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NAGRA ARES-P II
MANUAL
Version: August 18 2004
WARNING: The ARES-P/RCX220/ARES-P II has a built-in charger (charge
current = 100 mA, ARES-P II = 300mA). NiCd or Ni-Metal-Hydride cells can be
used.
WHEN USING THE EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY, CHECK THAT THE
CHARGER SWITCH INSIDE THE BATTERY COMPARTIMENT IS “OFF”
BEFORE INSTALLING DRY CELLS.
PN 2019 602 150
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CONTENTS Page 1DELIVERED WITH: ....................................................................................... 4 1.1 ARES-P II. ............................................................................................. 4 1.2 DELIVERED WITH ARES-P. .................................................................. 4 1.3 DELIVERED WITH RCX220. .................................................................. 4 2 INSTALLING THE BATTERIES....................
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14.5 SETTINGS MENU. ..............................................................................17 14.5.1 INPUT FILTER..............................................................................17 14.5.2 ALC..............................................................................................17 14.5.3 ALC THRESHOLD. .......................................................................17 14.5.4 ALC REACTION SPEED. ..............................................................18
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1DELIVERED WITH: 1.1 ARES-P II. 5 dry cells “AA”, 1 DIN connector 12 pin, 1 USB cable, 1 CDR with Ares Import, Digigram Import software and manuals. 1.2 DELIVERED WITH ARES-P. 5 dry cells “AA”, 1 DIN connector 12 pin, 1 carrying strap, 1 CDR with Ares Import, Digigram Import software and manuals. 1.3 DELIVERED WITH RCX220. 5 dry cells “AA”, 1 DIN connector 12 pin, 1 carrying strap, 1 USB cable, 1 CDR with Ares Import, Digigram Import software and manuals. 2 INSTALLING THE BATT
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6 BUTTONS. 1 Power ON / OFF 2 + 2 bis Record, Marker key 3 Rew ind, skip backwards key 4 Stop key 5 Play key 6 Forward, skip forwards key 7 Reduce input sensitivity or playback level key 8 Increase input sensitivity or playback level key 9 Up arrow key or increase output level key 10 Left arrow key 11 Down arrow key or reduce output level key 12 Right arrow key 13 Other menu or execute key 7 ARES -P, RCX220, ARES-P II DIFFERENCES. ARES-P: Has no USB connector. The card is form
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9 MAIN DISPLAY DESCRIPTION. Attention: At power on, the display below is shown, but without the level bargraph indicator on the right-hand side. This bargraph appears when the “+” or “-” button (8 or 7) is pressed. It disappears after a few seconds to improve the clarity of the display. Input level indication for Headroom indicator Left and Right channel Input level 1 2 -21 -9 0 +9 Status of the ARES-P IN Level adjustment STOP, PLAY, REC, FWD, RWD 007 0:00 - 20DB Take
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Messages This is the area for messages, such as “LOW BATTERY”, CARD FULL, NO CARD, etc. A beep in the headphones corresponds to an arrival of a message on the display. Battery status When the battery icon shows full, it indicates the batteries are fully charged. Full corresponds to a voltage measurement of 6.28V or higher. Each step corresponds to 0.256V. When the voltage drops below 5V, a warning beep is heard in the headphones and the message “LOW BATTERY” appears in the display. When
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FORWARD SEARCH & BACKWARD SEARCH. This function can be executed in “STOP” or “PLAY” mode. Once the “>>” or “<<”key is pressed for more than 0.5 seconds, the machine starts “FORWARD or BACKWARDS SEARCH” at 4 times nominal speed. The longer the button is pressed, the search speed increments up to 128 times nominal speed. When the button is released, the search stops and it returns to its previous function (STOP or PLAY). 10.3 STOP KEY (4) When this key is pressed during record or playback
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As shown on the picture, the red indications correspond to the left channel, the blue indications correspond to the right channel. If no left or right arrow is pressed during the input sensitivity adjustment, both channels will be adjusted simultaneously and keep the same delta until one of the channels is reaching max. or min. level. 11.3 THRESHOLD ADJUSTMENT The “THRESHOLD” adjustment permits selection of the size of the compression zone. It is the lower limit setting of the zone that
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12 CENTER & ARROW KEYS 1 2 -21 -9 0 +9 007 0:00 DIRECTORY DIRECTORY TOOLS TOOLS SETTINGS 12 TAKES R: 8:08 By pushing the “CENTER” key (13), the machine gives access to the “DIRECTORY”, “TOOLS” and “SETTINGS” sub-menus. Using the “ARROW” keys (9 to 12), you navigate between those sub-menus. To move back to the initial display, press the “LEFT ARROW” key (10) (except in the “DIRECTORY” where “CENTER” key (13) needs to be pressed first to return to
