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ADVANCED
MANUAL
Revision 1.5c
Update for:
• Bit One.1
• Pc Software 1.5
• Bit One Firmware 1.5.0.0
• DRC Firmware 1.50
• Accessories: SFC / DRC cable extension Kit
• Instruction for Windows 7 installation
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  • Page 1 ADVANCED MANUAL Revision 1.5c Update for: • Bit One.1 • Pc Software 1.5 • Bit One Firmware 1.5.0.0 • DRC Firmware 1.50 • Accessories: SFC / DRC cable extension Kit • Instruction for Windows 7 installation www.audison.eu...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    10.2 Background noise ........................... 47 10.3 Firmware upgrade - Rescue Mode ....................47 11. STARTING UP THE BIT ONE SOFTWARE IN TARGET MODE IN FINALIZED BIT ONES ..... 51 12. DRC - DIGITAL REMOTE CONTROL ..................... 52 12.1 Phone Call ............................

  • Page 3: Product Description

    Bit One will send back a linearized signal. The Bit One features 21 signal inputs; 8 Hi-Level, 1 Phone, 6 Low-Level, 4 Aux, 1 Optical Digital, 1 Coax Digital. It provides 8 PRE OUT analog or digital outputs.

  • Page 4: Bit One And Drc Installation

    ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / 3. BIT ONE AND DRC INSTALLATION BIT ONE: External dimensions 225 mm / 8,85” 201 mm / 7,91” Mounting dimensions 4.2 x 38 mm DRC: (provided) How to install the DRC 35 mm / 1.38”...

  • Page 5: Connection Panels - Description

    Ch1 features AUTO TURN ON (ART), providing the ability to automatically turn on/off the Bit One through the connection with the source speaker outputs. In the Bit One.1 version (check label on the bottom of the product) this feature can be disabled (see section 5.5.1).

  • Page 6: Output Signal

    Bit One must be switched on before the amplifiers connected edit are turned on. It’s necessary to connect the sources Remote Out to the Bit One Remote In and then the Bit One Remote Out to the Remote In of the...

  • Page 7: Connections

    Through the KEY SWITCH ON OFF. Every time you turn on / off the car ignition key, the Bit One will turn on / off. If this control is used, KEY SWITCH MEM can not be used.

  • Page 8: Low Level And Digital Input Signals

    If digital signals at frequency 75 ohm coax cable higher than 48 kHz (96 - 192 kHz) are supplied, the Bit One locks up. In that case, turn the Bit One off, supply the adequate signal and turn it on again.

  • Page 9: High Level Input Signals

    Signal phone call is finished. Mute: Bit One off. It turns the Bit One on. When a phone call is received, the phone ringing tone is audible after around 9 seconds. Once the phone call is finished, the Bit One turns off.

  • Page 10: Output Signals

    ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / OUTPUT SIGNALS AMPS 1 - AC Link - 2 ADLINK-OUT / ACLINK 2 - AMPS OUTPUT TO AN AMPLIFIERS SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH ADLINK AND ACLINK CONNECTION (THESIS TH) (see section 8.4.7) BIT ONE ACLink...

  • Page 11: Bit One Software And Drivers - Installation Guide

    6. BIT ONE SOFTWARE AND DRIVERS - INSTALLATION GUIDE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE Insert the “Bit One Setup 1.5 CD” into the CD-Player of the PC you are going to use. Windows XP: select “My Computer” from the Windows START menu;...
  • Page 12 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / Windows XP: select NEXT to go on with the installation, CANCEL to interrupt it; Windows Vista: select NEXT to go on with the installation, CANCEL to interrupt it; Windows 7: select NEXT to go on with the installation, CANCEL to interrupt it;...

