Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit 490970 du fabricant Beyerdynamic
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Headzone PRO OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS Mobile Headphone Monitoring System with virtual 5.1 Reproduction.
T able of Contents - 2 - 1. Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Application . . . . . . . . . .
T able of Contents - 3 - 12. T echnical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 13. Block diagram . . . .
Safety Information - 4 - Thank you for selecting Headzone, the mobile headphone monitoring system with 5.1 reproduction from beyerdynamic. Please take some time to read through this manual carefully before using this product. 1. Important safety information Headzone HBP 1 base station and HR 1 rail • READ these instructions.
Application / Supplied Components - 5 - 3. Accessories 3.1 Supplied components • Quick Installation Guide • CD-ROM • HBP 1 Headzone Base PRO Base station (9,5"), incl. external power supply and desk top frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Order # 490.
Headzone T echnology - 6 - 4. The Headzone technology 4.1 The idea Headzone emerged from the idea of remodelling the effective parameters of an ideal auditory space with a certain loudspeaker set-up (up to 5.
Headzone T echnology - 7 - 4.4 The virtual control r oom After being able to create “virtual loudspeakers”, the next question will be how to place these loudspeakers in a room, as the actual sound image is composed by the loudspeaker itself and the acoustic characteristics that are added by the room it is standing in .
Headzone T echnology - 8 - 4.5 Why head tracking? 1. Loudspeakers do not move! Loudspeakers are installed at fixed positions within a room and provide a sound impression that is spatially stable.
Headzone Hardware - 9 - 5. Headzone hardwar e 5.1 Base station Front 6.35 mm jack socket T ip = Audio Left Ring = Audio Right Sleeve = Ground Note: Please never connect more than one pair of headphones to the phones jack (using Y adaptors) as this will prevent proper operation of the head tracker system and could permanently damage your hardware.
Headzone Hardware - 10 - Rear Digital audio input (IEEE1394) The digital IEEE1394 (Firewire) port provides input for 6 digital audio streams up to a sample rate of 96kHz. Furthermore, the Firewire connection is used for exchanging configuration data between the Headzone hardware and Headzone software control panel.
Headzone Hardware - 11 - 5.2 DT 770 PRO HT / DT 880 PRO HT Headphones • In addition to conventional headphones, the DT 770 PRO HT or DT 880 PRO HT is equipped with a head tracker exciter rail containing the ultrasonic transmitters.
Headzone Software - Windows - 12 - 6. How to install the Headzone software - Windows Important: Before installing the Headzone audio drivers, please check if your workstation meets the minimum system requirements for Headzone (refer to chapter 12. “T echnical specifications”).
Headzone Software - Windows - 13 - 2. Please read the beyerdynamic software license agreement carefully . T o accept and continue select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and select “Next”. 3. Select a destination on your hard drive where you wish the Headzone software to be installed.
Headzone Software - Windows - 14 - 4. Select by which name the Headzone software is to be listed in your Windows “Start Menu”. Continue by selecting “Next”. 5. After the Headzone software control panel has been copied to your PC, the set-up wizard will install the appropriate ASIO and WDM drivers for your Headzone device.
Headzone Software - Windows - 15 - 6. Now , connect your Headzone hardware to your PC via Firewire. Make sure that your Headzone device is turned on. Wait until Windows automatically opens a “Found New Hardware” dialogue box and leave it open.
Headzone Software - MAC - 16 - 7. How to install the Headzone software - MAC 1. Audio drivers • Just connect Headzone to your MAC and start working! • There is no need to install any audio drivers as Headzone is fully Apple Core Audio compliant. MAC OSX will recognise your har d- ware as “Headzone Firewire”.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 17 - 8. How to use the Headzone software contr ol panel 8.1 General The software control panel is your remote control for the Headzone hardware. This means the control panel does not do any audio processing and does not occupy significant CPU capacity of your workstation.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 18 - 8.3 Room set-up 8.3.1 Virtual speaker set-up Within Headzone you can easily configure the virtual speaker set-up to meet your personal needs. Click on any of the speaker symbols in the virtual control room and move them to a new position while holding down the mouse button.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 19 - Ambience The Ambience parameter basically controls how much colouration your control room should add to your audio material - in ot her words: if you want the acoustics of your room to be “dry” or really “wet”.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 20 - 8.4 V olume controls 8.4.1 Input peak LEDs The input peak LEDs of all surround channels show if an input stream is close to saturating the Headzone input. One or mor e of the LEDs will light up when there is less than 6dB of headroom left before an input signal clips.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 21 - 8.4.3 Surround channel volumes The volume faders for all surround channels will level audio signals in your Headzone hardware within a range of -50dB to +10dB and are intended to set up a convenient balance between your virtual surround speakers.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 22 - 8.5 Control / status panel 8.5.1 Bypass processing Although Headzone is designed to simulate a virtual 5.1 control room, there may be situations where you want Headzone to operate like a “normal” headphones amplifier when checking a stereo mix or a CD.