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If the marker has a “? ” shape, it means that the take compression is the same as the current settings of the machine. If the marker has a “>” shape, it means that the take compression is different from the current settings of the machine. In the latter case, if the “ PLAY” button” (5) is pressed, the corresponding compression will be automatically loaded in the DSP, and play starts. If the marker is in front of one of the audio takes, the “PLAY”, “STOP”, “FWD” and “RWD” function ke
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14.1.1 HORIZONTAL SCROLLING. Use the ”LEFT” (10) and “RIGHT” (12) “ARROW” keys. Current position Selected file No inside the selected file 002 1.30 000 0.00 12 / 03 / 00 Format file, File No 001, length 1minute 25 created March 12, 2000 001 1.25 12 / 03 / 00 seconds, recorded March 12, 2000 002 3.48 13 / 03 / 00 003 4.24 13 / 03 / 00 Remaining time on the END 48.32 card at the selected End of list compression 000 0.00 0
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14.1.3 QUIT DIRECTORY. 1 2 000 0.00 -21 -9 0 +9 000 0.00 12 / 03 / 00 001 1.25 12 / 03 / 00 002 0:00 002 3.48 13 / 03 / 00 QUIT DIRECTORY 003 4.24 13 / 03 / 00 TAKE ERASURE END 48.32 3 TAKES R: 48:32 To escape from the “DIRECTORY”, press the “CENTER” button (13) once followed by the “RIGHT” arrow key (12). The display returns to “STATUS” display. 14.1.4 TITLING, ARES-P & RCX220 MODE ONLY. Titles can be added to the for
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To delete one or more takes, select in the directory the lowest take number that needs to be deleted, press the “CENTER” button (13) and select the “TAKE ERASURE” menu. Once the selection confirmed by pressing the “CENTER” button (13), the erasing starts. To escape from the sub-menu, press the “LEFT” (10) or “RIGHT” (12) key once. NOTE: Erasing individual takes in the middle of the “DIRECTORY” is not possible. The erase feature will always erase from the selected take to the end of the
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14.3.2 CARD FORMATTING. CARD FORMATTING CARD FORMATTING CARD FORMATTING CARD PRESENT. CARD PRESENT. CARD PRESENT. PRESS CENTER KEY. CARD NOT EMPTY. FORMATTING . . . RIGHT KEY TO CONFIRM. 100% FORMAT COMPLETE. PRESS ANY KEY. Execute by pressing the “RIGHT” arrow key (12) and the card formatting will begin. Once the formatting is finished, the display returns to the previous menu. To escape from the sub-menu, press the “LEFT” (10) or “RIGHT” (12) key once. When the format command is e
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14.3.6 VERSION. Selecting the “ VERSION” sub-menu shows the serial number of the ARES-P II S/N : 123456789 recorder as well as current version of the software installed. The version SOFT (FAT): Vx.xx shown in this picture corresponds to the version for the “FAT” mode. AUDIO BOARD: 2 Turning on the machine in the “NFS” mode will show the “NFS” version. SOFTWARE OPTIONS: #1 #2 To escape from the sub-menu, press the “LEFT” key (10) once. 14.4 TEMPLATES FOR ARES-P II. TEMPLATE
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14.5 SETTINGS MENU. The settings menu gives access to several sub-menus. SETTINGS SETTINGS SETTINGS INPUT FILTER ALC ALC THRESHOLD ALC ALC THRESHOLD ALC SPEED ALC THRESHOLD ALC SPEED BEEP ON NORMAL USING +/- KEYS SETTINGS SETTINGS ALC SPEED BEEP BEEP COMPRESSION COMPRESSION BACKLIGHT ON MPEG 128/48 SETTINGS The current setting of each is always shown at the bottom of the display. COMPRESSION BACKLIGHT OUTPUT LEVEL AUTOMATIC 14.5.1 INPUT FILTER. INPUT FI
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14.5.4 ALC REACTION SPEED. ALC SPEED The “ALC SPEED” can be set to a “FAST”, “NORMAL” or “SLOW” FAST reaction time. NORMAL SLOW NORMAL 14.5.5 BEEP. The beep signal is only available at the output and is not recorded. It BEEP can be switched “ON” or “OFF”. OFF ON ON 14.5.6 COMPRESSION FOR ARES-P/RCX220. 17 different types of compression can be selected. COMPRESSION Use the “ UP” (9) or “DOWN” (11) arrow keys to select the type of MPEG 64/16 compression to be used a
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14.5.9 OUTPUT MODE. OUTPUT MODE This sub-menu permits to turn on or off the sound to the output connector in the case that a little speaker is used instead of a ALWAYS ON headphone. “ALWAYS” means that the output sound is always present. ONLY IN PLAYBACK “ONLY IN PLAYBACK” means that the output sound is present only ALWAYS ON during playback but not present in the record mode or EE mode. 14.5.10 OUTPUT LEVEL. The “CURRENT LEVEL” corresponds to the setting before entering the sub-
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The “TRIGGER LEVEL ” sub-menu permits to adjust the level detection to start the recording and can be set in steps of 10 dB from 50 dB SPL to 120 dB SPL. The “ TRIGGER DELAY” menu permits to adjust the continuous duration or length of the sound level before the recording starts. It can be set from 0.0 seconds to 1 second. Example: if you clap your hands a single time and the start delay is set to 0.1 second, the recording will not start, as the handclap was shorter than 0.1 seconds.
