Dolby Laboratories DP570 3.4.1 Reading the Default Status Display, 3.4.2 Viewing Status Screens, 3.4.3 Reading the LED Indicators

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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.Section4.1explainstheva lue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

Section4 .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indicators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.

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