Bryston SP4 Installer's Manual

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Installer Guide

Date: 06/01/2018

Firmware: 3.3r1

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Model identication

16ch Balanced Dual Theater Expansion

16ch Unbalanced RCA Expansion

Options slots usage

Optional Modules

9@XKuWvo@AW4

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Welcome

Thank you for choosing a Bryston SP4 Immersive Sound Processor. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for setting up your SP4.

This guide will describe the setup of the processor. The same process applies to other variants with options installed. Only the wiring and some elements of the setup will dier.

We continuously strive to improve our products. Some features might thus be added or be improved. Make sure to check whether the installed rmware version matches the installer guide version.

What’s In the Box

Installer Guide

Safety Instructions

SP4 Immersive

Sound Processor

Firmware 3.3r1

Power cord *

* depending on the region, the power cord will be delivered with Fuse to be installed

** tools are required to mount/unmount the rack mount ears: Torx screwdriver (T10)

Rack mount ears **

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Before You Begin

1. In case the AC cord is delivered with Fuses attached, make sure to install them before connecting the unit.

2. Ensure your electrical circuit has a good ground connection with all audio equipment connected to the same ground node to avoid ground loop.

Display / Projector

XLR cables

RCA cables

Optical Toslink wire

HDMI Cable

Amplier units Speakers with cables

LAN router

with Cat5/6 RJ45 cable *

3. Required equipment:

* the ISP needs a DHCP server to be part of the Network to get an IP address allocated.

Make sure to check your Internet Provider box or LAN/Switch box for router function.

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We have divided the unit conguration into several key steps, as shown below:

Installation Flow

AC, sources and displays connection to the SP4

Power up, Web Installer Interface access and general description

System conguration : password, access management and Network

Inputs denition and conguration

Theater and Audio Zones, creation and conguration

Settings of Triggers, AV delays, limiters, display

Denition of Listening Presets with Theater and Audio Zones allocation

Outputs mapping and connection to ampliers and subwoofers

Installation Monitoring StormMonitoring

Remote Control interfaces: Web Remote and SP4 Remote

Room Calibration with Dirac Live

Room Calibration Tool

Connectors descriptions, inputs table

Specications and acknowledgements

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Hardware Connections

AC, sources and displays

1. Check Fuse. To replace the Fuse, make sure to disconnect the AC cord from the ISP to avoid electric shock.

2. Connect AC cord to Power Outlet (do not turn ON now) using the earth connected cable delivered with the ISP.

3. Connect the RJ45 LAN Network cable to the router/switch

4. Connect appropriate Digital Sources via Coaxial or Optical

5. Connect appropriate Analog Sources via RCA

6. Connect your HDMI sources, all inputs support HDCP2.2 (By default, HDMI1.4 speeds on HDMI IN 1 to 4, HDMI2.0 speeds on HDMI IN 5 to 7)

7. Connect your displays (HDMI OUT 1 is HDCP1.4, HDMI OUT 2 is HDCP2.2, same content)

1.1) Connect the unit as shown below. Do not connect the outputs at this stage: allocation is done automatically during speakers setup (Step 5 of this document).

1.2) Multiple connections are possible. Take note of your sources’ connections to the SP4 by using the table of part 12, where you can also nd connectors pinout.

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Web Installer Interface

Access & Help

Power Up

IP Address Login Navigation Online Help

2.1) Power On the unit following below steps :

1. Turn the Main Switch to ON (I) on the back panel.

2. Display will show Bryston logo for few seconds and will enter the Sleep Mode (Led turns red continuously).

3. When in Sleep Mode, press the Power Button. Unit will start.

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Web Installer Interface

Access & Help

Power Up

IP Address Login Navigation

Online Help

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2.2) Check for Network Address :

1. Press EDIT button for about 3s

2. The display will show a list of system information, including the IP address allocated via DHCP

3. Take note of this address:

eth IP Addr :

eth MAC Addr :

wifi IP Addr :

wifi MAC Addr :

Hostname :

192.168.1.172 b8:27:eb:70:2b:2c None None bryston-sp4

serial number : sp4-N00006

temperature : 35 °C

FAN speed : 50%

fw version : 3.3r1

IP Address

In case you need to bring the unit back to its default DHCP mode from the front panel, follow above Step 1, then press the EDIT button for a few seconds, until a message pops up asking for conrmation of this action by using the ENTER button.

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Web Installer Interface

Access & Help

Power Up

IP Address Login Navigation

Online Help

2.3) Use your computer and open a Web Browser.

2.4) In the URL area, enter the IP address of your unit (such as 192.168.1.172 for example) and validate.

2.5) The Home Page will be shown as below :

Selecting this button

will give access to

End User Remote

Control page (see 9)

Selecting this button

will give access to

the Expert Setup

to congure the SP4

Select the

Expert Setup

The Expert Setup has two levels

of access : Installer and Expert User.

Expert user gets access to portions

of the setup dened by the Installer.

Installer user gets full access to the setup.

Conguration is done at the Installer level.

Type the default password for Installer being:

installer

And press CONNECTION

Only one instance of Web Browser can be opened to access the unit. If a window is already in use and another is opened to connect to the same unit, a message will ask you to close one.

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Power Up

IP Address Login Navigation

Online Help

Web Installer Interface

Access & Help

Master Volume of the selected Theater

can be adjusted here. MUTE is available

as well as a DIM function that turns

the Volume down by an amount dened

in the Settings page (see part 7).

Conguration of the ISP is made in few tabs split in the following categories:

- System parameters

- Inputs denition

- Speakers allocation and Room Calibration for Mains and Alternate outputs

- General settings

- Listening Presets

- Monitoring to visualize system status Once congured you can control the ISP via the Remote Page

In some cases, it might be required to restart the ISP

by pressing the RESTART button.

Note that this will not erase the

stored settings.

Pressing LOG OUT will take you

back to HOME page with only

possible access to REMOTE control.

2.6) Select Expert User again. You will access the System Page of the SP4.

2.7) The Web Installer Interface is structured around a common part on the top area that will remain accessible at all time and give access to the basic functions.

This area provides the means to

change some of the settings at anytime

without having to access the Remote

Control page. Can be changed: Source, Preset,

Theater (and related Proles) and Surround mode.

