Crestron
C2VEQ-4
Volume/Equalizer Control Expansion Card Operations & Installation Guide
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Page 2: ...n by the Technical Documentation department at Crestron Electronics Inc 15 Volvo Drive Rockleigh NJ 07647 1 888 CRESTRON All brand names product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners 2003 Crestron Electronics Inc ...
Page 3: ...cription 3 Industry Compliance 5 Installation and Hookup 5 Installation 5 Hookup 6 Programming Software 7 Digital Audio Tools 7 Programming with SIMPL Windows 8 Problem Solving 19 Troubleshooting 19 Further Inquiries 19 Future Updates 19 Return and Warranty Policies 20 Merchandise Returns Repair Service 20 CRESTRON Limited Warranty 20 Operations Installation Guide DOC 6136 Contents i ...
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Page 5: ...e treble bass and mute per channel 4 x 4 matrix mixer controls set the percentage of each input desired at each output Five modes of audio equalization per channel a ten band graphic equalizer and two band parametric equalizer a five band graphic equalizer and seven band parametric equalizer a speech optimized five band graphic equalizer and seven band parametric equalizer a three band graphic equ...
Page 6: ...livers up to 12dB of boost or cut when using DAT software from 36dB to 24dB in a SIMPL program Each filter also has an adjustable bandwidth control from 02 octaves to 2 octaves and a center frequency control range from 10 Hz to 20 KHz Use each filter anywhere in the audio spectrum not just pre selected ranges as typically found on graphic equalizers In addition you can select from among five filte...
Page 7: ...d Input impedance 10K ohms balanced 5K ohm single ended Output level 4Vrms balanced 2Vrms single ended Output impedance 200 ohms balanced 100 ohms single ended Environmental temperature 32 to 122 F 0 to 50 C Humidity 10 to 90 RH non condensing Dimensions Height 0 98 in 2 49 cm Width 5 00 in 12 70 cm Depth 6 77 in 17 20 cm Weight 3 75 oz 0 105 kg 1 Crestron 2 Series control systems include the AV2 ...
Page 8: ...eble bass mixer and or equalization control connect the balanced unbalanced output OUT ports to an amplifier Each channel includes a muting relay Refer to the following illustrations for a detailed view C2VEQ 4 Faceplate C2VEQ 4 Top Side Front Views 6 77 in 17 20 cm 6 59 in 16 73 cm 0 98 in 2 49 cm 5 00 in 12 70 cm NOTE These diagrams are for illustration purposes only and do not show the exact lo...
Page 9: ...grounded workstation to avoid damaging the C2VEQ 4 and or the control system CAUTION To prevent stripping of screw heads threads or mounting holes DO NOT over tighten screws Tighten only to the specification listed in the individual step s NOTE If the C2VEQ 4 is being installed in an AV2 the optional CAGE2 must be installed before continuing below For instructions on installing the CAGE2 into an A...
Page 10: ...d unbalanced outputs are provided also utilizing five position mini connectors NOTE An unbalanced input may use a balanced or unbalanced output Likewise a balanced input may use a balanced or unbalanced output For connection details refer to the following diagrams Typical Balanced Unbalanced Inputs and Outputs INPUTS OUTPUTS NOTE Using the unbalanced configuration for the audio output reduces the ...
Page 11: ...indows symbol to adjust equalization because of the program s simplicity speed and ease of operation From the point of view of the symbols for the C2VEQ 4 all equalization is parametric graphic equalizers are just parametric equalizers with specific default frequencies Q bandwidth and type If you want to use a graphic equalizer you MUST use Digital Audio Tools because this is where the default gra...
Page 12: ...monitor a Crestron control system SIMPL Windows offers drag and drop functionality in a familiar Windows environment This section describes a sample SIMPL Windows program that includes a C2VEQ 4 Configuration Manager is where programmers build a Crestron control system by selecting hardware from the Device Library In Configuration Manager drag the PRO2 from the Control Systems folder of the Device...
