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Page 6 - Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s; Installation Step
Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s v . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Congratulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Before you Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 7 - C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !; of; P r i o r t o I n s t a l l a t i o n; Important Note: Turn your subwoofer off before moving it!; B e f o r e y o u b e g i n
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s ! 1 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Congratulations on your purchase of a Velodyne Digital Drive subwoofer system! Digital Drivetechnology, universally acknowledged as the state - of - the - art in bass reproduction, is ...
Page 8 - P a c k a g e C o n t e n t s; S U B W O O F E R; P r o d u c t F e a t u r e s a n d C o n t r o l s
P a c k a g e C o n t e n t s 2 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Your Velodyne Digital Drive Subwoofer consists of the following components: • Digital Drive Subwoofer• Power Cord• Remote Control• Digital Drive Accessory Kit, consisting of: - Calibrate...
Page 9 - R E M O T E C O N T R O L
3 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l - Theater/Music selection indicator (servo speed control) - Signal sensing auto turn on/off/12 Volt trigger (defeatable) - 6 presets for customized listening modes and EQ defeat - Selectable default preset - Switchab...
Page 10 - R E M O T E C O N T R O L B U T T O N S
4 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l R E M O T E C O N T R O L B U T T O N S A brief description of each button on the remote control follows: • PWR – Causes woofer to stand by if in “Active” standby mode. • NUMERIC KEYPAD – Used to enter SETUP mode and...
Page 11 - I n s t a l l a t i o n O v e r v i e w; D I G I T A L D R I V E A C C E S S O R Y K I T; foot audio/video cable; S U B W O O F E R C O N T R O L S A N D P O R T S
I n s t a l l a t i o n O v e r v i e w 5 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l D I G I T A L D R I V E A C C E S S O R Y K I T The Velodyne Digital Drive Accessory Kit contains the following six components: • Calibrated precision microphone• Microphone wi...
Page 14 - I n s t a l l a t i o n – Q u i c k S t a r t; Unpack the subwoofer and connect the power cable.
I n s t a l l a t i o n – Q u i c k S t a r t 8 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l To set up and take advantage of the EQ features in your new Digital Drive subwoofer in the leastamount of time, perform the following steps: 1. Unpack the subwoofer and c...
Page 15 - I n s t a l l a t i o n – S t e p - b y - S t e p; S U B W O O F E R C A B L E C O N N E C T I O N S
I n s t a l l a t i o n – S t e p - b y - S t e p 9 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l To ensure a quick and flawless installation of your Velodyne Digital Drive unit, follow thesenumbered setup instructions in their exact order. S U B W O O F E R C A B...
Page 16 - A W o r d A b o u t I n t e r c o n n e c t C a b l e s
10 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l 4. Referring to Figure 2, Items 5 and 8, connect the audio/video cable between your subwoofer (EQ OUTPUT VIDEO/LEFT/RIGHT yellow, white, and red respectively) and yourelectronics (receiver, processor, TV, etc.). Ins...
Page 18 - S u b w o o f e r s e t u p – O v e r v i e w; S p e c i a l n o t e f o r 2 3 0 V u s e r s w i t h v i d e o p r o b l e m s
S u b w o o f e r s e t u p – O v e r v i e w 12 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Once the installation has been completed, note that you can use yoursubwoofer without performing ANY of the setup steps below. Simply use the remote to...
Page 21 - All six presets contain the following fields:; • Low Pass Crossover Frequency and Slope; Adjust the upper limit of your subwoofer’s; • Subsonic Filter Frequency and Slope; Set your subwoofer’s subsonic filter (low
15 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Figure 5: System Settings Screen From this screen the crossover, subsonic filter, phase, polarity, theater/music, volume, andother settings can be set, as well as specifics for each preset, if desired. Your DD unit ...
Page 23 - O n s c r e e n P r o g r a m m i n g a n d S e t u p – S t e p b y S t e p; connected to. Input should be configured for stereo.
O n s c r e e n P r o g r a m m i n g a n d S e t u p – S t e p b y S t e p 17 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l The following steps take you though a typical Digital Drive setup procedure. 1. Push the POWER switch on the subwoofer’s rear panel to the ...
Page 24 - Press MENU and enter 12345 to enter the EQ setup screen, as follows:
18 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l 6. Press MENU and enter 12345 to enter the EQ setup screen, as follows:
Page 25 - Upon pressing 5, you should see the following screen:
19 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Upon pressing 5, you should see the following screen:
Page 26 - Use the DD remote control to MUTE the subwoofer.
20 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l 7. Use the DD remote control to MUTE the subwoofer. 8. Raise the volume on your receiver/processor until the DD test sweep (a tone that sweeps from 20Hz up to 200Hz) can be heard from your system’s speakers. Continu...
