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. [. . . ] Re-insert the Velodyne Digital DrivePLUS Windows Setup Program CD into your computer. You can cancel out of the install at the language selection prompt. Issue: Windows still asks for USB drivers after running the program disc. Solution: On your program CD is an archive file named "FTDI USB Driver XXXXXX". Copy this executable file to your computer and extract the files. Direct the Windows hardware wizard to this extracted folder. Issue: You hear an audible hum while your laptop is connected to the subwoofer through the USB port. Solution: The hum is caused by the laptop power supply. The power supply doesn't have a ground loop isolator, which means you can get crosstalk noise/hum when any USB device, including the Digital DrivePLUS subwoofer, is connected to the power supply. To eliminate the hum: · (Recommended) Disconnect the power supply and run the laptop on battery power when using the Windows Setup Program; or · Plug the laptop into a 3-prong to 2-prong adapter and then into the power outlet. UNINSTALLING VELODYNE'S DIGITAL DRIVE PLUS WINDOWS SETUP SOFTWARE To uninstall the Velodyne Digital DrivePLUS Windows Setup Software, follow these steps: 1) With no programs running and all windows closed, go to the Uninstall Program feature of the Windows Control Panel. Each version of the Windows operating system has a slightly different way to access the Control Panel and the Uninstall Program feature. This returns a file named with the format of oem##. inf. Search for the oem##. pnf file with the same number and delete it. 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. Instruction Conventions · Words in all uppercase bold letters in the setup instructions (e. g. , SELECT, MENU, etc. ) identify the specific remote button to be pressed or selected, or the field (e. g. , NEXT, SEL, etc. ) on the screen you should select or should be paying attention to. · Words in title case and bold are the names of the interface screens, such as Introductory screen. Make Video Connection between TV and Subwoofer To make the video connection from the subwoofer to the TV: 1. Connect either: The subwoofer's Video Output (yellow RCA connector) to the TV's composite video input (yellow connector). [. . . ] An indication of not being synced is that you raise or lower filter slider and the response curve moves at another frequency. Also, the marker in the sweep tone (a small pop) occurs anywhere but at the top of the graph. You can now see the low frequency character of the satellites so that you can make a judgment about their roll-off frequency and slope to properly blend to them with the Digital DrivePLUS subwoofer. 8) Click Mute again to restore the subwoofer to playing. [. . . ]