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status indicator showing when an amplifier is protecting itself from damage due to
abnormal operating conditions, and Driver indicator(s) showing when the impedance of a
driver is outside normal range. Generally, the indicators show green whilst all is well and
red when something is wrong.
You may also mute the amplifier inputs using the mute buttons. You can change the view
to the main panel by clicking the “>>” button.
User DSP
The amplifier can either use:
•
Factory settings determined entirely by the Factory preset file from your amplifier
vendor (called “Factory voice”) – see
Loading Factory Presets
, or
•
Your own settings (called “User voice”) which overlay these basic factory settings.
A recessed Defeat button on the front of the amplifier allows you to select between
Factory and User DSP settings. Click the button to toggle between these two modes.
When the User DSP indicator is off, the amplifier is in Factory voice. In the Factory voice,
you cannot change any of the settings; they are fixed by your vendor (and thus are a safe
‘fallback’ if something goes wrong with your settings). Only when the indicator is on will
changes you make in PodWare be heard. Note however that if you make adjustments on
the PodWare control panel when the amplifier is set to Factory voice, the settings are
changed and stored in the amplifier, but you will not be able to hear the changes until the
button is set to User DSP. A red warning message will be shown on the PodWare panel
when in Factory voice.
An indicator at the top of the PodWare panel to the right of the status indicators also
shows the Voice setting of the amplifier (Voice 1 – User, or Voice 2 - Factory).
If you wish to make the amplifier entirely secure from tampering, you can disable the User
DSP button by ticking the “Disable User Defeat Button” tickbox on the Properties / Options
tab of the PodWare control panel. This locks the amplifier into the User Voice regardless of
the setting of the push button.
Also see
Loading Factory Presets
and
Aux In Port