To help you understand all the functions and

settings of the product, an Online

Contextual Help is accessible. By turning it to ON,

question marks will pop up next to each

function. Simply click on it for the function you

need help on.

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Power Up

IP Address Login Navigation

Online Help

Web Installer Interface

Access & Help

2.8) In order to support the Installer in his conguration process in the best way possible, we have developped an Online Contextual Help that can be activated at anytime as shown in 2.7.

This Help Guide provides detailed information on each item you can adjust or consult during the SP4 Conguration. Thanks to this tool, the Installation Guide you have in hands at the moment can be kept quite light. More importantly, we work continuously on improving or adding features to the product. Such Online Help can be updated at the same pace as the Firmware.

2.9) The rst level of Help consists on information about how the function works and how to congure it. It is highlighted as a «Question Mark» in blue background. Standard information will be visible only with Help set to ON.

2.10) The second level of Help consists on critical information warning the user about specic and important information about a function and how to adjust it. Warnings are always visible on the Web Installer Interface.

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Web Installer Interface

System setup

Network

Passwords Access Management

In the System page, you can visualise hardware and software status of the ISP, change password for Expert and Installer access, modify the Network parameters and dene the access level of the Expert user level. It is also possible to backup and restore the Conguration. Follow the Steps dened below to congure these settings.

1. By default, DHCP is set to Auto. If a static IP must be dened, press DHCP AUTO icon. Then enter the IP address and router settings.

2. This area provides info on your unit with software revision and possibility to download logs for support matters.

3. Later in the conguration, it will be possible to save the conguration as a backup le. It will also be useful to export the parameters for the wiring of the Outputs. Finally, upgrade of the SP4 is done here.

4. To complete the system page conguration, you must click SAVE. Then, select INPUTS.

5. Dene which aspects of conguration you wish to grant to an expert user. If required, you can change the passwords. Default Expert User password is Expert.

6. This area provides info on the options and licenses installed on the SP4.

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Web Installer Interface

Inputs setup

Inputs name

Sources assignment Control

Adjustment

Using the table you have lled up in previous step , you will now adjust the Inputs of the ISP. By default, as many inputs as there are available physical connections have been created. Follow the below steps to modify them.

For each input to dene:

1. Select a predened name or press Edit to change it.

2. Select which physical inputs should be activated. For non HDMI audio inputs, you may still select a video input. Dene what physical audio signal to play amongst Analog, Coaxial, Optical, HDMI

3. To compensate for level dierence between inputs, you can adjust input level.

4. To compensate for specic synchronisation issue with the connected source, you you can adjust an AV delay per input.

5. Once dened in Settings page (see part 7), you can congure Triggers to activate when the Input is selected.

6. To complete the Inputs denition, press SAVE then Main Speakers (8) to access next step.

To remove unused inputs so they are not visible in the Remote Controls, change them to NONE.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

Depending on your SP4, your system will support up to 16 channels on Main Outputs and 16 additional channels on Alternate Outputs for Dual Theater (with 16 Channel RCA Outputs). For both sets of outputs, the Speakers conguration will follow the same ow, as described below.

Please note that in case «ISP-O-Dual Theater» option is installed (Alternate Speakers), you should make sure before selecting EDIT that the current Preset (therefore Theater) playing is from the same channels bank: Main or Alternate Speakers bank.

At this stage, you can decide to EDIT the Theater 1 if the Layout meets your requirements. If the case, go to step 5.6 (Bass Management & Distance). If not, go to step 5.1 in next page.

1. A single SP4 can manage several Theaters and switch from one to the other during playback. A Theater can be dened according to a Speaker Layout. By default a Theater is proposed in a 2.0.0.0 layout.

2. The mapping (Signal --> Output Channels) is shown on a per Theater basis with dierent colour.

3. Output mapping can be changed. See section 9 (p 43).

4. New Theaters or Audio Zones (Mono/Stereo) can be added.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.1) If the default Theater 1 doesn’t t your need, you have to replace it. Press Edit then Delete as shown below.

5.2) To create a new Theater, select Create Theater, it will appear as shown below. By then pressing Congure, you will go to the Speakers Layout selection and conguration steps described in next page.

At this stage you can also create Stereo/Mono audio zones. We do recommend to rst dene the Theater and use remaining channels for Audio Zones creation. See step 5.11 for Audio Zone creation.

Theater conguration is made in 3 steps: Creation (5.1 & 5.2), Speakers Layout selection (5.3) and Speakers/Subwoofers Replication denition (5.4 & 5.5).

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.3) Speakers Layout selection.

1. To make the Speakers Layout denition easier, we have made a short list of Recommendations. If you don’t see the Layout you need, select All. The List will show more with a highlight on the Recommendations.

2. You can visualise the basis layout in the table

with the channels ticked and graphically by selecting View.

3. Select the Layout that meets your requirements.

«View» selection

Green: Fully optimized Yellow: Supported Orange: Not optimized Red: Not supported

Information about compatibility of the selected layout with the Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and Auro-3D is also given via a color code.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.4) The basic layout can be tuned to meet your exact speaker conguration, being multiway, with replication of some channels and/or with several subwoofers.

1. For LCR, you can dene as many ways as you want. Generally up to 3.

2. Replicate surrounds to meet seating row count.

3. Indicate the number of subwoofers required («0» if no Subwoofer required).

4. Dolby Atmos oers the option to simulate its ceiling speakers via «top ring» speakers located in the main «front ring» speakers, so called Dolby Enabled speakers. Dene here whether the Dolby Atmos top layer is reproduced with such speakers and on which position you will place them.

5. Replication of other channels than Surrounds is possible: tick the Custom Channel Duplicator to access the feature then enter numbers required for each channel.

6. Save your conguration

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.5) Following the Speakers Layout denition, you will be back to Speakers edition mode, you can then select View to visualise the layout: multi-way, replication, subwoofers...

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.6) Once the Layout has been dened and saved, you get access to the Speaker based adjustments. The Theater is shown with its channels allocation. At this stage you can connect the Speakers to the system (please go to section 9).

1. For each Theater, multiple audio Proles can be created. A Prole is the combination of the Speakers denition (mutiways, levels, delay), Bass Management, Manual EQ and a Dirac lter design if applied (see part 6).

