Distances, Levels | Lexicon MC-12 guide

Setup			Lexicon
PERFORMING AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION (continued)
STEP	DISTANCES	DISTANCES & LEVELS	LEVELS

SET DISTANCES

AUTO DISTANCES ORIGINAL DISTANCES

R SR

0.0ft 0.0ft 0.0ft

		C
		0.0ft
	M	L	SL	RL
	SUB	L	SL	RL
	SUB
0.0ft		0.0ft	0.0ft	0.0ft

AUTO DISTANCES

FRONT LEFT	12	.0ft
CENTER	10	.5ft
FRONT RIGHT	12	.0ft
SIDE RIGHT	4	.5ft
REAR RIGHT	ERROR
REAR LEFT	6	.0ft
SIDE LEFT	4	.5ft
MONO SUB		N/A
SUB RIGHT		N/A
LFE		N/A

AUTO SPEAKER SETUP

DISTANCESOK

LEVELSERROR

AUTO VALUES APPLIED

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DETAILS

AUTO DISTANCES*

FRONT LEFT	12	.0ft
CENTER	10	.5ft
FRONT RIGHT	12	.0ft
SIDE RIGHT	4	.5ft
REAR RIGHT	ERROR
REAR LEFT	6	.0ft
SIDE LEFT	4	.5ft
MONO SUB		N/A
SUB RIGHT		N/A
LFE		N/A

SET LEVELS

AUTO LEVELS

ORIGINAL LEVELS

0.0dB 0.0dB 0.0dB

	C
	0.0dB
M	L	SL	RL
SUB	L	SL	RL
SUB

0.0dB 0.0dB 0.0dB 0.0dB

AUTO LEVELS

FRONT LEFT	-2.0dB
CENTER	ERROR
FRONT RIGHT	-2.0dB
SIDE RIGHT	-4.5dB
REAR RIGHT	-3.0dB
REAR LEFT	-3.0dB
SIDE LEFT	-4.5dB
MONO SUB	N/A
SUB RIGHT	N/A
LFE	N/A

Use the SET DISTANCES menu to select the desired speaker distances.

1	Press the	arrow button to return to
6	the SET DISTANCES menu.
6	Press the	or	arrow button to tog-
2	Press the	or	arrow button to tog-
	gle between calibrated speaker distances
	(AUTO) and original speaker distances.
	The speaker graphics at the bottom of
	the menu update to indicate the selected
	values.
3	Press the		button to apply the
	selected values. A confirmation message
	displays to indicate the applied values.
4	Press the	button twice in succession
	to return to the SPEAKER SETUP menu.

Use the AUTO SPEAKER SETUP menu to select speaker distances or levels.

1 Press the arrow button to return to the AUTO SPEAKER SETUP results screen.

2To select the other calibration procedure, follow the instructions in Step 5. Otherwise,

press the button to return to the SPEAKER SETUP menu.

The AUTO DISTANCES screen is shown above as an example. The AUTO LEVELS screen can be substituted.

Use the SET LEVELS menu to select the desired speaker levels.

1 Press the arrow button to return to the SET LEVELS menu.

•Press the and arrow buttons to toggle between calibrated output levels (AUTO) and original output levels. The speaker graphics at the bottom of the menu update to indicate the selected val- ues.

•	Press the	arrow button to apply the
	selected values. A confirmation message
	displays to indicate the applied values.
•	Press the	arrow button twice in suc-

cession to return to the SPEAKER SETUP menu.

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MC-12 specifications

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Setup

DISTANCES

DISTANCES & LEVELS

LEVELS

MC-12 specifications