Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Digital Equalizer AudioControl
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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 .
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual Digital F usion ™ T able of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features and Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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 .
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.
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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 .
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 .
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 .
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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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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 .
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 AudioCo.
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