2. We oer two approaches to Bass Management. A rst one that is the Standard Bass Management as specied by Dolby and a second one that is a Custom Bass Management which opens up full access to how the Bass should be managed/redirected in the system. The Custom mode has been designed for installation where main channel speakers are used to reproduce the Bass. At this stage, you should select which mode you want to use, considering that going from one mode to the other will reset the adjustments made. To help you on this decision, the two modes are described in the next pages.

3. Adjust the crossover lters (Low, Middle and High) of LCR Multiways Speakers with cut-o frequency, slope and phase. For more than three ways, additional lters can be adjusted via the Manual EQ (see 5.10).

4. With Manual EQ and the Dirac Filter Design corrections applied, the average output level in the Theater might be lowered signicantly. You can boost this average output level between 0 to 12 dB, in 3 dB steps. Note that setting a too high level can lead to clipping.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

Standard Bass Management

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1. In Standard Bass Management mode, you can dene how you want the bass to be managed for each Speaker with three options: Small, Large and «Large and Sub». Small will cut the Bass and redirect them to the Subwoofer channel. Large will keep the Bass in the Speaker. «Large and Sub» will keep the Bass in the Speaker and also redirect them to the Subwoofer channel. Speaker characteristics should be clearly known to ensure you don’t overload them with frequencies that they are not capable to reproduce, especially in the case of small speakers limited in the low frequencies extension.

2. Cut-o frequency of the Bass Management is adjusted per Speaker, either by entering the required value or using the - / + buttons. The crossover Slope can be either 12 dB or 24 dB per octave, with Linkwitz-Riley type. Frequencies and Slopes are the same for both the Speaker and the redirected Bass lters.

3. When Speakers are set to Large, it is possible to redirect the LFE channel (Low Frequency Enhancement) to them. Change this setting from None to a level between 0 to -20 dB, 0 dB being the highest.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

Custom Bass Management

1. In Custom Bass Management mode, you can dene how you want the bass to be managed for each Speaker with four options: Small, Large, «Large and Sub» and «Large with Sub». Small, Large and «Large and Sub» have same properties as in Standard mode. «Large with Sub» oers the possibility to use a Large Speaker with low frequencies capability to act as an independent Subwoofer channel plus a Small Speaker in the same physical speaker.

2. Cut-o frequency of the Bass Management can be adjusted per Speaker, either by entering the required value or using the - / + buttons. The crossover Slope can be either 12 dB or 24 dB per octave, with Linkwitz-Riley type. Frequencies and Slopes can be dierent for the speaker High Pass Filter and redirected Bass Low Pass Filter.

3. When Speakers are set to Large, «Large and Sub» or «Large with Sub», it is possible to redirect the Subwoofer channel (redirected Bass from all Small or «Large and Sub» Speakers) to them. Change this setting from None to a level between 0 to -20 dB, 0 dB being the highest.

4. When Speakers are set to Large, «Large and Sub» or «Large with Sub», it is possible to redirect the LFE channel (Low Frequency Enhancement) to them. Change this setting from None to a level between 0 to -20 dB, 0 dB being the highest.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

1. Subwoofer channels have specic ltering for the LFE content (bass channel from decoder). You can dene a High Pass Filter to avoid rumble from subwoofer limited in the low frequency and a Low Pass Filter.

2. You can adjust the Distance between the listener and the listening sweet spot, usually in the center of the sitting area. By default they are in «m» for meters, but you can select «feet» or «ms» reecting more a delay. The latter is usually used to ne tune a distance.

If you intend to do the Automatic Room calibration process using the Dirac Live® Calibration Tool and the Integrator Calibration kit, you don’t need to adjust the Distance/Delay and the Levels of the Speakers in the Theater. Nevertheless, any required Manual EQ should be adjusted prior to going through the Automatic calibration process. It is also recommended to do multiple subwoofers alignment (level and delay) to correct for Room Modes prior to Dirac and to Group them in the Dirac process as one Subwoofer. See next parts 5.7 to 5.10 for Manual EQ, otherwise proceed to part 6.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

1. Press Setup, the Group congurator will pop up.

2. Dene Groups of speakers that should play the noise at the same time, such as active multiway speaker.

3. Make sure the Speaker is enabled.

4. Once Groups are dened, simply close the window.

5.7) Next steps of the Manual Calibration process are level adjustments and equalization. To make these adjustments comfortable and eventually using Microphones with Capture systems, a Noise Generator is provided. You can set up how the Generator works as described below.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.8) Groups being dened, you can now adjust the levels as described below.

1. Select the signal you want to generate between Sine, Pink Noise and Narrow Band Pink Noise. In case of Sine selection, a frequency parameter that you can adjust will be shown.

2. Activate the Noise Generator. Group playing is highlighted in Green.

3. Adjust the level of the Group playing.

4. Change from Group to adjust using Group + and Group Once you have completed the levels adjustments, turn the Generator to OFF.

5. It is possible to visualize the response of a speaker group by activating the RTA function. See next part 5.9 for a detailed description.

Before activating the Generator, make sure the Master Volume is at a reasonable level to start, such as -30 dB. Default gain is set to 0.10 (-20 dBfs)

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.9) When optional Storm Monitoring license is purchased, The RTA function provides 32 band capture of the acoustic response of the selected speakers/group, using the various signals available with the generator.

The RTA tool is not meant to be used to dene an equalization using the Manual EQ, but it is a good tool to verify the overall acoustic response. It is especially useful when used together with the Monitoring function (see part 11): with a microphone always connected to the system, the RTA and the noise generator, it is possible to verify the overall behaviour of a speaker remotely. We provide two settings to change the scale and reference of the capturing.

1. The maximum level of the capture can be dened by adjusting the Microphone Reference Level. This will allow to move the window 0dB reference level, independently from the output level.

2. The resolution of the graph can be changed from a Non Linear scale (default) providing more screen space in the range near 0 dB to a Linear one, scaling from noise oor level to 0dB.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.10) Whether you adjust an EQ for a Theater channel or Audio Zone channel, the same process will need to be followed for both (see next part 5.11).

1. The channel to adjust can be changed via the drop down list.

2. There are up to 10 bands of EQ you can adjust per channel.

3. A wide numbers of lters is available allowing almost any equalization to be made. Select the lter type you want.

4. Depending on the lter type selected, additional parameters will be made available. Check the contextual help for details. Once parameters are set, you can move to another band adjustment.

