Vanatoo TRANSPARENT ZERO Owner's Manual - page 9
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SPEAKER CONFIGURATION SETTINGS, CONT .
Default setting
—Thissettingsetseachoftheoptionalsettingstotheirdefaultselectionsasnoted
inthedefaultcolumninthetableabove.
Sleep Mode setting
—ThesesettingsallowtheT0tobeconfiguredsothatitwilleithergotosleep
after20minutesofnoaudioinputsortonevergointothesleepmode.Inthesleepmodethe
T0consumeslessthan0.5wattsofpower.WhenmusicissenttoasleepingT0ittakesabout3
secondsfortheamplifiertotransitionoutofsleepmodeandstartplayingmusic.IftheT0isinidle
mode(notinsleepbutnotplayingmusic)itdrawsabout6.5wattsofpower.Whenmusicissentto
anidleT0themusicstartsplayingalmostimmediately.
Remote Enable Key setting
—Initsdefaultsettingtheremote’sEnableKeymustbedepressed
beforetheusercanplacetheT0Bluetoothreceiverinthepairingmodeorbeforetheusercan
changeeithertheTrebleorBasssettings.Thisprotectstheuserfrominadvertentlydisconnecting
theBluetoothconnectionorchangingtheTrebleorBasssettings.Intheoptionalsettingthe
remote’sEnableKeymustalsobedepressedpriortooneoftheremote’sinputselectionkeys.
Thisistoprotecttheuserfrominadvertentlychangingtheinputselected.
DSP setting
—Thedefault“Shelved”DSPsettingshouldbeusedwhenyouareplacingthe
speakersonadesktopnearawallorcornerofyourroom.IfyouconnectasubwoofertotheT0
withtheShelvedDSPsettingselected,thecrossovertothesubwooferissetat125Hz.AT0set
totheShelvedDSPsettingwithasubwooferconnectedistheconfigurationwhichwillresultinthe
loudestpossiblemusicfromtheT0.
Theoptional“Flat”DSPsettingshouldbeusedwhenyouareplacingthespeakersonstands
atleasttwofeetawayfromanywallorifyouareusingtheT0ashomemixingmonitors.Ifyou
connectasubwoofertotheT0withtheFlatDSPsettingselected,thecrossovertothesubwoofer
issetat80Hz.
Stereo/Mono setting
—SettingtheT0tothedefaultStereomodewillgiveyoutrueleft/right
stereooutputwiththeactivespeaker(theonewiththevolumeknob)beingtherightchannel.If
yousettheT0totheoptionalMonomodetheinput’sleftandrightchannelsaresummedtogether
andthesamecontentisoutputtobothspeakers.UsetheMonomodeifyouwanttotakejustthe
activespeakerwithyoutothegaragetoworkonyourcarbutdon’twanttobothertakingboth
speakers.JustsettheT0tomonomode,plugintheactivespeakerintopower,andpushmusicto
thespeakerwithyourBluetoothonyourphone.Ifyouwanttoincludeyourpassivespeakerinthe
Monomodethat’sOKtoo.
Auto Input Switch setting
—InthedefaultsettingwhentheT0goestosleepitwillautomatically
resettheinputselectiontotheAutoInputSwitchmode.Thiswayifsomeoneinyourfamilyuses
theremotecontroltoselectaspecificinputthenanhourlateryouwalkintheroomyouwillalways
knowthatsendingmusiconanyinputwillbringtheunitoutofsleepmodeandyourmusicwill
play.MostpeopleshouldleavetheT0inthissetting.
IntheoptionalsettingwhentheT0goestosleepitwillnotchangetheinputselection.Tobring
theT0outofsleepmodetheusermustplaymusiconthelastinputselectedorhitanykeyon
theremotetobringtheT0outofsleepmodethenselectthedesiredinput.Thisisprobablyaless
frequentlyusedsettingbutsomeusersmayfinditusefulinacontrolledenvironment.
Limiters setting
—InthedefaultLimitersettingtheT0DSPincorporateslimiters(sometimecalled
compressors).ThesearecommonlyusedinmakingPopMusicrecordings,andhavetheeffectof
increasingtheoverallplaybackvolume.Theyareturned-onbydefaultintheT0tobothincrease
themaximumplaybackvolumeandreducethepeakpowerdrawofthesystem.Whenthesystem
isplayedatfullvolumewithheavybassdemandsandthelimiterturnedoff,itispossibletotrigger
theprotectioncircuitresultinginatemporaryshutdown.ThisisOK,asthecircuitisbehaving
exactlyasintended,butmaybeannoying.Thedefaultofthelimiters“Enabled”greatlyreduces
thechancesofthishappening.Thelimitercanhoweverhaveanegativeeffectonthesoundat
highvolumes,andsomeusersmayfindthesoundmore“open”withthelimitersdisabled.Welet
you,theuser,decide.Justnotethatthemaximumvolumewiththelimiter“Disabled”willbealittle
lower,andiftheprotectioncircuittripsyou’llneedtoturnitdownalittle!
Active speaker position setting
—Inthedefaultsettingtheactivespeakerisdefinedasthe
speakerontherightasyoufacetheT0s.ThiscanbechangedusingtheActivespeakerposition
setupsothattheactivespeakerisdefinedastheleftspeaker.