Sencore Academy


Overview

The Sencore Academy explains how the latest technology can give you a competitive edge, every step of the way. The professional staff looks at all the calibration steps you go through to set up a home theater. They begin with video calibration and move through audio and acoustics theory and calibration. That's the basics...plus the hands-on and the added benefits of a roundtable discussion and preparation for ISF certification. This information means that Sencore knows audio and video calibration inside-out and can help you use this knowledge to keep pace with the "new HDTV and digital audio" revolution.

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Sencore Academy

Professional A/V Calibration Certification

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: how to effectively test and calibrate video and audio systems, and pertinent, practical experience calibrating today's products through extensive hands-on labs. Over 1/3 of your seminar time is devoted to hands-on calibrating using video and audio products. This seminar will make you a more effective system installer and calibrator.


Day 1 - Video Display Calibration Instruction & Hands-on Calibration Activities
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
1. Elements of good and bad video
2. Supporting video performance goals
3. Why calibrate/calibration overview
4. Video/display picture inaccuracies
Activity 1: Getting Started - viewing DVD video - pre-calibration
5. Video signal formats and video display inputs
6. Video generator (VP403C) introduction
Activity 2: VP403C menu familiarization
• Signal Types
• Video Formats
• Test Patterns
Activity 3: Testing the inputs of a multi-media display
• NTSC/ATSC RF/Digital Tuner Familiarization
• Video Generator ATSC-RF-Video Clips Familiarization
Activity 4: Antenna/Cable testing (demonstrating HDTV - VP403C motion video)
• Calibration Process Overview
• Understanding Gamma
• Calibrating Display User Controls
Activity 5: Calibrating Display User Controls
• Light & Chromaticity Measurements and Display Color Standards
• Color analyzer Familiarization
Activity 6: CP6000 Familiarization
• White Balance/Grayscale Tracking Calibration
• Video Display Gamma
• Luminance and Chromaticity Uniformity
Activity 7: Display Color Temperature Calibration
• Professional Calibration Reporting
Activity 8: Creating/Reviewing a Color Calibration Report
• Optical (non-contact) Color Analyzer Familiarization
Activity 9: OTC1000 Familiarization
• Video Calibration Process Review
Activity 10: Finishing - Viewing DVD Video - Post Calibration

Day 1 - Evening - Prep for ISF Certification (optional)
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Learn all the material that you need to know to become ISF Certified. For a small investment in time and money you can attain this acclaimed certification. Our qualified instructor will make sure of it. The ISF has gained a significant foothold as a dominant force behind video quality standards. Their name recognition can only be good for you. Take a look at this!
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/features/2004/picture-perfect-tv-calibration-demystified.html This is one more way that Sencore Academy adds value to your experience.

Day 2 - Audio Calibration Instruction & Hands-on Calibration Activities
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
1. Performance Goals for Home Theater Audio
2. Audio calibration process overview
3. Speaker Polarity - instruction and Activity 1
4. Speaker Level Balance - instruction and Activity 2
5. Speaker Time Synchronization - instruction and Activity 3
6. Auto Home Theater Test - instruction and Activity 4
7. Early Reflection Analysis - instruction and Activity 5
8. Octave BAnd Analysis - instruction and Activity 6
9. Subwoofer Crossover Configure - instruction and Activity 7
10. Subwoofer Level Adjust - instruction and Activity 8
11. Subwoofer Polarity/Phase - instruction and Activity 9
12. Room Resonance - instruction and Activity 10
13. Placement Equalization - instruction and Activity 11
14. Electronic Equalization - instruction
15. Noise Interference Analysis - instruction and Activity 12
16. Room Reverberation - instruction and Activity 13
17. Auto HT Report - instruction and Activity 14
18. Audio Calibration Process Review

Day 2 - Evening - Commercial Sound Measurement Techniques (optional)
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Discusses the types of measurements that might be made with Sencore SoundPro Audio Analyzers in commercial sound systems in large acoustic spaces. These measurements provide you with the bulk of the information you need to install, calibrate and maintain commercial sound systems.

Day 3 - Assisted Hands-on Video & Audio Calibration Labs
8:00 am - 5:00 pm (sign up for time slots in individual calibration labs)
Video Calibration Hands-on
Video Lab 1: LCD calibration with CP6000 ColorPro
Video Lab 2: Plasma calibration with CP6000 ColorPro
Video Lab 3: Projector calibration with OTC1000 ColorPro
Video Equipment used:
• OTC1000 ColorPro Color Analyzer
• CP6000 ColorPro Color Analyzer
• ACP6500 Auto CalPro Video Calibration System
• VP40x VideoPro Multimedia Video Generator

Audio Calibration Hands-on
Audio Lab 1: Speaker Polarity, Level Balance, Reference Level, Time Synchronization
Audio Lab 2: Crossover Configuration, Subwoofer Level & Phase/Polarity
Audio Lab 3: Early Reflection Analysis and Treatment
Audio Equipment used:
• System Polarity
• SP495 SoundPro Audio Consultant Audio Analyzer
• SP395A SoundPro Audio Integrator Audio Analyzer
• SP295C SoundPro Audio Analyzer
• DAG5161 SurroundPro Digital Audio Generator
• Microphone Multiplexers
• RS95 Acoustic Calibration & Report Software

WHAT YOU'LL EARN: Sencore, Inc. is a professional certification CEU provider for CEDIA. You earn eight CEUs toward your CEDIA professional certification by attending Sencore Academy; and you also earn four infoComm Renewal Units. If you choose to attend the day one evening preparation for ISF certification, you will be qualified to take the ISF test and earn certification. Once you pass the test, you will be posted on the ISF website as a certified video calibrator. You will be given a Sencore Academy certificate at the completion of the class.


Sencore Academy 2008 Dates
3200 Sencore Drive, Sioux Falls, SD 57107
02/10/09 - 02/12/09
03/18/09 - 03/20/09
05/20/09 - 05/21/09
06/24/09 - 06/26/09
08/19/09 - 08/21/09
11/17/09 - 11/19/09

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