Owner's Manual

44
Audio adjustments
·
Usingthe
equalizer
Recalling
equalizer
curves
The1
'e are seven st ored
e
qual
1
ze
r
curves that
yo
u
can
e
as1
ly
recall
at any time.
Here is a list of the eq ualizer
cu1
·v
es:
•
S.Bass
is a curve in
wh
ich on
ly
low
-p
i
tc
hed sound is booste
d.
• Powerful
is a c
u1
·v
e
in
wh
i
ch
l
ow
- and
hi
gh-p1
t
che
d
so
unds
ar
·e
boosted.
• Natural
is
a curve
tn
wh
ich l
ow
- and h1gh-p1tched
sound s
a
re
sl
ightly b
oost
ed .
• Vocal
is a
cu1
·ve
in w hich the
m idrang
e.
wh
ich is the h
uman
vo
cal
ra
nge. is boosted.
• Flat
1s
a
flat
curv
e in
whi
ch
no
thrng
is boosted.
• Custom1
is an ad
justed
equ
aliz
e1·
c
ur
ve
that yo u creat
e.
If
you select this
cu1·ve.
the e
ffect
is applied to a
ll
AV sources .
• Custom2
is an adj ust
ed
eq ua
li
zer
cu1
·v
e
that you
cr
eate. If
you se lect
th1
s cu 1·v
e.
the
effect
1s
app
li
ed to all
AV
so
mces.
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Th
e defau
It
sett
rng
is
"Powerful".
1
Display
the
"Audio"
setting screen.
~
Refer to Dis
pl
aying the
·'Audio"
se
tti
ng
screen
on
page 42
2 Touch [Graphic EQ].
3 Touch the
equalizer.
Customizing
the
equalizer
curves
Yo
u can adjust the
cur-rently
selec
te
d
equa
lizer cm ve
setting
as desired . A
dju
stme
nts can be
ma
de with a 13-band graph ic
equal
1ze
1·.
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If
you m ake
adjustm
ent
s w hen a curve
"
S.Bass".
"Powerful".
"Natural". "
Vocal"
.
or
"Flat"
is selected. the eq uali
ze
r curve
settin
gs
w i
ll
be changed to
"Custom1 "
ma
ndatorily.
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If
yo
u ma
ke
ad j
ustmen
ts
wh
en the
"Custom2"
cu1
·v
e
is
se
lected
for
ex
amp
le.
the
"Custom2"
cu1·
ve
w1ll
be
upda
ted.
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"Custom1"
an d
"Custom2"
curves can be
uea
ted
com
mon
to a
ll
sources.
Display
the
"Audio"
setting screen.
~
Refer·
to
Displ
aying the
"Audio.,
setti
ng
s
cr
een on page
42
2 Touch [Graphic EQ].
3
Select
a curve that you want to use as the basis
of customizing.
4 Touch the frequency for which you want to
adjust the
level.
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If you
tr
ai
l a fi
nger
a
cros
s
the
ba
rs
of m ultiple eq uali
ze
r
bands. the eq ua
li
zer
cur
ve
sett1ngs w ill
be set to the
va
lue of
the to
uched
poi
nt
on each b
ar
.
Setting
the
auto-adjusted
equalizer
Yo
u can set the
aut
o-ad
ju
sted equa
li
ze
r to sui t the veh icle's
aco
us
tics
.
To
use this fu
nct
ion . the vehicle's a
co
ustics
mu
st be
measur-ed in advance.
The default s
ettin
g
IS
"Off".
~
Re
fer to
Ad
ju
s
ting
the
eq
ua
li
ze
r cur ve
autom
a
ti
ca
lly (Auto
EO)
on page 44
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To
man
ua
lly a
dju
st
the
eq
ualizer
cur
ve
.
se
t
"
Auto
EQ&TA"
to
"Off".
1
Display
the
"Audio" setting screen.
~
Re
f
er
to Di
sp
laying
th
e
"Audio"
set
tin
g scr
ee
n on page 42
2 Touch
"[Auto
EQ&TA] to switch
"On"
or
"Off".
Adjusting
the
equalizer
curve
automatically
(Auto
EQ)
By
meas
urrng
t he vehicle's
a
co
ustics. t he eq ualizer cu1
·v
e
can be
adjusted au
ton
l atica
ll
y to suit the vehicle in
ter
io
r.
AWARNING
A. lo ud
tone
(
no1
s
e)
ma
y be
em1tted
f ro m the
speake1
·s
when
meas
uri
ng
t he
veh 1
cle
's
a
coust
i
cs
. Neve r
perfo
1·m
Auto
EO
measu
reme
nt
wh
ile
d1·
1ving.
