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in ms (milliseconds), that the C 1 will apply. (This is equivalent to distance, since 1 ms at the speed of sound is roughly 1 foot or 0.3 meters.) The process is not only easier but more accu- rate than measuring physical distances, because it takes into account additional delays caused by signal processing, subwoofer filters, and other factors. If the subwoofer delay is too long, the delay time shown in the built-in and on-screen displays will change color, and the subwoofer should be moved closer to you. Distance autocalibration takes about two minutes. Once testing is complete, be sure to switch the microphone off. (Note: As with most battery-operated gadgets that you seldom use, you should remove the battery when you put the microphone away, to protect against damage should the battery ever leak.)

Source Setup

The program sources in your home theater system require a wide variety of inputs. Associating each source with the correct input jacks is done through the Source setup screen:

Source setup
Source				10
Title			Audio	4
Digital	input		Coax	4
Preset			No change
Analog	monitor
Component video			Off
Balanced		source	Off
Balanced		routing	Bypass
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Source: Unless you’ve modified them, the source num- bers correspond to the input numbers on the rear panel of the C 1. Sources 1 through 6 correspond to the Video 1 through Video 6 audio, composite video, and S-video input jacks; sources 7 through 10 correspond to the Audio 1 through Audio 4 input jacks. You select the source you want to set up by turning the front-panel knob or rocking the Master remote’s thumbpad.

Note: The 7.1-channel analog input cannot be permanently associated with a video input; instead, the video input must

be selected first, followed by selection of the 7.1-channel input for the sound.

Title: The factory-set titles correspond to the inputs (e.g., “Video 3” for source 3), but you can eas- ily alter them with the Master remote. First press the thumbpad’s edge to tilt it up or down until the cursor is on “Title,” press the center of the thumbpad (it will click lightly) to select this option, and the “Digital input” line of the display will be replaced temporarily by a cursor and an arrow:

Source setup			By rocking the thumbpad up or down, you can change the
			character above the arrow to any upper- or lower-case let-
Source		10	ter, numbers 0 through 9, a space, or any of several punc-
Title		Audio 4	tuation marks (asterisk, hyphen, period, or slash); if you
Preset		No change	hold the thumbpad in its up or down position, the C 1 will
Analog monitor			scroll rapidly through the available characters. If you pre-
Component video		Off
Balanced	source	Off	fer, you can also scroll through the character list by turning
Balanced	routing	Bypass	the front-panel knob on the C2. When you have changed
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the character to the one you want, rock the Master remote’s thumbpad to the right to move the selection

arrow to the next character. Pressing the center of the thumbpad, or moving the arrow past the beginning or end or the seven-character title, ends titling mode.

(Note: To change titles using the C 1 front panel alone, turn the knob to change the letter that’s underlined on the built-in display, and press the front-panel MENU button to advance to the next letter, number or punctuation mark.)

Even after you change a title on the C 1, the selector screen on the Master remote will still say “VID 1,” “AUD 3,” and so on. To change those screen titles, you’ll need to use a PC and the MX- Editor software. (The software can be downloaded from www.parasound.com/halo)

Digital input: The C 1 has eight digital inputs, four coaxial jacks and four optical jacks. By rock- ing the thumbpad side to side, you can associate any of those eight digital jacks with the source you’re currently setting up.

Presets: The “Preset” menu line enables you to associate the source with any of the five preset combinations of bass, treble, and individual-channel level adjustments and bass and treble boost or cut (for the front left, center, and right channels only) and center, surround, or subwoofer level