zapco HDSP-V Series, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference Last update November 8 2019 HDSP V AD A DCP v 2 9 2 Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...rom doing There is absolutely no substitute for experience that is a simple fact of life Another simple fact is that ZAPCO has for over forty years been the leader in defining quality standards for th...

Page 3: ...14 Opening the Control Program GUI 15 The HDSP Z16 V Control Program 17 The Main Page 17 The I O Page 22 Defining Outputs 22 Defining Inputs 23 Auto Summing 25 The Delay Page 26 The Crossover Page 28...

Page 4: ...standards The noise floor of this device reaches 140 dB noise plane without input signal In the 192 KHz version with player or with digital inputs the S N of the analog outputs is equal to 115 dB in...

Page 5: ...e HDSP V power supply continues to work down to 6 Volts to solve the problem of cars that have the stop start ignition system The main processor is a dual core 456 456 MHz 8 and16 channels solution ha...

Page 6: ...s that the customer can request the product with the cards that he needs without having to buy what he does not need Subsequently it is possible to easily up grade a part of the product keeping all th...

Page 7: ...le internal modules components Zapco thinks to provide a perfect line of signal path to the speakers and through the listening area For that reason hardware and software will be easily up gradable wit...

Page 8: ...since the HDSP processing will be far superior to your head unit processing Also using two different processing stations will greatly complicate the tuning process and add distortion The OEM input plu...

Page 9: ...The 1A Power Fuse 3 The processor s Electrical Connections Below is the wire harness with the wire colors 1 2 3 Switched ACC 12V Turn on 12V from Head Unit Ground Empty 12V Trigger Output Amp turn on...

Page 10: ...the maximum clean unclipped signal Digital is fast digital is convenient but Digital is also limited Adding gain to a signal after it is already in the digital domain is convenient but it will use va...

Page 11: ...ile in your Downloads folder Open the exe file and the installation will begin The first screen gives permission to install the program You will want to clickYes To avoid any installation issues you s...

Page 12: ...to Windows bug but it is just a warning and it will work anyway If your operative system for whatever reason does not recognize the processor then you will need to turn off the Driver Signature Verif...

Page 13: ...e a good solid ground point to bare metal which is connected to the car frame The 12 Volt In for Turn On connects to the turn on wire from the head unit All aftermarket units and many factory OEM unit...

Page 14: ...he gains you will turn the system on and watch the LEDs in the gain panel on the top of the DSP Remember the amplifier RCAs are not plugged in yet so there will be no sound You re just watching the LE...

Page 15: ...wish to open in Connect via WIFI or Connect via COM mode and which HDSP model you will be working with Select Device drop down menu If you choose Connect via COM mode you will confirm the COM port nu...

Page 16: ...16 If you have already used the GUI and you have previously saved some configurations you can choose which configuration to upload between Last Saved Default Choose from PC or Choose from DSP Preset...

Page 17: ...the equalization stage 1 Speaker Channel Assignments This section shows the function of each output channel and is where you will choose a channel for fine tuning The information here is transferred...

Page 18: ...nd 6 Equalizer This is the section where you will do the fine tuning We will discuss more about equalizing later in the system setup The Equalizer is on the Main page so you can have all your other se...

Page 19: ...t a short delay for On but a long delay for Off The lower section is to control the amplifier turn on from the White 12v out Power off delays are normally not used because you want the amp to turn off...

Page 20: ...e taken to the Preset 16Ch or Preset 8Ch folder The System will apply a name for the configuration which will be highlighted when the folder opens You can choose to keep that name but it is recommende...

Page 21: ...green and proceed with equaliza tion and other tuning functions Setting Up the Sound System with the PC GUI The GUI for the HDSP processors will lead you through a complete system setup in the shorte...

Page 22: ...Most certainly you will now need to modify the I O page to suit your particular system At the left side you see INPUT MODE then a SPEAKER DIAGRAM for the default 16 ch system and the OUTPUT channels...

Page 23: ...ry LINE input if only 6 inputs are used in the OEM section 2 more inputs L 1 and L 2 are available in the Loop section for creating special effects which we will discuss later in the Special Features...

Page 24: ...When you first open the GUI this says only OEM Each time you add another input source to your setup it will be added to the LIVE SOURCE drop down menu This is where you will pick the source you are tu...

Page 25: ...ent as above but using 6 channels of input 3 stereo pairs Tell the GUI you have 6 input channels and click OEM SUM and the channels are properly distributed in the matrix In the system below the GUI h...

