Serviceman mode

CAT (computer aided test) Mode

CAT mode menu

CAT Panel

 

 

 

 

 

Mode

Function

Access Button

sys8.1

 

 

IIC

Service Alignment

Action

IIC Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD Mode

 

CD

Software Version

Mute

 

(Complete

Information EEPROM

More than 5

 

 

 

 

Diagnostics)

Edit

seconds

SD Mode

 

SD (Status

MTBF Parameter

Action

 

Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

MS Mode

 

MS Mode

Not used

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ID Mode

 

ID

Not used

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Remote Control

Status

VOL

VOL Up/Dow n

R

Return

VOL Up/Dow n

Left/Right

Action

switch off the main power.

How to access the CAT mode.

Press and hold the Volume/Down button on the front panel of the unit and press the status button on the remote control three times within one second, this will place the unit into the CAT Mode.

To exit the CAT mode, access the ID mode and

I2C Mode

Select the I2C mode by pressing the Up/Down button on the remote control from the front page of the CAT menu, and then press the Action button on the remote control.

How to use the I2C mode?

1.Select the alignment subject by pressing the UP/Down buttons on the remote control.

2.Select the alignment item by pressing the Left and Right buttons on the remote control.

3.Adjust the optimum setting by pressing the Volume Up/Down buttons on the remote control.

4.The data is memorized when the R button is pressed on the remote control or the alignment Subject (or item) is changed.

To exit the I2C mode, press the R button on the remote control.

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