Wisdom Wands SC-1 manual

Owner’ s Manual W isdom A udio System Controller SC-1[...]

2 C A UTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NO T OPEN CA UTION: T O REDUC E THE RISK OF EL EC TRICAL SHOCK, DO NO T REMO VE CO VER. NO U SER -SER VICEABLE P ARTS I NSID E. REFE R SER VICING T O QU ALIFI ED PERSON NEL. W ARNING : TO R ED UCE THE RISK O F FIRE OR EL EC TRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS A PPL IANCE T O R AIN OR MOISTU RE.  Da nger The?[...]

3 I mpo rt an t Sa fe t y Inst ru c ti ons Pl ea sereada lli nstructionsa ndprecauti onscarefu ll yandco mpletel ybeforeop - era tingy ourWisdomA udi oe qu ipment. R eadthesei nstructions. 1 . Keepthesein s truction s. 2 . Heedal lwarn ings . 3 . Fol lo wal linstruction s. 4. Do?[...]

4 T a bl e o f Co nt en t s Impor ta nt Safety Ins truct ions ......................................................................... 3 Unpacking the SC- 1 ........................................................................................ 6 W armup/ break-i npe riod .....................................................................[...]

5 Audyssey MultEQ ® Pro .................................................................................. 30 Launc hingMu ltEQPro ........................................................................................ 3 0 Room Calibration .........................................................................................30 MultEQ [...]

6 U npa ck i ng the S C - 1 Pl ea seex erci secautionw henunpa ckin gyourne wWisdomAu dioSC- 1to ensu rethaty oudonotstrai nyoursel f.  Cauti on! Do no t at tempttol iftyourSC- 1wh il ebendi ngortwisti ngfromthe wa ist.Usey ourlegsforl ift[...]

7 P la c emen t Co nsid er a ti ons PRECAUTION  Fory ourprotection ,review“ Impor tantSafetyInstructio ns”a nd “Operat ingV oltag e”beforeyoui nstal lyourSC- 1 . Notetha tadequa tecl earancef ortheACcor dandconn e ctings ign alcabl es mustbel ef tb eh [...]

8 Ope ra ti ng V ol t ag e Forcomp ati bi li tywithexi stingh ouseho ldoutlets,astanda rdthreeprong,1 5 amperep l ugi sprovi dedontheremovab le,IE C-standardA Cma inscab le. TheWi sdomAudi oSC- 1ma ybesetfor1 0 0 - 1 20 Vor200V -2 40VA Cma i nso[...]

9 Spe ci al D esi gn F ea tur es Advance d Room Corr ect ion Au dysseyMu ltEQ ® XTisaroomequa li zati onsol utionth atcal ibra tesanya udi o systemsotha titcanac hie veoptim umper forma nceforev er yli stenerinal arge l isten ingar ea.Mu ltEQ ® X Tcaptu re s[...]

10 Si nceeac hcha nneloftheam pl ieri sdel iveri ngcu rrentin toitsloadon lyov er al imi tedrangeo ffre quenc ies,se ver alformsofd istortionareredu ceda scom - paredtoea chch annelh andl i ngtheful lrang eofmus icali nforma tion . TheS[...]

11    F ron t Pa nel 1 Pow er Switch and Indicator TheSC- 1featu resascul ptedfrontpane lthatcon cealstwosw itc hesunder theexi bleen dsofthemidd lesection.Onthel ef tside ,gentl ypressi ng theendofthecen terse ctionw il lenga geami cro[...]

12 ThesethreeLE Dsindi catewh ic hofthethreesetupmemori esiscur rentl y activ e.Theya lsoser vetoi ndi catetha tt heun itispo weredupandopera t - in gnorma l ly .( Whentheun itisi nstandby ,onl ytheamberstandbyL EDon theleftsid[...]

13 Pl eas e re fer t o own er 's ma nu al fo r f us e rep la ce men t RS232 ON/OFF ~ AC INPUT USB 12v trigger SC-1 System Contr oller made in USA www.wisdomaudio.c om IN PUT HI GH O UT LO W O UT SUB OUTS L R C SL SR SBL SBR Sub1 Sub2 Sub3 in out Manufactured under lice nse from Audyssey Laboratori es. U.S. and n patents pend ing. MultEQ XT is [...]

14 Dur ingca li brati on ,t heLeftinp ut(inthet opleftcornerasseenfrom behi ndtheun it)isa lsousedbyy ourin s tal lerforc onnectingtheoutputo f thecal ibr atedmi crophoneth atmeas urestheroom’ sre sponse .  Cauti on! Don otconnect?[...]

15 3 7 Channel Low ( W oofer) Output Thesesevenb al anceda udioo utputscarr ytheroom- corrected“l owpass ” por tio nofthea udi ospec trum,a ndmustbecon nec tedtotheamp l iers tha tdrivethew oofersec tion softheloudspea k ers. Thepi nassi gnments?[...]

16 erl ywireda dapt er sarea va il ablefromW isdomAud iofora nadditi ona l char ge. 5 USB Port Th isUSBportisusedbyy ouri nst al lert ocon ne ctaWindo ws- compa tibl e PCforsetupandca li brati on.Itpro videstwo -w aycom mun icati onbet ween theSC- [...]