Page 26: ...strument s place in it In a car it is virtually impossible to be in the center of the listening area Some speakers may be in the dash and some in the door and the woofers in the back Your position You...

Page 27: ...e the number to round to the nearest 01 ms The delay page also allows you to set up three Delay Groups so you are able to move the apparent position of a group of speakers in relation to the rest of t...

Page 28: ...o use and the SLOPE of the crossover For the Crossover frequencies you can highlight a box and type in the frequencies click in the box and use your keyboard Up Down or you can click on the up down ar...

Page 29: ...your crossover choices affect the response of the signal output Every system will need to be equalized to get the proper frequency response but inproper crossover choices will make the equalization jo...

Page 30: ...he sound wave A smooth pleasant wave shape is the sine wave Here is the wave expressed in degrees When music is played each and every note is on its particular spot on its wave form If the recorded mu...

Page 31: ...oughly by dragging the slider buttons to the desired location You can also adjust either using the right and left arrow keys on your keyboard This can adjust quickly or adjust by single frequencies or...

Page 32: ...more Between the two threshold points there is a gradual boost so the EQ is audibly invisible and does its job unnoticed Setting the VSEQ can be done by ear but is best done using an RTA Turn the syst...

Page 33: ...to 15 in steps of 0 1 The Q determines the shape of the boost or cut with a low Q affecting a wide area and a high Q affecting a narrow range of frequencies as below Equalization is done from the Mai...

Page 34: ...n the EQ graph show what you are doing to the signal The EQ traces of the active channels in this case channels 3 4 are always shown in the graph however you can add other channels you want to see at...

Page 35: ...ain Cut Once you click onto a band button you can quickly drag it to the position you want it or you can use the keyboard Up Down arrows to move it Frequency Works much the same way You can drag the d...

Page 36: ...anges The process is the same for each pair of speakers The sound should come from a single focused point near the center of the windshield For midranges and larger drivers you want to use a deeper ma...

Page 37: ...e below on your RTA your EQ graph will have lots high spots and low spots to make the RTA graph look like that Flat is not the goal Generally a flat response will give a sound lacking in bass and will...

Page 38: ...not so sensitive to dips in the response it is very sensitive to peaks The response peaks are what makes a speaker sound harsh and cause ear fatigue You listen for a while then turn it off because it...

Page 39: ...available The input classes are HD Player Radio CD and Line Digital Inputs not active will not show in this row If you have several digital and line inputs they will drop down under the Line Digital...

Page 40: ...e versions of the processing components currently installed DSP brings up clipping indicators for each of the 8 input channels The System menu also includes the PRESETS list The up down arrows move th...

Page 41: ...en you choose HD PLAYER you will get the directory The directory shows files loaded singly and also folders If you open a folder you get a list of the files inside Choices here are made using arrows t...

Page 42: ...ndows menu will show FAT32 among the others as Default If we instert a 32GB USB drive the Default is exFAT and the FAT32 field is NOT present Formatting a USB drive 32GB to FAT32 must be done by parti...

Page 43: ...2 groups With this information you can create realistic ambience create a realistic center channel and you can even create a pair of 60 band EQ channels Ambient Rear Fill For years the problem with re...

Page 44: ...the same as the front information 2 Secondly you need to be able to provide enough delay so the rear information arrives when it would in a hall or stadium environment While most processors give you 2...

Page 45: ...for the midrange and high frequencies Here we have used Channels 9 10 to form the loop Notice that they are labeled and Not Used because we do not want the RCA output of those channels They are pooped...

Page 46: ...to reproduce them accurately So to save processing power the common practice is to simply down sample the lower frequencies on the assumption that you will never know Zapco has taken a different appr...

Page 47: ...es the update will be only software However as new functions are developed there will be updates to the firmware as well Upgrading the Firmware must be done in the correct order to be successful The f...

Page 48: ...your Downloads to find HDSP Firm_v1 0 7 or the current version In the folder open the subfolder Firmware File v1 0 7 or the current version and click on the pkg file to begin the update The upgrade w...

Page 49: ...Clipping LED 8 x High Level 4 20 Volt 200 Ohm Gain Control Clipping LED S N Ratio from 109 to 115 dB A THD N 0 001 1V Out HDSP Z16V 0 0008 1V Out HDSP Z8V Digital IN Optical 24 Bit 192 KHz SPDIF 24 B...

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