Administrator’s Guide for the VSX Series
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Video and Audio Tools
Diagnostic Tool In the system’s user interface In the VSX Web
Color Bar test
Tests the color settings of your
monitor for optimum picture quality.
If the color bars generated during
the test are not clear, or the colors
do not look correct, the monitor
needs to be adjusted.
1. On the Diagnostics screen,
select Video.
2. Select the Color Bars icon.
3. Press any button on the remote
control to stop the test.
1. Select Diagnostics > Video.
2. Click the Color Bars icon to
start the test.
3. Click the Color Bars icon again
to end the test.
Speaker test
Tests the audio cable connections.
A 400 Hz audio tone indicates that
the local audio connections are
correct.
1. On the Diagnostics screen,
select Audio.
2. Select the Speaker Test to go
to the Speaker Test screen.
3. Select the Speaker Test icon.
4. Press any button on the remote
control to stop the test.
If you are in a call, the far site
will also hear the tone.
1. Select Diagnostics > Audio >
Speaker Test.
2. Click the Speaker Test icon to
start the test.
3. Click the Speaker Test icon
again to end the test.
The people at the site you are
testing will hear the tone, but
you will not. You can send a
message to tell them how to
notify you when they hear the
speaker test.
Audio Meter test
Measures the strength of audio
signals from:
• Microphone(s)
• Far-site audio
• VCR audio
• Any device connected to the
audio line in
1. On the Diagnostics screen,
select Audio.
2. Select Audio Meter.
The audio meter should
register between 0 and 15 dB
for each active input.
3. To check the microphone(s),
speak into the microphone.
4. To check far-site audio, ask a
participant at the far site to
speak or call a phone in the
far-site room to hear it ring.
5. To check a VCR or DVD,
connect it to the VCR inputs
and play the VCR or DVD to
test the audio.
Select Diagnostics > Audio >
Audio Meter to start the test.
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