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Page 6 - Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s
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; P r i o r t o i n s t a l l a t i o n; 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 SMS - 1 Subwoofer Management System! This system enables you to bring the power of Velodyne’s patent - pending Digital Drive ...
Page 8 - P a c k a g e C o n t e n t s; S M S; 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 SMS-1 consists of the following components: • Digital Drive SMS - 1 • Power Supply with Cord• Remote control• Digital Drive Accessory Kit CAUTION: Many of the...
Page 9 - R e m o t e C o n t r o l; activate preset listening values, set the SMS
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 R e m o t e C o n t r o l The Velodyne Digital Drive infrared remote control allows you to set up, adjust, and reset yourSMS - 1 when connected to a television or a video monitor. You will also use your remote to act...
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 the SMS - 1 to stand by. • NUMERIC KEYPAD – Used to enter an unlock code to enter SETUP mode, a...
Page 11 - 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 XLR microphone cable; S M S - 1 C o n t r o l s a n d P o r t s; The Velodyne Digital Drive SMS; 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 The Velodyne Digital Drive Accessory Kit contains the following six components: • Calibrated precision microphone• Microphone windscreen cover• Tabletop microphone stand• Microphone stand adapter• 6 foot audio cable• 6 foot video cable• 20 - foot XLR m...
Page 14 - I n s t a l l a t i o n – Q u i c k S t a r t
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 quickly set up and take advantage of the auto - EQ feature in your new Digital Drive SMS - 1, perform the following steps: 1. Unpack the SMS - 1 and connect the power ...
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 M S - 1 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 SMS - 1, follow these setup instructions. S M S - 1 C a b l e C o n n e c t i o n s Make al...
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. 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.). Insertthe color - coded cable plugs int...
Page 18 - S M S - 1 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 M S - 1 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 your SMS - 1 without performing ANY of the setup steps below. Simply use the remote to set the ...
Page 21 - Your SMS
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 By 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 sett...
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
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 SMS - 1 setup procedure. 1. Push the POWER button on the SMS - 1’s front panel to activat...
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: 7. Use the remote control to MUTE the SMS - 1.
Page 27 - The screen should now look something like this:
21 . 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 screen should now look something like this:
Page 28 - A b o u t R o o m P l a c e m e n t; directional
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 subwoofer(s) to your main speakers and yourroom. Subwoofers operate at extremely low frequencies, which are primarily omni - di...
Page 29 - Now that the room location has been chosen, turn off the SMS
23 . 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: Here’s an easy way to find the optimal position for your subwoofer without moving it tomultiple positions in the room. Start by setting the subwoofer up in your listening position.Now, move the microphone aroun...
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. NOTE: Some...
Page 33 - Continue this process until the “SYSTEM RESPONSE” graph shows a +/
27 . 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 Continue 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 meana “ruler flat” response; +/ - 3d...
Page 34 - To have the unit EQ itself, select the auto EQ option, as shown:
28 . 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 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 ...
Page 36 - the frequency up and down, and the SET + and SET
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 22. To 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 UP and DOWN arrow keys to adjust the le...
Page 37 - Contour frequency and level.
31 . 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...
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32 . 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 EQ Curves. Each preset can have its own unique set of EQ settings. You can select which preset you want to EQ by either positioning the cursor on a preset column on thesettings screen then pressing TEST, or by selec...
Page 40 - R e s t o r i n g D e fa u l t s; There is a feature in the SMS
R e s t o r i n g D e fa u l t s 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 There is a feature in the SMS - 1 that allows you to restore the factory defaults. On the main screen, simply press the 8, 9, and 0 buttons in sequence. After the sequence has beenen...
Page 41 - R u n t i m e M o d e
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 During normal use of your Digital Drive SMS - 1, you can use the preset buttons to invoke certain presets, use the volume control to raise or lower the SMS - 1’s volume, use the light and night buttons to control th...
Page 42 - 2 V O L T T R I G G E R M O D E
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 1 2 V O L T T R I G G E R M O D E The following screens show the use of the 12 volt trigger mode. The following screen denoteshow to activate the 12 volt trigger feature:
Page 44 - A b o u t R o o m E q u a l i z a t i o n; Software Updates; Thank you for purchasing a Velodyne!; C a r e o f Yo u r D i g i t a l D r i v e S M S - 1
A b o u t R o o m E q u a l i z a t i o n 38 . 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 subwoofer plays in a room, thereflections of the sound waves off the walls create “standing waves,” that is, pl...
Page 45 - 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
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 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 receive run - time commands from devices such as Crest...
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40 . 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 47 - Function; Appendix B: Summary of Special R emot e Codes
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 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 Initiates Self - EQ feature. Be sure to conne...
Page 48 - O t h e r v e l o d y n e 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 P r o d u c t s : 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 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 DLS-R Series DLS - 3...
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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 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]...
