Soundstream HARMONY Installation Manual & User Manual
Soundstream HARMONY Installation Manual & User Manual

Soundstream HARMONY Installation Manual & User Manual

Digital signal processor

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H A R M O N Y
Installation Guide & Users Manual
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Summary of Contents for Soundstream HARMONY

  • Page 1 H A R M O N Y Installation Guide & Users Manual...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    4.4 SPDIF / Optical Input 4.5 Remote Control Connecition 4.6 USB Connection 4.7 RCA Outputs 5. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 8-10 6. HARMONY DSP COMPOSER 6.1 Channel Summing & Input Mode 6.2 Channel Setting 6.3 Crossover Configuration 6.4 Crossover Slope Configuration 6.5 Independent Channel Gain 6.6 Independent Channel Delay...
  • Page 3: Product Description & Warnings

    1. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION & WARNINGS Harmony is a digital signal processor essential to maximize the acoustic performance of your car audio system. It consists of a 32-bit DSP processor and 24-bit AD and DA converters. It can connect to any factory system, even in vehicles featuring an integrated audio processor, since, thanks to the de-equalization function, Harmony will send back a linear signal.
  • Page 4: Dimensions & Mounting

    HARMONY 3. DIMENSIONS & MOUNTING 1 3/8” (36mm)
  • Page 5: Primary Wire Harness & Connections

    MUTE IN The outputs of HARMONY can be muted when starting the engine by connecting the brown MUTE IN wire to the ignition starter turn-on. The MUTE IN terminal can be used to enable the AUX IN input. In this case the output mute...
  • Page 6 HARMONY 4. PRIMARY WIRE HARNESS & CONNECTIONS (cont.) MUTE TRIGGER (BROWN) 1 11 GROUND (BLACK) REMOTE OUT (BLUE) 2 12 N/A N/A 3 13 +12V (YELLOW) RREMOTE IN (RED) 4 14 REMOTE IN (RED) N/A 5 15 PHONE MUTE (ORANGE)
  • Page 7: Input Gain Control

    4.3 RCA Auxiliary Input HARMONY features an auxiliary stereo signal input to connect to an external source such as mp3 player or other audio sources. The AUX input can be selected by the remote control or activating the brown MUTE-IN wire.
  • Page 8: Software Installation

    HARMONY 5. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Visit SOUNDSTREAM.COM/HARMONY to download the latest version of the DSP Composer software and USB drivers to your PC. Be sure to download USB drivers for your computers operating system, Windows 8 or Windows 7/XP: After downloading, first install the USB drivers by launching SETUP.EXE in the USB folder. Click INSTALL to...
  • Page 9 HARMONY 5. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (cont.) Close any open applications and click NEXT: Review the license agreement & select I ACCEPT THE AGREEMENT, and click NEXT: Choose an alternate location to save the program files, or click NEXT to confirm the...
  • Page 10: Software Installation

    HARMONY 5. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (cont.) Choose to install a short cut in the start menu or create a desktop and QuickLaunch icons, click NEXT: Finally, click INSTALL to begin installation of the DSP Composer software. If prompted after installation completion, restart your computer:...
  • Page 11: Harmony Dsp Composer

    In OFFLINE-MODE, you can create and/or modify new and pre-existing custom user presets. No modifications to the DSP will be saved until you reconnect to HARMONY and download the custom user preset. When creating a new setting, chose the EQ combination...
  • Page 12: Channel Summing & Input Mode

    HARMONY 6. HARMONY DSP COMPOSER (cont.) 6.1 Channel Summing & Input Mode For input summing options, in the FILE menu, chose CD SOURCE SETUP. Select which chan- nels are high-pass or low-pass by selecting TWEETER or MIDRANGE for the appropriate input channel, otherwise keep FULLRANGE.
  • Page 13: Crossover Configuration

    HARMONY 6. HARMONY DSP COMPOSER (cont.) 6.3 Crossover Configuration The crossover configuration is independent for each channel, regardless of the EQ configuration chosen. Each channel could use a dedicated high-pass (HP), dedi- cated low-pass (LP), or band-pass option (BP), enabling both high-pass and low-pass crossovers simultaneously.
  • Page 14: Independent Channel Delay

    HARMONY 6. HARMONY DSP COMPOSER (cont.) 6.6 Independent Channel Delay A specific digital time delay can be applied to each channel. Depending on your choice at the EQ combi- nation menu, the unit of measure is milliseconds or centimeters. If you chose millimeters, the delay is set in .05ms increments.
  • Page 15: Saving, Opening, & Downloading Pre-Sets

    If making a new preset, be sure to save the preset for recalling and downloading to Harmony the next time your computer is connected. Click FILE from the menu bar, and chose SAVE. Chose a convenient location to save your preset.
  • Page 16: Remote Control

    7. REMOTE CONTROL Connect the remote control to the remote control input of Harmony by the supplied network cable. Mount the remote control in a convenient location in the main cabin of the vehicle for easy access using the supplied mounting hardware.
  • Page 17: Specifications

    HARMONY 8. SPECIFICATIONS Power Supply Voltage 11-15 VDC Idle Current 0.4 A Switched Off without DRC 2.5 mA Switched Off with DRC 4 mA Remote IN Voltage 7-15 VDC (1.3 mA) Remote OUT Voltage 12 VDC (130 mA) Signal Stage Distortion - THD @ 1kHz, 1V RMS Output 0.005 %...

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