Reading.the.displayed.volume - Extron electronics CrossPoint 450 Plus Series User Manual

Reading the displayed volume
N This section is a detailed look at reading the output volume display on the
switcher's front panel. If you do not need to read the exact value of the volume
setting, skip this section.
There are 65 steps of volume attenuation, with 1 dB per step (button push), except
for 0-to-1, which is 13 dB. At maximum attenuation, no input buttons are lit,
76 dB of attenuation is applied, and the audio output is effectively muted. At no
attenuation, all input buttons are lit and the output volume is equal to the input
signal plus any gain or attenuation that is applied to that specific input using the
input audio level adjustment. See "Viewing and adjusting the input audio level
(audio models)". Other than the minimum and maximum volume, the switchers
indicate the volume differently, depending on number (12, 16, or 32) of input
buttons. See the table on the next page to read the volume display for each display
scheme.
For each display scheme, the input buttons blink or light sequentially to indicate
the approximate volume of the selected output. Volume is defined as a percentage
of the input audio signal that is applied to the output. From 0% of volume, the first
Esc ( > ) button push applies 5.5% of the input audio signal. From 5.5% on, each
Esc ( > ) button push applies 1.5% more of the input audio signal to the output:
>
• Push Esc ( ) button again — 5.5% + 1.5% = 7% volume
Switchers with 12 and 16 input buttons — Indicated by the Input 1

button blinking slowly.
Switchers with 32 input buttons — Indicated by the Input 1 button lit

steadily.
• Push Esc ( > ) button twice more — 7% + 1.5% + 1.5% = 10% volume
Switchers with 12 input buttons — Indicated by the Input 1 button

blinking quickly.
Switchers with 16 input buttons — Indicated by the Input 1 button lit

steadily.
Switchers with 32 input buttons — Indicated by the Input 1 and Input 2

button lit steadily.
>
• Push Esc ( ) button nineteen times more — 10% + (19•1.5%) = 38.5% volume
Switchers with 12 input buttons — Indicated by the Input 1 through 4

buttons lit steadily.
Switchers with 16 input buttons — Indicated by the Input 1 through 5

buttons lit steadily and the Input 6 button blinking.
Switchers with 32 input buttons — Indicated by the Input 1 through

Input 11 buttons lit steadily and the Input 12 button blinking.
When all input buttons are lit for any switcher model, the audio output is 100% of
the audio input level.
CrossPoint / MAV Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-45