Sensitivity Adjustment; Tone Controls - Genelec 8010A Operating Manual

Monitor Mounting Environment
Flat anechoic response
Free standing in a damped room
Free standing in a reverberant room
Near to a wall
Near field on a reflective surface
In a corner or a cabinet
Table 1: Suggested tone control settings for various acoustical environments
When all audio connections are completed,
connect the monitors to mains with the supplied
mains cables. They will switch on automatically.
ISS Autostart function
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The signal sensing Autostart function of the
8010A powers it up when playback begins. Au-
tomatic powering down to standby mode hap-
pens after the playback has ended. The power
consumption in standby mode is less than 0.5
watts. The monitor will automatically and rapidly
start up once an input signal is detected.
There is a slight delay in the automatic
powering up. If this is undesirable, the ISS
function can be disabled by setting the "ISS
DISABLE" switch on the back panel to "ON"
position. In this mode, the monitor is powered
on and off using the power switch on the back
panel.

Sensitivity adjustment

The input sensitivity (playback level) of the
8010A has two alternative settings, normal and
-10 dB. The normal setting is factory default
and the lower, -10 dB setting can be selected by
turning the "SENSITIVITY -10 dB" switch on the
Desktop
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON (-4 dB @ 200 Hz)
OFF
back panel to "ON". The output levels are 100 dB
@ -6dBu and 90 dB @ -6 dBu respectively. Choose
the setting that gives the desired playback level
and good resolution of the volume control.

Tone controls

The frequency response of the Genelec 8010A
can be adjusted to match the acoustic envi-
ronment by setting the tone control switches
on the rear panel. The controls are "Bass Tilt"
and "Desktop". Table 1 shows some examples
of typical settings in various situations. Figure 4
shows the effect of the controls on the anechoic
response.
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Start adjustment by setting all switches to
"OFF" position. Measure or listen systematically
through the different combinations of settings to
find the best frequency balance.
Bass Tilt
The Bass Tilt control offers three attenuation lev-
els for the bass response of the monitor, usually
necessary when the monitors are placed near a
wall or other room boundaries. The attenuation
levels are -2 dB (switch 1 "ON"), -4 dB (switch 2
"ON") and -6 dB (both switches "ON").
Bass Tilt
OFF
OFF
-2 dB
-4 dB
-2 dB
-6 dB
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