Menu Mode; Menu View - Lab.gruppen PLM Series Operation Manual

9 FRONT PANEL INTERFACE

9.12 Menu Mode

9.12.1 Menu View

Menu
Module
Input Cfg
Attenuation
Figure 9-17
Most of the PLM's operating functions are accessed
via the menu system in MENU mode. These include
adjustment of gain, selection of input type, limiter
settings, network setup, etc. MENU mode may be
accessed at any time by pressing the MENU button
on the front panel.
The menu system follows a conventional tree-and-
branch structure; the 'top page' of the menu system
– that displayed when MENU is first pressed – gives
access to various submenus, the title of each of which
is shown in the eight 'blocks' of the display. Pressing
the adjacent soft button selects that submenu, and
the display changes to a set of further options within
the submenu. These options may then be selected in
a similar fashion, which in some cases may involve
a further 'level' of selection. When 'parameter level'
is reached, individual PLM parameters may be
selected for adjustment by pressing the adjacent soft
button. The displayed parameter value will then be
highlighted (appear in inverse video), and is adjustable
by the rotary encoder, the ring around the encoder
knob illuminating to confirm this. Note that it may be
possible to adjust two or more parameters on the
same parameter level page simultaneously simply
by selecting all those to be adjusted. Any offsets
in present values are retained. Some of the PLM
parameters assume multiple selection as the default
setting, so all inputs or outputs are normally adjusted
simultaneously.
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Frame
Frame Prst
Load mon.
Dante
Pressing EXIT at any time reverts the displays to
the 'next level up', and any altered parameters are
retained automatically.
Note that soft button 1 does not have any options
associated with it in any of the submenu levels. The
text in block 1 confirms Menu mode, and also the
submenu and further options selected.
Group sum displays
Some of the PLM's parameters display two values
instead of one. The parameters concerned are:
▸ Module > User Gain
▸ Module > Delay
▸ Module > Limiters > MaxRMS Level
▸
Module > Limiters > MaxPeak Level
For each of these parameters, the primary value,
which is adjusted by the rotary control, is shown
above the Group Sum value, which is displayed in
brackets.
The Group Sum parameter value will initially be the
same as the primary value. However, as Dolby Lake
processing Modules may belong to Groups (possibly
spanning mutilple Frames), and these parameters
may be adjusted in the DLC PLM Edition software
for the whole Group, it is useful for the effect of this
additional Group adjustment to be taken into account.
The Group Sum parameter value is effectively the sum
of the individual Module value and any gain, delay,
etc., that has been applied to the whole Group.
Menu structure
From the top page of the menu system, the following
seven submenus are available:
▸ Module
▸ Input configuration
▸ Attenuation
▸
Frame
▸ Frame Preset
▸ Load Data
▸ Dante