How does the signal travel from Pulse Speaker to Pulse Sub when using RT100?

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iano

• May 03, 2019 12:42

I understand that by using the RT100, a pulse sub can be connected to either an individual speaker or pair of either Pulse, Pulse Mini or Flex speakers.

But it is not clear how this connection is made.  My guess is that the RT100 receives digital data from the USB connection to the speaker, converts that signal to analog and sends the analog over the wireless link.

I was told by a dealer than no, the headphone out from the speaker sends analog signal to the RT100, which seems wrong as once something is connected to the headphone out the speaker output is cut.

Could you confirm how this works?  Further, with (say a Pulse Mini) there is no option in the audio settings to cut the low frequencies that will now be covered by the sub. Is there an option available to adjust crossovers to allow for the sub, as there is with the soundbar? 

 

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  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • May 03, 2019 13:41

  Hi Iano

  You are correct on your assumptions and the dealer is mistaken. I guess we should cover this in our dealer training and will let our sales team know.

  Only the PULSE SOUNDBAR has a SUB-WOOFER attached switch on the PULSE line up as oppose to the NODE, POWERNODE and VAULT who all have it. This switch has a non-programmable 80Hz cross over.

  I will mention it to our QA Team for future consideration on all PULSE MODELS if an RT-100 is detected...
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  iano

  • May 06, 2019 10:26
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  Hi Tony,

  Thanks for your response. Good to have that clarified.  The dealer will also appreciate knowing and I will pass it on.  As an international customer your sales team probably never gets to pass messages to this dealer (who is the highest profile dealer in a city of over 4million).  So the data is converted to analog before the wireless send?  And is there two channels or one sent over the link? More info would be appreciated :)

  Although for the use I am currently considering, only offering the switch if an RT-100 is detected would be ok, it would be far preferable, and simpler I would think, to simply offer the switch unconditionally.  Let the user decide if there is effectively a 'SUB-WOOFER' attached. Plus, no harm in hinting to people the option to connect a sub is possible.

  A non programmable 80hz crossover would unburden the Pulse main speaker (pair?) from those high amplitude low frequency signals which can be taxing, and effectively make a 3 way with the sub.  That would be very desirable. :)

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