Manual

Zapco Digital – Functions and Control
The Zapco DSP-Z8 is a stand-alone eight channel Digital Signal Processor. It has all
the DSP functions of the Reference Digital amps, but, as a stand-alone piece, it brings
the world of Zapco Digital to any amplifier.
The RCA inputs allow you to use the DSP-Z8 with any after market head unit, and
two auxiliary inputs allow an extra input by either RCA or SPDIF Digital. The DSP-Z8 and
all Zapco DC Series amplifiers will also accept balanced speaker level signals from a
factory amplified system to add high-end sound to factory stereos.
The Zapco Digital functions include Input Sensitivity, Output Gain, Crossover,
Equalization, and Time Delay. Each Reference Digital piece also has an Input Commutator
that allows any input to be assigned to any output. The Commutator also allows input
pairs to be summed for a 2-channel mono input to any output channel. In addition, you
can combine input channels together to sum their signals for integrating actively crossed
over signals to a single full range signal. All DSP functions may be applied to each channel
independently or they may be applied in stereo pairs.
Control : Zapco provides two options options for control of the Zapco Digital products.
Processing control:Load the program included with your digital product into a PC and
program all functions directly from the programming screen. You will find all functions on
a single, easy to use, screen.
The other Zapco Digital control option is the Z8-R remote. The Z8-R is a small in-dash
control designed primarilly for the DSP-Z8. The Z8-R provides Volume up/down, Memory
The PC Program
A program disk was included with your Digital Reference Amplifier. The program will work
on any Windows OS from 95 forward. The installation is fast and straightforward and will
auto-load right from the disk.
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selection and Input selectioin so the you will have a volume control for a full gain digital
input. While it will work as remote volume and memory select for a DC amplifier it will only
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on the amp it is plugged directly into.