Lighting Level Of Peak Over Indicator; Internal Battery Selection; System Status Display; Initializing The Flash Memory - Fostex FM-3 Owner's Manual

Lighting level of peak over indicator

The default is "+18 dB". You can select between "0 dB"
and "+18 dB" in 1 dB steps.
<Memo>: When peak level exceeds the lighting level,
"OVER" is lit on the stereo meter display, as pointed by an
arrow in the stereo meter display example below left. On the
meter status display, "0" is lit as pointed by an arrow in the
display example below right.
Lit Lit
Stereo meter display
<Memo>: The details of the peak meter is as below.
Permitted Level
Alignment Level (AL)
AL
PML
Scale
Level
Level
@
-16 to +16
@+9dB
(Reference)

Internal battery selection

When you use alkaline batteries, select this option.
When you use nickel hydride batteries, select this option.
<Note>: This setting allows the EMPTY indicator and the alert
for battery exchange work correctly according to the battery
type. When you operate the unit on internal battery power, this
item should be set correctly. Battery life depends on the bat-
tery type, battery condition and usage environment. It is rec-
ommended to exchange batteries when the EMPTY indicator
starts flashing.
EMPTY indicator flashing
condition (approximately 30 Less than
minutes before batteries are
completely exhausted)
Less than
Alert for battery exchange*
Less than
Audio mute
* "Please change battery!" is shown as alert for battery exchange.
Meter status display
+13dBu (+9dB)
+4dBu (reference level)
Fall Peak Hold
Attack
Time Time
Time
1.7sec/
0.1msec. 2sec.
20dB
INT DC
EXT DC
Alkali Ni-MH
Less than
Less than
8.7 V 7.0 V
8.7 V
Less than
7.0 V 8.0 V
Less than
Less than
6.1 V 6.1 V
6.1 V
On the system status display, not only you can see the
following information, but also you can reset the time
display and initialize the flash memory.
Lit
(1) Power voltage (EXT DC or INT DC)
This item shows the voltage of the current power source.
When the [POWER] switch is set to "INT", this item shows
"INT DC" and the voltage of the internal batteries.
When the [POWER] switch is set to "EXT", it shows "EXT
DC" and the voltage of the external power source.
(2) Temperature inside the unit (TEMP)
This item shows the temperature inside the unit.
The temperature significantly affects the battery
performance.
Generally, in a low temperature environment, the battery life
of primary battery (e.g. alkaline) gets shorter.
(3) Power-on time
This item shows the elapsed time since the unit is powered
on. The time display is running in realtime.
<Memo>: By pressing the [EDIT] key long enough while
the system status display is shown, you can reset this
item to "00h00m00s".
(4) Firmware version
This item shows the firmware version of the unit.
Initializing the flash memory
You can initialize the flash memory to the condition when the
unit is shipped from the factory. To initialize the flash mem-
ory, press and hold down the [EDIT] key for 10 seconds or
more while the system status display is shown.
When the memory initialization is completed, the system
status display is dismissed and the display shows the stereo
VU meter display.
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System status display