Operating The Afs2; Navigating & Modes Of Operation; Home Mode; Menu Mode - dbx AFS2 Owner's Manual

Operating The AFS2

Navigating & Modes Of Operation
There are three modes of operation in the AFS2, they are: Home Mode, Menu Mode, and Wizard Mode.

Home Mode

This is the operating mode which the AFS2 enters after power-up and initialization. There are two Home Screens which can be
viewed from Home Mode. To toggle between the two available Home Screens, just press the
When viewing either Home Screen, turn the
assignment numbers for the selected filter will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. As each 'set' filter is selected, the
filter's properties will also be displayed at the bottom of the screen. The filter properties displayed are:
• This is the frequency of the center point of the filter.
Center Frequency –
•
Attenuation Amount –
frequency.
• This is the width of the filter represented in 'Quality' factor or 'Q' factor. A Higher Q
Q –
value represents a narrower filter and a lower Q value represents a wider filter.
The two available Home Screens are shown below.
Information View Home Screen
AFS Filters
(F=Fixed, L=Live)
(White Box=Set Filters)
C H A N . 1
Selected Filter
F
F F F F F F F F F F F
C H A N . 2
F F F F F F F F F F L
1-1
CH:
Selected Channel/Filter #
Filter Center Frequency

Menu Mode

In Menu Mode you can edit AFS options (these parameters are used when manually ringing out a sound system with AFS),
save and load presets, and edit system parameters. To enter Menu Mode, press the
View Home Screen. If viewing the Filter Plot Home Screen, you can enter Menu Mode by pressing and holding the
button for approximately 2 seconds or pressing the
BACK
wheel will select on-screen options. In menus which have two columns, pressing the
DATA
columns, allowing you to jump back and forth between selecting the parameter to edit and then editing the parameter. Turning
wheel will adjust selected parameters. To see the menu structure and options available in these menus, see 'Menu
the
DATA
Navigation Map' on page 15.
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wheel to select a filter. As each filter is selected, the channel and filter
DATA
This is the amount of attenuation applied at the filter's center
Filter Mode Content Mode
FIXED
SP/MUS
L L L L L L L L L L L
LIVE
SPEECH
L L L L L L L L L L L
500Hz -12.0dB 7
Filter Q Factor
Filter Attenuation Amount
Filter Plot Home Screen
Filter/Frequency Graph
AFS Filters
20
(F=Fixed, L=Live)
(White Box=Set Filters)
Selected Filter
F
F F F F F F F F F F F
CH:
Selected Channel/Filter #
Filter Center Frequency
MENU/BACK
button twice. When navigating in menus, turning the
MENU/BACK
wheel from Home Mode.
DATA
Q Factor
Center Frequency
100 1k 20k
L L L L L L L L L L L
1-1 500Hz -12.0dB 7
Filter Attenuation Amount
button from the Information
wheel will jump between
DATA
Attenuation
Amount
Filter Q Factor
MENU/