Using DSP5000C

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perhaps to compensate for a non-central listening position or a highly asymmetric layout.

This is certainly not the case. Stereo sound is dependent upon time differences between the signals from the channels. To get the best out of a normal stereo system, you should be in the correct position in relation to the speakers.

When used as a left–right pair, the balance control of the DSP5000C uses digital signal-processing to delay and diminish the sound in one speaker, thus effectively shifting the speaker’s image back. Thus balance control compensates, to a certain extent, for an off-centre listening position. If you sit off-axis, this control will rotate the image.

Note Because the use of the balance control processes the digital signal, you may hear a slight clicking as the balance is adjusted.

How to use the balance control in a pair of DSP5000C

If you are playing a CD, press Display enough times to get the permanent display:

cd ##

Here ## represents the volume number. (This will help you to understand the functioning of the balance control better, but it is not essential).

1.Press the w or the e menu key until the balance display shows. The master display will momentarily show

L.0

This allows you to ask the DSP5000C what its balance setting is without changing it.

Note We call this kind of display a cursor – in this case, the tilt cursor. DSP5000C uses several cursors to access functions such as tilt, bass, phase, track selection and preset selection.

To get rid of a cursor, either

∙wait a few seconds, or

∙select another cursor, or

∙hit another (inactive) key

To change the balance setting:

1.Make sure that you can see the balance cursor display on the master:

L.0

2.Press the n menu key. The display will change to

L.1

showing that you have moved the balance one volume number towards the left. After a few moments the display will revert, but you will now see that the left speaker has a volume number one greater than the right.

3.Press n again. The display will move to

L. 2

To move the sound towards the right:

1. Use the menu s key instead

The balance can be adjusted between ±30 dBs, incremented in 1 dB steps.

To restore the central condition, press Clear.

DSP5000C User Guide