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Focal ELECTRA HI-FI OPTION User Manual

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FOCAL ELECTRA
HI-FI OPTION
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DS 3 CROSSBACK

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL FOCAL ELECTRA HI-FI OPTION ® DS 3 CROSSBACK...
  • Page 2 DS Automobiles and Focal share a set of powerful values The teams from the car brand and Focal have been working centred around exceptional products, with the aim of offering together since the conception of the DS 3 CROSSBACK a unique experience that blends technology with elegance.
  • Page 3 Introduction P. 2 Description of the FOCAL ELECTRA HI-FI system P. 4 ® Format quality and play modes P. 5 Accessing the Audio settings P. 7 The FOCAL ELECTRA sound signature nominal settings P. 8 ® Using the interface – Ambience tab P.

  • Page 4: Key Poi Nts

    HIFI AUDIO SYSTEM ® KEY POI NTS Designed by DS Automobiles and Focal engineers, the FOCAL ELECTRA system will have driver and passenger(s) hooked from the moment the ® music starts...With 515 watts of power and 12 speaker drivers ideally positioned around the cabin, the system delivers a rich, chiselled sound.
  • Page 5 Low quality: MP3 encoded at a slower rate than 256 Kbps (for example, 96 Kb/128 Kbps). • Average quality: MP3 encoded between 256 and 320 Kbps. A 320 Kbps MP3 is enough to allow listeners to enjoy the qualities offered by the FOCAL ELECTRA Hi-Fi system. ®...
  • Page 6 If you use a music streaming subscription, select the better quality, high-speed offers with no destructive compression, which are now available on the market. Focal and DS Automobiles recommend the following playlists to test a panel of varied audio tracks, demonstrating the main benefits of the FOCAL ELECTRA Hi-Fi system.
  • Page 7 ACCESSING AUDIO SETTINGS To access the sound modification screens, from the screen for the source currently playing, press OPTIONS: Then Audio Settings:...

  • Page 8: Nominal Settings

    Note that the audio setting is unique to each media source used. You access the audio settings screen, which contains two main tabs: Ambience and Balance. These are the two main tabs that allow you to control the sound signature of your FOCAL ELECTRA system.
  • Page 9 Using an audio system in a car setting can also vary depending on expectations and uses. This is why Focal and DS wanted all drivers to be able to customise their experience to their personal tastes using the multimedia system interface.

  • Page 10: Ope Rat Ingt H E Int E Rface

    OPE RAT ING T H E INT E RFACE AMBIENCE TAB: By pressing Ambience, you can choose the type of spectral balance. The ‘Custom’ mode corresponds to a setting that can be changed using the three ranges: Bass/Mid-range/Treble. In addition to the ‘Custom’ ambience allowing you to configure your own settings, five equaliser Ambiences are pre-set and can be accessed using the drop-down menu: •...
  • Page 11 For reference, here are the spectral corrections applied by each of the pre-set ambiences: Classique Classical Jazz-Blues Pop-Rock Vocal Techno 1000 10000 Fréquence (Hz) Frequency (Hz)
  • Page 12 OPE RAT ING T H E INT E RFACE BALANCE TAB: By pressing ‘All passengers’ (default), you access a drop-down menu of pre-defined audio balance settings. NB: these settings are different to those you can change using the Balance/Fader arrows located on the right of the screen. There are three pre-defined balance settings, which can be accessed via the drop-down menu: •...
  • Page 13 • All passengers Select this mode when there are several people in the vehicle. Audio settings are optimised so that all passengers enjoy the best sound image and texture. • Driver Select this mode when you are alone in the car. Audio settings are optimised for a sound image positioning and balance focused on the driving seat.
  • Page 14 INCREASED SOUND IMMERSION: Some people are particularly sensitive to the distribution of power in the space and prefer more sound immersion, coming from the rear of the vehicle. The FOCAL ELECTRA nominal sound signature can be customised to achieve this: ®...
  • Page 15 With this setting, the front passengers will have a very immersive listening experience, but the rear passengers less so. We advise this type of setting for very monophonic radio stations, for example.
  • Page 16 OPTIMISATION - GOING FURT HER LESS SOUND IMMERSION / A VERY FRONTAL SOUNDSTAGE Conversely, some people want a very Hi-Fi, frontal listening experience with very precise source and voice positioning and a very tight focus.
  • Page 17 One or two fader notches to the front (i.e. the arrows symbolising the power displacement on the picture of the seats in the balance tab). DS AUTOMOBILES AND FOCAL WISH YOU AN EXCELLENT MUSIC EXPERIENCE IN YOUR DS 3 CROSSBACK EQUIPPED WITH THE BEST FOCAL ELECTRA HI-FI TECHNOLOGY.
  • Page 20 ® For development purposes, Focal-JMlab® reserves the right to modify the technical specifications of its products without prior notice. Non-contractual photos - Photos by L’Atelier Sylvain Madelon Photos DS : © DS Automobiles / PROD, DS Automobile / William Crozes, DS Automobile / Jérôme Lejeune, DS Automobile.