Issue: January 18 2005
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Remaining time on the card in minutes and seconds
This indicates how much recording time is left on the card. In this example, it shows 8 minutes, 8
seconds. If the bit-rate is changed, it will automatically be updated. Example 8:08 if 128kb/s was set, it
will become 16:16 if the bit-rate was changed to 64kb/s.
Input level indication for Left and Right channel
In the stereo mode, bargraph 1 corresponds to the left channel and 2 to the right channel. In mono
mode, both bargraphs indicate the input level. From 0dB, the bargraph shows the headroom up to
+9dB. +9dB corresponds to “FF” for the AD converter.
Messages
This is the area for messages, such as “LOW BATTERY”, CARD FULL, NO CARD, etc.
A beep in the headphones corresponds to an arrival of a message on the display.
Battery status
When the battery icon shows full, it indicates the batteries are fully charged. Full corresponds to a
voltage measurement of 7.54V or higher. When the voltage drops below 6V, a warning beep is heard
in the headphones and the message “LOW BATTERY” appears in the display. When the voltage
drops below 5.1V the machine automatically switches off.
When the battery icon disappears during a USB connection in the “FAT” mode, it means that the
machine is powered by the PC and not anymore by the internal batteries or external power supply.
Level Adjustment
This bargraph only appears on the screen during the adjustment of the input sensitivity, the output
level or the ALC threshold adjustment. If no adjustment is made it will disappear after a few seconds.
Simultaneously, the level setting in dB’s as well as the kind of adjustment “IN”, “OUT” or “THR” will
appear on the display.
10 RECORD (2), REWIND (3), STOP (4), PLAY (5), FORWARD (6), MARK (14)
KEYS
10.1 RECORD KEY (2)
A valid formatted card must be fitted and the machine switched ON. To start recording, the “RECORD”
key (2) can be pressed, even if the machine was in “PLAY” mode or is in one of the sub-menus. The
“RECORD” key will not work if the machine is deleting a Take / Index or formatting the card.
If during record the “RECORD” key is pressed again, a new Take / Index is automatically created.
During record or play, the “MARK” key (14) can be pressed on the fly. This will add a mark inside a
single file.
Important: Those marks can be used on an external editing system (Dalet, Netia, Digas, VCS etc.)
and are also used as cut positions on the internal editing system of the ARES-BB
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(Option #3).
During record, the front red LED turns ON.
During record, the “POWER” key is disabled.
10.2 REWIND KEY (3) AND FORWARD KEY (6)
These keys have two functions called “SKIP” backwards or forwards and “REWIND” or “FORWARD”.
SKIP.
These keys have two functions called “SKIP” backwards or forwards and “REWIND” or “FORWARD”.
SKIP.
In “STOP” mode: To jump take-by-take, pressing briefly on the “<<” or “>>” keys will decrement or
increment the take position.