17 Remote turn-on tip polarity + – InputSignal:3-20volts@lessthan10m A OutputSignal:12volts@100mA TheDCT ri g gerInp uthasprio rityov erthefrontpane lswitc h.Therefore ,if atri g gervo ltagei spresentatth isinp utconnector ,theuni twi[...]

18 W erecommendtha tcarebetakent oensureth ata llA Cpl ugsfortheequ ipment inthesy stembewiredsoastoens ureproperACpo lar it y .Doi ngsowi llm in i - mi zeno iseinthesystem . IntheU . S. ,asi mpleA Cma in stester(fou nd?[...]

19 I nt rod u c ti on t o R oom A c oust i cs WisdomA udi obeli evesi nequa li zatio n.Assu meforamomenttha tyouh ad a“ per fec t ”lou dspeaker :assoonasyoupl acei tinyou rroom,itsper fec tio nis gone .Infact,even good roomsof teni ntroduced[...]

20 benet( whendoneproperl y)o fpro vi din gout standi ngacou sticiso lati onfrom ad jac entspacesaswe llassu p erbbassreproducti on.T hisapp roachgoeswe ll beyo ndthescopeofanowner’ sman ual ;ify ouarein terested,yoush ou ldcon - tacta?[...]

21 area llbeh indthel isteners ,creati ngabi g“ho le”i nthesounde ld bet weenthefronta ndthebac k. ) a 7 .2 channel system la yout Subwoofer Pl acement Subwoofe rsof fersomewh atgrea terexi bi l it yinp la cement,si ncethefrequen - ci estheyreproducear [...]

22 tiono f a ny speakeri sarstreec tio npoi nt.Concen trat eonthosefortheL ef t andR ig htspeak er srst. Ify oucan,arr angetoa pplyei therabsorptionord if fusi onattheseei ghtpoi nt s ( don’ tforgetthew al lb eh indy ou) .Abs[...]

23 Ge t ti ng R ea dy t o Cal i br a t e System Conn ec tion s Beforeyoustarttocal ibr atey ourSC- 1 ,doubl e - chec kt hecon nec tion s: • Al lthebal ancedoutputsofyou rpreamp/processortothec orre - spond ingMa inInp ut softheSC- 1 . • Al lthecorrespondi ngba l[...]

24  Cauti on! DoN OTcon nec ttheoutputofthem icropho netotheSC- 1un tilthe sof twareexp li citl yinstructsyoutodosoi nthecal ibra tio nprocess . Conn e ctingthem ic rophonew iththeSC- 1andampl iersona tthe wrongt imecanca use?[...]

25 Wi sd om S ys t em Co n gu ra ti on Conn ec ting th e PC T urnonbothy ourPCandtheSC- 1 .Wa itappro xim atel ythi r t yse cond sforthe SC- 1ton ishitsstar tuprouti nes,andf oraslongasittak esforWin dowsto comp letelystartup .  Import ant:?[...]

26 Basic S ystem Descr ipt ion screen Thescreenabo veal low syoutocon guretheSC- 1forthenu mberandna tureof thech annel siny oursystem.Se lec ttheappropr iatec ongu ratio nfromthedrop - downmen u,where inthenorma lcon ven tionsar eusedtode[...]

27 Speak er Selecti on sc reen 1 Wheny ouselectapartic ul arspeak erloca tion,thec hosenspeak erwi l lb eh igh - l ight edandtheri ght -handpa nelw il lcha ngetosh owyouthev ariouspos si bi li - tiesa va i lab lefortha tspeaker ,a sseenbelo w . Speak er Sel[...]

28 A“Gen SW ”optioni sal s opro vided,soastoac commodat et heuseofon eor morenon- WisdomAu di osubw o ofers. Wheny ouare nis heddeni ngwh ichspea kersarebei ngusedi neachloca tion , c l ickonthe“ Commi ttoSC- 1 ”but ton[...]

29 di scthath adtheapp ropri atep inkno isesi gna ls,s uchasthe 5. 1 Audio T o olkit DVD (h t t p : / / ww w .a udiot o ol kit. com/ ). Si mplytu rnof fthepowera mpl iersthatd riv ethepl anarm agneti cs ections , andtu rnonthenoisesequen cer .Measurethe?[...]

30 A ud yss ey M ul tE Q ® Pro Lau nching M ultEQ Pro Atth ispoi nt,theSC- 1knowsa llthec riti cali nform ationabouttheassoc ia ted equi pmentwi t hwh ichi tiswork ing,ex ceptforthemosti mpor tantco mponent ofa l l:y ourl isten ingroom .  Note : Y our?[...]

31 MultEQ P ro Welcome s creen  W arn ing ! Do not connec t themi crophonet ot heSC- 1atth istime ,si nce feedbac kma yresul tthatco ul dpotenti al lydam ageyo ur louds peaker s. Cl ic ktherigh t-fac in gt ri ang letomov etotheproductselectionsc re en ,wher[...]

