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Hi all
Need some help.
My Headunit was tuned by Matt Harwood, it sounded brilliant, the bass / treble + my new Locky SUB-box, etc; however I had to change my battery yesterday and now I have lost all my settings and it sounds pants.
Can someone please help me out with the settings...
X-Over
Low
Mid
High
T-Corr
Bass-Focus
User-EQ
Pics attached......
Just PM'd him; I know he is really really busy so was wondering whether someone could help out in the meantime.
I've had an attempt at it myself, but it sounds nothing like what Matt had set it to. :(
if it works the same as my Alpine, the first figure is the + or - db rating (i.e. volume) the second figure is the band width (never really noticed much difference with that one) and the third on is the frequency, the rest of the stuff I don't know about because that is a more advanced unit than mine.
What are you missing from the sound? i.e do you need more base?
What are you missing from the sound? i.e do you need more base?
Exactly...there is no bass at all....basically need to get the fronts to play mainly low-mid / and the sub to do the bass (think thats how Matt set it up) - The volume of the rears was turned down for the sake of proper sound staging.
Amazing how much difference the right settings can make...:(
ok, I think if you change the first figure in your first picture to say +3 that will give you more bass, give that a try to start of with
Terminator
21-01-07, 21:06
If you go to the Alpine Website, you will find all you need to know.
are the fronts run of an Amp?
Yup, fronts and Sub are running off a separate 3 channel amp.
Rears are running off the headunit.
Went through the manual and set it up....sounds a bit better; but not as good as how Matt set it up.... :(
Surely there must be someone that can explain how to set this up in lay man terms...
https://i-personalize.alpine.com/eue/index.html
this has a great program for setting up your headunit, assuming it's i-personalise compatible.
Just put in the details of your car, it works it out and then burns it to a CD.
Then whenever you disconnect your battery, jus bung the CD in, hey presto, back to normal!
I get the joys of setting these things up everyday, as I work in Halfwits.
Unfortunately, not really somthing you can set up via the internet, kinda have to hear it to get it right.
https://i-personalize.alpine.com/eue/index.html
this has a great program for setting up your headunit, assuming it's i-personalise compatible.
Just put in the details of your car, it works it out and then burns it to a CD.
Then whenever you disconnect your battery, jus bung the CD in, hey presto, back to normal!
I get the joys of setting these things up everyday, as I work in Halfwits.
Unfortunately, not really somthing you can set up via the internet, kinda have to hear it to get it right.
Cheers :)
It's only letting me set the time correction and crossover control, there aren't any other options after that.
Some base and treble control would be nice .
Cheers :)
It's only letting me set the time correction and crossover control, there aren't any other options after that.
Some base and treble control would be nice .
Yeh, unfortunately, little details like that are litterally down to your personal taste and preference. I've generally always had my Bass set to minimum and treble at about 25% on any stereo i've ever had. this will prevent any bass from entering your door speakers, thus less vibrations and hopefully no distortion even at maximum volume. Then just wind the SW output right up on the headunit, turn the volume up as loud as it will go without distorting then adjust the Amp gain to its maximum before distortion. Thats pretty much as good as you can get it in terms of gains and volume etc. Things like time correction etc, im not particualarly familiar with, hence why I passed on the website.
EQ and bass/treble are, as I say, relly down to personal preference, and music types.:)
I'm not really bothered about loads of base, the older units had simple bass and treble controls but with the newer models I think they over complicate things to the extent that you haven't got a clue what you're doing.
I tried adjusting the equaliser settings when I got the unit but it's difficult to get any obvious differences at all. In the end I just gave up. :)
I'm not really bothered about loads of base, the older units had simple bass and treble controls but with the newer models I think they over complicate things to the extent that you haven't got a clue what you're doing.
I tried adjusting the equaliser settings when I got the unit but it's difficult to get any obvious differences at all. In the end I just gave up. :)
Yeh most people go down that route. Where I work we often get people coming in who blatently dont need that £300 headunit and probably dont even know what an equaliser is, 'but it looks good because of that motorised face.' Whatever you say! EQs are good, if you know how to set one up, I'll be honest, I aint got a clue! Like you i much prefer bass and treble! Keep It Simple Stupid!
SupraJames
02-02-07, 13:54
Time correction, is to do with the distance you ear from each speaker. You can change the setting on each speaker to give you as the driver a better sound. I personally messed about with mine and it made it sound a bit odd, so just stuck it back to the stock setting and left it there.
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