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Owner’s Manual

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Page 3: ...Illusonic IAP 4 Owner s Manual 1...

Page 4: ...by Illusonic GmbH Illusonic GmbH registered offices Bahnstrasse 23 8610 Uster Switzerland www illusonic com Illusonic is a registered trademark of Illusonic GmbH Copyright c Illusonic GmbH 2011 2014 A...

Page 5: ...hich can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Adjust or relocate the receiving antenna I...

Page 6: ...o not operate the Processor under high 35 C or low 5 C ambient temperature See operating conditions in Chapter 11 1 Do not operate the Processor under extremely high humidity See operating conditions...

Page 7: ...hoosing a Loudspeaker Setup 16 Step 4 Connecting Audio Video Devices 17 Step 5 Using IAP 4 18 Advanced Setup 19 3 Usage 21 3 1 Front Panel and Remote Control 21 3 2 Back Panel 22 3 3 Common Usage 25 3...

Page 8: ...tion 41 7 2 Bass Management Use Cases 42 7 3 Bass Management Menu 44 8 Menu Equalizer 45 8 1 Introduction 45 8 2 Equalizer Menu 45 8 3 Equalizer Types and Parameters 47 9 Menu System 49 10 Software To...

Page 9: ...ng flexibility and in novation beyond stereo A stereo system may be amended by a subwoofer center channel surround channels or even height channels To make most of such additional channels correspondi...

Page 10: ...the text referring to related information and chapters Detailed contents in the beginning and an index in the end help you find desired information quickly You will find text and figures with additio...

Page 11: ...etwork media rendering and four HDMI inputs with multi channel support Analog Digital Hi Res HDMI USB Network Phono Stage Outputs IAP 4 features four symmetric XLR and corresponding four RCA line outp...

Page 12: ...process Room Equalization and Depth Immersion Each channel features gain delay and fully parametric equalizers These are usually used to calibrate the system and for room equalization Immersion Depth...

Page 13: ...ies Not bass and treble gain can be adjusted but also the corresponding frequencies Center Loudspeaker When IAP 4 receives a center channel via HDMI it will reproduce it over the center loudspeaker Fo...

Page 14: ...m over the surround loudspeakers For stereo audio IAP 4 can generate sur round channels which are used to render room information in the recording more naturally Height Loudspeakers Adding loudspeaker...

Page 15: ...izers can be applied to each channel Gain delay equalizers and polarity can also be used to implement and optimize cross over filters Bass Management IAP 4 s versatile bass management enables optimal...

Page 16: ...be downloaded from the Illusonic web site Both Windows and OS X ver sions are available IAP Controller presents all IAP 4 parameters for comfort able setup IAP Calibration makes multi point room meas...

Page 17: ...IAP 4 unit AC power cable Remote control This user manual Step 2 Installing the AC Power Cable 1 3 2 1 Make sure that the indicated voltage matches your local AC voltage 2 Make sure that the main pow...

Page 18: ...ker Setup You need to decide which loudspeaker setup you use and connect the amplifiers loudspeakers to IAP 4 Follow Chapter 4 to Learn about the supported loudspeaker setups Decide which setup to use...

Page 19: ...rs game consoles and set top boxes 2 Digital audio sources such as CD players 3 A PC or audio server over USB 4 A network PC or audio server via Ethernet 5 An analog audio source 6 A turntable 7 If yo...

Page 20: ...ontrol on the right 4 Play sound with the selected input source 5 Once you are done push the rotary control for two seconds to put IAP 4 to standby 1 1 When you set the main power switch to off or dis...

Page 21: ...n and delay trim to the loudspeaker signals Chapter 6 1 1 When measuring your sound system you can reproduce sound over each output channel individually in the Measurement sub menu Chapter 9 IAP Calib...

Page 22: ...20 Illusonic IAP 4 Chapter 2 Getting Started...

Page 23: ...on are available on the remote control MENU Select Rotary Turn Rotary Turn Mute Menu Input Select Menu Value Select Rotary Turn Volume Menu Value Select Select Rotary Push Select Sound Settings On Sta...

Page 24: ...Off If you do not use IAP 4 for a longer period of time it is recommended that you turn off the main power switch 2 2 When you set the main power switch to off or disconnect the main AC power without...

Page 25: ...r S PDIF is supported 2 2 Note that Dolby Digital AC 3 and DTS over S PDIF are not decoded by IAP 2 3 USB Audio IAP 2 s USB audio input can be configured as USB Class 1 or USB Class 2 compliant Chapte...

Page 26: ...tput if a non HDMI input source is selected The HDMI Output menu Chapter 5 allows to select for each source a HDMI input whose video signal is given to the HDMI output is removed 2 Analog Out Each of...

Page 27: ...vel For example PRESET 1 HDMI 1 40 0 dB The normal operation mode states are changed as follows Volume is changed by using Rotary Turn The Input Source is changed by using Push Select Rotary Push to e...

Page 28: ...When Off no processing is applied and the parameters are not shown Note that parameters which do not apply will not show e g if there is no center chan nel Center will not be shown etc IMMERSIVE AUDI...

Page 29: ...stadium ambience Envi ronment is only available if you use surround channels Matrix Decode If Matrix Decode is On matrix surround Lt Rt is converted to a 360 sur round image Auto matrix detect minimi...

Page 30: ...or Off Note that only those functions will show which are active For example if equalizers are not used Equalizer will not show here Show Hide You can change the show hide status for each preset and...

Page 31: ...o settings can also be changed in this menu Chapter 6 Menu Outputs This menu contains settings related to the Processor s outputs Here you can calibrate your system with gain and delay trims Also the...