5. Finally, you can save your EQ adjustments in the current audio Prole.

6. Return to Speakers page.

We have dened a «Copy to» function, allowing to copy a channel EQ to any channel of any Theater dened. This simplies the conguration when correction curve is identical.

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Web Installer Interface

Speakers setup

Principles

Creation

Theater conguration

Layout

Replication

Bass

Speakers Adjustments

Distance

Manual

Management

Noise

Generator

Levels

Equalization

Audio Zones

5.11) You have several possibilities to create an Audio Zone. It can be created as a Mono or Stereo Audio Zone without any display, as a zone dedicated for Headphones playback via an external headphones amplier or as an Audio / Video Stereo Zone with a display involved.

An Audio / Video Zone (including Headphones Zone) will have General A/V delay adjustments

added in the Settings page as well as LipSync control on the Remote Control interfaces.

To create a new Audio Zone, select the type of zone required to create.

1. You can decide here to Enable or Disable one of the Channels

2. You can equalize the channels individually. Note that there is only one audio Prole possible per Audio Zone. The audio Prole will include the manual equalization and the Dirac lter design if applied.

3. You can also rename the Speaker.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

You have now done all the manual adjustments required to proceed with the Automatic Room Calibration powered by the Dirac Live

® Room Calibration Tool. Before proceeding, you must verify

that you are in possession of an Integrator Calibration Kit including:

1. A Dirac Live

® Room Calibration Tool with StormAudio license,

2. The microphone UMIK-1 and its accessories.

If you do not have these two elements, we invite you to contact your distributor to acquire an Integrator Calibration Kit or a Dirac Live

® Room Calibration Tool with StormAudio license alone.

The Dirac Live

® Room Calibration Tool for Bryston is a specic version of the tool,

with Bryston drivers integrated, for sole use with Bryston processors. Other versions of the Dirac LCT license will not work with the SP4.

Notes:

1. Although recommended, you are not obliged to use the UMIK-1 USB microphone delivered in the Integrator Kit. You can use your own measurement equipment as long as supported by the Dirac Live

® Room Calibration Tool for Bryston.

2. The process described in this Guide will only cover our standard case based on using UMIK-1 USB microphone.

3. The next steps will describe a basic calibration using the standard target curve and automatic correction window dened by Dirac.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

1. Select Main Speakers.

2. Edit the Theater or Audio Zone to which you want to apply Dirac Live.

6.1) After having downloaded the Dirac Live® Calibration Tool software from Bryston, install it on your laptop. Make sure to be connected to Internet during installation.

6.2) Once installed, go to your browser in the SP4 Web Installer Interface and:

6.3)

1. Select the Audio Prole you have congured with your manual settings and that you want to use as basis.

2. Press Setup and put the channels of a same multiway speaker in the same Group. In case a multiple subwoofers setup has been manually aligned, it is also recommended to put them in the same group to maintain inter-subwoofer adjustments, otherwise Dirac process will change adjustments of each subwoofer individually without taking care of potential room modes.

3. Press DIRAC to start the process.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

4. A pop-up describing the process will be shown. Verify that you are in the correct Theater and Audio Prole. If not, cancel and make proper selection as described in 6.3) step 1. Also make sure you now have your microphone connected to the laptop.

5. Press Start New calibration to set the ISP in Calibration mode. At this time, all audio adjustments made on the remote will be deactivated to not alter the calibration.

6.4) Launch the Dirac Live

Calibration Tool (DLCT) for StormAudio. The application will go into the rst

tab / step of the DLCT. Note that the Dirac software is branded StormAudio but works with Bryston.

1. Process Tabs. The rst one being the System Cong tab

2. At any step of the process, you can nd some HELP in the right part of the screen.

3. In this step, you must select the device you want to calibrate and check the correct Theater conguration is chosen.

4. In case the device is not found, you can «tick» to choose to manually enter the SP4 IP address. Click on Rescan to conrm the connection. Device should appear in the Test Device list. Keep the port as «5000».

5. When the conguration is correct, go to the next step of the Setup by pressing Proceed.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

6.5) In this step, you will congure the microphone to use.

1. The Recording device will show which microphone is selected.

2. Click on the arrow to check the UMIK-1 microphone is correctly selected.

3. On the microphone body, take note of the serial number 70x-xxxx and go to the download url to get the calibration le.

4. Two les will be available for download. In the case of a multi channel setup, we usually use the microphone pointing upward for constant directivity in all directions. Select the 70xxxx_90degree.txt le in such case.

5. Then proceed to the next step.

https://www.minidsp.com/products/ acoustic-measurement/umik-1

All along the process, it is advised to save the design into a Project. Also, you can reuse measurements made in a Theater and saved in a Project to regenerate a new set of design lter following new adjustments on the target curve for example.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

6.6) In this step, you will adjust the output levels to match measurement requirements

1. With UMIK-1 connected, make sure the room is quiet. Adjust the Input gain so the background noise doesn’t exceed -24 dB in the level meters.

2. After making sure the Output volume is reasonably low (-40 dB for example), start the playback of the white noise on the rst channel and adjust the volume so to reach -12 dB in the level meter.

3. For each channel, activate playback one by one and correct the Channel volume using following rules:

- if the level remain in the green area below -12 dB --> keep unchanged

- if the level is between -12 dB and

-6 dB, reduce the Channel volume to get -12 dB average.

4. Then proceed to the next step.

Notes:

- All channels are automatically listed. Note that it is important for the setup to be done properly in terms of grouping multi-way channels into the same Speaker, before activating Dirac, for Dirac to recognize it as one Speaker. Refer to part 6.3.

- Subwoofer channels are automatically recognized and «ticked» in the subwoofer column. Multiple subwoofer aligned manually in step 5 should be shown as one Subwoofer. If not, exit the process and go back to step 6.3 to group them.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

6.7) In this step, you will measure the acoustic room response placing the microphone into the sweet spot (exact center of the listening area).

1. You will rst need to select the type of listening area you want to dene. 3 options are available, from narrow to wide listening area: Chair, Sofa and Auditorium.

2. Once selected, you will need to place the microphone into the rst position which reects the best positions in terms of expectations, usually in the center of the listening area. This position is critical as it will be used for the Distance and Level calculations.

You can change the view to have a better understanding on how to place the microphone.

