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Focal Bathys: compare unwanted EQ with a previously known preset
Focal Bathys — compare unwanted EQ with a previously known preset. Use the stated exact hardware and connection scope.
Manufacturer-documented Reviewed 2026-11-09 · Revision 1
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Exact Focal Bathys. Exact Focal Bathys Bluetooth audio works, but unwanted tone began immediately after a known EQ preset change. The official app is connected and the exact previous preset name was recorded and remains available. This compares stored tone, not hardware damage or a hearing diagnosis.
Connection scope: Bluetooth. Symptom: Playback sounds distorted.
This is a documented check, not a diagnosis of your equipment. The model name does not confirm the selected input, mode, software or connected partner.
If your exact model or a required setting is unknown, use the “I don’t know” branch below. Do not apply a similarly named model’s instructions.
Checks and possible outcomes
Start at scope. Follow the link that matches what you actually observe. Alternative branches are not a single sequence of actions.
scope
Confirm the model and connection
Exact Focal Bathys Bluetooth audio works, but unwanted tone began immediately after a known EQ preset change. The official app is connected and the exact previous preset name was recorded and remains available. This compares stored tone, not hardware damage or a hearing diagnosis.
Look for: Confirm this exact setup and observation before continuing.
- If Yes, I confirm → Accept restoring the recorded previous EQ?
- If No / my setup differs → Continue with source and model support
- If I cannot confirm → More information is required
- Manufacturer-documented Focal Bathys — official exact wired manual ↗English PDF pages 16–23: app, normal power, jack versus USB DAC, level and lighting — Exact model ON starts, OFF stops; standby wakes with multifunction. Jack cable needs ON and disables Bluetooth. Supplied USB data lead requires DAC switch position for USB audio. Volume minus reduces level. Official connected app configures stored EQ/settings.Exact Focal Bathys. · Source checked 2026-11-09
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Accept restoring the recorded previous EQ?
Changing stored EQ alters tone on later listening sessions and may change level. Continue only with agreement to pause, lower level first and choose the known previous preset, leaving all presets saved.
Look for: Explicit informed acceptance is required before the next action.
- If I accept these effects → Pause media
- If No / leave this unchanged → Continue with source and model support
- If I cannot confirm → More information is required
- Manufacturer-documented Focal Bathys — official exact wired manual ↗English PDF pages 16–23: app, normal power, jack versus USB DAC, level and lighting — Exact model ON starts, OFF stops; standby wakes with multifunction. Jack cable needs ON and disables Bluetooth. Supplied USB data lead requires DAC switch position for USB audio. Volume minus reduces level. Official connected app configures stored EQ/settings.Exact Focal Bathys. · Source checked 2026-11-09
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Pause media
Pause the familiar source before a stored EQ change.
Look for: Observe the named indication or available control; stop if absent.
- If I completed this check → Lower volume
- If I cannot complete this → Continue with source and model support
- If I cannot determine this → More information is required
- Manufacturer-documented Focal Bathys — official exact wired manual ↗English PDF pages 16–23: app, normal power, jack versus USB DAC, level and lighting — Exact model ON starts, OFF stops; standby wakes with multifunction. Jack cable needs ON and disables Bluetooth. Supplied USB data lead requires DAC switch position for USB audio. Volume minus reduces level. Official connected app configures stored EQ/settings.Exact Focal Bathys. · Source checked 2026-11-09
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Lower volume
Use volume minus to keep headphone level low.
Look for: Observe the named indication or available control; stop if absent.
- If I completed this check → Select the recorded previous preset
- If I cannot complete this → Continue with source and model support
- If I cannot determine this → More information is required
- Manufacturer-documented Focal Bathys — official exact wired manual ↗English PDF pages 16–23: app, normal power, jack versus USB DAC, level and lighting — Exact model ON starts, OFF stops; standby wakes with multifunction. Jack cable needs ON and disables Bluetooth. Supplied USB data lead requires DAC switch position for USB audio. Volume minus reduces level. Official connected app configures stored EQ/settings.Exact Focal Bathys. · Source checked 2026-11-09
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Select the recorded previous preset
In the already-connected official Focal app EQ select your still-existing, previously recorded preset from before the unwanted change. Do not guess a neutral preset name, alter hearing personalization or overwrite any preset.
Look for: Observe the named indication or available control; stop if absent.
- If I completed this check → Compare quietly
- If I cannot complete this → Continue with source and model support
- If I cannot determine this → More information is required
- Manufacturer-documented Focal Bathys — official exact wired manual ↗English PDF pages 16–23: app, normal power, jack versus USB DAC, level and lighting — Exact model ON starts, OFF stops; standby wakes with multifunction. Jack cable needs ON and disables Bluetooth. Supplied USB data lead requires DAC switch position for USB audio. Volume minus reduces level. Official connected app configures stored EQ/settings.Exact Focal Bathys. · Source checked 2026-11-09
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Compare quietly
Resume the same familiar material quietly and compare the unwanted tonal change.
Look for: Observe the named indication or available control; stop if absent.
- If I completed this check → Check the result
- If I cannot complete this → Continue with source and model support
- If I cannot determine this → More information is required
- Manufacturer-documented Focal Bathys — official exact wired manual ↗English PDF pages 16–23: app, normal power, jack versus USB DAC, level and lighting — Exact model ON starts, OFF stops; standby wakes with multifunction. Jack cable needs ON and disables Bluetooth. Supplied USB data lead requires DAC switch position for USB audio. Volume minus reduces level. Official connected app configures stored EQ/settings.Exact Focal Bathys. · Source checked 2026-11-09
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Check the result
Does the recorded previous EQ preset remove the unwanted tonal change?
Look for: Confirm this exact setup and observation before continuing.
- If Yes, I confirm → Checks completed
- If No / my setup differs → Continue with source and model support
- If I cannot confirm → More information is required
- Manufacturer-documented Focal Bathys — official exact wired manual ↗English PDF pages 16–23: app, normal power, jack versus USB DAC, level and lighting — Exact model ON starts, OFF stops; standby wakes with multifunction. Jack cable needs ON and disables Bluetooth. Supplied USB data lead requires DAC switch position for USB audio. Volume minus reduces level. Official connected app configures stored EQ/settings.Exact Focal Bathys. · Source checked 2026-11-09
Possible result
More information is required
An unknown state is not a diagnosis. Record the last visible indication and consult the exact model instructions.
insufficient data
Reaching this result does not mean the issue is solved. Only your own feedback can report improvement.
Possible result
Continue with source and model support
Keep the source, connection and last observation. Do not reset, open equipment or change full-scale output to compensate for an unconfirmed result.
next support
Reaching this result does not mean the issue is solved. Only your own feedback can report improvement.
Possible result
Checks completed
The requested observation was confirmed in this setup. It does not establish a hardware repair or guarantee another source behaves the same.
steps completed
Reaching this result does not mean the issue is solved. Only your own feedback can report improvement.