Velodyne Digital Drive Subwoofer - Manuals

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page iv Table of Contents Congratulations ............................................................................................................................... 1 Prior to Installation ........................................................................

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 1 Congratulations! Congratulations on your purchase of a Velodyne Digital Drive subwoofer system! Digital Drivetechnology is the result of years of research and development, combining advanced Digital SignalProcessing (DSP), software, equalizer, audio filter...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 2 Package Contents Your Velodyne Digital Drive Subwoofer consists of the following components: • Digital Drive subwoofer • Power cord • Remote control • Digital Drive Accessory Kit, consisting of: − Calibrated precision microphone − Microphone windscreen cov...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 3 − Switchable Velodyne logo indicator − Night Mode Maximum volume setting − Save settings indicator Remote Control The Velodyne Digital Drive infrared remote control allows you to set up, adjust, and reset your subwooferwhen connected to a television or a v...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 4 Digital Drive Accessory Kit The Velodyne Digital Drive Accessory Kit contains the following six components: • Calibrated precision microphone • Microphone windscreen cover • Tabletop microphone stand • Microphone stand adapter • 25-foot audio/video cable •...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 5 (1) POWER – Press the POWER switch to the ON position to activate the subwoofer. If theunit is to be left unused for an extended period of time, move this switch to the OFF positionto prolong the life of the subwoofer. (2) 117V~60Hz 15A – Connect your deta...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 6 2. Provide signal to your subwoofer through one or more of the following connections (refer to your receiver/processor owner’s manual for available inputs to the subwoofer): a. LFE INPUT (RCA, the RED jack at location 11 on Figure 2) — This is the most com...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 7 5. Insert the XLR microphone cable’s 3-pin male plug into the MIC INPUT jack (location 7 on Figure 2) on the back panel of the subwoofer. For DD-15 and DD-18 units, a microphone jack is also locatedon the front of the unit for convenience. 6. Slide the mic...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 8 Figure 3: Introductory Screen See Figure 3. This the Introductory screen. Notice that as you change settings (such as preset,volume, etc.) this is shown on this screen. You enter setup mode by pressing MENU and entering the code 12345. Upon successful entr...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 9 Figure 4: EQ Setup Screen The EQ Setup screen includes a system response “sweep” window, and a graphic equalizer. You usethese settings to equalize your room. The graphic equalizer features 8 bands, each of which can beused at its current frequency, or can...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 10 Figure 5. System Settings Screen All six presets contain the following fields: ••••• Low Pass Crossover Frequency and Slope – Adjust the upper limit of your subwoofer’sfrequency response. Select a crossover setting, in increments of 1, between 15Hz and 19...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 11 Other controls on the Setting Setup screen: ••••• Auto On/Off Active/Inactive – When active, this control automatically shuts the subwooferoff after a length of time without any source signal. The woofer automatically wakes uponreceiving input signal agai...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 12 Upon pressing 5, you should see the following screen:

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 13 7. Use the DD remote control to lower the subwoofer’s volume to 00. You can do this by simply holding down the VOL – button on the remote for a few seconds. 8. Raise the volume on your receiver/processor until the DD test sweep (a tone that sweeps from 20...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 14 A Word About Room Placement Room placement is the first step in equalizing your sub(s) to your room. Subwoofers operate atextremely low frequencies, which are primarily omni-directional (that is, you can’t usually tell wherethey are coming from). As a gen...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 15 NOTE: The subwoofer should be turned off when physically moving the unit. NOTE: If you are constrained in room location positions, don’t worry. By following the setup steps below, Digital Drive gives you lots of flexibility to make the most out of any roo...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 17 TIP: To see immediate feedback on the effects of your changes to the system response graph, press the TEST button. The following screen appears:

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 18 Note that displaying the System Response screen by using the TEST button from the System Settingsscreen ONLY allows you to view the system response - you cannot make any changes to EQs orvolume. Press TEST again to return to the System Settings screen. NO...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 19 An “equalized” room is shown below:

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 20 NOTE: 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 23. 20. To use the parametric EQ feature, position the cursor over the EQ and press the SELECT button. T...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 21 22. To unselect the EQ, press SELECT again, then use the right and left arrow keys to position the cursor on another EQ if desired, and repeat step 21, until the room is equalized. 23. Once the room has been equalized, you may want to return to the Settin...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 22 from the digital servo, and thus the least amount of distortion possible from the subwoofer. The“theatrical” setting relaxes the servo a bit to allow a bit more distortion to enter the playback, makingan overall louder and more impressive sub for explosio...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 23 By pressing the SELECT button, you tell the system to save your settings and return to the introductionscreen. Selecting NO returns without saving (i.e. whatever previous settings were in effect will beused), and CANCEL keeps you in setup mode. When the u...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 24 About Room Equalization This section gives some background on room equalization. As a sub plays in a room, the reflectionsof the sound waves off the walls create “standing waves,” that is, places in the room where certainfrequencies are louder and others ...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 25 by dual spiders for even greater linearity. We designed this motor to produce over one-inch (1-1/4" tobe exact) of linear motion, with a maximum mechanical limit of 1-3/4" peak-to-peak. Also, with thisunique configuration, the distortion products ...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 26 If the protection circuitry is active, the unit may cycle on and off until operating parameters return tonormal. Under more serious conditions, the unit may shut off completely. Normal operation will returnupon cooling, but you may be required to unplug t...

Velodyne Digital Drive User’s Manual Page 27 APPENDIX A: RS-232 Serial Overview and Commands Introduction This document outlines Velodyne’s Digital Drive (DD) RS-232 protocol specification. This protocolindicates how Velodyne 1812 and Digital Drive products receive run-time commands from devicessuch...

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