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  • Page 1 SET UP igital Servo User’s Manual igital Servo DS-10...
  • Page 2 Enjoy. We here at Velodyne want to thank you for selecting our product. Get ready to experience the highest quality and amazing low-distortion bass that Velodyne is world famous for. Relax as you enhance your home entertainment experience with our easy setup instructions.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    S A F E T Y N O T I C E S P A R T F O U R - T V S C R E E N U S E R I N T R O D U C T I O N I N T E R F A C E F O R O P T I M I Z A T I O N Read What You Need To TV Screen Interface...
  • Page 4 SAFETY NOTICES igital Servo User’s Manual SAFETY NOTICES CAUTIOn: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. THE LIgHTnIng FLASH WITH ARROWHEAD SyMBOL is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
  • Page 5 SAFETY NOTICES igital Servo User’s Manual 12. POWER-CORD PROTECTION — Power-supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them, paying particular attention to cords at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point at which they exit from the product.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Servo User’s Manual You’ve just unpacked your Digital Servo-10 (DS-10); an advanced and great sounding subwoofer. Velodyne designed the DS-10 to integrate with a wide variety of audio systems. The DS-10 integrates with systems consisting of classic turntables and analog amplifiers to those with surround sound processors and digital media players.

  • Page 7: Manual Conventions

    INTRODUCTION igital Servo User’s Manual PaRt thRee – oPtimize • To help you choose the DS-10 optimization option that is right for you. • You are unfamiliar with the DS-10 optimization options for getting the best bass response for your listening room and preferences. •...
  • Page 8 PART ONE — OPERATE igital Servo User’s Manual iNtRoduCtioN This part of this manual describes how to operate your DS-10 subwoofer and its remote control, including: • The subwoofer’s front and back panel controls and connectors. • The remote control functions. •...

  • Page 9: Controls & Connections

    PART ONE — OPERATE igital Servo User’s Manual CoNtRolS & CoNNeCtioNS The subwoofer is set up, configured and adjusted by the controls, inputs and connections located on the back and front panels of the subwoofer and the remote. Figures 1, 2 and 3 show the location of each of these important operational interfaces. Brief descriptions of each interface are below.

  • Page 10: Cabinet Back Panel

    CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS igital Servo User’s Manual Figure 2: Subwoofer Cabinet back Panel [ 7 ]...

  • Page 11: Remote Control

    K. ExTERnAL REMOTE: Allows for preamp amplifies this signal to use as Connect LFE or left and right balanced hook-up of the optional Velodyne the audio input to satellite speakers. XLR inputs from your receiver or remote control receiver. With the processor.
  • Page 12 CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS igital Servo User’s Manual The Velodyne DS-10 remote control allows you to: • Select listening presets and night mode. • Adjust the subwoofer volume. • Self-EQ. • Set up, adjust and reset your subwoofer when connected to a TV.
  • Page 13 CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS igital Servo User’s Manual Listening Controls Other Controls Optimization Controls for EQ Set Up Using a TV Screen A. MUTE: Mutes and unmutes the : Toggles the subwoofer between subwoofer. You can use this to toggle active and standby modes if power I.

  • Page 14: Audio Presets

    FEATURES igital Servo User’s Manual FeatuReS The subwoofer comes with six audio presets, five of which are pre-programmed at the factory. The preset or preset’s numbers and their corresponding labels on the remote are shown in the table below. • Presets 1, 2, 3 and 5 are shipped from the factory with predetermined settings. •...

  • Page 15: Light Mode

    If the subwoofer will be left inactive for a period of greater than 5 days, Velodyne recommends setting the power switch to OFF. 12V Trigger Power Mode: • In the 12V trigger mode, the subwoofer turns on with a 12V source (from a controlling receiver) at its RS-232 input.
  • Page 16 FEATURES igital Servo User’s Manual The overdrive protection circuitry operates constantly without being audible under most situations. If the subwoofer should shut down, reduce the volume setting and shut the subwoofer off until it cools down. The time the subwoofer takes to cool down depends on the ambient room temperature, but typically at least 10 minutes are required for the subwoofer to cool down and recover from the thermal shutdown.
  • Page 17 FEATURES igital Servo User’s Manual The serial commands are shown below. RS-232 SERIAL COmmANDS Activity Command Format Acceptable n Values Examples Comments Volume #VOnn$ 00-99 #VO25$, Sets volume to a value #VO+$ #VO+$ Increments volume up #VO-$ #VO-$ Increments volume down #VO?$ #VO?$ Requests current volume setting...
  • Page 18 PART TWO — CONNECT igital Servo User’s Manual ImPORTANT: DO NOT Connect the DS-10 using Dual Inputs. DO NOT connect using the dual inputs of line-level RCA and speaker-level either for dual connections to a single system or for dual systems. Connecting both inputs will damage the DS-10. RCA LFE Connection: XLR LFE Connection: [ 15 ]...
  • Page 19 CONNECT igital Servo User’s Manual Left & Right RCA Connection: [ 16 ]...
  • Page 20 CONNECT igital Servo User’s Manual Left & Right Speaker Level Connection: Note: be sure to connect + to + and - to -. do not leave any wire strands loose at the connection. The 12V Trigger Connection requires a 12V trigger signal (polarity irrelevant) across pins 7 and 9 of the RS-323 INPUT connector. [ 17 ]...

