Kolpak DA-98 manual Menu operations, Menus

5 – Menu operations

Read this section to understand the basic princi- ples of menu operation. This will help you find your way round the DA-98’s functions easily and quickly.

5.1 The menus

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The bottom row of the display is used as a quick reference to remind you of the currently-set value or the contents of the menu group.

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These e the choices within menu 0:

Use the cursor keys to navigate between menu items within the group. The bottom line of the dis- play will change to show the currently-set values for the parameter beside the cursor.

When the cursor is beside the desired parameter, press the ENTER key. You can now change the val- ues of that parameter.

5.1.3 The ESCAPE key

The ESCAPE key is used to move up through the menu hierarchy (from menu screens to sub-menus to the top menu). It is therefore used if you enter the wrong menu by mistake.

For a full description of the menu tree, see 12, “Menu and parameter reference”.

•There is also an alphabetical index of menu functions and items on page 12-8.

5.1.1Navigation around the menu system

The cursor keys [25] are used to navigate round the screen. In this manual, we use the following terms for these keys:

CURSOR

5.1.4 Editing values

When a parameter has been selected for editing, the function of the cursor keys is changed.

If there is only one parameter, the LEFT and RIGHT keys are not used, and the UP and DOWN keys are used to change the value of the parameter.

key

Term used in text

UP key

DOWN key

LEFT key

RIGHT key

If the parameter is a number, the UP key increases the value and the DOWN key decreases the value.

If there is more h n one param ter or there are

“sub-values” to he parameter, such as in he fol-

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Notice that in the top menu, as you move the cur- sor between menus, the bottom line will change, reflecting the contents of the menu.

lowing xample (menu group 8), t e functions are a little changed:

5.1.2 Using the ENTER key

From the top menu, when the cursor is beside the desired menu group, press ENTER [25] to enter that menu group. The screen will change, and the choices within that group will be shown.

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