  • Page 13: Drivers Installation Guide

    Windows 7: go on and complete the installation procedure, then click on CLOSE to exit the installation; The Bit One PC software is now installed in your system. Leave the “Bit One Setup 1.5 CD” in the CD-Player and proceed with the installation of the Drivers as detailed out in the following chapter 6.2.
  • Page 14 Windows XP: select “Install software automatically” then click on “Next”; Windows Vista: click on “Next”; Windows 7: click the “Browse“ button to locate the setup CD, select the CD “Bit One V_15”, click on “OK”, then on “Next”; Windows Vista...
  • Page 15 Windows XP: select “Install software automatically” then click on “Next”; Windows Vista: click on “Next”; Windows 7: click the “Browse “ button to locate the setup CD, select the CD “Bit One V_15”, click on “OK”, then on “Next”; Windows XP...
  • Page 16 If the procedure was successfully completed, the system will notify you that the driver installation has been completed. Windows XP: click on “Finish”; Windows Vista: click on “Close”; Windows 7: click on “Close”; Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 The installation of the Bit One software and driver is now completed (see section...

  • Page 17: Troubleshooting Section For Software Installation

    • If the DRC display shows the message “PC control - DRC is disabled”: In this case the PC is correctly initializing the ACLink bus but the fault is in the Bit One. Exit the program on the PC, turn the Bit One off then on again, then try reconnecting.

  • Page 18: Bit One Software And Drivers Uninstallation Guide

    BIT ONE SOFTWARE UNINSTALL Automatic procedure (available only on the 1.5 Software version) To uninstall the Bit One PC software you can use the link listed on the menu: Start / All Programs / bit one 1.5 / uninstall. Manual procedure (available only on the 1.5 Software version)

  • Page 19: How To Uninstall The Drivers With Windows Vista

    ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / HOW TO UNINSTALL THE DRIVERS WITH WINDOWS VISTA DO NOT turn the Bit One off and DO NOT disconnect the USB plug; Open Control Panel and click on Hardware and Sound; Click on Device Manager;...

  • Page 20: How To Uninstall The Drivers With Windows 7

    Audison AC-Link Interface and select Uninstall; Click on OK when you are asked to confirm the device uninstall; Disconnect the USB plug, turn the Bit One off, then turn it on again and connect back the USB plug. Repeat the installation procedure...

  • Page 21: How To Connect The Bit One To The Pc

    In this case even if the Bit One processor is connected to the PC, it does not interact with the software. The OFFLINE mode can be used to work on the software without connecting the Bit One to the PC to get familiar with the processor multiple functions.

  • Page 22: Starting Up The Bit One Software In Target Mode - Warnings

    Fig.3 TARGET MODE In this case the Bit One processor has to be connected to the PC and turned on, otherwise the software won’t even show the TARGET entry as selectable on the start up window. At this point you need to have in mind the system you want to realize beforehand, since from this moment if you want to change any of the settings you will have to go through the guided procedure all over again.

  • Page 23: Selecting The Master Mode Low Level Inputs

    80% of its maximum excursion. If the head-unit output level is set at a lower level the Bit One will produce a ground noise (hissing sound). Should such noise come from the Bit One during...
  • Page 24 From this point on follows a simulation of a system made up of: - 3-way Front/ - 2-way Rear / - 2-way centerl / - mono Sub. The Bit One features 8 output channels. To multi-amplify Here it is how the Bit One software shows...
  • Page 25 Press NEXT to go ahead with the set-up procedure. Press CANCEL to exit the program. Processor outputs (Ch1÷Ch8) allocation The Bit One features 8 output channels. On this specific step of the procedure, any signal can be assigned to each output channel.
  • Page 26 The Bit One software provides the ability to de-equalize a Low Level signal. You have to connect the signal to the Low Level inputs and select on the Bit One software the high level inputs as type of inputs used .

  • Page 27: Selecting The Master Mode High Level Inputs

    Press NEXT to go ahead with the set-up procedure. Press CANCEL to exit the program. Remark: calibration is absolutely required to adapt the Bit One inputs sensitivity to the signal coming from the source. WARNING: the head-unit level must be elevated to the maximum undistorted level.
  • Page 28 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / Screen image sequence POSSIBLE ERROR MESSAGE “Input level too low“ Should the procedure get interrupted during the calibration with the above message showing up, check if the signal or its level is present on the indicated corresponding channel.
  • Page 29 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / Screen image sequence De-equalization Through a real-time progress bar and specific messages the software shows how the procedure is being executed. Once the procedure is completed, the window will show the message “Press Next to Continue”.

