Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SMS -1 Velodyne Acoustics
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Digit al Driv e ® SMS ™ - 1 Subw oofer Management Sy stem USER’S MANUAL Featuring Softwar e V ersion 2.1.
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T able of Contents v . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Congratulations ...................................................................................................1 Before you Begin .............................................
Congratulations 1 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual C ongratulations on your purchase of a V elodyne Digital Drive SMS - 1 Subwoofer Management System! This system enables you to bring the power of V elodyne’ s patent - pending Digital Drive bass management to any subwoofer .
P ack ag e Contents 2 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Y our V elodyne Digital Drive SMS-1 consists of the following components: • Digital Drive SMS - 1 • Power Supply with Cord • Remote control • Digital Drive Accessor y Kit CAUTION: Many of the accessories are embedded in the included foam endcaps.
3 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Remote Control The V elodyne Digital Drive infrared remote control allows you to set up, adjust, and reset your SMS - 1 when connected to a television or a video monitor .
4 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Remote Control Buttons A brief description of each button on the remote control follows: • PWR – Causes the SMS - 1 to stand by . • NUMERIC KEYPAD – Used to enter an unlock code to enter SETUP mode, and for other functions.
Digital Drive Accessory Kit The V elodyne Digital Drive Accessory Kit contains the following six components: • Calibrated precision microphone • Microphone windscreen cover • T abletop microphon.
6 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Figure 2: Digital Drive Front and Rear Panel Connections (1) POWER – Pr ess the POWER switch to the ON position to activate the SMS - 1. If the unit is to be left unused for an extended period of time, press the switch to the OFF position to prolong the life of the SMS - 1.
7 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual ( 10) RS - 2 32 OUT – U se this por t to communicate with a second “daisy - c hained” Digital Drive SMS - 1. (11) RS - 232 IN – Use this por t to communicate with your computer (for software updates), a touch panel remote control, or another upstream Digital Drive SMS - 1.
Inst allation – Quic k St art 8 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T o quickly set up and take advantage of the auto - E Q feature in your new Digital Drive SMS - 1 , perform the following steps: 1. Unpack the SMS - 1 and connect the power cable.
Inst allation– Step-By -Step 9 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T o ensure a quick and flawless installation of your V elodyne Digital Drive SMS - 1 , follow these setup instructions.
10 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 4 . Connect the audio/video cables between your SMS - 1 (EQ OUTPUT VIDEO/LEFT/RIGHT – yellow , white, and red respectively) and your electronics (receiver , processor , TV , etc.
11 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual C hoose one SMS - 1 for all the connections described below (we’ll call this the “master”), and then connect an RCA jack from the THRU RCA jacks of the “primar y” to the Input jacks of the “ slave.
SMS-1 Setup – Ov er vie w 12 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual B EFORE YOU BEGIN: Once the installation has been completed, note that you can use your SMS - 1 without performing ANY of the setup steps below .
13 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual N OTE: V elodyne is not responsible for damage caused to subwoofers as a result of normal use and setup of the SMS - 1. Following is an over view of the screens you will be using to set up your V elodyne Digital Drive SMS - 1.
14 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual Figur e 4: EQ Setup screen The EQ Setup screen includes a “SYSTEM RESPONSE” “sweep” window and a graphic equalizer .
15 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual B y navigating the cursor to the NEXT field and pressing SELECT , the following screen appears: Figure 5: SYSTEM SETTINGS Screen From this screen the crossover , subsonic filter , phase, polarity , volume, and other settings can be set, as well as specifics for each preset, if desired.
16 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual A ll six presets contain the following fields: • L ow Pass Crossover Fr equency and Slope – A djust the upper limit of your SMS - 1 ’s frequency response.
Onscreen Prog r amming and Setup– Step-by -St ep 17 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T he following steps take you though a typical SMS - 1 setup procedure. 1. Push the POWER button on the SMS - 1’ s front panel to activate the unit.
18 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 6 . Press MENU and enter 12345 to enter the EQ setup screen, as follows:.
19 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual U pon pressing 5, you should see the following screen: 7. Use the remote control to MUTE the SMS - 1.
20 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 8 . Raise the volume on your receiver/processor until the DD test sweep (a tone that sweeps from 20 Hz up to 200 Hz) can be heard from your system’ s speakers.
21 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T he screen should now look something like this:.
22 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual About Room Placement Room placement is the first step in equalizing your subwoofer(s) to your main speakers and your r oom. Subwoofers operate at extremely low frequencies, which are primarily omni - d irectional (that is, you can’t usually tell where they are coming from).
23 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T IP: Here’ s an easy way to find the optimal position for your subwoofer without moving it to multiple positions in the room.
24 . www .v elodyne.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 t he SELECT button, then the UP and DOWN arrow keys.
25 . www .v elodyne.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.
26 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 1 6. Y ou should normally not need to adjust the subsonic filter . Do so only if there are anomalies in the ver y lowest frequencies that you cannot address using the normal EQ process as d escribed below .
27 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual C ontinue this process until the “SYSTEM RESPONSE” graph shows a +/ – 3 dB response across the bass frequencies (that is, up to about 120 Hz.). Note that this does not necessarily mean a “ruler flat” response; +/ - 3 dB is typical for an optimized response cur ve.
28 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 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).
29 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 2 1. T o use the parametric EQ feature, position the cursor over the EQ and press the SELECT button.
30 . www .v elodyne.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.
31 . www .v elodyne.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 . Featur es of each pr eset ar e: EQ. There can be a completely different set of EQs for each preset.
32 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual E Q Curves. E ach preset can have its own unique set of EQ settings. Y ou can select which preset you want to EQ by either positioning the cursor .
33 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 2 . Raise the volume of the SMS - 1 after you have finished your room equalization and other settings. Y ou can obser ve this difference by watching the “SYSTEM R ESPONSE” graph as you raise the volume, or , 3.
Restoring Def aults 34 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T here is a feature in the SMS - 1 that allows you to restore the factor y defaults. On the main screen, simply press the 8, 9, and 0 buttons in sequence. After the sequence has been entered, the unit will flicker the video and then restore the main screen.
35 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual D uring normal use of your Digital Drive SMS - 1 , you can use the preset buttons to invoke cer tain presets, use the volume control to raise or l.
36 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual 12 VOL T TRIGGER MODE The following screens show the use of the 12 volt trigger mode. The following screen denotes h ow to activate the 12 volt tr.
37 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T he following screen is shown when the unit is waiting for a 12 volt trigger to activate:.
About Room Equalization 38 . www .v elodyne.com Digital Drive User’s Manual T his section gives some background on room equalization. As a subwoofer 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.
39 . www .v elodyne.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.
40 . www .v elodyne.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,.
41 . www .v elodyne.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.
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