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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 inadvertenly or otherwise. To obtain the
combination code, contact your local NAGRA dealer.
Any sub-menu can be locked by pressing the “STOP” button or unlocked by pressing the “PLAY”
button. When the sub-menu has been locked, a closed padlock appears in front of the selected sub-
menu. When the sub-menu has been unlocked, the closed padlock dissapears. To remove the
password, switch off and on again the machine.
16 LOCKING THE KEYPAD, ARES-P II ONLY.
During record or playback the keyboard can be locked by pressing the left and right arrow keys (10 &
12) during a few seconds (this until “KEYPAD LOCKED” appears on the screen). To unlock the
keyboard, press the left and right arrow keys (10 & 12) until the message dissappears.
17 AUTO POWER OFF
When the machine is left in the “STOP” mode for 10 minutes, it will automatically switch off. During
the last 14 seconds of that period, the beep sounds every second. When any key is pressed, the
power counter will be reset.
To disable the auto power off, from the power off status , press and hold the center key while
pressing the power key.
In the case that the machine is turned on with the auto power disabled, the message “NO AUTO
POWER OFF” appears during a few seconds.
18 MESSAGES
18.1 IN NFS MODE (NAGRA FILE SYSTEM USED BY ARES-P & RCX220
“LOW BATTERY” The battery voltage has dropped too low
“NO CARD” No card is inserted
“FORMAT CORRUPTED” Occurs if the card was removed during record or power lost
abruptly
“CARD FULL” No more record memory is available
“INVALID CARD” The card is not recognized by the machine
“UNFORMATTED CARD” The card is recognized but not formatted
“CARD WRITE PROTECTED” Write protection switch on the card is ON
“OPEN WRITE ERROR” Defective card or card error
“WRITE ERROR” Defective card or card error
“CARD NEARLY FULL” 60 seconds recording time left on the card
“ERASE COMPLETED” At the end of erasure of one or several takes
“FORMAT COMPLETED” At the end of a card formatting
“CARD READ ERROR” Impossible to read the directory due to a defective card or
a read error
“READ ERROR” Read error during playback
“UNKNOWN FORMAT” The card is recognized but not the type of format
“CARD TOO SLOW” Depending from the selected file format, some cards do not
accept a high recording bit rate
“BUFFER OVERFLOW” Record buffer is full due to a slow card
“AUTO POWER OFF” The machine will switch of in the next 15 seconds
“NO AUTO POWER OFF” Auto power off has been disabled
SETTINGS
BEEP
COMPRESSION
BACKLIGHT
MPEG 128/48