AudioControlメーカーDQSの使用説明書/サービス説明書
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Digital The S trength of DQS Owner ’ s Enjo yment Manual Six Channel Digital Equalizer AudioControl ® 22410 70th A v enue W est • Mountlake T errace, W A 98043 USA Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 www .
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digital ™ T able of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K e y Features and Highlights . . . . . .
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digital ™ 1 Introduction W elcome to the w orld of AudioControl digital signal processing . A magical combination of AudioControl’ s lengthy experience in perfor - mance signal processing design combined with state-of-the-art Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology .
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 2 FEA TURES AND HIGHLIGHTS Six Channels Of Input and Output: The DQS is AudioControl’ s first digital car audio equalizer with six input and output channels making it ideal for a multitude of a pplications.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 3 Bulletproof W arranty: The most impor - tant feature of all. Ev ery AudioControl product is self lessly designed and manufactured b y the occupants of our r ainforest factory . W e take ev ery ef fort to ensure that y ou will ha v e many y ears of enjo yment out of y our DQS.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 4 QUICK INST ALLA TION INFORMA TION For those of y ou short on time, but high on ambi- tion, w e offer the f ollo wing section to speed up y our installation of the DQS: 1. The DQS needs to be installed in the signal path betw een y our sour ce unit and y our external amplifier(s).
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 5 Figur e 1: Basic DQS System.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 6 A GUIDED TOUR OF DQS 1) Inputs: The DQS has six RC A inputs that need to get their audio signals from the main source unit. If y our source unit only has tw o or four outputs, fear not, just use the front or rear inputs.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 7 Figur e 2: T op view of DQS DQS Digital Equalizer DQS Digital Equalizer DQS Digital Equalizer DQS Digital Equalizer .
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 8 10) Digital Dash Control Input: This input allo ws y ou to connect the o ptional AudioControl Digital Dash Control (DDC) which will allo w y ou to contr ol y our DQS from the conv enience of the driv ers seat, passengers seat, back seat or anywhere else the cable will stretch to.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 9 B. DQS Po wer W iring W ARNING: Failu re to disconnect the negativ e terminal of you r battery prior to the installation of you r DQS can result in a w arm tingly feeling.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 10 Figur e 3: Six Channel DQS System.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digital ™ 11 Figur e 4: DQS Car Theater System.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 12 D. Lev el Matching If y ou ha v e ev er listened to a friend’ s “killer” car audio system and heard lots of hiss, clicks or po ps, then y ou ha v e e xperienced an improperly le v el matched system.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 13 DQS Menu Screens One of the major benefits of using Digital tech- nology is the ability to use less knobs and buttons and get more contr ol.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 14 Figu re 5: DQS Menu T ree.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digital ™ Figur e 6: DQS main menu screen 15 Front EQ Freq = 1kHz Front .
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 16 Single or Dual Channel Equalization: After y ou ha v e selected a frequency to equalize, y ou must decide whether y ou wish to equalize the left channel, the right channel, or both channels simultaneously .
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 17 ting. If y ou wish to select another frequency , ta p the left or right arro w buttons until the cursor is f lashing on the number next to “Freq=”. Then use the “+” and “-” controls to select the frequency to which y ou wish to apply boost or cut.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 18 MODE: Display Figur e 12: Display brightness screen In this mode, y ou ha v e the ability to change the brightness lev els on the displa y of y our DQS. Using the left and right na vigation buttons y ou can toggle back and forth betw een “Bright” and “Dim”.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 19 4) Although the plethor a of controls on y our DQS can be intimidating, fear not; the y w e r e designed to giv e enough control to maximize y our system’ s performance but not enough to get y ou in trouble.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 20 and balanced as possible. T oo much boosting can make y ou feel like y ou are listening to y our sys- tem in a tile bathroom. Not enough energy in the midrange sounds empty and dry . T reble: 3KHz and Up - If midrange is the cake, then these high or upper frequencies are the frosting.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 21 UNDER THE CO VER 1) Input Grounding: For many systems y ou can lea v e this jumper in the UNBALANCED position.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 22 And no w a w ord from the legal department. THE W ARRANTY Peo ple are scar ed of w arranties. Lots of fine print. Months of w aiting ar ound. W ell, fear no more, this w arranty is designed to make y ou ra v e about us to y our friends.
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 6. If an authorized United States AudioControl dealer installs y our DQS, the w arr anty is fiv e y ears; otherwise the w arranty is one y ear .
Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 22410 70th A venue W est Mountlak e T errace, W A 98043 USA Phone: 425-775-8461 Fax: 425-778-3166 www .audiocontr ol.com ® ©2004, AudioControl, a division of Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc.
デバイスAudioControl DQSの購入後に(又は購入する前であっても)重要なポイントは、説明書をよく読むことです。その単純な理由はいくつかあります:
AudioControl DQSをまだ購入していないなら、この製品の基本情報を理解する良い機会です。まずは上にある説明書の最初のページをご覧ください。そこにはAudioControl DQSの技術情報の概要が記載されているはずです。デバイスがあなたのニーズを満たすかどうかは、ここで確認しましょう。AudioControl DQSの取扱説明書の次のページをよく読むことにより、製品の全機能やその取り扱いに関する情報を知ることができます。AudioControl DQSで得られた情報は、きっとあなたの購入の決断を手助けしてくれることでしょう。
AudioControl DQSを既にお持ちだが、まだ読んでいない場合は、上記の理由によりそれを行うべきです。そうすることにより機能を適切に使用しているか、又はAudioControl DQSの不適切な取り扱いによりその寿命を短くする危険を犯していないかどうかを知ることができます。
ですが、ユーザガイドが果たす重要な役割の一つは、AudioControl DQSに関する問題の解決を支援することです。そこにはほとんどの場合、トラブルシューティング、すなわちAudioControl DQSデバイスで最もよく起こりうる故障・不良とそれらの対処法についてのアドバイスを見つけることができるはずです。たとえ問題を解決できなかった場合でも、説明書にはカスタマー・サービスセンター又は最寄りのサービスセンターへの問い合わせ先等、次の対処法についての指示があるはずです。