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DP570 Multichannel Audio Tool User’s Manual

Controlling the DP570

3.4.1 Reading the Default Status Display

Thedefaultdisplaywhentheunitpowersupisthetop screenofthestatusmenushownin

Figure 3‐3.

Figure3‐3 

Figure 3-3 Default Status Menu Screen

Themainstatusdisplayincludesfiveelements:

1. Programconfiguration:cancontainanyofthesupportedprogramconfigurations

listedinTable D‐3.

TheexampleinFigure 3 ‐3includestwoprograms:A5.1mixanda2 ‐channelmix.

Metadatafortheprogramsiscontrolledseparately.

2. Metadatasourceinuse.Theoptionsare:

Internal,Ext 1,orExt 2.

3. Programname:Text,whichcanbeuser‐entered,describingtheprogramthatis

selectedforemulationandmetadataauthoring.Section 4.1explainsthevalueofthis

feature.

4. Channelmode:Displaysthecurrentprogramselection,inthisexamplea5.1mix.

Here3/2isthechannelmode(three

frontchannels,tworearchannels).TheLindicates

thattheLFEchannelisalsoenabled.

5. Dialoguelevel:Displaysthedialoguelevelvalueforthecurrentlyselectedprogram.

Inthisexample,–27istheselectedvalueforthedialoguelevelparameter.See

Section 4.7formoreinformation.

3.4.2 Viewing Status Screens

Presstheupordownarrowfromthemainstatusscreentoviewtheadditionalscreensthat

providedetailsofthe followingcurrentstates:

•Mastervolume

• Currentvaluesofindividualmetadataparameters

•Videoreference

•Audioinput

•Userpreset

•Errors

•Firmwareversionnumber

3.4.3 Reading the LED Indicators

TheLEDind icatorsatthe topofthefrontpanelprovideinformationaboutthesignalinput

andoutput.

Tip: Themetadataparameteranderrordisplaysaremultiscreendisplays.UsetheEnter

andEscbuttonsasdescribedinTable 3‐1tomovearoundinthem.

5.1 + 2 Internal

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