ACAUTION
• Thom u
gh
ly
ch
eck
the co
nd
itions before perf
or
m ing A uto
EO
.
as the
sp
ea
ke
rs
ma
y be
da
maged
1f
this is
pedo
r
me
d
u
nde
1·
the
follo
w ing
condi
tion s:
• W hen
the
spea
ke
1·s
a1·
e inco1·1·ectly
con nected.
(Fm
ex
am-
pl
e.
wh
en a
1·e
ar
speake r is
connecte
d as a sub
woo
fer
ou
tp
ut.)
• When
a spea ker is
connected to a power a
mp
d
el
i
ve
1·ing
outp
ut
h1g
her
tha
n the
spea
ke
1's
ma
x
1mu
m
rn
put po
wer
capab
1l
1ty
.
• If a
mic
r
op
h
one
f
or
acous
tical measw
ement
(sol d
separ
atel
y)
is not
pla
ced
in an
a
ppmp
r
iat
e
loca
tion .
th
e
mea s
ure
ment
tone may b
eco
me
loud and
mea
su 1
·e
me
nt
may ta
ke
a l
ong
t ime.
1·e
sult1ng
in b
attery
d1·ainage.
Be
su 1·e
to
plac
e the m i
cro
phone
in t he
spec
if ied locati o
n.
Before
operating
the
Auto
EQ
function
• Perf
orm
Auto
EO
in as quiet a place as possible.
w
1t
h
the
vehicle engine and ai
1·
conditioning switched off. Als
o.
cut
powe1·
to
car
phones
m ce
ll
ula1·
phones
1n
the
veh1
cle.
or
remove
them
tn
advance.
Su
rm
und1ng
sou nds m
ay
p1·e
ve
nt
co
rr
·ect measu r
·e
men
t
of the veh icle' s ac
oustic
s.
•
Be su
re
to use t he m i
crop
hone
fm
acoustical measw
emen
t
(sold s
epar
atel y
).
Using
another
mi
crophone
m
ay
pre
vent
measure
ment.
or
res ult
1n
1nco
1·1·e
ct
meas
u1
·ement
of
th
e
vehi cle's
acoust1
cs
.
•
To
perfm m
A uto
EO.
the
fr
ont speakers
mu
st be con n
ecte
d.
•
Wh
en
this
produ
ct
is connected to a po
we
r a
mp
w
1t
h
inpu
t
lev
el
cont ro
l.
Aut
o
EO
ma
y be
1m
possible if the
po
w
er
am
p's
in put le
ve
l
1s
set below the
stand
a1·d
level .
•
When
this
pr
oduct
is
connected
to a
pow
e1
·
amp
wit h an L
PF
(l
ow pass filter
).
tu rn the
LPF
off before p
erf
o
rm
ing
Auto
EO
.
Al so. set the cut-off freq uency for the bui lt-in
LP
:::
of an
ac
tive
su
bwoo
fe1·
to
th
e hi
ghest
fr
eq
uency.
•
Th
e d is
tan
ce has been calcu lated by a
com
pute
to
prov
1de
op
ti
mu
m delay to ensure a
ccur
ate result
s.
Do n
ot
ch
an
ge
this value.
- The
re
flect
ed
soun
d wit
hin
the
vehic le is st ro
ng
a
nd
delays
occ
ur.
- The LPF on acti ve subwoofers
or
ex
tema
l am ps delay
th
e
l
ow
er sounds.
• If an
errm
occ
u
rs
d
ur
ing
me
as
uremen
t.
check
he
followlll
g
befo1·e
measurin
g the vehi cle's a
cousti
cs.
- Front speakers
(
le
f
tl
r·ig
ht
)
-
Re
ar speakers (l
eft/
right)
- Noise
- Mi crophone for acoust1cal
me
asur
emen
t (sold sepa1·ate
ly
)
- L
ow
b
atter
y
Performing
Auto
EQ
n
Aut
o
EO
chan
ges
the
aud
1o
set
tings
as fo
ll
ows:
-
Th
e fader/ bal
ance
sett lllgs 1
·e
turn
to
the
cen
ter posit ion.
~
Refer to Using
(a
d
et
! balance a
dju
st
m e
nt
on
pag
e 42
-
''
Mute
lever
is set to
"
Off
".
~
Refe1·
to Swit
ching
so
und
m u
ting/
atte
nu
ation
on
page 42
.
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Prev i
ous
sett
1ng
s
for
Aut
o
EO
w
1ll
be
ove1·
wn
tte
n.
AcAUTION
Do
not
t
um
of
f the
en
gin
e
whi
le
the
measuremen
t 1S
in
pmg
re
ss .
Stop
the vehicle
in
a quiet place, close all
the
doors,
windows
and
sun
roof, and then turn the
engine off.
If
the
engine is left
1·
unning.
engine
no1se
m
ay
preve
nt
CO
t
Tect
Auto
EO.
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It
dr
iv
ing
1estricti
ons
are detected during
measurern
ent
.
measu1·ement 1s
ca
nceled.