3. Once the microphone is placed as illustrated, you can Start the rst measurement by pressing on Start button. The measurement capture gets updated realtime:

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

6.8) With the rst measurement completed, the position is changed to Green and a new position is shown in yellow. There will be 8 additional positions of the microphone required, to complete the capture process.

1. Press Start when you have placed the microphone into the expected position.

2. For each new measurement, the plot will get updated.

Proceed as described in 1 and 2 above until all 9 measurements are completed.

At anytime during the process, you can redo a new measurement at an already covered position. Click on the position to redo and then in the red cross. You can now press Start again to measure this position.

Don’t forget to save your project on a regular basis.

3. Then proceed to the next step.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

6.9) Once all measurements are completed, you will be able to visualise magnitude and impulse responses of all speakers. In addition, Dirac Live

will add the recommended target curve as well as the window of correction deduced from the measurements. In this Quick Guide, we will follow Dirac Live

recommendation to proceed. Shall you need to customize these two elements, please refer to the StormAudio_Dirac Live CT_Installer_Manual_rev 2.pdf to nd the descriptions of all the adjustments options available.

1. The orange Target Curve can be adjusted by moving the markers and markers can be added by double clicking on the curve at the needed frequency.

Auto Target will recall the Dirac Live

recommended curve. You can Save and Load your own created Target Curve.

2. It is possible to limit the correction to a certain frequency range in order to avoid low frequency correction in speakers limited or not capable in this area. The same applies in high frequency. By default correction window is kept full frequency spectrum.

3. Keeping the recommended curve and correction window, you can launch the Optimization.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

4. After Optimization, the simulated magnitude response curve is shown in Green.

5. You can tick in these boxes to visualize dierent curves.

6. You can browse the channels to check simulated curves for each speaker.

For illustration of the correction window eect, it was here moved so no correction were done above 2kHz. Simulated response = actual response.

7. You can also visualize the eect in the impulse response.

8. Save your project.

9. Proceed to the lter design Export page.

To maintain overall signature and timber of high quality speakers, and because the room has limited eect in the high frequency range, we recommend to limit the window to below 1 or 2 kHz range as illustrated here.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

6.10) The last step of the Dirac Live® process is to export the lter design into the ISP so it is combined into a new Audio Prole with all manual audio adjustments made in part 5.

1. Drag and drop the project le in the light blue area into the StormAudio Audio-Processor Project slot.

2. While dropping the project, this will actually download the complete lter design package into the ISP. Download is complete when all channels are listed in the Project slot.

3 The process is now complete from a

Dirac Live

Calibration Tool standpoint. You can now Exit and go back to the browser to nalize the New Prole creation in the ISP interface.

Don’t forget to save your project before exiting.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

6.11) Back to the Web User Interface, the Dirac Live® pop up has been updated as shown below.

Theater Calibration

Audio Zone Calibration

1. A default name has been given to the new Prole. Change it into a name of your choice.

2. To help you remember what Listening Area was used during the measurements, you can select the correct one in the list.

3. To describe the target curve that was dened, you can give an alternative name to this curve.

4. Finally save to complete the New Prole creation.

1. For the Audio Zones, we manage a single Audio Prole. Save to complete the Audio Zone Prole update.

Each time you go through the Dirac Live

process, the former lter design gets replaced by the new one. Activation / deactivation of Manual EQ and Dirac EQ is done at the Remote Control level.

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Room Calibration

Dirac Live

Introduction

Setup Measure Optimize

Export

6.12)

Back to the Speakers page in Editing mode you can now see:

1. The new Prole that you created at the end of the Dirac Live

process.

2. The values of Delay calculated by Dirac and applied in the Prole.

3. The values of Level calculated by Dirac and applied in the Prole.

This new Prole resulting from a Dirac Live® process cannot be adjusted manually via the Speakers page.

We are not allowed to make changes to this Prole, in order to ensure integrity of the Dirac Live

calibration,

as any modication in delay or level can dramatically alter the overall listening experience: this is the

Reference Prole for this Dirac Live

calibration round.

6.13) If you wish to change the paramaters of a Reference Prole, you should rst create a Duplicate of this Prole by selecting Duplicate (4) when in Reference Prole editing.

2 3

All adjustments of a Speaker are now accessible. The Dirac design lter of this new Prole remains identical to the Reference Prole. When adjustments are completed, you can save the Prole (1) and the Theater (2) to go to the next Step.

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Web Installer Interface

Settings

Triggers

Parameters Limiters Front Panel

AV Delay

HDMI

16ch AES

In this Step, you will adjust the Settings of the SP4 by selecting the Settings tab.

1. To allow manual change of a Trigger on the Remote, turn Manual Switching to ON

2. To automatize the Trigger behaviour, there are three possible modes:

- on Wake = Trigger takes its active status at unit Wake Up,

- on Input = Trigger takes its active status when an Input is selected,

- on Presets = Trigger takes its active status when a Preset is selected.

3. When Unit goes to Sleep mode, you can dene how the Trigger should react.

4. The Active Status can be dened as 0V or 12V.

5. Finally, it is possible to dene a delay between the action occurence and the Trigger change between 0 to 8s.

Adjustment of Triggers are made as below:

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Web Installer Interface

Settings

Triggers

Parameters Limiters Front Panel

AV Delay

HDMI

16ch AES

1. Downmix output can be used with a screen. Selecting Audio/Video Zone will add LipSync adjustment to the remote as well as general AV Delay in Settings page.

2. To avoid damage of speakers, the installer may decide to limit the range of the audio adjustments available in the remotes (0 to 6dB).

3. Master Volume can be decreased by a x amount of dB via a DIM button on Remotes. Dene this level here. Default is -20dB.

1. Limiters allow you to dene a certain output level you don’t want the ISP to exceed. You can turn it ON here.

2. The Limiter threshold can be set independently for normal channels and subwoofer channels. Adjust the level at which the limiters will start to work.

3. There are two modes available in Sleep Mode: a low power consumption one (slow start up, 40s) and a fast start up one (higher consumption, <5s). Select whether to enable the Fast Boot mode here.

1. Set Brightness level when adjusting through the Front Panel.

2. Set Brightness level when in idle mode.

3. Set time out between Active Mode and Idle Mode.

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Web Installer Interface

Settings

Triggers

Parameters Limiters Front Panel

AV Delay

HDMI 16ch AES

1. For each zone, adjust the Delay required to compensate Audio and Video desynchronization due to the display.

The HDMI inputs can be congured so to provide a better compatibility between the source devices and the displays when issues such as blanked video or snow noise are encountered due to HDCP interoperability problems.