  • Page 30: How To Setup The Bit One With The Pc

    Take your time to get familiar with the possibilities this software offers. The settings you can set through the Bit One have immediate effect on the signal and, if they have not been made with proper attention, they may result in damage to the speakers in your system.

  • Page 31: Main Menu File

    - Click NO to interrupt the process. WARNING: before disconnecting the Bit One from the PC or each time that you exit the PC Software after modifying the system configuration always run the Finalize to Bit One procedure. If you do not follow these instructions all the data entered will be lost.

  • Page 32: Main Menu Config

    Check for updates: by connecting to the web site “ http://update.audison.eu ”, it checks if any software/ firmware updates of the Bit One or the DRC are present, to be able to update the Bit One and DRC you are using see section 10.3.6...
  • Page 33 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / External Source: it provides the ability to enable or disable auxiliary sources that have not been or have been selected while performing the setup , without (see section 8.3.2) repeating the auto-setup operation (see section 9.9.2)

  • Page 34: Channel Map

    ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / CHANNEL MAP This window displays the identification names given to the eight output channels of the Bit One. This window is active, you can click on it to manage each channel that, once selected, will show as highlighted.

  • Page 35: Filter Settings

    ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / FILTER SETTINGS The Bit One runs eight crossovers, one per each output channel. Each filter allows the setting of the parameters related to the channel highlighted on the Channel Map. Xover L/R Link: if this field is activated, the modifications applied to one of the channels (right or left) will automatically be applied also to the other one.
  • Page 36 - Lo-P Slope 12/24/36/48 dB/Oct. (Linkwitz) 6/12/18/24/30/36/42/48 dB/Oct. (Butterworth) When starting up the software, the Bit One offers Linkwitz with 12 dB/oct slope as default slope. By changing the slope, the change will be applied only to the channel you are working on.

  • Page 37: Display And Settings

    Fig.8 The window “Selected Input“ will show the source that is active while the Bit One is connected to the PC. The source can be changed by clicking on the Ext. Source EQ tab on the top, selecting the desired source (see section 9.9).

  • Page 38: Ext. Source Eq

    Also, the selected input automatically Fig.2 lights up in the two Bit One images on the top. See point n. 3. If during the setup no external sources have been selected, they can be added or removed as follows: select the “Config / External Source”...
  • Page 39 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / This window shows a 31 band graphic equalizer for each source AUX1 / AUX 2 / PHONE / OPTICAL S / PIDIF; it provides the ability to equalize the auxiliary sources on the input. In order to know how this equalizer can be used, see section 9.12.

  • Page 40: Set Distance And Delay

    DELAY ms/default It displays the time in ms (milliseconds) calculated according to the distance. DELAY ms/fine set The calculation system of the Bit One time delays lets you also perform a manual fine-adjustment. Preliminary remarks Fine set and Phase Delay The delay assignment according to the distance calculation is theoretical.
  • Page 41 WARNING: if, once you have set the distances comparing to the “driver” listening point you click on the “passenger” listening point, the Bit One won’t re-calculate the delays compared to the new reference point because the buttons available in the SELECT A CHANNEL diagram are merely descriptive and their only...

  • Page 42: Output Level

    (2) affects the system signal / noise ratio (whistle / background hiss). We recommend that you always set the Bit One output level at high level and the amplifiers’ sensitivity at low level, so the amplifiers will be less affected by noises / background hisses.

  • Page 43: Grafic Equalizer

    9.12 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER The Bit One software features 31-bands, ± 12 dB graphic equalizer for each system channel. In compliance with the ISO requirements, frequencies are equally spaced at 1/3 Oct. from 20 to 20kHz. The equalizer works according to the chosen functioning mode.