  • Page 21: Place & Play

    You choose what is right for you although Velodyne recommends Auto-EQ as it automatically gives you great sounding bass in about 5 minutes (not including setup time) and doesn’t require you to install and use the Velodyne-authored TV-screen interface to manually modify...

  • Page 22: Choose Optimization Method & Options

    OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual ChooSe oPtimizatioN method & oPtioNS With DS-10 you choose the level of subwoofer performance optimization that is right for you. The optimization level determines what options the Auto-EQ system optimizes foru se the table below to choose an optimization level. Below the table are short explanations of what you can optimize for;...

  • Page 23: Optimization Options

    OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual oPtimizatioN oPtioNS You might prefer to have a different bass sound and feel that depends on the type of audio you’re listening to. For example, if you’re gaming versus if you’re watching a movie. Having presets that are accessible on the remote control allows you to easily optimize for these different audio genres without any additional setup by you.
  • Page 24 OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual If you want to use the ”Crawl Test”, do so before performing any of the optimization methods. Room placement is one step to equalize the subwoofer(s) to the room. Subwoofers operate at extremely low frequencies, which are primarily omni-directional.

  • Page 25: Optimization Parameters (Eq)

    OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual oPtimizatioN PaRameteRS (eQ) The following table describes the subwoofer EQ parameters that are either automatically configured with Auto-EQ and/or Self-EQ. All of these parameters can be manually customized by you using the Manual-EQ method. EQ Parameter Set with Set with Description...
  • Page 26 OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual EQ Parameter Set with Set with Description Auto-EQ Self-EQ Typically, during Manual-EQ these parameters are the same for all the presets. However if your media is so demanding and varied for different listening modes, you might want to set these filters individually for each preset.
  • Page 27 OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual EQ Parameter Set with Set with Description Auto-EQ Self-EQ Contour Frequency Frequency that can be set in increments of 1 Hz between 15 Hz and 200 Hz to boost or cut the signal (contour) of your subwoofer‘s frequency response at that frequency.

  • Page 28: Optimization Parameters (Parametric)