1. For the inputs dened as HDMI2.0 compatible being by default inputs 5 to 7 (or 1 to 7 when the HDMI2.0 extension setting «2» below is set to ON), it is possible to limit the datarate to 450 MHz instead of the default 600 MHz required for HDMI2.0.

2. By default inputs 1 to 4 are limited to HDMI1.4 speeds (340 MHz datarate). It is possible to set all inputs to accept HDMI2.0 speeds, dened by the setting «1» above between 450 MHz and 600 MHz. Be aware that changing this setting requires source to be tested at the required resolution to ensure proper behaviour of the whole HDMI chain.

Note: a change of these settings will force the unit to restart after SAVE operation.

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Triggers

Parameters Limiters Front Panel

AV Delay

HDMI

16ch AES

Web Installer Interface

Settings

When the «ISP-O-Digital In» option is installed in the ISP, you can receive the signals delivered by a Cinema Server or another multi-channel digital audio source. The signals are delivered in AES/EBU format over 2x RJ45 connectors. See section 12 for the connectors pinout description. The type of signals may vary from unit to unit, we therefore allow to change the mapping of the 16ch, with by default the rst 8ch mapped according to Dolby Cinema servers requirements.

1. Selecting EDIT will open a pop up screen.

2. You can change the Signal routing to meet your audio source output mapping.

3/4. Once dened, you can save and export the mapping into an excel le for printing.

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Web Installer Interface

Listening Presets

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The last part of the Conguration of the unit consists on creating Listening Presets that will link together all the adjustments you have made in previous parts, that is to say:

Theaters with an Audio Prole,

- Audio Zones to activate,

- Triggers to control,

- Preferred Upmix.

These Listening Presets become available and selectable in the Remote Controls. Changing from Listening Preset will load all related settings, seamlessly to the user.

1. You can change the Name of the Preset.

2. Preset can be disabled. This way they will not appear in the Remote Control.

3. A Preset can be linked to a Theater that would become active when the Preset is selected.

4. When the Theater has been selected, you can choose an Audio Prole among those created for the selected Theater. When it is a Dirac prole, its Room and Curve description will be shown,

5. It is possible to get Audio Zones playback together with a Theater. Select the Zones you want to activate by ticking the corresponding box in the list.

6. Triggers that have been «Enabled on Preset» in the Settings page can take their active status when this Preset is selected.

7. For each Preset, you can dene which Preferred Upmix should be activated when allowed by the decoder.

8. You can Create or Delete Presets.

9. At the end, you will be able to Save when your Preset conguration has been completed.

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Web Installer Interface

SphereAudioTM Listening Preset

To make use of the optional SphereAudioTM binaural engine powered by Auro®-HeadphonesTM and integrated into your SP4, a dedicated SphereAudio

preset is dened with the Downmix output selected by default. When selected in the Remote Controls, it will create a 3D Immersive experience via headphones by binauralizing the mono or up to 13.1 encoded formats (native Immersive Sound) into two channels.

To add more Headphones zones to this preset, you must adjust the SphereAudioTM preset as shown below.

1. Identify the SphereAudio

preset,

2. In the Audio Zone list, select the Headphones zones you want to activate and access SphereAudio

mode,

3. Select the Preferred Upmix to activate when the SphereAudio

preset is selected,

4. Save when your Preset conguration has been completed.

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Hardware Connections

Outputs

Outputs Mapping

Outputs Connections

1. Select the Speakers tab and stay in Speakers list visualization mode.

2. Select the «Output Mapping» function. A pop up window will be shown allowing the mapping to changed.

3. Change the output number according to connections expectations.

4. Save to store the new output mapping and to exit the pop up window.

9.1) You can connect the analog outputs to your ampliers according to the outputs mapping that has been automatically generated during the Speakers Layout denition. In case the proposed mapping doesn’t match your need, it is possible to rearrange the outputs order as shown below.

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Hardware Connections

Outputs

Outputs Mapping

Outputs Connections

Main Outputs :

1. Analog, Ch1 to Ch16

2. Alternate Analog RCA Ch1 to Ch16

Downmix Outputs:

3. Analog, R and L

Triggers:

4. Jack 3.5mm

9.3) With the exported Excel le, you can now go and connect your cables to the correct output.

Connections to your ampliers according to the Speakers mapping and type installed, as well as the Trigger outputs dened in the section 7 (Settings), can be done following below steps.

9.3)

In the System Page, select the «Export Parameters» function. A le containing the SP4 Main Speakers

Channel Mapping will be downlaodable and printable.

See part 11 for details in connectors description.

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Web Remote

SP4 Remote

User Interfaces

Control

1. In the Web Interface, select Remote Control tab to access it.

2. Source/Input selection area.

3. Theater control with:

- Unit power control

- Master Volume, Mute and Volume Dim

- Loudness, Cinema EQ and LFE Dim

4. In this zone the Listening Preset can be selected, which denes where the playback is expected. The Preferred Upmix (Dolby Surround, DTS Neural:X or Auro-Matic ) can be selected in this area. Additionaly upmix parameters can be adjusted.

5. For the Theater, this oers quick level adjustments of Center, Surround and Subwoofers

8. Audio Zone control: for each Audio Zone dened and active with the Preset, a set of adjustments is given:

- Volume and Mute,

- Tone Control,

- LipSync when AV Zone

7. When set to Manual in the Settings page, the Triggers can be controlled in the Remote.

6. Additional settings for the Theater with Tone Control, Audio Brightness and LipSync.

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Web Remote

SP4 Remote

User Interfaces

Control - SphereAudio

1. In the Remote Control interface, you can select the Listening Preset that was created to call up the SphereAudio

mode.

2. When the SphereAudio

Mode has been selected, the main Theater will get muted. All Theater related adjustments won’t be accessible anymore.