  • Page 44: Dynamic Equalization Wizard

    The Wizard will offer a set of screenshots to set the equalization to apply on the general frequency response. The Bit One will automatically perform a gradual interpolation of the data, following the signal level and so acting according to the system listening volume.
  • Page 45 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / The semi-automatic procedure continues requesting to set the reference listening volume level to high. Set the Volume cursor adjusting it at the desired level. Fig.6 Once you have adjusted the cursor, press the START button.

  • Page 46: Memory

    - the selected MASTER inputs; - the selected output channels; - the equalizations on the external source input signal (if entered); Since these data refer to the Bit One Setup and they are not supposed to change during the tuning process.

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting

    Bit One does not connect to PC software - If, while tuning the system with the PC connect to the Bit One, the device is switched off and then on again, the connection is lost and the software can not “finalize” the selected setup. If you don’t want to lose the modifications and setup previously selected, proceed as per the following steps: a- save the setup as a file on the PC using the function: FILE / SAVE SETUP;...
  • Page 48 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / Select the entry “Check for Updates” from the “File” menu; the internet browser installed in your PC will open up and it will automatically search for the URL: http://update.audison.eu; WARNING: you have to manually download the files from the above website.
  • Page 49 USB accidentally disconnects during the update), you need to contact our Customer Service for further support as the DRC memory reprogramming may be necessary. Before starting the Bit One update, the software will offer the following warnings: - do not disconnect “bit one”...
  • Page 50 Click “YES”. Exit the program, by clicking on CANCEL; then turn the Bit One off. Turn the Bit One on. Launch the Bit One PC Software v. 1.5 and proceed clicking on “Next”, following the standard setup and inputs/outputs setting procedure...

  • Page 51: Starting Up The Bit One Software In Target Mode In Finalized Bit Ones

    Should you need to reconnect the software to any set up processor, you won’t need to repeat the steps described in the guided set up procedure. These operations will be repeated only if you want to set the Bit One processor with a system of inputs/outputs different from those available in the Bit One memory.

  • Page 52: Drc - Digital Remote Control

    PC software. When the Bit One is set up through the PC, the DRC can stay connected but its display will show the message “PC control - DRC is disabled”. Once the set up is completed, you must use the DRC.

  • Page 53: Phone Call

    MUTE impulse when receiving a phone call. The DRC display will show the message shown on the right, the Bit One will set the source selected in that moment to muting, reproducing the signal coming from the PHONE input.

  • Page 54: Bypassing The Drc

    (for example because the PC locks up, or a supply voltage drop occurs to the Bit One or to the TH amplifier, or the USB accidentally disconnects during the firmware upgrade), you need to contact our Customer Service for further support as...
  • Page 55 (Bit One or AC Link Interface for TH amplifiers) using a USB cable. Turn on the Bit One or the TH amplifier, so that the DRC is on. Launch the software “DRC_upgrade_firmware_1.50.exe”. Wait for the PC to synchronize with the DRC ( scanning for devices).
  • Page 56 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / A pop-up dialog box showing the message “upgrade completed” will appear. Click on “OK”. Click on “Quit” to close the DRC Upgrade Software...

  • Page 57: Accessories

    SFC goes into “Mute” status not to damage the devices connected to its outputs. SFC features two outputs: one coaxial electrical (75 Ω) and another optical (TOSLINK). Both the outputs are active and if using the BIT ONE only one output has to be connected to it. CONNECTION PATTERN: L’SFC offers two power supply connections;...

  • Page 58: Drc Cable Extension Kit

    ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / 13.2 DRC CABLE EXTENSION KIT It is a kit composed of a cable and an adapter allowing a 2 mt / 78,74” additional extension of the cable supplied with the DRC. This extension becomes necessary in installations on particularly long vehicles such as the big SUV’s.

  • Page 59: Technical Specifications

    ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / 14. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply Voltage 11 ÷ 15 VDC Idling current 0.45 A Switched off without DRC <0.5 mA Switched off with DRC <1.8 mA Remote IN voltage 7 ÷ 15 VDC (1.3 mA)
  • Page 60 ADVANCED MANUAL / Bit One / www.audison.eu audison is a part of elettromedia - 62018 Potenza Picena (MC) Italy - www.elettromedia.it...

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