27THE OUTLAW’S GUIDE TO THE SMS-1
SOFTWARE UPDATES
Remember how we said that one of the reasons for the RS-232 input was
software updates? No? Haven’t you read every page of this document
before you and taken careful notes along the way? We’ll take it from your
chuckle just now that you haven’t, but even Outlaws can be forgiving so
we will let you o this time. The RS-232 input can be connected to a PC
so that the SMS-1’s software can be updated if the programmers at Velo
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dyne stumble across any bugs or nd any neat new features that can be
added. Your current version number is shown in the top left corner of the
introductory screen, and you can check the Velodyne or Outlaw web sites
to nd out if newer software is available. In the event that new software is
released, it will come with installation instructions.
TIPS AND TRICKS
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By this point, it has become clear to us all that the SMS-1 can be as simple
or as complex as you wish it to be. Before we wrap this guide up and
bid you farewell, we thought we’d take a moment to collect a few of the
handy tips and sneaky tricks we’ve seen and heard about over the course
of getting to know the SMS-1.
Comparing EQ curves
You can easily get caught up in all of the EQ curve tweaking, and it can
sometimes get hard to remember which settings gave you the best
curve. Writing down all of the EQ settings (level, frequency, and Q) for
each scenario you try is tedious, and adjusting the settings to compare
two options is too time-consuming to let you get a good feel for how
they compare. To get around this, you can change the active preset
on the System Response screen from “setup” to a specic preset and
instead use two or more of the other presets to compare several dif-
ferent EQ curves. Then you can switch between preset 1 and preset
2 to quickly compare the dierent frequency response curves and
determine which you like the most. Then you can write down all the
EQ settings and apply them to the “setup” preset.
Remote macros
Many of us may choose to settle into a lazy routine of leaving our
SMS-1 set to preset 5 all the time, but the SMS-1’s remote oers a very
convenient feature: discrete commands for each of the six presets.
If you happen to nd yourself applying dierent contours, volume
settings, or even entirely dierent EQ curves to dierent kinds of
material, those discrete commands can help you write remote macros
(assuming your universal remote supports macros). These macros will
allow you to select the CD player source and have the SMS-1 change
automatically to preset 4 or have the SMS-1 switch to preset 2 any
time you select the DVD player or cable box input. If you do this,
you’ll want to include a preset code in any input command macro to
make sure you have the right preset each time.
Dierent curves or crossovers for dierent situations
The ve equalized presets and their independent contour and vol-
ume settings in the System Settings menu give you a lot of exibility
in conguring your system dierently for dierent source material.
You can have the optimized at response for movies, lower the sub
volume level across the board for music, and even create a peak or
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