Velodyne Digital Drive Series User Manual

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10.w w w . v e l o d y n e . c o m Digital Drive User’s Manual4. Referring to Figure 2, Items 5 and 8, connect the audio/video cable between yoursubwoofer (EQ OUTPUT VIDEO/LEFT/RIGHT yellow, white, and red respectively) and yourelectronics (receiver, processor, TV, etc.). Insert the color-coded cable plugs into the correctEQ OUTPUT receptacle – the yellow plug into the VIDEO jack, the white plug into the LEFTjack, and the red plug into the RIGHT jack. The opposite ends of this cable should beconnected to your receiver/processor. The yellow VIDEO cable goes to an availablecomposite video input (e.g. aux), and the white/red AUDIO (L&R) cables go to acorresponding audio input. Consult your receiver/processor and/or TV owner’s manual formore information.NOTE: Make sure the audio output goes into your AUDIO system, not your TV! The subwooferwill generate test tones used to match the subwoofer to your satellites and to correct for roomanomalies that need to be played over your main audio system.5. Insert the XLR microphone cable’s 3-pin male plug into the MIC INPUT jack (location 7 onFigure 2) on the back panel of the subwoofer. For DD-15 and DD-18 units, a microphonejack is also located on the front of the unit for convenience.6. Slide the microphone (male connector end first) down through the open, circular sleeve ofthe tabletop microphone stand. Position this assembly at a desired listening position fromyour subwoofer.NOTE: The Digital Drive Accessory Kit includes a microphone stand adapter (1/2”-27 thread)for use with professional mounting stands. Be sure to first remove the inner thread piece(3/8”-16) before using.7. Connect the XLR microphone cable’s female jack end with the male connector end ofthe microphone.8. Sheath the microphone pickup with the foam windscreen cover as a protection against dirtand airborne contaminants.A W o r d A b o u t I n t e r c o n n e c t C a b l e sWhen installing your new Velodyne subwoofer using the line level connections, you should alwaysuse shielded phono cables. There are many quality cables available today, most any of whichwill work perfectly well. We do recommend that you keep the length of cable as short aspossible to avoid any potential noise problems.When routing cables, try to keep them away from equipment that generates significant noisesuch as industrial or digital equipment.A W o r d A b o u t C o n n e c t i n g M o r e T h a n O n e S u b w o o f e rIf you are connecting more than one DD subwoofer to your system, you will connect themtogether in a “daisy-chain.” Choose one sub for all the connections described below (we’ll callthis the “master” sub), and then connect an RCA jack from the THRU RCA jacks of the “primary”to the input jacks of the “slave” sub. You will also need to obtain a “Mouse Extension” serialcable (available at any computer store, from your Authorized Velodyne dealer, or from Velodynedirectly) and connect the RS-232 OUT port of the primary sub to the RS-232 IN port of thesecondary sub. Then, all runtime commands directed at the primary sub (such as select preset,volume, etc.) will be communicated to the secondary sub automatically through the serial cable.If you have more than two subs in your setup, simply continue the daisy chain from thesecondary sub to the next sub in the line (using both RCA and serial connections) and so on.