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.
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............................................................
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 14.5.5 BEEP. ..
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 BATTERIES.
6 BUTTONS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Power ON / OFF + 2 bis Record, Marker key Rew ind, skip backwards key Stop key Play key Forward, skip forwards key Reduce input sensitivity or playback level key Increase input sensitivity or playback level key Up arrow key or increase output level key Left arrow key Down arrow key or reduce output level key Right arrow key Other menu or execute key 7 ARES -P, RCX220, ARES-P II DIFFERENCES. ARES- P: Has no USB connector.
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.
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.
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.
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.
12 CENTER & ARROW KEYS 1 2 -21 -9 0 007 +9 0:00 DIRECTORY TOOLS 12 TAKES R: DIRECTORY TOOLS SETTINGS 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 the sub-menus).
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.
14.1.1 HORIZONTAL SCROLLING. Use the ”LEFT” (10) and “RIGHT” (12) “ARROW” keys. Current position inside the selected file Selected file No File No 001, length 1minute 25 seconds, recorded March 12, 2000 000 001 002 003 END 002 0.00 1.25 3.48 4.24 48.32 1.30 12 / 03 / 00 12 / 03 / 00 13 / 03 / 00 13 / 03 / 00 Remaining time on the card at the selected compression End of list 000 001 002 003 END 000 0.00 1.25 3.48 4.24 48.32 0.
14.1.3 QUIT DIRECTORY. 000 001 002 003 END 000 0.00 1.25 3.48 4.24 48.32 0.00 12 / 03 / 00 12 / 03 / 00 13 / 03 / 00 13 / 03 / 00 1 2 -21 -9 0 002 +9 0:00 QUIT DIRECTORY TAKE ERASURE 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 format file (000) and each sound file for identification purposes.
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 card. 14.1.
14.3.2 CARD FORMATTING. CARD FORMATTING CARD FORMATTING CARD PRESENT. PRESS CENTER KEY. CARD FORMATTING CARD PRESENT. CARD NOT EMPTY. CARD PRESENT. 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.
14.3.6 VERSION. ARES-P II S/N : 123456789 SOFT (FAT): Vx.xx AUDIO BOARD: 2 SOFTWARE OPTIONS: #1 #2 Selecting the “VERSION” sub-menu shows the serial number of the recorder as well as current version of the software installed. The version shown in this picture corresponds to the version for the “FAT” mode. Turning on the machine in the “NFS” mode will show the “NFS” version. To escape from the sub-menu, press the “LEFT” key (10) once. 14.4 TEMPLATES FOR ARES-P II.
14.5 SETTINGS MENU. The settings menu gives access to several sub-menus. SETTINGS SETTINGS INPUT FILTER ALC ALC THRESHOLD SETTINGS ALC ALC THRESHOLD ALC SPEED ON ALC THRESHOLD ALC SPEED BEEP NORMAL USING +/- KEYS SETTINGS SETTINGS ALC SPEED BEEP COMPRESSION BEEP COMPRESSION BACKLIGHT ON SETTINGS MPEG 128/48 The current setting of each is always shown at the bottom of the display. COMPRESSION BACKLIGHT OUTPUT LEVEL AUTOMATIC 14.5.1 INPUT FILTER.
14.5.4 ALC REACTION SPEED. ALC SPEED FAST NORMAL SLOW The “ALC SPEED” can be set to a “FAST”, “NORMAL” or “SLOW” reaction time. NORMAL 14.5.5 BEEP. BEEP The beep signal is only available at the output and is not recorded. It can be switched “ON” or “OFF”. OFF ON ON 14.5.6 COMPRESSION FOR ARES-P/RCX220. COMPRESSION MPEG 64/16 MPEG 128/48 MPEG 128/24 MPEG 64/48 17 different types of compression can be selected.
14.5.9 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 headphone. “ALWAYS” means that the output sound is always present. “ONLY IN PLAYBACK” means that the output sound is present only during playback but not present in the record mode or EE mode. OUTPUT MODE ALWAYS ON ONLY IN PLAYBACK ALWAYS ON 14.5.10 OUTPUT LEVEL.
