Display; Adjusting The Display Brightness - Fostex FM-4 Owner's Manual

The display on the front panel of the unit normally
shows the VU and peak meters . You can select
stereo or mono metering . The display also can
show the status of inputs, outputs, etc ., which you
can edit . You can also adjust the display bright-
ness to match the circumstance .
For display-related operation, the following three
keys are used .
<Memo>: In the following description, "press the key
long enough" means "hold down the key for more than
one second" .

Adjusting the display brightness

You can set the display brightness to match the
circumstance (by default, it is set to level 3) .
The display brightness setting remains even af-
ter you turn off the unit . If you initialize the flash
memory using the system status display, it is reset
to the default setting (see page 24) .
(1) Press the [ ] key long enough to enter the
display brightness adjustment mode .
The brightness adjustment bar appears, showing
the current brightness level .
<Memo>: If you do not press any key for ap-
proximately five seconds while the brightness
adjustment bar is shown, the bar automatically
disappears and the unit exits the display bright-
ness adjustment mode .

Display

(2) Press the [-] key to lower the brightness or
press the [+] key to increase the brightness .
You can select from OFF and 1 through 5 .
[-] key (darker)
<Memo>: If you press the [+] key when the
brightness is set to OFF, the display gets brighter .
<Note>: If you set the brightness level to any
level between 1 through 5, the setting is stored to
the flash memory . However, if you set it to OFF,
the setting is not stored to the flash memory, and
when you turn on the unit the next time, the dis-
play is shown at the brightness level that was set
before entering the brightness setting mode last
time .
(3) By pressing the [EDIT] key immediately after
adjusting the brightness level, the brightness
adjustment bar disappears and the unit exits
the display brightness adjustment mode .
<Memo>: When the brightness adjustment bar
is shown, pressing the [-] key long enough sets
the brightness to OFF, while pressing the [+] key
returns the brightness to the previous level be-
fore entering the brightness adjustment mode .
When the brightness is set to any level lower
than the maximum level, pressing the [+] key
long enough directly sets the brightness to the
maximum level .
1
Brightness
Turning off the
1 2
display
Turning off the display
3 4 5
[+] key (brighter)