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ways, to see which gives you more lifelike bass). If your subwoofer does not meet these stan- dards, setting THX Ultra2 Sub to “No” will disable boundary gain compensation.

ASA (Advanced Speaker Array) processes the sound sent to the surround back (not the sur- round side) speakers. THX recommends that the two back speakers be placed close together, facing the front of the room, to broaden the “sweet spot” in the room where their effect is most beneficial, and provides processing to compensate if they must be spaced apart. Set ASA to “Together” if the speakers are within 12 inches (30 cm) of each other, to “Close” if they are separated by 12" to 48" (1.2 m), and to “Apart” if the separation is more than 48".

Halo Setup Software

An additional setup aid is HaloSetup.exe, a Windows program that can be downloaded from our Web site (www.parasound.com/halo). With a standard serial cable (available from computer stores) connecting your PC to the RS-232 connector on the back of the C 1, you can use this pro- gram to set up the C 1 and to store settings you’ve made through the setup menus described in this chapter. This is also the only way you can reprogram the default messages “C 1 is turning on now,” and “Shutting Down.” Some of the program’s terminology differs slightly from that used in this manual, but operation is nearly self-explanatory.

We strongly recommend that you save your original settings before you begin, so that you can restore them later if you dislike the changes you have made. Use the File/Save As command to create a configuration file, and give it a name you’ll understand if you get back to it months later (e.g. “Harry’s original.sfg”). If you have modified settings through the menus in this chapter, use the Operations/Download command, or the F6 key, to copy the current settings to the Halo Setup program; to program the C 1 with settings you have made within the program, use Operations/Upload All settings (F8) to copy all settings to the C 1, or use Operations/Upload Changed settings (F7) to copy only those you’ve altered.

If uploading or downloading does not work, use Operations/Check Connections (press the F5 key). If that discloses problems, go to File/Options and check that the program is using the correct port. (The factory default is COM 2; if that does not work, try the others, beginning with Com 1.)

Note that the illustration shows only one of the program’s seven main pages, some of which open out into sub-pages.

The program runs on Windows 95 and higher.

Parasound Halo Setup

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General Audio	Source Speaker		OSD	Trigger Presets
General AudioSettings						Reverb
		Volume: -50dB				Dry
-90dB					-20dB	1
Bass: 0dB	-12dB				+12dB	2
						3
Treble: 0dB	-12dB				+12dB	Wet
Bass Settings			LFE Level
		60 Hz			Level 0dB
Subwoofer Filter:			-10dB			0dB
Enhanced Bass
					Offset 0dB
Bass Limiter:		-50 dB	-20dB			+10dB
DefaultTHX Surround EX Mode			Dolby PL II / DTS		THX Ultra2
EX On	EX Off			Settings...		Settings...