JBL MS-2 owner manual Controls and Indicators, Setup and USE

CONTROLS AND INDICATORS

	Input Indicator
Power Indicator	Sub Indicator
	Defeat Button
Treble Control	Treble Indicators
Impact Control	Impact Indicators
Bass Control	Bass Indicators
Image Control	Image Indicators
Setup Button	Setup Indicators

Power indicator: Lights green when the MS-2 is on; pulses red when the MS-2 is in Standby mode. See Standby and On Modes, on page 5, for more information.

Input indicator: Lights green when audio connectors are inserted and the input signal level is OK; lights red when the output level of the connected portable media player is too high. See Setup and Use, on this page, for more information.

Sub indicator: Lights green when you have set up the MS-2 for use in a system with a subwoofer. See Using the MS-2 with a Powered Subwoofer, on page 5.

Treble control and indicators: Press the Treble control to increase or decrease the level of the treble (such as high frequency sounds from cymbals or the sound of the letter “S”). The indicators show the setting.

Impact control and indicators: Press the Impact control to add midbass punch to the sound (such as the fullness of drums or the upper frequencies of a bass guitar). The impact setting may also affect the sound of male vocals. The indicators show the setting.

Bass control and indicators: Press the Bass control to boost the bass (such as low-frequency sounds from bass guitar and bass drum). Two levels of bass boost are available. The indicators show the setting.

Image control and indicators: For music to be accurately reproduced and seem as though it comes from musicians spread out across the dashboard instead of from only the speaker nearest you, the sound from the left and right speakers must arrive at your ears at exactly the same time. To achieve this, the MS-2 includes digital time correction (enabled in the Image control’s “On” setting). If your car’s audio system already includes “DSP”

or surround sound processing, you should set the MS-2’s Image control to “Off,” but you can choose the setting that sounds best to you. The indicators show the setting.

Defeat button: The Defeat button turns off all of the MS-2’s EQ, processing and user settings, passing audio unchanged to the output. This lets you compare the sound with and without the MS-2’s processing. When Defeat is active, the Treble, Impact, Bass and Image indicators all turn off.

SETUP AND USE

Until you perform a setup procedure, your MS-2 will pass the audio signal unchanged from the connected device to your vehicle’s audio system. None of the MS-2’s controls or processing will be active until you perform a setup procedure.

NOTE: If you have added a subwoofer to your system, please see Using the MS-2 with a Powered Subwoofer, on page 5, before performing a setup procedure.

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