User manual PANASTEREO SP23

[. . . ] 63 DIGITAL CENTRE-SURROUND PROCESSOR OWNER'S MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW SYSTEM FEATURES SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS SP23 OPERATION EMERGENCY BYPASS SP23-10 (OCTAVE EQUALISERS) CARD POSITIONS SP23-30 (1/3 OCTAVE EQUALISERS) CARD POSITIONS SP23 INSTALLATION CONNECTING THE INPUTS TO THE SP23. AUTOMATION INTERFACE - 25-PIN D-CONNECTOR CONNECTION DATA SYSTEM ALIGNMENT 1 ­ ALIGNMENT WITH PANASTEREO PROCESSORS 2 ­ ALIGNMENT WITH DOLBY CP55 3 ­ ALIGNMENT WITH DOLBY CP65 4 ­ ALIGNMENT WITH DOLBY CP500 5 ­ ALIGNMENT WITH SMART MOD VI WITH DSP MATRIX 6 ­ ALIGNMENT WITH SMART MOD VI WITH ANALOG MATRIX 7 ­ ALIGNMENT WITH SMART MOD IIC 8 ­ ALIGNMENT WITH ULTRA STEREO JSX1000 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 16 21 26 30 35 39 43 Surround EX is a trademark of Dolby Labs, Inc. PANALOGIC CORPORATION PTY LIMITED Ground floor, 44 Carrington Road Castle Hill, NSW 2154 Australia Phone: 61 2 9894 6655 Fax: 61 2 9894 6935 Email: panalogic@panalogic. com Web: www. panalogic. com PANASTEREO SP23 ­ Operation. PANASTEREO SP23 DIGITAL SURROUND PROCESSOR OVERVIEW The Panastereo SP23 Surround Processor decodes 6. 1 channel sound from existing digital 5. 1 installations. The SP23 works with any brand of 5. 1 digital sound processor is inserted between the left and right surround outputs of the sound processor and the surround amplifiers. The SP23 provides a decoded rear surround channel which can be fed to rear wall surround speakers via a rear surround amplifier. SYSTEM FEATURES · · · · · · · · · · · · · · High performance matrix decoding of centre (rear) surround information. [. . . ] Adjust the right equaliser controls for a frequency response in accordance with the standard ISO surround channel response curve. Replace the Rear Equaliser card and adjust the Rear Right Surround Output trimmer (CSR) on the SP23 for 88dBC in the auditorium. Re-connect the automation cable to the SP23. 33. COARSE SET REAR LEFT SURROUND SPL LEVEL to 85dBC 34. EQUALISE REAR LEFT SURROUND CHANNEL 35. SET REAR LEFT SURROUND SPL LEVEL TO 88dBC 36. TURN OFF LEFT REAR AMPLIFIER AND TURN ON RIGHT REAR AMPLIFIER 37. COARSE SET RIGHT REAR SURROUND SPL LEVEL to 85dBC 38. EQUALISE REAR RIGHT SURROUND CHANNEL 39. SET REAR RIGHT SURROUND SPL LEVEL TO 88dBC 40. TURN ON REAR LEFT AMPLIFIER 41. RE-CONNECT AUTOMATION CABLE 24 PANASTEREO SP23 ­ Alignment with Dolby CP65. 42. REMOVE PINK NOISE CARD Remove the pink noise card from the processor and replace the Cat. 150 decoder card. The system is now ready to use. 43. END OF PROCEDURE 25 PANASTEREO SP23 ­ Alignment with Dolby CP500. 4 ­ ALIGNMENT with DOLBY CP500 Equipment required: Pink Noise Card, Real Time Analyser (RTA) 1. SET UP REAL TIME ANALYSER Set up a Real Time Analyser and position the microphones in the auditorium. Turn all four output trimmers on the SP23 anticlockwise until you feel a slight click. Press B-Chain Equalisation Use the fader knob to select Right Surround Press OK After the RTA screen appears, press FLAT. Set the sound processor volume control to level "7. 0" and keep it there for all subsequent adjustments. Check that the SPL levels for all of the channels are correct (85dBC for each front channel and 82dBC for the surround channels). If necessary, adjust the L, C, R output levels for a level of 85dBC from each channel, and adjust the Ls and Rs output levels for a level of 82dBC from each channel. Check that the red "DECODE-ON" LED is illuminated on the SP23 26 2. PRE-SET SP23 OUTPUT LEVELS 3. SWITCH SP23 TO BYPASS 4. DISABLE CP500 SURROUND EQUALISERS 5. SET PROCESSOR VOLUME TO "7. 0" 6. CHECK SPL LEVELS ON ALL CHANNELS 7. SELECT "DIGITAL" FORMAT PANASTEREO SP23 ­ Alignment with Dolby CP500. 8. REMOVE AUTOMATION CONNECTION Disconnect the D25 automation cable from the SP23. (This is to prevent the sound processor from switching the SP23 back to Optical mode) Switch the SP23 out of bypass mode (Red Bypass button OUT). Adjust the Left Input trimmer on the SP23 so that the two green LEDs for the left channel are equally illuminated. Adjust the Left Surround Output trimmer on the SP23 for approximately 82dBC in the auditorium. Remove the Left/Right Equaliser card from the SP23 and connect it via the extender card and cable. Adjust the left equaliser controls for a frequency response in accordance with the standard ISO surround channel response curve. Re-adjust the Left Surround Output trimmer on the SP23 for 82dBC in the auditorium. Adjust the Right Input trimmer on the SP23 so that the two green LEDs for the right channel are equally illuminated. Adjust the Right Surround Output trimmer on the SP23 for approximately 82dBC in the auditorium. 9. TURN OFF SP23 BYPASS 10. SELECT PINK NOISE TO LEFT SURROUND 11. ADJUST SP23 LS INPUT LEVEL 12. COARSE SET LS SPL LEVEL TO 82dBC 13. EQUALISE LEFT SURROUND CHANNEL 14. SET LS SPL LEVEL TO 82dBC 15. SELECT PINK NOISE TO RIGHT SURROUND 16. ADJUST SP23 RIGHT SURROUND INPUT LEVEL 17. COARSE SET RIGHT SURROUND SPL LEVEL TO 82dBC 27 PANASTEREO SP23 ­ Alignment with Dolby CP500. 18. EQUALISE RIGHT SURROUND CHANNEL Adjust the right equaliser controls for a frequency response in accordance with the standard ISO surround channel response curve. Re-adjust the Right Surround Output trimmer on the SP23 for 82dBC in the auditorium. Do not adjust the output level of the CP500. 19. SET RIGHT SURROUND SPL LEVEL TO 82dBC 20. SELECT PINK NOISE TO Ms CHANNEL 21. IF A TWO CHANNEL REAR SURROUND AMPLIFIER IS INSTALLED GOTO 31 22. COARSE SET LEFT REAR SURROUND SPL LEVEL to 82dBC Adjust the Rear Left Surround Output trimmer (CSL) for approximately 82dBC SPL in the auditorium. [. . . ] Remove the Left/Right Equaliser card from the SP23 and connect it via the extender card and cable. Adjust the left equaliser controls for a frequency response in accordance with the standard ISO surround channel response curve. Re-adjust the Left Surround Output trimmer on the SP23 for 85dBC in the auditorium. On the SP23, release the right channel MUTE button and press the left channel MUTE button. [. . . ]