8.5.4 Select headphone adaptation The Headzone hardware provides different sound adaptations for the DT 770 PRO HT and DT 880 PRO HT headphones. At th e f ac to ry Headzone has been configured for use with the DT 880 PRO HT . V ia the “Headphones” drop-down menu you can select the appropriate adaptation of the headphone you are using.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 24 - 8.6 ASIO driver control panel 8.6.1 Opening the ASIO driver control panel For changing the settings of the Headzone ASIO driver , select the “Advanced” tab on the Headzone software control panel and cli ck on the “ASIO Settings… “ button.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 25 - 8.7 Storing and loading set-ups Within the Headzone software control panel you can save and load different set-ups of your system.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 26 - V olume panel • V olume left including Mute status • V olume right including Mute status • V olume center including Mute status • V olume LFE including M.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 27 - 8.8 Firmware Updates 8.8.1 Updating the Headzone Software Contr ol Panel Windows Updates of the Headzone Software Control Panel will be available as a new installation package as described in chapter 6. “How to install the Headzone Software - Windows”.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 28 - 4. After loading a DSP update file, the Headzone software control panel will signalise when it is ready to transfer the new firmware to your base station.
Headzone Software Control Panel - 29 - 6. When the firmware upload is finished, the Headtracker LED on the front panel of your Headzone base station will stop blinking red and you will be asked to restart the software control panel and your hardware.
Head T racker - 30 - 9. Using the head tracker Headzone uses unique, patented, ultrasonic head-tracking technology to make the virtual surround reproduction as realistic as possible.
Set-ups - 31 - 10. T ypical set-ups 10.1 Recording set-up 10.1.1 Headzone as mobile Firewir e audio interface • Connect Headzone to your Digital Audio Workstation via Firewire and select the appropriate driver in the hardware setting s of your recording software.
Set-ups - 32 - 10.1.2 Headzone integrated in a professional studio set-up • Use the analog inputs on your Headzone base station to connect your mixing desk or your DACs. When connecting your mixing desk you will usually want to use the subgroups of your desk as 5.
Set-ups - 33 - 10.2 Multimedia PC set-up 10.2.1 Headzone as Firewir e sound card • Connect Headzone to your PC via Firewire and select the appropriate driver in the “Multimedia settings” of your operating system.
Set-ups - 34 - 10.2.2 Headzone in combination with a 5.1 sound card • Use the analog inputs of your Headzone base to connect to the analog outputs of your 5.1 sound card. • Use a 5.1 sound card which is capable of surround decoding (e.g. Soundblaster Audigy Series).
Set-ups - 35 - 10.3 Home entertainment set-up 10.3.1 Headzone hooked up to a DVD player • Use the analog inputs of your Headzone base station to connect the analog outputs of your DVD player • Please ensure that your DVD player is capable of surround decoding.
T roubleshooting - 36 - 11. T roubleshooting T o restore the factory settings of your Headzone device, do the following: • Close the application software that uses Headzone as audio device. • T urn off the Headzone base station . • Press and hold the “Bypass” and “Input Select” buttons on the front panel of the base station.
T roubleshooting - 37 - Problem Possible Cause Solution Virtual audio sources seem to move while turning your head Scale of the head tracker compensation does not match your personal perception Adjust the scale of the head tracker compensation according to your needs (see chapter 8.
T roubleshooting - 38 - Problem Possible Cause Solution Audio on the front channels is turned down although all sliders in the software control panel are at the same position. Some older audio players for Windows just level the volume on the L/R channels even when playing surround signals.
T echnical Specifications - 39 - 12. T echnical specifications General Permissible ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +10 °C to +40 °C at < 90% humidity Power supply External mains adapter , 5 VDC Operating voltage .
Block Diagram - 40 - 13. Block diagram.
Contact - 41 - Germany beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG Theresienstr . 8 D-74072 Heilbronn Phone +49 (0) 7131 / 617-410 Fax +49 (0) 7131 / 617-299 proaudio@beyerdynamic.de www .beyerdynamic.de United States of America beyerdynamic Inc. USA 56 Central Ave.
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