Speakers Menu - Calibration - Emotiva DMC-1 User Manual

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SETTINGS Menus (Continued)
SPEAKER POSITION
LEFT MAIN SPKR
CENTER SPKR
RIGHT MAIN SPKR
RIGHT SIDE AXIS
RIGHT SURROUND
RIGHT SURR BACK
LEFT SURR BACK
LEFT SURROUND
LEFT SIDE AXIS
SUBWOOFER

SPEAKERS Menu - CALIBRATION

The calibration procedure allows you to adjust the volume level
of each speaker in turn until they are all equal. This will give you
the best Home Theater performance. You should only do this
calibration when you are sitting in your usual listening/viewing
position.
Preliminary: Play a movie and adjust the volume for a
comfortable listening level. The volume of the calibration
test noise is linked to the setting of the main volume
control, so if the test noise is too quiet, turn the main
volume up a little and retry.
1) Use the OSD to navigate to the SPEAKER CALI-
LEVEL (in dB)
BRATION menu.
2) Press the remote's joystick down to turn
on the noise generator. While the test signal
is playing in each speaker, its level can be
adjusted using the joystick left/right buttons.
Adjust each speaker in turn until they are all
equal in volume.
The best results are obtained if you use a
Sound Pressure Level (SPL) Meter. This is
a hand held meter which will accurately mea-
sure and display the sound level. Adjust all
of the speakers until they are playing within
1 dB of each other. Without a meter, you can
still obtain good results with careful listen-
ing.
3) Repeat the procedure several times for
each speaker until you are satisfied they
are playing at the same level.
4) Press the joystick UP to return to the
top of the menu, and then press joystick
LEFT to exit. The calibration noise gen-
erator will turn off.
The main volume control adjusts the vol-
ume of all of the speakers up and down at
the same time. They keep the same rela-
tive levels you in this menu.
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