Nagra 2019 602 150 manual

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 NAGRA ARES - P II MANUAL Vers[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 2 CONTENTS Page 1DELIVERED WITH: ....................................................................................... 4 1.1 ARES - P II. ............................................................................................. 4 1.2 DELIVERED WITH ARES - P. ..........................................................[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 3 14.5 SETTINGS MENU. .............................................................................. 17 14.5.1 INPUT FILTER. ............................................................................. 17 14.5.2 ALC. ............................................................................................. 17 14. 5.3 [...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 4 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 Ar es Import, Digigram Import software and manuals. 1.3 DELIVE[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 5 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 [...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 6 9 MAIN DISPLAY DESCRIPTION. Attention: At power on, the display below is s hown, 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. Status of the ARES[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 7 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[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 8 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 BACKW ARDS SEARCH ” at 4 times nominal speed. The longer the button is pressed, the search s[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 9 As shown on the picture, the red indications correspond to the left channel, the blue indicatio ns 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[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 10 12 CENTER & ARROW KEYS 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[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 11 If the marker has a “ ? ” shape, it means that the take c ompression 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,[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 12 14.1.1 HORIZONTAL SCROLLING. Use the ”LEFT” (10) and “RIGHT” (12) “ARROW” keys. The display shows the length, the date of recording, the time at the record start, the type of compression and the title of each take. The title can be maximum 31 characters long and scrolls over the display in 3 stages. 14.1.2 [...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 13 14.1.3 QUIT DIRECTORY. To escape from the “ DIRECTORY ”, press the “ CENTER ” button (13) once followed by the “ RIGHT ” arrow key (12). The displ ay 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 ident[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 14 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 se lect 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 “ [...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 15 14.3.2 CARD FORMATTING. Execute by pressing the “ RIGHT ” arrow key (12) and the card for matting 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 executed, “[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 16 14.3.6 VERSION. 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. [...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 17 14.5 S ETTINGS MENU. The settings menu gives access to several sub - menus. The current setting of each is always shown at the bottom of the display. 14.5.1 INPUT FILTER. Two possibilities are available: “ FLAT ” or “ LOW CUT ”. 14 .5.2 ALC. From this sub - menu, the “ ALC ” can be switched “ ON ” or ?[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 18 14.5.4 ALC REACTION SPEED. The “ ALC SPEED ” can be set to a “ FAST ”, “ NORMAL ” or “ SLOW ” reaction time. 14.5.5 BEEP. The beep signal is only available at the output and is not recorded. It can be switched “ ON ” or “ OFF ”. 14.5.6 COMPRESSION FOR ARES - P/RCX220 . 17 different types of comp[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 19 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 pre[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 20 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 recordi ng starts. It can be set from 0.0 seco[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 21 15 LOCKING THE 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 inadv ertenly or otherwise. To obtain the combination code, contact your local NAGRA dealer. Any sub - menu can be locked by p[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 22 18.2 IN FAT MODE " WRONG USB VERSION " DSP and USB software versions a re incompatible " CARD FULL " No more memory available on the card " OPEN WRITE ERROR " Defective card or card error " WRITE ERROR " Defective card or card error " READ ERROR " Defective card or card[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 23 000 0.00 >000 0.00 10/03/03 001 2.34 12/03/03 END 48.40 DIRECTORY QUIT DIRECTORY TAKE TITLING TAKE ERASURE TITLE TAKE 001 STOP KEY = ESCAPE PLAY KEY = DELETE ....... .......ETC. DATE & TIME TOOLS DATE & TIME HH:MM.SS DD.MM.YY CARD FORMATTING CARD FORMATTING CARD PRESENT PRESS CENTER KEY. FORMAT REPAIRING FOR[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 24 BEEP OFF ON COMPRESSION MPEG 64/48 G722 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. BACKLIGHT OFF ON AUTOMATIC OUTPUT MODE ALWAYS ON ONLY IN PLAYBACK OUTPUT LEVEL [...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 25 000 0.00 >000 0.00 10/03/03 001 2.34 12/03/03 END 48.40 DIRECTORY QUIT DIRECTORY DELETE DELETE TO END DATE & TIME TOOLS DATE & TIME HH:MM.SS DD.MM.YY CARD FORMATTING FORMAT CARD FORMAT CARD (FAT16)? PRESS CENTER KEY. VERSION PROGRAM SELECT PROGRAM SELECT FAT16 FILE SYST. FAT16 FILE SYST. NAGRA FILE SYST. TRE[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 26 INPUT FILTER SETTINGS FLAT LOW CUT ALC OFF ON ALC THRESHOLD ALC SPEED FAST NORMAL SLOW 104 DB SPL 98 DB SPL 92 DB SPL 86 DB SPL 80 DB SPL 74 DB SPL USING +/- KEYS BEEP OFF ON B A A 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. C[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 27 SIDE KEY RECORD/NEW TAKE RECORD/STOP RECORD/MARK MARK (REC/PLAY) START/STOP A B MODE AUTO RECORD 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. NONSTOP 48V MI[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 28 MPEG 64/48 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. OPTION I A BACKLIGHT OFF ON AUTOMATIC OUTPUT[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 29 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 compu[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 30 AresImport: AresImport permits to read the directory from the flash card as well as playback and or import and conversion. RCXLoad : Display the files locate d on the memory card with their characteristics (date, duration, encoding format) in an MS explorer fashion. Playing back a selected file, using RCX220 audio outp[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 31 24 INPUT CONNECTOR, DIN 12 PIN 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 micr ophone input. Sensitivity: When “H” and “J” are shorted, max. gain is obtained for the right microphone input (0.2mV/hPa). When “H?[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 32 26 FLASH CARDS COMPATIBILITY, LINEAR AND STRATA. TYPE CAP. MANUF. TEC. IDENTIFICA. ARES - C ARES - P ARES ARES ARES RCX RCX220 95 NT IMPORT LOAD PCMCIA 1 20 INTEL Linear IMC020FLSA - 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PCMCIA 2 20 EDI Linear FLA2800C15 Yes Yes Yes Y es Yes Yes PCMCIA 3 10 INTEL Linear IMC010FLSA - 15 Yes Yes Ye[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 33 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 tem[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 34 TYPE CAP. MANUF. TEC.. IDENTIFICA. ARES - C ARES - P ARES ARES ARE S RCX RCX220 95 NT IMPORT LOAD COMPACT C1 64 EMTEC ATA 347629AI No No No No No No COMPACT C2 64 RIDATA ATA RITEK 06415006D No Yes No No Yes Yes COMPACT C3 128 ACE ATA FFC128 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes COMPACT C4 64 SANDISK ATA AB0105LEI Yes Y es No No Yes Ye[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 35 28 SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Data Storage medium PCMCIA ATAc ards, Compact flash cards Recording Method Digital (PCM) or Digital compression Compression type ISO MPEG Layer II A/D & D/A conversion 20 Bit Sigma - Delta Sampling Rate 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz Bit - Rates 64, 128, 192, 256, 38 4 kb/s* Mono/Stereo S[...]

Issue: August 18 2004 Page 36 29 SAFETY/COMPLIANCE DECLARATION DE CONFORMITE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FABRICANT: NAGRAVISION SA, 1033 CHESEAUX SUISSE MANUFACTURER: NAGRAVISION SA, 1033 CHESEAUX, SWITZERLAND APPAREIL : ARES - P /RCX220/ARES - P II MODEL: ARES - P/RCX220/ARES - P II Par la présente nous déclarons l'équipement conforme à tou[...]

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