Logitech Z-5500 secrets
Posted June 11th, 2008 at 19:40 by polobunny
I saw a few members here had the Logitech Z-5500.
But do they know the secrets?
Second skin
To get access to second skin, an alternative skin to what's being displayed on the LCD press and hold down for 5 seconds those buttons while the Logitech Z-5500 are powered down:
Input, Effect, Settings and Mute
If done properly you should see "Second Skin On" appear on the LCD. The power LED will also change to purple.
Diagnostic mode
To enable Diagnostic mode, hold down for 5 seconds those buttons, again while the Logitech Z-5500 are powered down:
Input, Effect
Diagnostic mode gives more information on the type of signal that is being fed to the Logitech Z-5500.
Volume offset
While in analog mode, hold down the Mute button and adjust the volume using the volume knob. This makes the analog have an offset. The reason for this feature is that most often when switching from coax/SPDIF to analog you will notice the later volume is lower than the priors. Using this you don't have to adjust the volume when switching inputs.
Hope this helps. =)
But do they know the secrets?
Second skin
To get access to second skin, an alternative skin to what's being displayed on the LCD press and hold down for 5 seconds those buttons while the Logitech Z-5500 are powered down:
Input, Effect, Settings and Mute
If done properly you should see "Second Skin On" appear on the LCD. The power LED will also change to purple.
Diagnostic mode
To enable Diagnostic mode, hold down for 5 seconds those buttons, again while the Logitech Z-5500 are powered down:
Input, Effect
Diagnostic mode gives more information on the type of signal that is being fed to the Logitech Z-5500.
Volume offset
While in analog mode, hold down the Mute button and adjust the volume using the volume knob. This makes the analog have an offset. The reason for this feature is that most often when switching from coax/SPDIF to analog you will notice the later volume is lower than the priors. Using this you don't have to adjust the volume when switching inputs.
Hope this helps. =)
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 |  freaking sweet polo! i had just switched to a soundcard with SPDIF from one that didnt. for the life of me i couldnt figure out why they sounded queiter! |
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| |  Haha no problem. Try the second skin too. At first I didn't like it all that much, but you quickly get used to the logarithmic volume control of the 2nd skin. It gives you more range at lower levels and at higher levels it pumps it up faster, which makes sense. Rarely (or never) would you want to increase the volume just a tiny bit when you are listening to your music loud. Using the normal skin, every turn is an equal amount of volume. This might seem normal because most radios and TVs are like that now, but hi-fi used to have logarithmic volume control. Besides, it changes the LED to purple when your Z-5500s are in standby. How awesome is that. :P |
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| | Something I just thought of. If your volume knob doesn't seem to turn "freely", pull it toward you to remove it. Clean the grease and reapply some evenly. Not a lot is needed. I know mine was a bit hard to turn at times, there was some kind of dried glob of grease stuck. |
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| | is the +11 a trick?? lol |
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| |  OMG Very Cool Thanks for for sharing these secrets! Love the new color |
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