    OPTImIZATION PARAmETERS igital Servo User’s Manual oPtimizatioN PaRameteRS (PaRametRiC) The following table describes the three parameters of the eight EQ filters that can be adjusted during the optimization process of the DS-10 subwoofer. The parametric filters can help you to achieve better room equalization. Although the Auto-EQ and Self-EQ optimization processes automatically adjust the level of the preset parametric filters, only the Manual-EQ allows adjustment of the frequency and bandwidth, as well as level of these filters.
  • Page 29 EQUALIZATION WITH SURROUND SOUND SYSTEmS igital Servo User’s Manual Most surround sound systems also perform an automatic optimization of your system. You probably have already done this for your existing system. When you add in the DS-10 subwoofer, we recommend you: 1.
  • Page 30 TV screen interface. For your convenience, Velodyne provides the following interface for performing optimizations: TV Screen Display and Remote Control Commands: This combination is often referred to by the shorter name of TV Screen interface because settings and command choices are shown on your TV screen.
  • Page 31 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual Figure 1: introductory Screen On the remote, if you press MUTE to mute the subwoofer or NIGHT to go to night mode, these settings are also displayed on the Introductory screen as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2: introductory Screen with Night mode and Subwoofer mute The Introductory screen also shows the current power status –...
  • Page 32 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual From the Introductory screen you can get to the System Response screen that is used to display the frequency response graph for the subwoofer’s output by pushing 1-2-3-4-5 on the remote. See Figure 3. See the Remote Control Button Sequence Commands table later in this section for this and other button sequences.
  • Page 33 You use the remote control to adjust the settings of the subwoofer. You perform all the setup functions using the buttons on the Velodyne-supplied remote control and see the results on your TV screen. These controls are described later. When using the on TV screen controls: •...
  • Page 34 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual Introductory screen. Remote Control Button Sequence Commands for TV-based Interface Command Button Sequence Description Go to System Response screen 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 On the Introductory screen Self-EQ 3 –...
  • Page 35 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual Figure 6: System Response Screen To get to the System Settings screen: 1. On the System Response screen, navigate the cursor to the nExT field. 2. Press SELECT on remote. 3. The System Settings screen appears as shown in Figure 7. Figure 7: System Settings Screen Before modifying any of the individual preset settings, lock the Setup preset.
  • Page 36 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual changed after setting up your subwoofer. To lock the Setup preset: 1. On the System Settings screen position the cursor over UNLOCKED. 2. Press SELECT on the remote. 3. LOCKED appears on the screen as shown in Figure 8. Figure 8: System Settings Screen lock Setup Preset To restore the factory defaults for all the EQ settings: On the Introductory screen, press 8-9-0 on the remote.
  • Page 37 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual previously. To save optimization settings: 1. Press the ExIT button on the remote, or position the cursor over the SAVE/ExIT field on either the System Settings screen or the System Response screen. 2.
  • Page 38 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual You can modify the preset parameters on the System Settings screen. See the optimization Parameters (eQ) and optimization Parameters (Parametric) section of this manual for a detailed explanation of the preset parameter settings that you can modify. 1) Go to the System Settings screen.
  • Page 39 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual 4. Use the L, M, remote keys to navigate to the SAVE/ExIT field and save per the Save Settings instruction above. You can use the parametric equalizer parameters to achieve better room equalization. To use the parametric EQ feature: 1.
  • Page 40 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual Figure 14: System Response Screen modified 63 hz eQ 5. To unselect the EQ, press SELECT again. 6. Use to position the cursor on another EQ, if desired, and repeat Step 3, until the room is equalized. Don’t put more than one EQ at one frequency.
  • Page 41 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual Figure 15: System Response Screen with Self-eQ Selected 8) You can watch the subwoofer smooth its frequency response by adjusting the parametric EQ filters on the System Response screen. Self-EQ doesn’t change the Setup preset parameters (volume, crossover, etc.) and uses the crossover set to 160 Hz. 9) When Self-EQ finishes, the sweep tones stop, the front status message shows End for 10 seconds, the subwoofer reboots by turning itself off and back on.
  • Page 42 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual saved into the subwoofer’s memory. 10) While the subwoofer is rebooting, shut off the Sweep Tone CD and remove it from the player. Figure 16: System Response Screen auto eQ mode In some particularly problematic rooms, it may be necessary to employ even further adjustment than the Auto-EQ.
  • Page 43 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual sounds good to you! Often, you may want to add a bit more bass than what would normally be considered flat even after you remove the major peaks and valleys to achieve a flat frequency response. This is quite normal because human hearing rolls off rapidly below 100Hz, causing the bass not to sound as loud.
  • Page 44 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual press to reactivate the unit. Figure 18: introductory Screen Power off mode active Figure 19 shows the message displayed when the unit is waiting for a 12 Volt trigger to activate after the AUTO On/OFF MODE is set to 12V TRIggER operation on the System Settings screen and saved.
  • Page 45 TV SCREEN INTERFACE FOR OPTImIZATION igital Servo User’s Manual is limited by the receiver’s internal crossover to the bass frequencies or you simply would rather not use the subwoofer’s crossover filter. To defeat the low pass crossover: 1. Navigate to the System Settings screen. 2.
  • Page 46 DO NOT OPERATE THE SUBWOOFER NEAR ANY BODIES OF WATER: BATHTUBS, SWIMMING POOLS, LAKES, ETC. DO NOT OPERATE THE VELODYNE DS-10 SUBWOOFER OUTSIDE OF BUILDING STRUCTURES. DO NOT PUSH FOREIGN OBjECTS OF ANY KIND into the subwoofer or connector openings, other than the proper cables.
  • Page 47 Save the carton and packing materials for future use. Using other packaging for this unit may result in severe damage when shipping or moving. You can use this packaging should you ever move or need to return the subwoofer to Velodyne for service. To save storage space, you can flatten the box and put the other packing material in a plastic bag.
  • Page 48 LIMITED WARRAnTy - U.S. AnD CAnADA OnLy VELODYNE ACOUSTICS, Inc. (“VELODYNE”) warrants all electronics for a period of three years, drivers for a period of five years, and full range speakers for a period of five years. All VELODYNE products have a warranty from the date of purchase against defects in materials and...
  • Page 49 345 Digital Drive Morgan Hill, CA 95037 408.465.2800 voice 408.779.9227 fax 408.465.2851 service voice 408.779.9208 service fax Service E-mail: service@velodyne.com General E-mail: help@velodyne.com Other trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective owner. 63-DS10 Rev SEP 11...

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