Doepfer A-197 Analog Meter (no longer available) - Manual (Page 3)

doepfer System A - 100 Analog Meter A-197
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3. Controls
1 Meter
The illuminated moving coil meter with mirror scale is
used as readout for the voltage applied to socket !.
2 Measurement Mode
This switch is used to select the desired measurment
mode:
• Full wave rectifier
In this mode the incoming signal is rectified and
smoothed with a low pass filter.
This mode is normally used to display audio si-
gnals resp. AC voltages. But even DC voltages
can be measured in this mode. The display shows
however the absolute value (i.e. positive voltages
remain unchanged, negative voltages - e.g. -3V -
are converted into the corresponding positive vol-
tages - e.g. +3V). To distinguish between positive
and negative input signals LED 3 is available that
lights up in case of a negative signal.
• Direct mode
In this mode the incoming voltage is lead to the
meter without additional electronic modifica-
tion.
This mode is intended to display positive DC
voltages, e.g. ADSR (A-140/141/A142), MIDI-to-
CV (A-190/191), positive analog or digital random
voltages (A-149-1, A-149-2), foot controller (A-177)
or slowly changing Gate/Clock signals.
• Offset mode (+5V Offset):
In this mode +5V are added to incoming voltage
before it reaches the meter. Zero volt input corre-
spond to the middle position of the display
needle (i.e. +5V read out).
This mode can be used to display positive and
negative voltages, e.g. a slowly swinging LFO
(A-145/146/147), S&H (A-148), bipolar random vol-
tages (A-118), joy stick (A-174), Theremin (A-178),
light controlled CV source (A-179).