Page 28 - A b o u t R o o m P l a c e m e n t .; directional (that is, you can’t usually tell
22 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l A b o u t R o o m P l a c e m e n t . Room placement is the first step in equalizing your sub(s) to your room. Subwoofers operateat extremely low frequencies, which are primarily omni - directional (that is, you can...
Page 31 - Press TEST again to return to the System Settings screen.
25 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l TIP: To 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.
Page 35 - An “equalized” room is shown below:
29 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l 19. Continue this process until the “SYSTEM RESPONSE” graph shows a +/– 3 dB response across the bass frequencies (that is, up to about 120Hz.). Note that this does notnecessarily mean a “ruler flat” response; +/- 3...
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30 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l 20. To 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 ...
Page 40 - Features of each preset are:
34 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l You can change any value in the presets column, then use the TEST key to review the curvewith these settings active. This is shown below. Features of each preset are: EQ. There can be a completely different set of E...
Page 41 - Contour frequency and level.; These act as an “extra” EQ that can be used to
35 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Contour frequency and level. These act as an “extra” EQ that can be used to manipulate the frequency contour of your subwoofer when this particular preset isinvoked. For example, notice that preset one raises the le...
Page 42 - dB is usually adequate. There are two methods to accomplish this:
36 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l 24. As a final thought on matching your Digital Drive subwoofer to your room, don’t forget the “objective listening” test. That is, make sure the unit sounds good to you! Often, you maywant to add a bit more bass th...
Page 43 - R e s t o r i n g D e fa u l t s
R e s t o r i n g D e fa u l t s 37 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l By pressing the SELECT button, you tell the system to save your settings and return to theintroduction screen. Selecting NO returns without saving (i.e. whatever previous settings we...
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39 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Runtime Inactive Modes. The following screens show other runtime messages indicating thatthe subwoofer is inactive. The screen below shows the message displayed when the auto - off feature has engaged (that is, the ...
Page 47 - The following screen is shown when the unit is waiting for a 12
41 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l The following screen is shown when the unit is waiting for a 12 - volt trigger to activate:
Page 48 - A b o u t R o o m E q u a l i z a t i o n; The unit is protected against:; P r o t e c t i o n C i r c u i t r y
A b o u t R o o m E q u a l i z a t i o n 42 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l This section gives some background on room equalization. As a sub plays in a room, thereflections of the sound waves off the walls create “standing waves,” that is, places i...
Page 49 - Software Updates; Thank you for purchasing a Velodyne!; T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g a n d S e r v i c e
43 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l If you should experience a problem with the operation of your subwoofer, please check all of thefollowing before seeking service. Following is a simple troubleshooting guide to assist you. 1. Verify unit is plugged ...
Page 50 - Appendix A: RS-232 Serial Ov ervie w and Commands; I n t r o d u c t i o n; Runtime Command Format
Appendix A: RS-232 Serial Ov ervie w and Commands 44 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l I n t r o d u c t i o n This document outlines Velodyne’s Digital Drive (DD) RS - 232 protocol specification. This protocol indicates how Digital Drive products rece...
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45 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l RS232 Commands Activity Command Acceptable Example(s) Comments Format n Values Volume Control #VOnn$, 00 – 99 #VO25$, Sets volume to a value, #VO+$, #VO+$, increments volume up #VO-$, #VO-$, or down, or requests #VO...
Page 52 - Appendix B: Summary of Special R emot e Codes; Function
Appendix B: Summary of Special R emot e Codes 46 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Following are special remote codes and their functions. Unless otherwise noted, the codes areactive only on the cover page. Function Code Description Self - EQ 3 - 2 - 1...
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Appendix C: What’s Ne w in release 2.0 47 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Your Digital Drive subwoofer has version 2.0 of the digital drive room management softwareinstalled. Following is a description of the new features for version 2.0. Feature Des...
Page 55 - Appendix D: Impor tant Subwoofer Infor mation; Important Information Regarding your; T H X U l t r a
Appendix D: Impor tant Subwoofer Infor mation 49 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Important Information Regarding your Velodyne Digital Drive™ Series Subwoofer (DD -15 and DD -18 only) and THX™ Ultra 2 T H X U l t r a 2 P r e s e t s f o r t h e V e l...
Page 56 - O t h e r V e l o d y n e S u b w o o f e r P r o d u c t s :; Digital Drive Signature 1812 TM; DPS Series
O t h e r V e l o d y n e S u b w o o f e r P r o d u c t s : 50 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Digital Drive Signature 1812 ™ HGS-X Series HGS - 10X HGS - 12X HGS - 15X SPL-R Series SPL - 800R SPL - 1000R SPL - 1200R DPS Series DPS - 10 DPS - 12 DL...
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51 . w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m D i g i t a l D r i v e U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. 345 Digital Drive Morgan Hill, CA 95037 408.465.2800 voice 408.779.9227 fax 408.779.9208 service fax www.velodyne.com Service E - mail: [email protected] Product E - mail: [email protected]...