3. In SphereAudioTM Mode, you have access to several eects. There are ve available as described here

4. For each Headphones Zone you can enable or disable the SphereAudioTM eect.

Home Cinema: allows to enjoy cinema quality sound when watching

e.g. movies

Cinema: provides the best cinematic experience, similar to what

you would hear in a large theatre equipped with an Immersive Sound speaker setup

Lounge: for a more intimate listening experience, as in a cozy

cafe

Concert: setting that reenacts Immersive Sound in a huge

concert hall or large-scale room

Bypass: this is an exclusive SphereAudio downmix that will mix

all decoded channels into 2 headphone channels, including height and top channels. This is not really a binaural mode, but rather an optimized downmix for headphones

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Web Remote

SP4 Remote

User Interface

Control

A Remote Control application is available on the Apple AppStore portal: SP4 RemoteTM.

1. You will rst connect the App to the ISP you want to control. Insert the IP address of the unit. You can identify the IP address of the SP4 by pressing and holding the EDIT button on the front panel.

2. Select Connect, a white LED will show up when connected.

3. In each of the Remote Control pages, you will always have access to Master Volume, Mute, Dim, Loudness and CinemaEQ.

4. Triggers that have been set to «Manual Switch ON» in Settings page can be controlled here.

5. Front panel display settings are changeable here.

6. As in the Web Interface, it is possible to restart the unit remotely using the Restart button.

7. Access the other App Pages by selecting the icons.

1 2

1. Input selection.

2. Playback control with selection of the Listening Presets, Surround Modes and LipSync adjustment.

Parameters page

Home page

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Web Remote

SP4 Remote

User Interface

Control

1. Same additional adjustments as described in the Web Remote interface are available in the Adjustment page of the App Remote.

Adjustment page

Audio Zone page

1. In the Audio Zone page, you can select which Zone you would like to control and adjust.

2. For the selected Zone, a set of parameters is adjustable, depending on the Zone type dened. Amongst them we can nd: Volume, Mute, EQ, Tone Control and LipSync.

The Volume Page features a large volume knob which makes it easy to adjust the main theater volume.

Volume page

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Web Remote

SP4 Remote

User Interface

Control - SphereAudio

A Volume page with limited function is available, oering a convenient method to control the Master Volume of the playing Theater.

1. In SphereAudio

mode, the Theater is muted and cannot be

controlled. This is a mode for Headphones only, that oers 5 dierent Eects as described earlier.

2. The 5 Eects can be selected here.

Home page

Audio Zone page

1. In the Audio Zone page, you can select which Headphones you would like to control and adjust.

2. For the selected Headphones, a set of parameters can be adjusted, depending on the Zone type dened. In case of the

SphereAudio

mode, there is a switch to enable or disable

it for each Headphones.

When a Listening Preset activating the SphereAudio

mode is selected in the Preset area,

the StormRemote

will behave dierently from the usual case, as described below

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Overview

Processor

User Interface

StormMonitoring

11.1) To provide an overview of the installation status, a Monitoring function is implemented on the SP4, accessible via the Monitoring tab selection. Note that Monitoring is an optional feature available for a small fee.

1. A list of the SP4s installed and connected to the same network is shown. Select which devices you would like to monitor and they will appear in the main area.

2. The current SP4 will be listed rst. By default the window is collapsed and show limited information. It is possible to expand it (a), to visualize the history of temperature and FAN behaviour (b), to adjust the threshold of the Alert Messaging (c), to activate the VuMeter oering real time signal visualization (d). It is also possible to control the ISP with Power, Unit or Restart (e). A summary status information is also shown. More details will be provided in section 11.2.

3. Using the Monitoring tool, you can visualize the internal average temperature. The SP4 will also indicate the current FAN speed. For each scale, an indication of the Status is provided, with good Status and Alert signs.

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Overview

Processor

User Interface

StormMonitoring

abc

a. Expanding the window will give access to detailed informations about the unit’s status, what will be described in parts 11.2 and 11.3. b. An important feature of the Monitoring is the possibility to visualize the history of the unit temperature and the FANs values over time. Selecting this button will show a pop up window as below:

Time

window

Parameter selection

c. Settings provide access to the Alerts Thresholds adjustments. These Thresholds are by default dened at values seen critical for the long term reliability of the products. It is possible to create additional alerts by changing these values. Default one will still generate alerts when reached. Warning alert will trigger a message in the User Interface and the Remotes, while Critical alert might shut down the unit automatically for safety reasons.

Tools to manipulate the data are provided, from left to right:

- «snapshot» tool to make a picture of the curve,

- «zoom in» to allow for the denition of a new window size horizontally, by left-clicking your mouse,

- «pan» to allow translation in the horizontal axis but with the same scale,

- «zoom» + and -,

- «zoom out» to allow a rescale to the default window size

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Overview

Processor

User Interface

StormMonitoring

11.2) Expanding the Processor Monitoring panel adds access to a lot of informations described below.

1. Detailed information about Audio and Video streams are provided.

2. Status of all the internal power supplies with the actual reading of the main ones,

3. A log of all the important events is maintained and shown in a list format. This log is important in case of an issue occurence, to help the support team to understand where the problem can come from. It is possible to do a search of a specic event. Storage is limited to the last 500 events.

4. It is possible to visualize the real-time levels of the decoder and the post processor channels by selecting «Vumeter», expanding the window as shown below.

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Overview

Processor

User Interface

StormMonitoring

Ampliers

11.2) Expanding the Amplier Monitoring panel adds access to the informations described below.

1. In addition to the Ambient temperature, the expanded view of the Power Ampliers window oers multiple parameters visualization and control:

- dual channels module temperature,

- amplier modules FANs speed,

- back panel extraction FANs speed,

- MUTE control (per 4x channels),

2. A log of all the important events is maintained and shown in a list format. This log is important in case of an issue occurence to help the support team to understand where the problem can come from. It is possible to do a search of a specic event. Storage is limited to the last 500 events.

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Connectors

Hardware Connections

Connectors & Inputs table

Inputs table

Special care must be taken for the cables, wires and connectors to be used with the SP4. Here is a description of the connectors pin out and recommendation for the wiring.

1. To connect the ISP to an amplier, you must use male to female XLR cables. The connector in the ISP is a Male XLR. We recommend up to 3m cables.

2. In some cases, it might be required to connect to ampliers with unbalanced inputs. In such case, the wiring should be done as shown.

