Kramer Electronics fc-42 6Using the FC-42Component To HD-SDIConverter, 6.1Locking the Front Panel

6Using the FC-42 Component To HD-SDI Converter

This section describes how to:

∙Lock/unlock the front panel button, see Section 6‎ .1

∙Operate the FC-42, see Section 6‎ .2

6.1Locking the Front Panel

To prevent changing the settings accidentally or tampering with the unit via the front panel buttons, lock your converter. Unlocking releases the protection mechanism.

Even though the front panel is locked you can still operate via RS-232.

To lock the converter:

∙Press the LOCK button for more than three seconds, until the LOCK button is illuminated

The front panel is locked. Pressing a button has no effect other than causing the LOCK button to flash

Warning that you need to unlock to regain control via the front panel.

To unlock the converter:

∙Press the illuminated LOCK button for more than three seconds, until the LOCK button is no longer illuminated

The front panel unlocks

6.2Operating the FC-42 HD-SDI to Component Converter

The converter can save and load up to 16 setups via the converter menu. To use the menu, press the:

∙MENU button to start or exit the menu

∙ENTER button to enter a submenu, load a setup, accept changes and reset to the default settings

∙ and  buttons to scroll through the menu and sub-menus

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