Genelec 2029A Digital Monitoring Speaker Operating Manual
029A Digital Monitoring Speaker 1. General description Genelec 2029A Digital near field monitor has a digital audio interface allowing you to input the digital audio straight into the loudspeaker. This has several significant advantages. When you are working with a digital audio workstation or you are processing audio in a modern studio, your signal is digital. The 2029A Digital allows you to listen to what you have in your digital format.
4. Installation Contents of Genelec 2029A Digital delivery package Please make sure that you can identify these parts. 1. Two loudspeakers 2. Two mains cables. 3. One interconnect cable, with male XLR connectors on both ends. 4. A user manual After unpacking, check that the mains voltage selector (see figure 2) is correctly set and place the loudspeakers at their listening position, taking note of the listening axis (see figure 1).
How to set up Genelec 1091A subwoofer A standard Genelec 1091A subwoofer package contains cables to connect to both 2029A Digital units. The cables have 1/4" (6mm) plugs that connect to the 2029A Digital units (see figure 5). On each 2029A Digital, flip the tone control switch number 2 to "ON" position. This is the right setting when the subwoofer 1091A is used. Setting tone controls Figure 3.
Speaker Mounting Position Treble Tilt (Switch 1) Bass Tilt (Switches 3 & 4) Bass Roll-Off (Switch 2) Flat Anechoic Response OFF OFF OFF Free standing in a damped room OFF OFF OFF Free standing in a reverberant room OFF -2dB (Switch 3 ON, switch 4 OFF) OFF Near field on a console bridge OFF -4dB (Switch 4 ON, switch 3 OFF) OFF Near to a wall OFF -6 dB (Switches 3 and 4 ON) OFF With the 1091A subwoofer See above settings See above settings ON be used in conjunction with the wall ha
Figure 9: The effect of 'treble tilt', 'bass tilt' and 'bass roll-off' controls in free field. SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS Lower cut-off frequency, -3 dB: < 68 Hz Upper cut-off frequency, -3 dB: > 20 kHz Figure 10: Horizontal directivity characteristics and power response of 2029A Digital in its vertical configuration measured at 1m in free field.
