Studio Technologies 76 V.1.04 - Manual (Page 31)

Model 76/77 User Guide Issue 4, September 2008
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 31
for Surround
and hold the mute/solo mode button for
a few seconds until the solo LED lights
in the desired manner; steady for normal
solo mode and fl ashing for channel pop
solo mode. Once the state of the LED
changes (steady-to-fl ashing or vice-versa)
the desired solo mode becomes active.
The selected solo mode will be maintained
even after the system is powered down
and subsequently powered up.
Display and Display Mode
The Model 77’s 4-digit LED display shows
the output level as either the amount of
attenuation or the sound pressure level
(SPL). Both fi gures will indicate level in
dB. What the digits actually represent will
depend on how the Model 77 has been
confi gured. If confi gured for the attenuation
mode the display will show the output level
as an attenuation value in reference to the
maximum output. This is in the form of 0.5
db steps less than 0.0 dB. So a display of
-40.5 would indicate that the output is set
to be 40.5 dB below the maximum level. As
the rotary level control is moved counter-
clockwise the output level will go down and
the indicated value will get more negative.
If the Model 77 is confi gured to display
the output level in SPL, the 4-digit display
will always show the output level in positive
numbers. These numbers are intended to
represent the sound pressure level in dB
SPL, a fi gure that should directly relate to
the actual sound pressure level that the
loudspeaker system is presenting to users.
(Typically, the level value would actually
be in dBC, the C-weighted sound pressure
level.) When the reference level button is
enabled, or the rotary level control is set so
that the reference level has been reached,
the display will typically show something
in the range of 82 to 87 dB. Assuming that
the monitoring environment has been cor-
rectly calibrated, this would indicate that
an average listening level of 85 dB, for
example, had been achieved.
As has been previously discussed, the
channel pop solo mode offers a unique
way of sonically highlighting an individual
channel. A channel selected for soloing
in this mode will have its level increased
while the other non-soloed channels will be
reduced in level. To highlight this condition
the letters POP will appear in the 4-digit
display whenever a channel is actively
being soloed in the channel pop solo
mode. This ensures that a user will under-
stand that the monitor outputs no longer
represent the true inter-channel level
relationships.
Remote Control Inputs
Two remote control signals can be con-
nected to the StudioComm system and
confi gured for operation. The two functions
are remote mute all and remote dim. When
an external signal activates remote mute
all the LED on the Model 77 associated
with the mute all button will fl ash. If mute
all was already active when the remote
mute all function is activated, the LED will
change from being steadily lit to fl ashing.
When an external signal activates remote
dim the LED on the Model 77 associated
with the dim button will fl ash. If dim was
already active when remote dim is acti-
vated, the LED will change from being
steadily lit to fl ashing.