Adjusting Bargraph Break-Points And Ballistics - BEL BG-8 User Manual

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Adjusting bargraph break-points and ballistics

SW 1 AES to analogue adjust
ON
-18dBFS = 0 on analogue scale
OFF
-20dBFS = 0 on analogue scale
The –18dB and –20dB settings define the relationship between AES input level and the 0
mark on an analogue scale. This allows analogue scales to be used with digital signals.
SW 2 SW 3
ON ON
ON OFF
OFF ON
OFF OFF
SW 4 SW 5
ON ON
ON ON
ON OFF
ON OFF
OFF ON
OFF ON
OFF OFF
OFF OFF
Note: The ON position is obtained with a switch lever in the direction of the arrow, (DOWN
in the above drawing).
Each bargraph has 53 tri-colour segments. The top and bottom segments are reserved
leaving 51. Up to 31 of the remaining top most segments may be coloured red. Up to 31 of
segments from the end of the red zone downward may be coloured amber. The remaining
segments (if any) are always green.
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BG-8
BG-8 bargraph adjustments
Peak hold decay
None (OFFf)
3 seconds
7 seconds
Indefinite
SW 6 Scale type
ON AES
OFF DIN
ON VU
OFF BBC
ON No scale
OFF NORDIC
ON IEC
OFF No scale
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