Page 32: ...s no user serviceable parts Do not try to open repair or modify the Processor by yourself This will void any warranty The Processor must be checked by a qualified technician in any of the following ca...

Page 33: ...MENU INPUTS 2 2 MENU INPUTS 2 2 MENU INPUTS 2 1 MENU SPEAKER SETUP 2 In the Speaker Setup menu you can select the specific loudspeaker setup you are using The figure above illustrates the Speaker Set...

Page 34: ...a stereo setup with an additional subwoofer A subwoofer may be used to Extend the bass of the left and right loudspeakers with bass management Chapter 7 Optimize bass reproduction when the left and r...

Page 35: ...not per se better than using one On the contrary when using two subwoofers low frequency sound pressure often fluctuates more between different listening positions than when only one subwoofer is used...

Page 36: ...setup with an additional center loudspeaker and subwoofer A center loudspeaker may be used to Reproduce the center of channel multi channel recordings and movies Reproduce the phantom center of stereo...

Page 37: ...hannels of multi channel recordings and movies For stereo audio IAP 4 can generate surround channels immersing lis teners not only in the sweet spot 2 2H 3D FL FR FLH FRH This setup adds two height lo...

Page 38: ...36 Illusonic IAP 4 Chapter 4 Menu Speaker Setup...

Page 39: ...ts it menus are SHOW HIDE CD SHOW For each input it can be specified whether to show it or hide it Typically you may want to hide all inputs to which no source is connected NAME INPUT 1 CD The inputs...

Page 40: ...Sound Settings PRESET CD PRESET 3 To each input Sound Settings Preset can be as signed with specific parameters 2 3 With USB Audio Class 2 IAP 4 supports up to 192 kHz 24 bit With USB Audio Class 1 u...

Page 41: ...sound over each output channel individually in the Measurement sub menu Chapter 9 IAP Calibration software greatly facilitates measurement and calibration of your system Chapter 10 DELAY TRIM FL 0 0...

Page 42: ...may alternatively be only applied to the sub woofer Only Sub or all limiters may be disabled Off POLARITY FL NORMAL For each output channel the polarity can be in verted This may be useful for subwoof...

Page 43: ...fer or full band loudspeakers In the context of bass management different loudspeaker types are defined as Large a loudspeaker that can reproduce the full range of audio frequencies Small a loudspeake...

Page 44: ...et LFE gain to Off Chapter 6 LARGE LARGE SUBWOOFER Using Small Loudspeakers A system with full range loudspeakers is often not practical because full range loudspeakers are large in size heavy and exp...

Page 45: ...en you enhance an existing full range large loudspeaker based stereo system with IAP 4 by using convenient smaller loudspeakers for the added loudspeaker positions Usually one uses the same type of lo...

Page 46: ...fferent cross over pa rameters can be chosen 2 Order 2 transitions relatively gradually 12 dB per octave between bass and higher frequencies while Order 3 and Order 4 transition more abruptly 18 and 2...

Page 47: ...8 3 to find out more Some typical applications of parametric equalizers are Loudspeakers Near Walls Low frequency gain boost due to loudspeakers near walls or corners can be corrected using Low Shelv...

Page 48: ...n on the equalizer types TYPE BELL Various filter types are available for each equal izer Bell Low Shelving High Shelving Low Pass High Pass 1 Choose Off to disable the equalizer PARAMETERS FREQUENCY...

Page 49: ...m poral artifacts For each of the ten equalizers per channel IAP 4 allows the user to choose one of the following types Off Equalizer is disabled Bell gain dB 0 dB f0 f 3 dB The Bell shape filter appl...

Page 50: ...er octave Low Shelving 3 dB f0 gain dB 0 dB The low shelving filter applies a gain to amplify attenuate low frequencies below the cut off frequency f0 while keeping the high frequencies untouched High...

Page 51: ...Y SLEEP OFF DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS This menu contains display related settings Brightness Adjusts the brightness of the built in display Sleep If Display Sleep is On the display will go off after 5 second...

Page 52: ...plied depending on whether they are switched on or off in the currently active preset Chapter 3 4 FIRMWARE VERSION DSP 1 00 This menu shows the versions of the various firmwares of IAP 4 NETWORK MAC A...

Page 53: ...ftwares and IAP 4 firmware Get back to your reseller or distributor to obtain the latest firmware Or reg ister directly with Illusonic at support illusonic com to automatically get the latest firmware...

Page 54: ...or each loudspeaker help greatly to set IAP 4 s equalizers to correct issues of your room and setup As you set equalizers you see in real time how the frequency and time responses of your room change...

Page 55: ...puts 4 HDMI HDMI version 1 4a inputs with HDCP up to 8 channel 24 bit 192 kHz 2 Coax S PDIF RCA connector 0 5 Vpp diff 75 16 24 bit 32 44 1 48 88 2 96 kHz 2 Optical S PDIF TOSLINK optical connector 16...

Page 56: ...and treble with gain and frequency parameters Trim channel gain and delay trim channel polarity Equalizers 10 parametric equalizers per channel Bass Management 2 cross overs small 1 small 2 up to 2 su...

Page 57: ...23 Dolby True HD 23 double amping 13 33 DTS 23 DTS HD Master Audio 23 equalization loudspeakers 45 room 45 screen 45 equalizer 45 bell 47 copy 46 high pass 48 high shelving 48 low pass 47 low shelvin...

Page 58: ...22 preset settings 26 Illusonic Processing 26 other settings 28 tone control 27 presets 25 Q factor 47 RCA analog input 23 RCA analog output 24 remote control 21 pairing 49 reset 50 room equalization...

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