User manual VELODYNE CT-100

[. . . ] Refer to the Digital DrivePLUS User's Manual for information about the Self-EQ, Auto-EQPLUS and Manual-EQ optimization methods and the parameters each optimizes, descriptions of the parameters that can be optimized manually, and a recommended order to adjust parameters during Manual-EQ optimization. For your convenience, Velodyne provides the following two user interfaces for performing optimizations: · Velodyne's Digital DrivePLUS Windows Setup Program: (Velodyne recommended interface) Software that runs on a Windows computer. This program is sometimes referred to by the shorter name of Windows interface. The software is used to: - Control and display preset EQ and parametric filter settings - Initiate Self-EQ, Auto-EQPLUS and Manual-EQ optimizations - Display the subwoofer's frequency response curve - Display the parametric filter curves - Save and open Digital DrivePLUS files with subwoofer's settings and for Manual-EQ only, the frequency response curve that results from these settings - Save settings to the subwoofer's memory · TV Screen Display and Remote Control Commands: This combination is often referred to by the shorter name of TV Screen interface because settings and command choices are shown on your TV screen. [. . . ] You can now see the low frequency character of the satellites so that you can make a judgment about this crossover frequency and slope to properly blend the Digital DrivePLUS subwoofer to them. 8) Go to the File > Open menu option and open the file that you saved at the end of the Auto-EQPLUS optimization process. All the settings shown in the Windows interface are reverted to those arrived at by the Auto-EQPLUS optimization. Now the Digital DrivePLUS subwoofer has been reset to its state at the end of the Auto-EQPLUS optimization. You can save settings to the subwoofer even when the subwoofer is not synced as long it is communicating with the Digital DrivePLUS Windows Setup Program. 10) Adjust the preset parameters as described in the Making & Saving Changes section. 11) Adjust the parametric filter EQ parameters as described in the Graphs section above. 12) Click Save to DD+ to save the parametric filter settings to the subwoofer's memory. 13) Click Save to File to save the parametric filter settings and the frequency response curve to a file on your computer. The frequency response curve is only saved with Manual-EQ, not Self-EQ or Auto-EQPLUS. [ 16 ] WINDOWS INTERFACE FOR OPTIMIZATION Digital Drive PLUS User Interface Manual TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE This section includes information about how to fix issues you may have with the software and driver required to operate and optimize your Digital DrivePLUS. If you can't resolve your software issue using this section, please contact Velodyne customer service at (408) 465-2851 or service@velodyne. com. You must remove the COM Port driver before the Universal Serial Bus Controller driver or you won't be able to find the COM Port driver. 5) Go to the Universal Serial Bus Controllers listing and right-click on USB Serial Converter. 7) To finish uninstalling the USB Virtual COM Port driver on Windows XP, you must remove the driver INF and PNF files manually. In the control panel go to Folder Options > View and select the Show hidden files in folders and display the contents of system folders options. Search the Windows/INF folder file for FTDIBUS. INF with the Word or phrase in the file option selected. Search the Windows file for FTDIPORT. INF with the Word or phrase in the file option selected. 8) You have successfully removed the USB Virtual COM Port driver. [ 20 ] PART TWO -- TV SCREEN USER INTERFACE FOR OPTIMIZATION Digital Drive PLUS User Interface Manual PART TWO TV Screen User Interface for Optimization In order to use the TV Screen interface to perform any setup or optimization of your Digital DrivePLUS subwoofer, you need to connect the video input on your TV to the video output of the subwoofer. This part of this document covers: · How to make the video connection between your TV and subwoofer. · How to use the remote control to modify and save subwoofer parameters. · How to run Self-EQ and Auto-EQPLUS optimization using the remote control. · How to use the remote control to perform Manual-EQ optimization. [. . . ] 2) Connect your subwoofer to your TV video input as described above in the Make Video Connection between TV and Subwoofer section. 3) Set the system playback volume level as in the Auto-EQPLUS optimization instructions. If you are already on the System Response screen, select the MANUAL option in the EQ MODE area. 6) When the status message says SYNCED, start adjusting the subwoofer parameters. [. . . ]