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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 .audiocontrol.com tm Digital[...]
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Quick Installation Infor[...]
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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 . Y ou no w ha v e in y our pos[...]
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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. Whether y ou are designing ar ound a source unit with multiple outputs or y ou ha v e a full blo[...]
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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. T o ensure t[...]
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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). If this is not obvious[...]
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digit al ™ 5 Figur e 1: Basic DQS System[...]
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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. See the system diagrams in this manual for some cool system ideas. 2) Input Le v e[...]
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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 DQS Digital Equalizer By AudioControl(r) By AudioControl(r) By AudioControl(r) By AudioControl(r) By AudioControl(r) [...]
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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. See y our authorized A[...]
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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. Remote T urn-On: Connect an 18 to 22 gauge wire from the head-unit’ s remote turn-on to the “Remote” connector [...]
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 10 Figur e 3: Six Channel DQS System[...]
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digital ™ 11 Figur e 4: DQS Car Theater System[...]
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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. When a performance autosound system is pro perly le v el matched, y ou should get the maximum out[...]
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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. The DQS has six, 30-band mono equalizers plus six 2-band parametric equalizers, that w ould normally requir e almost 200 individual controls and oc[...]
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual AudioControl ® 14 Figu re 5: DQS Menu T ree[...]
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Owner’ s Enjo yment Manual The S trength of Digital ™ Figur e 6: DQS main menu screen 15 Front EQ Freq = 1kHz Front EQ Freq = 1kHz Front EQ Freq = 1kHz Front EQ Freq = 1kHz Front EQ Freq = 1kHz L= +6dB L= +6dB L= +6dB L= +6dB L= +6dB >o< >o< >o< &g[...]
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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 . If y ou are a first time user , w e suggest y ou equalize both channels together at first and t[...]
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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. Lvl: When the cursor highlig[...]
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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”. Once y ou ha v e selected a brightne[...]
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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. Here is an e xplanation of the key ar eas y ou should focus on: Sub-bass: 100 [...]
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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. Many autosound s[...]
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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. In other systems, the source unit ma y look for a ground thr ough the RC A connection to the amplifier and create a gr ound loo p, which in turn can cause a whine (not the type [...]
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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. It’ s a w arr anty that looks out for y ou and helps y ou resis[...]
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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 . Assuming y ou conform to 1 thr ough 6, and it really isn’ t all that hard to do, w e get the option of fixing y our old unit or replacing it wit[...]
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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. All rights reserv ed. AudioControl, Making Good Stereo Sound Better , DQS, DQX, DQT , DDC and DXS,[...]