Quick Start Guide
11. Product overview
11. Product overview
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D SERIES Lake Quick Start Guide rev 3.0.3
D SERIES Lake Quick Start Guide rev 3.0.3
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11. Product overview
11.1. Front panel 
The front panel consists of an outer front with air intake and a centered user interface. The user interface has LEDs 
for monitoring and six recessed touch buttons for control.
1
  Rack ears for 19 inch rack mount
2
  Exterior front grille (also air intake and dust fi lter holder)
3
  FRAME LED – Provides status indication for a number functions affecting the amplifi er frame
4
  TEMP LED – Provides status indication for internal temperatures sensed at multiple points, including power 
  supply, DSP and output channels
5
  PSU LED – Provides status indication on functionality of Power Supply Unit and mains supply, including under– 
  and over–voltage, power supply faults, and unstable mains supply
6
  POWER LED and TOUCH BUTTON – Provides power state indication and control. Press and hold button to 
  toggle the amplifi er between ON and STANDBY state. LED indication given in Table 11.1.
7
  LOAD LED – Provides load related status indication for monitoring functionality of LoadSmart and LoadPilot. 
  Warnings and faults indicate problems or anomalies detected in the connected loudspeakers and/or cabling
8
  AMP LED – Provides amplifi er related status indication, including faults and warnings related to temperature, 
  over–current, clipping and very high frequency
9
  SIGNAL LED – Provides signal related status indication, including no signal and input signal clipping
10
  MUTE LED and TOUCH BUTTON – Provides mute status indication and control. The LED is indicating 
  both Lake mutes and power channel mute. A single touch on the mute button toggles the power channel mute 
  between mute and unmuted states
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11
11
  SELECT LED and TOUCH BUTTON – Selects mode and indicates control between computer software and 
  unit. A single touch on the button will select the unit in supported computer software views. Multiple consecutive 
  touches will select the corresponding Lake module (one touch for module A, 2 for module B etc.). In the other 
  direction, when selecting the unit in a supported computer software view, the LED will indicate the unit is selected 
  with steady green illumination. 
NOTE: The touch buttons use capacitive touch technology and might be sensitive to large temperature 
and humidity variations.
Table 11.1: LED/category chart
NOTE: The front panel on D Series models can be disabled from the Lake Controller. When the front 
panel is disabled, LEDs 6, 10 and 11 (all buttons on the lowest row) fl ash in amber when hitting any 
touch button.
The front panel can only be re-enabled from the Lake Controller.
OFF Green Amber Red
Frame
N/A Frame OK Frame warning Frame fault
Temp
N/A Temp OK Temp warning Temp fault
PSU
N/A PSU OK
Power supply/
Mains warning
Power supply/
Mains fault
Power
No mains power
Fixed:ON
Blinking: Turning ON
Button pressed.
Hold for transition
Fixed: STANDBY
Blinking: Turning to
STANDBY
Load
No LoadPilot active
LoadPilot active
and LoadOK
Load warning Load fault
Amp
N/A Power channel OK Power channel warning Power channel fault
Signal
Signal below signal
present threshold (–60 dB)
Signal above signal
present threshold (–60 dB)
Signal approaching
input clip (–2 dB)
Signal clip
or limit/fault active
Mute
Inactive channel in
bridge operation
Unmuted
Lake module is muting the 
signal chain at either input 
router, module input or 
module output
Power channel muted
Select
Frame not selected Frame selected Waiting for more touches N/A
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