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Connectors

Hardware Connections

Connectors & Inputs table

Inputs table

Source Name Digital Input connection Analog Input connection HDMI Input connection

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Specications

Acknowledgements

Specications and models are subject to change without notice

SP4 ISP 3D.20 ELITE ISP 3D.32 ELITE | Analog Edition ISP 3D.32 ELITE | Digital AES Edition ISP 3D.32 ELITE | Digital AVB Edition ISP 3D.32 ELITE | Reference Editio n

ELITE Range ELITE Range ELITE Range EL ITE Range ELITE Range EL ITE Range

Main Features

Auro-3D / Dolby Atmos / DTS:X

✓

/ ✓ /

✓ ✓

/ ✓ /

✓ ✓

/ ✓ /

✓ ✓

/ ✓ /

✓ ✓

/ ✓ /

✓ ✓

/ ✓ /

✓

SphereAudio - Binau ral Immers ive Sound for Headphones

Optional ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Room Ca libration - powered by Dirac Live

Optional ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

StormMonitoring - Rem ote Monitoring

Optional ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Multichannel / Surround Processing

Output channels 16 (32 optiona l) 20 32 32 32 32

Decoding / upmixing channels up to 16 up to 16 up to 16 up to 16 up to 16 u p to 16

Input sam pling rate supp orted up to 192 kHz up to 192 kHz up to 192 kHz up to 192 kHz up to 192 kHz up to 192 kHz

Stereo downm ix

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Post proces sing sa mpling rate 48 kHz 48 kHz 48 kHz 48 kHz 48 kHz 48 kHz

Dirac Live DSP runtime

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Bass managem ent

✓

(fully flexible)

✓

(fully flexible)

✓

(fully flexible)

✓

(fully flexible)

✓

(fully flexible)

✓

(fully flexible)

Multi-subwoo fer channels Unlim ited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlim ited Unlim ited

Multi-way crossover (6-12-18 -24 dB/oct filter slopes )

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Parametric EQ per chan nel 10 bands 10 ba nds 1 0 bands 10 bands 10 ba nds 10 bands

HDMI

HDMI inputs / outputs 7/2 7/2 7/2 7/2 7/2 7/2

1-4 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 2.2 1-4 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 2.2 1-4 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 2.2 1-4 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 2.2 1-4 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 2.2 1-4 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 2.2

5-7 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 5-7 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 5-7 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 5-7 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 5-7 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 5-7 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2

1 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 1.4 1 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 1.4 1 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 1.4 1 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 1.4 1 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 1.4 1 : HDMI 1.4 / HDCP 1.4

2 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 2 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 2 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 2 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 2 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 2 : HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2

4K UHD HDR

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

High Dynami c Range : HDR10 / HLG / Dolby Vision

✓

/ ✓ / -

✓

/ ✓ / -

✓

/ ✓ / -

✓

/ ✓ / -

✓

/ ✓ / -

✓

/ ✓ / -

Color Space an d Subsamp ling 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0

Deep Colo r (12 bpc)

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Max. resolu tion support

4K 60fps 4:4:4 8bp c 4K 60fps 4:4:4 8bp c 4K 60fps 4:4:4 8bp c 4K 60fps 4:4:4 8bp c 4K 60fps 4:4:4 8bp c 4K 60fps 4:4:4 8bp c

HDMI: 3D / 4K / ARC / OSD

✓

/ ✓ / - / -

✓

/ ✓ / - / -

✓

/ ✓ / - / -

✓

/ ✓ / - / -

✓

/ ✓ / - / -

✓

/ ✓ / - / -

Audio Inputs

Digital inp ut: coaxial, optical 3 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 3

Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module RJ45 x 2

Analog stereo in puts: RCA 4 4 4 4 4 4

Audio Outputs

Analog main outputs, balanced (ch 1 to 16) XLR XLR XLR XLR XLR XLR

N/A XLR N /A N/A XLR

XLR N/A N/A N/A N/A

Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module DB25 x 2

Analog secon dary outputs, unbalanced (ch 1 to 16) Optional Module Option al Module Optional Module Optional Module Option al Module N/A

Stereo downm ix outputs, balanced XLR (2) XLR (2) XLR (2) XLR (2) XLR (2) XLR (2)

N/A N/A RJ45 x 4 N/A RJ45 x 4

N/A N/A N/A RJ45 N/A

Set-Up Manageme nt

Configurab le multi-theater m anagemen t

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Configurab le audio zones m anagemen t

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Theater and audi o zones listenin g presets Unlim ited Unlim ited Unlim ited Unlim ited Unlim ited Unlim ited

Alternate theater manag ement Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module Optiona l Module

✓

Backup and res tore of set-up

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Firmware up date via USB / network

✓

✓ ✓

✓

Control Inputs / Outputs

USB type A 2 2 2 2 2 2

Ethernet / Wi-Fi

✓

/ -

✓

/ -

✓

/ -

✓

/ -

✓

/ -

✓

/ -

Output trigger control 4 (out) 4 (out) 4 (out) 4 (out) 4 (out) 4 (out)

IR remote ports , in / out 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1

Control / Custom Installation

Web-base d product configurator

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

TCP/IP API based con trol

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

StormRem ote iPad control appli cation

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Control4, Cres tron, Savant and RTI home automatio n

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Front panel dis play

✓

(TFT 4,3")

✓

(TFT 4,3")

✓

(TFT 4,3")

✓

(TFT 4,3")

✓

(TFT 4,3")

✓

(TFT 4,3")

IR remote control ha ndset N /A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Power Supply

Voltage range 100V to 240V 100V to 240V 100V to 240V 100V to 240V 100V to 240V 100V to 240V

Type SMPS SMPS SMPS SMPS SMPS SMPS

Range s election Universa l Universa l Universal Univers al Univers al Univers al

Casin g

Home / Rack (rem ovable ears)

✓

✓ ✓

✓

Net Weight (kg/Lbs) 13,1 / 28,8 13,2 / 28,9 13,6 / 29,9 1 3,3 / 29,3 13,3 / 29,3 14 / 30,9

Size 3RU 4R U 4RU 4RU 4 RU 4RU

49,00 x 47,90 x 19,10 /19.29 x 18.86 x 7.52 49,00 x 47,90 x 19,10 /19.29 x 18.86 x 7.52 49,00 x 47,90 x 19,10 /19.29 x 18.86 x 7.52 49,00 x 47,90 x 19,10 /19.29 x 18.86 x 7.52 49,00 x 47,90 x 19,10 /19.29 x 18.86 x 7.52

HDMI inputs

HDMI outputs (mirrori ng)

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