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Shelving EQ:
Just when you would be
forgiven for thinking “wow, that’s a lot
of EQ flexibility,” wait.. there’s more.
At no extra charge, two sliders offer
bass and treble EQ adjustment of
the shelving kind. Shelving EQ, used
in combination with the graphic EQ
and parametric EQ, gives you the fine
opportunity to upset things royally, or
to be the better person, with kindness
and EQ moderation for all. Start with
the graphic EQ flat, apply a bit of
shelving bass or treble EQ, and see
how that sounds. Maybe that will do.
Volume:
The volume slider, as the name
suggests, was designed to hypnotize
little kittens that might be watching
the little rectangle go up and down
on your screen. The effect is quite
adorable. The slider can also be used
to set the volume in the zone. One
extra adjustment allows you to set the
maximum-allowable volume per zone,
such as teenager’s rooms, and one
adjustment sets the turn-on volume
level. The maximum level is defined as:
“That threshold volume level, which
if exceeded, brings forth the coming
of the broom-handle thumping on the
ceiling, and the loud exclamations of
“turn it down.””
High and Low Pass Filters:
These 4 dif-
ferent filter types allow you to quickly
choose a design for your system,
either to set up protection from low
and high frequencies, set up a 2-way
crossover with a subwoofer and mids/
highs, or set up a bandpass filter. The
filters can also be chosen slowly, with
considerable forethought and care,
possibly while mulling things over in
your favorite comfy chair, with a cup
of tea and a plate of delicious buttered
crumpets. As each filter type is chosen,
the current high pass and low pass fre-
quencies are shown in the adjustable
boxes just below.
To prevent over-stress of speakers by
sending frequencies lower than they
are physically able to handle, use the
subsonic filter. For most inwall speak-
ers, we recommend a setting of 40 Hz
or higher. Contrary to popular thought,
higher often sounds better for this low
frequency filter. Similarly, to save the
tweeters, be conservative with the
setting of the tweeter protection filter.
It could save you a service call.
As there is a plethora of power
available (do not be fooled by The
Director’s lightweight appearance)
you can set up a 2-way crossover with
a subwoofer playing the lows, and a
pair of speakers paying the mids and
highs. Enable the Low Pass Mode filter
and bridge-mono the output from one
zone for your subwoofer. It will just
receive the low frequencies (in mono)
and receive the combined power
from both channels. Then use another
zone’s channel pair in stereo with
the High Pass mode selected for that
zone, to power the speakers playing
the mids and highs. Select the same
input channel for both zones. See the
system diagrams for a picture of this,
or see the video on our website of our
technical support engineers perform-
ing an interpretive dance.
Loudness:
Select this for the zone for a
low frequency boost at lower listening
levels
Signal Sense:
Select this, and the zone
will turn on automatically when it
senses a signal present at its selected
input.
Once you have the EQ settings just the
way you like them, you must save the
settings. Please see the details on the
next page.
Signal Processing Tab (continued)
