Setup your ONEstereo or ONEsurround set
A. Speaker placement
Left and right speaker distance apart
- ONEmicro (pointing upward), not sensitivity on distance apart and listener distance
- ONEmicro (pointing horizontal), 0.6-1.2m apart, 1.0-2.0m to the listener, don’t care toe in angle
- ONEmini, 1.0-2.0m apart, 1.0-2.0m to the listener, no need toe-in
- ONEmedi, 1.2-2.0m apart, 1.5-2.5m to the listener, no need toe-in
- ONEclassic, 1.8-2.5m apart, 2-3m to the listener, toe-in angle 0-15 degree
Front speaker distance from wall
- ONEmicro, free to place
- ONEmini and QBass, front air reflector, not sensitive
- ONEmedi and ONEclassic, rear air reflector, away from wall will have better sound, suggest to put 0.3m away from rear wall
Speaker height
- Front speaker, try to put same level as listener ear with respect to tweeter position
- Centre speaker, on the ear level or lower than ear level
- Rear speaker, 1.2-1.5m height, pointing downward if possible
- Top speaker in 5.1.2 or 5.1.4, top speaker must be upward firing ONEmicro+, try to put them at high position. If you don’t have suitable place, you can put TR speaker on the top of rear speaker and TF speaker on the top of main speaker.
Placement surface
- ONEmicro, put on wooden surface can induce more bass to thicken vocal sound
- ONEmini and ONEmedi, if your table top is soft or hallow inside, suggest to use aluminium speaker plate
- ONEclassic, suggest put on marble board or speaker stand to get clear sound, put on wooden or acrylic board (not less than 15mm) to have warm sound
** Don’t put speaker on hollow cabinet, otherwise, the hallow cabinet will induce secondary vibration result blur mid-bass.
ONEwoofer placement
- Place on floor will get more bass
- Soft surface, like carpet, will absorb bass. Use a marble or 15mm wooden board as a base plate
- Not recommand to place subwoofer at corner, bass will go boomy
- Woofer driver facing outward will get faster and punchy bass, woofer driver face to side wil get immersive bass
B. Calibrate your surround speakers
Set speaker group volume
- Setting in smartphone control
Go to speaker setup page, select speaker group, change speaker group volume - Setting on speaker’s keys
During speaker playing, press [+] / [-] key to change speaker group volume, changes will apply to both speakers
Speaker group L to R balance
Setted by speaker’s key operation.
When speaker at standby mode, enter setup menu by short hold [+] key, press [+] again to reach L-to-R balance page, change balance level of that speaker.
Set your room size on rear speaker
Setting in smartphone control
Go to speaker setup page, select rear speaker, change your listening area size. If your set is 5.1.2 or 5.1.4, room size setting will be forward to TOP speaker.
- Small room – main speaker to rear speaker ~2m
- Medium room – main speaker to rear speaker ~3m
- Large room – main speaker to rear speaker ~4m
- Open – main speaker to rear speaker >6m
** ONEmicro as rear speaker doesn’t have room size setting, factory default is small room, main speaker to rear speaker 2~3m.
Set center speaker position
- Setting by smartphone control
Go to speaker setup page, select center speaker, change position
** Position is relative to front speaker position
Set subwoofer delay time
- Setting by smartphone control
Go to speaker setup page, select subwoofer, change delay time - Setting by speaker’s keys
ONEwoofer at standby mode, enter menu set delay, change delay time
** Subwoofer delay time is distance offset of subwoofer placement and position outside speakers play zone, in general :
– 0mS equal to 1~1.6m behind main speaker
– 5mS almost at main speaker position
– 10mS equal to 1.6m away from main speaker
– 20mS equal to 4.8m away from main speaker
Room correction factor
- Setting in smartphone control
Go to speaker setup page, select speaker group, change room correction level for that speaker pair - Setting on speaker’s keys
Speaker at standby mode, enter menu set room correction, change correction level
Room correction is to compensate room acoustic variations :
* high absorption room, higher level
* speaker close to rear wall, higher level
* small room, lower level
* speaker on soft board, higher level
C. Setup network player
To setup your home network for HiFi music play, you need to have :
- DMS – Digital media server, usually your NAS media server
- DMR – Digital media renderer for music play, your ONEbox
- DMC – Digital media controller, your smartphone either iPhone or Android
Connect DMS, DMR and DMC on your home network, suggestion to maximize network bandwidth utilization : ONEbox connect via 2.4G WiFi, smartphone connect via 5.8G WiFi, NAS server connect via RJ45 LAN cable.
C.1 Example for Andriod phone
- Install APPs HiFi Cast, then open APPs
- On top left menu icon, enter main menu
- In Media Servers, select your NAS server
** your can select ONEbox local music server - In Playback Devices, select ONEbox****
- Browse song in NAS server and play …..
C.2 Example for iPhone
- Install APPs MCONNECT, then open APPs
- On bottom line right side, 2 icons function
- In Browser, Local server, select your NAS server
** you can select ONEbox local music server - In Play to, select UPnP Devices to ONEbox****
- Go to Browser to select song and play ……
C.3 Example for WIN10
- Enable file sharing at sharing center (can do at Window Media Player)
- Allow access ONEbox**** at sharing center (can do at Window Media center
- Open file explorer, browse music file
- Pointer on music file, right click mouse, select “CAST to”, wait for short moment untl ONEbox**** appear on select list
- Select and play to, a pop-up box come up, then you can change volume and create your playlist
D. Connect ONEbox to media center
You can connect ONEbox to your media center :
- NAS server as an audio station (synology or QNAP), enable audio station USB audio output, connect to ONEbox micro USB port
- DAC, use optical port to connect, set DAC digital audio output to 44.1/16 or 48/24
- Streamer, use USB audio connect, support 48/24 and 96/24
- Set-top-box, either optical port or USB port are supported
E. About your surround source
About BluRay player :
- Select optical digital audio output to “Bitstream” or “Auto”
- Disable down mixing function
- Set audio priority to “Optical”
About your TV :
- Select optical digital audio output to “Bitstream” or “Auto”
- Select audio output to “Optical”
- Netflix play, select audio setup Dolby 5.1
** Youtube and TV broadcast don’t have surround function. ONEbox audio box will show TV LPCM, ONEbox will upscale to virtual 5.1 sound
About media player and set-top-box :
Connection can be optical or USB audio. USB audio is standard stereo sound, only optical port support 5.1 surround sound.
- Select optical digital output to “Bitstream” or “Auto”
- Set audio destination to “Optical”
