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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ®.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S The S The S The S The S tr tr tr tr tr engt engt engt engt engt h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit al al al al al ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Introduction W elcome to the w orld of AudioControl’ s perfor - mance digital signal processing .
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® FEA TURES AND HIGHLIGHTS Constant-Q equalization controls: Car interiors v ary widely in size and acoustic make- up. In addition doors, kick-panels, and rear decks don’ t make the best location for speaker place- ment causing y our high performance speaker system to sound some what lackluster .
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® QUICK INST ALLA TION INFORMA TION - For those of y ou short on time, but high on ambi- tion, w e offer the f ollo wing section to speed up y our installation of the DQX: 1. The DQX needs to be installed in the signal path betw een y our source unit and y our e xternal amplifier(s).
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® A GUIDED TOUR OF DQX 1) Inputs: The DQX has tw o RC A inputs that need to get their audio signals from the main source unit. If y our source unit has multiple outputs (like a fr ont, rear , and/or subw oofer) y ou should only connect the front or rear outputs to y our DQX.
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 8 INST ALLING THE DQX Up to this point ev erything y ou ha v e read has serv ed to educate y ou on the oper ations of DQX. W e are sure that y ou ar e chomping at the bit to install DQX so w e recommend y ou r ead the follo wing sections v ery carefully .
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S The S The S The S The S tr tr tr tr tr engt engt engt engt engt h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit al al al al al ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ 9 C. DQX Audio W iring Planning: As y ou ma y already ha v e guessed, there are numer ous w a ys to configure the DQX in y our audio system.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 10 Figur e 5: DQX with a FOUR.1.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S The S The S The S The S tr tr tr tr tr engt engt engt engt engt h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit al al al al al ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ 11 D.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 12 Figur e 6: DQX main menu screen DQX Menu Screens One of the major benefits of using Digital technol- ogy is the ability to use less knobs and buttons and get more control.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S The S The S The S The S tr tr tr tr tr engt engt engt engt engt h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit al al al al al ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ 13 MODE: Graphic EQ Figur e 7: Graphic EQ screen Y our DQX has 30 built-in gr aphic equalization filters with fix ed, constant-Q center frequencies.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 14 MODE: Para EQ1 and Para EQ2 Figur e 8: Para EQ1 scr een Figur e 9: Para EQ2 screen Besides ha ving a 30-band gra phic equalizer , y our DQX also has tw o fully-progr ammable parametric bands.
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® Figur e 12: Memory sa ve screen Sav e: Once y ou ha v e made y our equalization and crosso v er settings, y ou will want to sa v e them in of the eight memory locations. When the cursor is f lashing ne xt to the w ord “Sa v e”, use the “+” or “-” buttons to select a memory location.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S The S The S The S The S tr tr tr tr tr engt engt engt engt engt h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit al al al al al ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ There is no one curv e that will satisfy e v ery person, as w e all ha v e dif ferent tastes.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® there ar e some crazy folks that pr efer their bass substantially louder . The ke y in this area is to ha v e enough speakers and po w er to produce the amount bass y ou desire but don’ t use the controls on the DQX to try and for ce y our speakers to produce sounds the y can’ t.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S The S The S The S The S tr tr tr tr tr engt engt engt engt engt h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit al al al al al ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Still Sounds Distorted: Look at the frequen- cies that y ou ha v e selected for Par a EQ 1 and Para EQ 2 and see ho w much boost or cut y ou ha v e a pplied.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® IF Y OU LIKE DQX, Y OU’LL LO VE… The FOUR.1i is the perfect in-dash equalizer for those of y ou who like the sound and detail of the DQX but w ant to ha v e some control of y our system from the dash of y our car .
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S The S The S The S The S tr tr tr tr tr engt engt engt engt engt h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit h of Digit al al al al al ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ 2. Y ou must keep y our sales receipt f or proof of purchase sho wing when and from whom the unit w as bought.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® DQX SPECIFIC A TIONS All specifications are measur ed at 14.4 VDC (standard automotiv e v oltage). As technology adv ances, AudioControl reserv es the right to continuously change our specifications…like our w eather .
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