keys to change the Q value. Use the U P and DOWN arrow keys to adjust the level of the EQ as before. A selected EQ that has been moved, with its level ra[...]

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    33 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 2 4. Once the room has been equalized, you may want to return to the Settings Setup screen (by positioning the cursor over the NEXT field on the EQ setup screen and pressing SELECT) a nd review/modify the presets. This step is required ONL Y if you wish to customize the presets. Before doing this[...]

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    34 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Y ou can change any value in the presets column, then use the TEST key to review the cur ve with these settings active. This is shown below . Features of each preset are: EQ. There can be a completely different set of EQs for each preset. Simply select the preset you want on the “SYSTEM RESPONS[...]

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    35 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual C ontour frequency and level. T hese act as an “extra” EQ that can be used to manipulate the frequency contour of your subwoofer when this par ticular preset is i nvoked. For example, notice that preset one raises the level by 3 dB at 35Hz – this is to accommodate action/adventure movie con[...]

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    36 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 2 4. As a final thought on matching your Digital Drive subwoofer to your room, don’t forget the “objective listening” test. That is, make sure the unit sounds good to you! Often, you may w ant to add a bit more bass than what would normally be considered “flat” even after you remove the[...]

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    Restoring Def aults 37 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual B y pressing the SELECT button, you tell the system to save your settings and return to the introduction screen. Selecting NO returns without saving (i.e. whatever previous settings were i n effect will be used), and CANCEL keeps you in setup mode. When the unit saves settings[...]

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    38 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual R untime Mode During normal use of your Digital Drive Subwoofer , you can use the preset buttons to invoke c er tain presets, use the volume control to raise or lower the subwoofer’ s volume, use the light and night buttons to control the logo light and night mode, respectively , and use the mu[...]

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    39 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual R untime Inactive Modes. The following screens show other runtime messages indicating that the subwoofer is inactive. The screen below shows the message displayed when the auto - off f eature has engaged (that is, the subwoofer has not had any input signal for 15 minutes:[...]

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    40 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T he following screen is displayed when the POWER button is depressed, powering down the subwoofer: Note that in this mode the POWER button must be pressed again to reactivate the unit.[...]

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    41 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T he following screen is shown when the unit is waiting for a 12 - v olt trigger to activate:[...]

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    About Room Equalization 42 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T his section gives some background on room equalization. As a sub plays in a room, the reflections of the sound waves off the walls create “standing waves,” that is, places in the room where cer tain frequencies are louder and others are diminished. In addition to sta[...]

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    43 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual I f you should experience a problem with the operation of your subwoofer , please check all of the following before seeking ser vice. Following is a simple troubleshooting guide to assist you. 1. V erify unit is plugged in and power outlet used is active. 2. Is the unit receiving an input signal [...]

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    Appendix A: RS-232 Serial Overview and Commands 44 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Introduction This document outlines V elodyne’ s Digital Drive (DD) RS - 232 protocol specification. This protocol indicates how Digital Drive products receive run - time commands from devices such as Creston Universal Remote Controls. Com Port Se[...]

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    45 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual R S232 Commands Activity Command Acceptable Example(s) Comments Format n V alues V olume Control #VOnn$, 00 – 99 #VO25$, Sets volume to a value, #VO+$, #VO+$, increments volume up #VO-$, #VO-$, or down, or requests #VO?$ #VO?$ current volume setting Preset Control #PSn$, 1, 2, 3, 4, #PS1$, #PS2[...]

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    Appendix B: Summar y of Special Remote Codes 46 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual F ollowing are special remote codes and their functions. Unless other wise noted, the codes are active only on the cover page. Function Code Description Self - EQ 3 - 2 - 1 Initiates Self - EQ feature. Be sure to connect the microphone before engaging.[...]

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    Appendix C: What’s New in release 2.0 47 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Y our Digital Drive subwoofer has version 2.0 of the digital drive room management software installed. Following is a description of the new features for version 2.0. Feature Description Auto - EQ New option on graph screen. When set to AUTO, this option re[...]

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    48 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual SETUP column lock This setting freezes the SETUP column values. P reviously , after individually setting preset values, a change to the setup column would override any individual preset changes. Users are advised to complete the global setup using the setup values, then freeze the setup column an[...]

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    Appendix D: Import ant Sub w oofer Information 49 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Impor tant Information Regar ding your V elodyne Digital Drive™ Series Subwoofer (DD - 15 and DD - 18 only) and THX™ Ultra 2 THX Ultra 2 Presets for the Velodyne Digital Drive Series: T o set the DD - 15 and DD - 18 to meet THX Ultra 2 requiremen[...]

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    Other V elodyne Subw oofer Products: 50 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Digital Drive Signature 18 12 ™ HGS-X Series HGS - 10X HGS - 12X HGS - 15X SPL-R Series SPL - 800R SPL - 1000R SPL - 1200R DPS Series DPS - 10 DPS - 12 DLS-R Series DLS - 3500R DLS - 3750R DLS - 4000R DLS - 5000R VRP Series VRP - 1000 VRP - 1200 VX Series VX[...]

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    51 . www .velodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual V elodyne Acoustics, Inc. 345 Digital Drive Morgan Hill, CA 95037 408.465.2800 voice 408.779.9227 fax 408.779.9208 ser vice fax www .velodyne.com Ser vice E - mail: ser vice@velodyne.com Product E - mail: help@velodyne.com T echnical E - mail: techhelp@velodyne.com 63 - DD RevF 1 1MA Y 05[...]