Performing Manual Speaker Distance Calibration

MC-12

Setup

PERFORMING MANUAL SPEAKER DISTANCE CALIBRATION

SETUP SPEAKERS MANUAL SPEAKER DISTANCES

Selecting the MANUAL SPEAKER SETUP menu SPEAKER DISTANCES option displays the SPEAKER DISTANCES menu, to manually calibrate speaker distances.

MAIN MENU

MODE ADJUST AUDIO CONTROLS

SETUP

INPUTS

SPEAKERS

REAR PANEL CONFIG DISPLAYS VOLUME CONTROLS TRIGGERS

LOCK OPTIONS LIVE! CALIBRATION

SPEAKER SETUP

SET CROSSOVERS CHECK MICROPHONES AUTOMATIC MANUAL

SET CROSSOVERS

BEFORE CALIBRATING

MANUAL SPEAKER SETUP

SPEAKER DISTANCES LEVELS CALIBRATION

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

SPEAKER DISTANCES

FRONT LEFT	0.0ft
CENTER	0.0ft
FRONT RIGHT	0.0ft
SIDE RIGHT	0.0ft
REAR RIGHT	0.0ft
REAR LEFT	0.0ft
SIDE LEFT	0.0ft
MONO SUB	0.0ft
SUB RIGHT	N/A
LFE	N/A
UNITS	FEET

0.0 to 30.0ft or 12.0m

METERS

FEET

To manually calibrate speaker distances:

1.Follow the menu path shown above to select SPEAKER DISTANCES. The SPEAKER DISTANCES menu shown above will open on the on-screen display.


2. Press the	or	arrow buttons to highlight the desired
speaker distance parameter. Then, press the			arrow button

to select the highlighted speaker distance parameter.

3.To determine the appropriate speaker distance, measure the distance between the primary listening position and the front of the speaker.

For example, when the FRONT LEFT parameter is selected, measure the distance between the primary listening position and the front of the front left speaker (connected to the Main Zone audio output connector labeled Front L).

4.When the speaker distance has been measured, press the

and arrow buttons to set the parameter to the closest available value.

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MC-12 specifications

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Lexicon MC-12 manual Performing Manual Speaker Distance Calibration

Models: MC-12

Setup

PERFORMING MANUAL SPEAKER DISTANCE CALIBRATION

To manually calibrate speaker distances:

MC-12 specifications