Issue: July 18 2006
Page 7
Input / output level indication for Left and Right channel
In the stereo mode, bar-graph 1 corresponds to the left channel and 2 to the right channel. In mono
mode, both bar-graphs indicate the input level. From 0dB, the bar-graph 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.
When pressing shortly the POWER key, the message area will show the file format selected for
recording.
Battery status
When the battery icon shows full, it indicates the batteries are charged. Each step corresponds to
0.256V. When the voltage drops below the first internal reference, a warning beep is heard in the
headphones and the message
LOW BATTERY
appears in the display. When the voltage drops
below the second internal reference, the machine automatically switches off.
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, 2bis), REWIND (3), STOP (4), PLAY (5), FORWARD (6) KEYS
10.1 RECORD KEY (2, 2bis)
To start recording, the
RECORD
key (2) or the
RECORD
key (2bis), if in the sub-menu it is set for
recording, 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 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 (2 bis), if in the sub-menu it is set for marking, can be pressed
on the fly.
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
+
(Option #3).
During record, the front red LED as well as the red LED on the keyboard turns ON.
During record, the
POWER
(1) key as well as the
REWIND
(3),
PLAY
(5) and
FORWARD
(6)
keys are disabled.
10.2 REWIND KEY (3) AND FORWARD KEY (6)
SKIP.
These keys have two functions called
SKIP
backwards or forwards and
REWIND
or
FORWARD
.
To jump index-by-index, pressing briefly on the
REWIND
(3) or the
FORWARD
(6) keys will
decrement or increment the index position.
To jump index-by index, pressing briefly the
REWIND
(3) or the
FORWARD
(6) keys followed by
holding the same key will fast decrement or increment the index position.
IMPORTANT:
Only indexes with the same sampling frequency as the current settings of the machine
can be played back using the SKIP keys. All other indexes with a different sampling frequency cannot
be selected.
If the recording contains
MARKS
then these keys will jump to the next (or previous) mark position.