Genesis I.C.E 12t owner manual Main Controls, Tuning the system

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The Main Controls

The S2/12t subwoofer has two controls that you will use to make your system (and that includes the room), sound right. The first is the gain control of the woofer amplifier. This adjusts the volume at which the subwoofer plays.

The gain can be adjusted from 1 to 11.

The second control is the low pass filter. This adjusts the crossover frequency for the built-in 12dB per octave variable crossover. The crossover frequency can be adjusted from 40Hz to 138Hz, where frequencies below the number set are sent to the subwoofer, and frequencies above are rejected.

To begin, adjust the low pass filter to 63Hz and set the gain control to 6 (both at the 12 o’clock position). At this point, you can turn on the woofer amplifier.

Tuning the system in

Set up your subwoofers one at a time in conjunction with the rear or surround speaker that you are using them to augment. If you are using a single subwoofer to augment two different loudspeakers, adjust the subwoofer with one speaker at a time.

Set the low pass filter to the -3dB frequency of your main speakers, and the gain control to 6, and start from there. If you don’t know the 3dB point of your speakers, start working from a low-pass filter frequency of 63Hz. This will work for most small speakers.

We suggest that you start with a single vocal track, with instrumental accompaniment, that you are very familiar with. The sound of the human voice is more easily recognizable than many instruments and is the least complex sound to deal with. Run a mono full-range signal to the speaker that you have the S2/12t connected to.

Turn the gain control of the subwoofer amplifier up or down until the voice sounds correct. Concentrate on the mid bass regions (as opposed to the very low bass in your recording), to achieve a natural blend. The voice and the music accompaniment should sound as if it were cut from one cloth, not separate.

If the voice sounds “thin” or does not have enough “chest” to its sound, turn the S2/12t’s bass gain control up until it does. You may also want

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Contents ~ Ä ë ç ä ì í É = Ñ á Ç É ä á í ó Message from Genesis Safety Tips Quick Start Set-up GuideConnections Placement of the Subwoofer Adjusting the ControlsSetting-up the S2/12t Positioning and connecting the S2/12tOne Surround Subwoofer Two Surround Subwoofers 5.1 System Two Surround Subwoofers 7.1 SystemLFE Input Power LFE GainLFE Output Speaker-level connections High Level Inputs Line-level connectionsPhase Switch Making your system sound right Tuning the system Main ControlsLow bass Tuning for Low Frequency Effects LFE 500W Class-D Switching Amplifier TechnologyServo Advantage Transducers Specifications