Monitor Settings - Genelec 6010A Setup Manual

An ideal 5.1 setup.
Correct monitor
placement
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LS LS
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Basics of system setup.
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-10° -10°
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Monitor settings

Set the sensitivity control on all speakers clockwise
Step 1
to full (-6 dBu) to begin with.
More information can be found in the operating
manual of your product.
Input sensitivity
control
If you use an acoustic measurement device like
Step 2
RoomEQ Wizard, measure ear height at the listening
position. Analyse the results and adjust DIP-switches
to achieve as fl at and similar frequency response as
possible in each monitor.
ON
OFF
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If you have a large horizontal surface in front of the
Step 3
monitors, a boost around 160 Hz boost typically
occurs. Some Genelec monitors have a desktop
control DIP switch, which compensates the 160 Hz
boost by -4 dB.
dB
Desktop control
DIP switch
4 dB @ 160 Hz
Monitor setup guide
SENSITIVITY FOR
100 dB SPL @ 1 m
0
+3
-3
+6
-4
+12 -6
dBu
2 2 3 4 4
ON
OFF
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frequency
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