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.
15 LOCKING THE SETTINGS. SETTINGS By pressing a certain combination of keys when turning on the machine, the settings can then be locked step-by-step. This to prevent, the user changing the settings inadvertenly or otherwise. To obtain the combination code, contact your local NAGRA dealer. BEEP COMPRESSION BACKLIGHT MPEG 128/48 Any sub-menu can be locked by pressing the “STOP” button or unlocked by pressing the “PLAY” button.
18.2 IN FAT MODE "WRONG USB VERSION" "CARD FULL" "OPEN WRITE ERROR" "WRITE ERROR" "READ ERROR" "CARD TOO SLOW" "DIRECTORY FULL" "CARD NEARLY FULL" "KEYPAD LOCKED" "AUTO POWER OFF" "LOW BATTERY" "NO AUTO POWER OFF" "INVALID CARD" "NO CARD" "UNKNOWN FORMAT" "DIR UNUSABLE" "CARD READING..." "CARD BUSY..." "USB MODE" “AUTO REC.
20 MENU TREE ARES-P & RCX220 TREE CONFIGURATION IN THE CASE OF ARES P OR RCX220 (NAGRA FILE SYST.) DIRECTORY 000 0.00 >000 0.00 10/03/03 001 2.34 12/03/03 END 48.40 QUIT DIRECTORY TAKE TITLING TAKE ERASURE LOUDSPEAKER OFF TITLE TAKE 001 STOP KEY = ESCAPE PLAY KEY = DELETE ....... .......ETC. ON TOOLS DATE & TIME DATE & TIME HH:MM.SS DD.MM.YY CARD FORMATTING CARD FORMATTING CARD PRESENT PRESS CENTER KEY. FORMAT REPAIRING FORMAT REPAIRING NO FORMAT PROBLEMS.
ALC SPEED FAST NORMAL SLOW BEEP OFF ON COMPRESSION G722 MPEG 64/48 MPEG 64/24 MPEG 64/32 MPEG 64/16 MPEG 128/48 MPEG 128/24 MPEG 128/32 MPEG 128/16 MPEG 128/48 ST. MPEG 128/24 ST. MPEG 128/32 ST. MPEG 128/16 ST. MPEG 192/48 MPEG 192/32 MPEG 192/48 ST. MPEG 192/32 ST.
21 MENU TREE ARES-P II TREE CONFIGURATION IN THE CASE OF ARES PII (FAT) INCLUDING SOFT OPTION I DIRECTORY 000 0.00 >000 0.00 10/03/03 001 2.34 12/03/03 END 48.40 QUIT DIRECTORY DELETE DELETE TO END LOUDSPEAKER TOOLS OFF RENUMBER ON RENUMBER ALL DATE & TIME DATE & TIME HH:MM.SS DD.MM.YY CARD FORMATTING FORMAT CARD FORMAT CARD (FAT16)? PRESS CENTER KEY. PROGRAM SELECT PROGRAM SELECT FAT16 FILE SYST. NAGRA FILE SYST. FAT16 FILE SYST.
A INPUT FILTER SETTINGS FLAT LOW CUT ALC OFF ON ALC THRESHOLD 104 DB SPL 98 DB SPL 92 DB SPL 86 DB SPL 80 DB SPL 74 DB SPL USING +/- KEYS ALC SPEED FAST NORMAL SLOW BEEP OFF ON FILE FORMAT PCM 48K PCM 44K1 PCM 32K PCM 24K PCM 16K PCM 48K ST. PCM 44K1 ST. PCM 32K ST. PCM 24K ST. PCM 22K05 ST. PCM 16K ST.
B A SIDE KEY RECORD/NEW TAKE RECORD/STOP RECORD/MARK MARK (REC/PLAY) START/STOP AUTO RECORD MODE OFF ON TRIGGER LEVEL 50DB SPL 60DB SPL 70DB SPL 80DB SPL 90DB SPL 100DB SPL 110DB SPL 120DB SPL TRIGGER DELAY 0.0 SEC. 0.1 SEC. 0.3 SEC. 1.0 SEC. STOP DELAY 5 SEC. 15 SEC. 30 SEC. 1 MIN. 2 MIN. 5 MIN. 15 MIN.
