VIP OPERATIONAL FEATURES
Introduction
On the Vypyr VIP amplifiers, combinations of buttons can be held while power is applied to toggle enable/dis
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able of the demo mode "light show," to perform factory reset, to open banks, and to show the code version on
the LEDs. During normal operation, the VIP3 can display a menu for accessing the demo mode and factory
reset features as well as adjusting the VIP3 display contrast.
1. Demo Mode
When no cable is plugged into the VIP instrument input, the VIP can run a front-panel demonstration program
consisting of an LED "light show." Demo Mode can be turned off via the front panel and its on/off state is saved
in VIP flash memory until the next time it is changed or a factory reset occurs. See "Power-Up Button Combina
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tions" for how to enable/disable demo mode. See "VIP3 Menu" for an alternate way to control demo mode on
VIP3.
The initial preset that is loaded is tied to whether demo mode is enabled. When demo mode is enabled, preset
A-1 is loaded at power up. When demo mode is disabled, the last loaded preset is loaded at power up.
2. Factory Reset
The Factory Reset function restores VIP flash memory to its initial state. This consists of erasing all saved user
presets and replacing them with factory presets, enabling demo mode, restoring the default speaker/cabinet
voicing, restoring the default LCD contrast (VIP3 only), disabling Katakana characters for use when naming
presets, and “closing” VIP1/VIP2 banks so that banks can contain only presets for designated instrument types.
When VIP1/VIP2 banks are closed, only electric presets can be saved in the first two banks of each group of
four, only acoustic presets can be saved in the third bank, and only bass presets can be saved in the fourth bank.
The user can “open” VIP1/VIP2 banks by holding bank buttons B and D together during power-on. This allows
any preset to be saved in any position of any bank. See “Power-Up Button Combinations” and “VIP3 Menu” for
how to perform a factory reset.
3. Show Code Version
Since VIP1 and VIP2 do not have a front panel display, they can show the software version digits, one at a time
on the front panel via LEDs. When the “show code version” feature is selected during powerup, the code ver
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sion is displayed 3 times, each time in a different color. There are three digits in the software version number.
The first three instrument type LEDs are use to tell which digit is currently being displayed, and the LEDs on
the adjacent encoder are used to show the digit value. One instrument type LED is illuminated when the first
digit is being displayed. Two instrument type LEDs are illuminated while the second digit is displayed and three
instrument type LEDs are illuminated while the third digit is being displayed. The number of encoder LEDs that
are ON for each digit tells the value of the digit. If no encoder LEDs are on, the digit value is 0, if one is on, the
digit value is 1, etc. The highest number of encoder LEDs that can be on for any digit is 9. It takes roughly 15
seconds to display the version 3 times in the separate LED colors. Note this capability is not provided in VIP3
since the software version appears on the VIP3 front panel display during power-up. The VIP software version
is also displayed on the Sanpera II when VIP power is turned on. See “Power-Up Button Combinations” for
how to select the “show the code version” function.
