Figure 13
SETUP: ACC TRIGGER
ACC: MAIN
Figure 12
SETUP: TRIGGER
CD1 : PC1
Figure 11
SETUP: TRIGGER
CD1 : NONE
Figure 9
SETUP: METER
LIGHTS: OFF

Setup, con’t

2. Rotate the TRIM ADJUST Control until “LIGHTS:

OFF” appears on the Front Panel Information Display. Refer to figure 9.

3.Press the STORE/EXIT Push-button to exit the Setup Mode.

Display Brightness

The Front Panel Information Display Brightness may be changed from the default setting. The MA6600 will remember two brightness preferences, one with the Me- ters Illuminated and one without Meter Illumination. For each preference there are three brightness settings for the Information Display. The Display Brightness setting may be varied 1 (Dim) to 3 (Bright). Follow the steps below for reducing the Display Brightness (with the Meter Illumina- tion On).

1. Press the MONO/SETUP Push-button until the Setup Mode is active. Then press the MONO/SETUP Push- button to select the Setup Menu item “SETUP: DIS- PLAY”.

2. Rotate the TRIM ADJUST Control until “BRIGHT-

NESS: 1”

 

SETUP: DISPLAY

appears on the

Front Panel

BRIGHTNESS: 1

Information

 

Figure 10

Display. Refer

 

to figure 10.

Note: To change the Display Brightness preference with Meter Illumination Off, first switch off the Meter Illumination and change the Display Brightness Setting.

3.Press the STORE/EXIT Push-button to exit the Setup Mode.

Power Control Triggers

The Power Control 1 and 2 Outputs are reassignable to ac- tivate only when a given Input is selected. In the following example, the Power Control 1 Output will be set to func- tion as a Trigger for the CD1 Input.

1.Press the MONO/SETUP Push-button until the Setup Mode is active. Then press the MONO/SETUP Push- button to select the Setup Menu item “SETUP: TRIG- GER”.

2.Rotate the TRIM SELECT Control until “CD1 : NONE” appears on the Front Panel Information Dis-

play. Refer to figure 11.

3. Rotate the

TRIM AD-

JUST Control

until “CD1 : PC1” appears on the Front Panel Informa- tion Display.

Refer to figure 12.

4. Press the

STORE/EXIT

Push-button to exit the Setup Mode.

Accessory Power Control

The ACC (C) Power Control Output is reassignable from the default setting of going ON/OFF with the MA6600 (Main), to being controlled by the Remote Control ACC ON/OFF Push-buttons. To reassign it perform the follow- ing:

1. Press the MONO/SETUP Push-button until the Setup Mode is active. Then press the MONO/SETUP Push- button to select the Setup Menu item “SETUP: ACC TRIGGER”.

Refer to fig- ure 13.

2. Rotate the

TRIM AD-

JUST Control until “ACC: REMOTE” appears on the Front Panel Information Display. Refer to figure 14.

3. Press the

 

SETUP: ACC TRIGGER

STORE/

EXIT Push-

ACC: REMOTE

button to exit

 

Figure 14

the Setup

 

Mode.

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MA6600 specifications

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