A B C MPEG 64/48 OPTION I MPEG 64/32 MPEG 64/24 MPEG 64/16 MPEG 128/48 MPEG 128/32 MPEG 128/24 MPEG 128/16 MPEG 128/48 ST. MPEG 128/32 ST. MPEG 128/24 ST. MPEG 128/16 ST. MPEG 192/48 MPEG 192/32 MPEG 192/48 ST. MPEG 192/32 ST. MPEG 256/48 ST. MPEG 256/32 ST. MPEG 384/48 ST. MPEG 384/32 ST.
22 ARES-P & RCX220 SOFTWARE & INSTALLATION These programs add several features when the RCX220 is connected to the USB port of a PC or if the flashcard from the ARES- P is inserted in a PC PCMCIA slot: Display the directory of the flash card Playback of the recorded files Import recorded files into the computer's hard disk Edit the recorded files. Insert the CD in your PC or laptop and follow the instructions. 22.1 ARES-P SOFTWARE Carefully read the text file in the root directory before any installation.
AresImport: AresImport permits to read the directory from the flash card as well as playback and or import and conversion. RCXLoad : Display the files located on the memory card with their characteristics (date, duration, encoding format) in an MS explorer fashion. Playing back a selected file, using RCX220 audio output. Using Drag and Drop, import one or several files with format conversion to MPEG Layer 2 or PCM format.
24 INPUT CONNECTOR, DIN 12 PIN TOP VIEW A B C D E F G H J K L M MIKE (R) Hi GROUND MIKE (L) S2 MIKE (L) S1 MIKE (L) Lo MIKE (L) Hi +50V (Ares-P/RCX220), 48V (Ares-P II) MIKE (R) S2 MIKE (R) S1 MIKE (R) Lo +5V S-REC Inputs: Pin “A” and “K” corresponds to the right Hi and Lo microphone input. Pin “F” and “E” corresponds to the left Hi and Lo microphone input. Sensitivity: When “H” and “J” are shorted, max. gain is obtained for the right microphone input (0.2mV/hPa). When “H” and “J” stays open, min.
26 FLASH CARDS COMPATIBILITY, LINEAR AND STRATA. TYPE CAP. MANUF. TEC. IDENTIFICA.
27 FLASH CARDS COMPATIBILITY, ATA AND COMPACT ATA. All ATA type & compact ATA type cards with this background color are accepted and sold by Nagra AresImport test was done using an external PCMCIA SCSI adapter on NT-4 All cards went into the record mode for at least 1 minute at 192kb/s 48kHz stereo at ambient temperature Nagra does not warranty the correct functionality of the machine if other cards than the yellow ATA cards are used TYPE CAP. MANUF. TEC. IDENTIFICA.
TYPE CAP. MANUF. TEC.. IDENTIFICA.
28 SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Data Storage medium Recording Method Compression type A/D & D/A conversion Sampling Rate Bit-Rates Mono/Stereo Recording Capacity Filters File Format PCMCIA ATAc ards, Compact flash cards Digital (PCM) or Digital compression ISO MPEG Layer II 20 Bit Sigma-Delta 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.
29 SAFETY/COMPLIANCE DECLARATION DE CONFORMITE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FABRICANT: MANUFACTURER: NAGRAVISION SA, 1033 CHESEAUX SUISSE NAGRAVISION SA, 1033 CHESEAUX, SWITZERLAND APPAREIL : MODEL: ARES- P/RCX220/ARES- P II ARES-P/RCX220/ARES-P II Par la présente nous déclarons l'équipement conforme à toutes les exigences fixées dans les normes: We hereby declare that the equipment conforms to the all the requirements outlined by the following norms: NORMES GENERIQUES APPLICABLES : APPLICABLE GENERIC NOR
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