CPC H01Q 3/24 (2013.01) [G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H04B 7/0834 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 29/007 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A playback device comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one orientation sensor;
a plurality of speakers comprising a first speaker and a second speaker; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
use the at least one orientation sensor to determine an orientation of the playback device;
when the playback device is playing multi-channel audio content while the playback device is in a first orientation, (i) play a first channel of the multi-channel audio content via the first speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a first equalization setting for the first speaker corresponding to the first orientation, and (ii) play a second channel of the multi-channel audio content via the second speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a second equalization setting for the second speaker corresponding to the first orientation; and
after determining that the playback device has changed from the first orientation to a second orientation, (i) switch from (a) playing the first channel of the multi-channel audio content via the first speaker of the plurality of speakers according to the first equalization setting for the first speaker corresponding to the first orientation to (b) playing the first channel of the multi-channel audio content via the second speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a third equalization setting for the second speaker corresponding to the second orientation, and (ii) switch from (a) playing the second channel of the multi-channel audio content via the second speaker of the plurality of speakers according to the second equalization setting for the second speaker corresponding to the first orientation to (b) playing the second channel of the multi-channel audio content via the first speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a fourth equalization setting for the first speaker corresponding to the second orientation.
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