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Child Theater / Sub Theater
You may optionally create alternate speaker
definitions in your theater with some restrictions.
For example, if you wish to have music playing
before the movie plays before everyone is seated
and quiet, you might only want that music playing
from the overhead speakers so as not to interfere
with conversation. In this case, you can define a
child theater so that stereo left/right audio is played
only through the top speakers (as in the example
above).
Child theaters behave just like zones or main
theaters in that they can be selected as outputs,
programmed into presets and can have multiple
profiles.
Note that though multiple Child theaters can be
designed per main theater, signal assignment is
common to all.
1. Create Child
From the Main Speakers page, Edit your theater.
Click Create Child. A window will appear with a
list of loudspeaker names and their channel ID.
2. Zone Signal
For each loudspeaker, select the signal to be
played. You may choose Stereo Left, Stereo
Right, Mono, or None. Subwoofer channels can
play Subwoofer signal or None.
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3. Keep Dirac Profile
If you have created a Dirac profile for the parent
theater, you have the option to retain that
calibration for the child theater.
4. Save/Close
Save when done, or Close to cancel.
5. Bass Management / Delay Level Phase
Child theaters have comparably limited options
compared to full theaters. If a child theater
includes a subwoofer channel, the full range
channels are forced to small. In this case, you
can adjust the crossover frequency, slope and
subwoofer subsonic filter. If no subwoofer
channel is enabled for the child theater, the
main channels are forced to large. No Expert
Bass Management is available for Child
Theaters.
Zones
Zones are mono or stereo, and with or without
video output or can be dedicated to headphone
playback when used with an external headphone
amplifier like the BHA-1. Stereo Audio/Video and
Headphone Zones include provisions for adjusting
lip sync. Audio only zones do not. Zones occupy
unused channels and can play concurrently with
a theater or without one. Note that system wide,
only one input may be selected at once. That is, you
may not have different content playing to a zone
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