Page 13: ... using recall functions EQ trim and mixer presets if any are stored and can be activated using recall functions NOTE Before attempting to program the equalization controls in SIMPL Windows please study the example program There are some subtleties that must be carefully handled For example if you intend to directly set one of the TrimBandOut signals in your program and the TrimBandOut_FB signal ca...
Page 14: ...C2VEQ 4 symbol in SIMPL Windows C2VEQ 4 General Audio Controls Symbol Input Descriptions Signal Type Name Value Definition Digital MuteOut 1 through 4 plus MuteAll 1 0 High Mute On Low Mute Off VolOut 1 through 4 0 to 100 80dB to 20dB 0 Volume set to lowest 100 Volume set to highest TrebOut 1 through 4 0 to 100 15dB 50 Flat Treble 0 15dB 100 15dB Analog BassOut 1 through 4 0 to 100 15dB 50 Flat Ba...
Page 15: ...g to 0 attenuation anything 80dB and below will mute the signal Refer to the signal description table on the next page You can direct any input or combination of inputs to any output via analog variables in the SIMPL program You can specify the percentage 0 to 100 of each linear analog input you want to appear at each output C2VEQ 4 Mixer Controls Symbol Operations Installation Guide DOC 6136 Volu...
Page 16: ... Slot 1 SubSlot 3 TrimBand TrimBand refers to a modification of the gain of the forty graphic filters There are ten trim presets A trim preset is a set of all forty TrimBands The TrimBands are not labeled with actual frequency values since they can be changed in the Digital Audio Tools or by setting the full parametric filters in the symbol Trim presets can be used to modify the soundfield for dif...
Page 17: ... values stored in the indicated TrimPreset will be recalled and propagated to the outputs Here the TrimBand _FB outputs may have different values than the TrimBand inputs the only time these values will differ If RecallTrimPreset goes high and TrimPreset is set to an invalid value out of the 1 to 10 range all trim settings will be cleared and all signals will pass with whatever gain setting was in...
Page 18: ... TrimPreset on the rising edge of the signal TrimPreset range is 1 10 RecallTrimPreset 1 0 Recalls the current trim values on TrimBand 1 10 from the given TrimPreset on the rising edge of the signal Clear Trims 1 0 Clears all of the trim values sets to 0dB on the rising edge of this signal 14 Volume Equalizer Control Expansion Card C2VEQ 4 Operations Installation Guide DOC 6136 ...
Page 19: ...nels are used to set up the default frequencies 31 5Hz 63Hz 125Hz 250Hz 500Hz 1KHz 2KHz 4KHz 8KHz and 16KHz for graphic equalization leaving filters 11 and 12 available for parametric equalization A five band graphic equalizer and a seven band parametric equalizer In this mode the first five filters in all channels are used to set up the default frequencies 63Hz 250Hz 1KHz and 4KHz 10KHz for graph...
Page 20: ...portion of treble to bass enabling the smaller speakers to produce a clearer sound 5 Bass Shelf Uniformly boosts or attenuates all frequencies below the FilterFreq levels without affecting the frequencies above The amount of modification is given by FilterGain A Bass Shelf filter uniformly boosts or attenuates frequencies below the specified frequency while not affecting high frequencies above the...
Page 21: ...Controls Symbol Filter Controls Input Signals Digital NAME VALUE DEFINITION SaveFilterPreset 1 0 Saves the current filter values into the given FilterPreset on the rising edge of the signal RecallFilterPreset 1 0 Recalls the filter values from the given FilterPreset on the rising edge of this signal Filter Controls Input Signals Analog NAME VALUE DEFINITION FilterPreset 1 to 5 5 user definable fil...
Page 22: ... increments Also permits a speed up of the ramping by specifying a hold time at which the analog starts to increment at a given rate If for example you wanted to ramp the gain in steps of 0 5dB and have it repeat every 0 1s after holding the button for 1s you can use one of these symbols with the following parameters HoldTime 1s RepeatTime 0 1s Increment 5d in units of 0 1dB LowerLimit 360d UpperL...
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