Dolby Laboratories DP570 A.3.9 Subwoofer Calibration

Calibrating Speaker Playback Levels
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FigureA‐8
Figure A-8 Multichannel Trims Controls
Whenyouhavesettrimlevelsforallyourspeakers,clickthetestnoisecontrolshownin
Figure A‐2directlyundertheAnalogOutputscheckbox.
A.3.9 Subwoofer Calibration
Subwoofersarecalibratedusingadifferentprocessthantherestofthespeakers,preferably
withdifferentequipment.Toproperlycalibratethesubwoofer,areal‐timeanalyzer(RTA)
isrequired.IfanRTAisnotavailable,youcanapproximatethesettingswithanSPLmeter.
WhenusinganRTA,propercalibrationrequiressettingtheLFEchannelsignalsenttothe
subwoofer,withinitstypicalbandwidthof25to120Hz,10dBhigherthanthemain
channels.FigureA‐9showsasampleRTAdisplayofaproperlycalibratedsubwoofer.
FigureA‐9
Figure A-9 Real-time Analyzer (RTA) Display
IfanRTAisnotavailable,settingtheLFEchannelhigher(forexample,89dBcfortheLFE
channelwhentheCenterchannelmeasures85dBc)cangiveanapproximatelevelwithan
SPLmeter.Thislevelvarieswiththequalityofthemeterbeingused.
Forfuturereference,ifcalibratingthesubwooferwithanRTA,measurethelevelwithan
SPLmeterandnotethemeterreadingforthepropercalibration.Usethismeasuredvalue
forquickchecksofthesystemcalibrationinthefuture.
+10 dB
LFE Channel
Center channel 0 dB datum
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