32 Oncey oureachtheJobI nforma tionscreensh ownabove ,youcansa felyc on - nectthemic rophonetotheSC- 1 . Inge nera l,ho wever ,wesuggestwa iti ngunti lyourea chtheMeasuremen t screentoco nnec tthemi crophon e,si ncethi sisthe only s [...]

33 Equipmen t Info Measurement TheMeasuremen ts creeni swhereMul tEQ ® Proco llectst heda t aitrequ iresfor ac cu rateroomcorrection .Atthi spoin t ,you rinstal lerw il lconnectanXL Rcable bet weenthem icp reamp li erLINEOU Tconnectorandthe [...]

34 phonew ascal ibra tedat“ grazi nginc idenc e”andshou ldpoi ntto thecei l ing,nota tanyofthespea kers. • Mak etheroomasqui etaspossi ble .Ba ckgrou ndnoiseca ndisru pt theroommeasureme nts.Cl os ewi ndows ,si lencece llph ones, tel[...]

35  Note : M easur ingsomed istantcor nerwherenoo newou ldbel isten ing, orc losetoaroombounda r ysuchasaw al loroor ,isa c tua ll y coun terproductive .Itwi llco mpromi s ethequ al it yoftheresu ltin g roomcorrection . Ami ni mum[...]

36 Distance canbedisp la yedi nfe et,inm il l iseconds ,ori nme ters( cyc leamong thesecho ic esbyc li cki ngthebl ueunder l inedcol umnl abel) .Whic honeisbest dependsonthei nforma tionyou rsurrou ndprocessor’ smenusy stemne eds.U se th[...]

37 T arg et Soun d Opti ons Oncetheroommeasu rement sarec ompl eted,Mul tEQ ® Procal cu latesa ne qua l - iza tion lterforea chlouds peak ercha nnel ,inc lu di ngthesub woofer( s) .Therol e ofthesel tersistoac hie veaparticu la rfre quen cyresponsewi[...]

38 boostinthebottomoc tav ebeforeyoug e ttoocarr ieda wa ywith thi sset ting . • The SMPTE 202M c ur vei salsokno wna sthe“X - curve”an disa n in ternat ion alstanda rdforthehi ghfrequencyrol l-of fappl iedi na t ypi cal500 -seatm[...]

39 Save Result s Oncethesoft ware nis hescalc ul atin gtheoptima lcorrection ltersforthe targetcu r veyo uha vesel e cted,youw il lbepresentedwi ththeSav eResu lts screensho wnabove . Ify ouwoul dli ketoa udi tionthenewcorrectionw ithout?[...]

40 themi dran gean dt rebl eregionsi sapowerfultoolth atal lo wsy outo“homei n” onagoodset ti ngtha tisspeci ctotheroomath and pri or toMu ltEQProdoi ng thenera dju st ments. Asanexam pl e,weh aveseenroomsth atw[...]

41 Th isresponsewou ldbl endni celyw ithasubw oofer ,cross in govera t50Hz .(It wou lda lsobeimpro vedbymo vin gt hem ic rophonearou ndasyounorm al lydo , soastogiv ethesystemmorei nforma tionaboutwh atisg oin gonintheroom. [...]

42 Car e & Mai n t enan c e T oremov edustfromthecab inetofy ourSC- 1 ,useafeatherdu s teroral in t-free sof tc loth.T oremov edirtand ngerpr ints,w ere comme ndisopr opy lalc ohol andasoftcl oth.Dampenthec lothwi t hal cohol r st?[...]

43 N orth Ame r ic an W ar r an t y Five Y ear Warrant y Whenpu rchasedfroman din st al ledbya nauthori zedWisdomA udi odealer , WisdomA udi o ® electroni cproduct sarew arran te dtobefreefromdefect sin ma teria landwo rkma nshi pundernorma luseforaperi o [...]

44 Ob tai ni ng Se r v i c e W etakegre atpr ideino urdea lers.Experienc e,dedica tion ,andin tegritymak e theseprofess iona lsidea ll ysu itedtoass istwi thourc ustomers ’ser vi ceneeds. Ify ourWisdomA udioc omponentmustbeservic ed,pl easecontactyou r[...]

45 Specica tions All s p ecic ations are s ubject to c hange a t any time , in order t o impro ve the prod uct. ■ Sign al to Noise ratio : – 1 1 0dB( ref2 .5VrmsA-wtd. ) ■ Inpu t impe dan ce : 25kΩ(bal anced) ■ Out put im ped ance : 5 0Ω ■ Recommend ed minimum lo ad imp eda nce : 600Ω ■ M[...]

46 D ime nsi ons 15 1 ⁄ 2 "(39.4cm) 17"(43.2cm) 3 3 ⁄ 4 " ( 8.57 cm) 1 1 ⁄ 4 " (3.2cm) 3 3 ⁄ 8 " (8.6cm) 1 1 ⁄ 4 " (3.2cm) 16 7 ⁄ 8 "(42.9cm) 13" (33cm ) 13 5 ⁄ 8 " ( 34.7 cm) 5 ⁄ 8 " (1.7cm ) 3 ⁄ 8 " (.95cm ) 17"(43.2cm) 13 5 [...]

47 Note s[...]

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