442/442N User Guide and Technical Information
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v. 5.07
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Accessing the Setup Menu
The 442 has 18 setup options (
See Setup charts
). Setups, while not typically changed during operation,
are easily accessed from the front panel.
Enter the Setup Menu
To access the setup menu perform the following steps:
1.
Turn off the mixer, if already on.
2.
Depress and hold the Peak/VU selection switch while switching internal power on.
Hold while powering to
enter setup menu
3.
The setup mode is now enabled.
The mixer will not pass audio while in the Setup Menu.
In setup menu the left meter (L) position indicates the selected setup. The right meter (R) position
indicates the values selected for the Setup. Use the PK/VU button advance from one setup to another.
If you pass up the intended option, you must re-enter Set Up Mode since you cannot go backward, only
forward when selecting individual setups.
To adjust values, the meter brightness button (left) and the battery check button (right) allow you to
choose among setup values. Some setups have multiple values while others have only two values.
Example
: Change the Tone Oscillator Frequency from the factory default (1 kHz) to 100 Hz.
1.
Enter the setup menu by holding down the PK/VU button while powering the mixer.
2.
Press the PK/VU button repeatedly until the left meter LED is at the -8 position (see Setup Menu).
3.
To move among parameter values, press the brightness LED and battery check LED until the 100 Hz position is
selected (-14 LED).
4.
Press the PK/VU button until the meters dance. This sets the parameter into memory.
To save new values to memory, the PK/VU button must be repeatedly pressed until the last setup is
reached. At that point the meters will scroll and the new values will be saved to memory.
User Default
(v.5+ fi rmware only) A memory location is available to store user-defi ned default settings. The user
default is helpful to save a new “baseline” of settings different than the factory default settings.
User and Factory Default settings can be quickly recalled in the Setup Menu on 442 and 442N models
running fi rmware v.5+. To save and recall the User Default. 442N specifi cs are shown in parenthesis.
1. Simultaneously press and hold the Brightness and Battery Check buttons while powering on the unit.
The meters dance to indicate that a User Default setting has been saved. Release the Brightness and
Battery Check buttons to continue with normal operation.
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