Datasat AP25 - Part 2: Installation and Setup

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AP25 Installation & Operating Guide Document # 9301H79500 Ver. 1.00
Part 2: Installation and Setup
This part of this manual contains information the theater technician needs to set up and configure the
AP25 Audio Processor.
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2.0 INSTALLATION AND SET UP 24
2.1 INSTALLATION CHECKLIST 24
2.2 UNPACKING SYSTEM COMPONENTS 25
2.2.1 PRELIMINARY INSPECTION 25
2.3 INSTALLATION OVERVIEW 25
2.4 AP25 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS 25
2.5 CHASSIS RACK MOUNTING AND CONNECTION 26
2.5.1 RACK MOUNT RECOMMENDATIONS 26
2.5.2 POWER SUPPLY 27
2.6 NAVIGATING THE MENUS 27
2.7 ABOUT FORMATS 27
2.7.1 CREATING AN AUDIO FORMAT 30
2.8 FACTORY PRESETS 31
2.8.1 PRESET FORMATS 31
2.8.2 DEFAULT EQ 32
2.8.3 DEFAULT CHANNEL PROFILES 32
2.9 AP25 CONFIGURATION AND SETUP 33
2.9.1 EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS 33
2.9.2 SETTING AND ADJUSTING AUDIO OUTPUT LEVELS 33
2.9.3 THEATER EQUIPMENT CHECK 34
2.9.4 ASSIGN CHANNELS ON AP25 34
2.9.5 HEARING IMPAIRED OUTPUT 36
2.9.6 VERIFY CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS IN AUDITORIUM 36
2.10 B CHAIN ALIGNMENT USING 1/3 OCTAVE EQ 36
2.10.1 SET LEVELS TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE 38
2.10.2 PERFORM THE EQ 39
2.11 SUBWOOFER EQ – PARAMETRIC EQ 41
2.12 COPY EQ SET TO ANOTHER EQ SET 42
2.13 FINAL ADJUSTMENTS 42
2.14 COPY FORMAT 43
2.15 SETTING UP MULTIPLE SCREENS 43
2.16 USING DIRAC LIVE® TO TUNE THE AUDITORIUM 43
2.17 AP25 PLAYBACK SOUND CHECK 43
3.0 HOW-TO PROCEDURES FOR SETUP 44
3.1 EXAMPLE: CREATING A FORMAT 44
4.0 SETUP MENUS 45
4.1 THE MENU BUTTON 51
4.2 SYSTEM SETUP SCREEN 51