Outlaw Audio 990 - Manual (Page 30)

30 Outlaw Audio
Owner’s Manual
31 Model 990 7.1 Channel Preamp/Processor
Owner’s Manual
3. Once you have set the front speaker crossover point, press to
move on to the other speakers, and or to adjust the crossover
point of those speakers.
4. When you have the crossover point set for all of the speakers in
your system, press until the on-screen arrow is on RETURN TO
MAIN MENU, then press SET.
Channel Level Calibration
For proper surround-sound presentation, all of the channels in your system
must be balanced, so that they all play at the same volume as heard from your
favorite listening chair. If one or two channels are louder than the others, it
will make surround effects less convincing.
If you have not balanced your channels using auto setup, you should use the
manual Channel Calibration menu. You can also use this menu to “tweak”
the level of the channels if the auto setup results aren’t quite to your liking.
Although it is possible to adjust channel levels by ear, we strongly suggest you
use a signal-pressure level (SPL) meter instead. RadioShack makes a very
good and inexpensive one, model 33-4050. Set the meter for “C” weighting
and “slow” response.
To calibrate channel levels:
1. From the main menu, press or to move the on-screen arrow to
CHANNEL CALIBRATE. Press SET.
The Channel Calibration menu appears:
CHANNEL CALIBRATION
> TEST TONE : MANUAL
FRONT LEFT : 0 dB
CENTER : -1 dB
FRONT RIGHT : 0 dB
SURR RIGHT : -4 dB
SURR BACK R : ---dB
SURR BACK L : ---dB
SURR RIGHT : -2 dB
SUBWOOFER : -10dB
RETURN TO MAIN MENU
2. Press or to select the test tone mode: AUTO, MANUAL, or OFF.
In the AUTO mode, the test tone automatically advances from channel
to channel every few seconds. In the MANUAL mode, you must press
or to select which channel to calibrate. In the OFF mode, no test tone
will appear; so you may fine-tune your system using program material,
such as DVD soundtracks.
3. Press to begin the calibration process.
The channel indicated by the on-screen arrow is the one you can
adjust.
4. Press to raise the level in the channel, or to lower it.
If you are using an SPL meter, hold it near your face and adjust the range
dial so that the meter reads somewhere near 0. Note the reading, such
as -3, 0, +2, etc. Your goal as you adjust the channels is to make all of
them read the same on the meter as the front left channel does.
5. If you are in MANUAL mode, press to move the on-screen arrow
on to the other channels. In AUTO mode, the arrow will move down
automatically in a few seconds. Press or to adjust the level of
those speakers.
6. When you have the level set for all of the channels in your system,
press until the on-screen arrow is on RETURN TO MAIN MENU,
then press SET.
Delay Adjustment
The purpose of delay adjustment is to make all the sounds from the differ-
ent speakers in your system arrive at your ears at the same time. If a sound
appears in two speakers at once but sound from one arrives at your ears earlier
(usually because you are sitting closer to that speaker), it will diminish the
surround effect.
Even if you have decided not to use the auto setup, you can easily set the proper
delay for each channel. The Model 990 automatically calculates the proper
delay based on the distance from your listening chair to each speaker. All you
have to do is measure and write down the distance to each speaker, then enter
these numbers in the Model 990’s Delay Adjust menu.
To set delay for each channel:
1. From the main menu, press or to move the on-screen arrow to
DELAY ADJUST. Press SET.
The Delay Adjust menu appears:
DELAY ADJUST
> DELAY UNIT :FEET
FRONT LEFT : 14FEET
CENTER : 13FEET
FRONT RIGHT : 14FEET
SURR RIGHT : 6FEET
SURR BACK R : ---FEET
SURR BACK L : ---FEET
SURR RIGHT : 7FEET
SUBWOOFER : 16FEET
RETURN TO MAIN MENU
2. First, select the units you used to measure (feet or meters) by
pressing or .
3. Press to move the on-screen arrow to FRONT LEFT.
4. Press to increase the distance, or to decrease it.
5. Once you have set the delay for the front left channel, press to
move on to the other speakers, and or to adjust the delay setting
for those speakers.
6. When you have the delay set for all of the speakers in your system,
press until the on-screen arrow is on RETURN TO MAIN MENU,
then press SET.
You have now completed basic manual setup of the Model 990. You may now
configure surround modes, multi-room operation, and system preferences—all
of which we will take you through in the following pages.
Speaker Configuration