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Using the menu system
Any menu item without > next to it is a selection. Just highlight the required line and
press ‘select’ to jump to the function.
Any menu item with a > next to it allows a selection of various parameters or
choices. Simply scroll up or down until your selection is highlighted, then press the >
key, the highlighted area will move across to the right. Press the up or down keys to
scroll through your choices, all changes are instant. To return to the main menu just
press either < or ‘select’.
For example:
to listen to a phantom powered microphone on the internal
loudspeaker:
Switch on the dBbox2, you are now on the top menu. Use the up/down keys to
highlight ‘Input”. Press the > key to move the highlighter to the right of ‘Input’. Press
the up/down keys to scroll through the possibilities:
Analogue
AES BNC
AES XLR
SPDIF BNC
Off
When ‘Analogue’ is highlighted press either the < key or press “Select”. The highlight
will now move back to ‘Input’. Press select. You are now in the analogue input menu.
Press the down key to highlight “Gain”. Press the > key and the 0dB gain setting will
be highlighted. Use the up/down keys to adjust the gain setting (+70dB to -10dB in
1dB steps) . The setting will move just by 1dB then speed up if the button is held
down. Now press either < or “Select”.
Scroll down to “Phantom” and press the > key. Press either up or down to switch
phantom on. If you have plugged a phantom mic in and put in enough gain the mic
will be heard through the speaker and will be metering on the display.
To switch off the mic amp press “select” or the < key and scroll up to exit, then press
”select”. you will be returned to the top menu. Alternatively just press the Vol+ and
Vol- keys together.
The menu system really is easier to use than it is to describe.