M7CL V1.10 Supplementary Manual M7CL firmware V1.10 contains the following changes and additions relative to V1.05. (Changes in V1.06 are also included here.) * The Help function in V1.10 and later of this product uses bitmap fonts from the Ricoh Corporation. Changes in V1.06 · Speed of synchronization with M7CL Editor has been improved. · In the ATT/HPF/EQ popup window (1ch) and the DYNAMICS popup window (1ch), the location of the ON button has been distanced from the " × " (close) button in order to prevent accidental operation. · By pressing a GEQ fader in the GEQ popup window, you can now switch the faders assigned to the Centralogic section. The numbers of the assigned faders are shown on the GEQ faders. · The position of the window has been improved so that the channel number and channel name field at the bottom of the display can be seen even when a popup window or the SCENE LIST window is displayed. · You can now reset the GAIN to the default value (0.0 dB) for each band by simultaneously pressing the SELECTED CHANNEL section EQ [Q] encoder and EQ [GAIN] encoder. · The following have been added as parameters that can be assigned to the user-defined keys. FUNCTION PARAMETER 1 SET [INSERT ON] PARAMETER 2 Description By holding down this key and pressing the [SEL] key of a channel, that channel's INSERT ON can be switched on/off. By holding down this key and pressing the [SEL] key of a channel, that channel's DIRECT OUT ON can be switched on/off. Opens or closes the HELP popup window. If you hold down this key and operate a panel controller (except for the faders) or an onscreen controller, the corresponding explanation will appear. SET BY SEL -- SET BY SEL SET [DIRECT OUT ON] -- HELP -- -- Changes in V1.10 · When you use the SAVE/LOAD screen to save all of the M7CL's internal data (except for user authentication key data) in a single operation, the user level, user-defined keys, and preference settings of the administrator and guest will also be saved. On the M7CL console, this data can be loaded only when the administrator logs in. In M7CL Editor (V2.1.1 or later), this data can be read at any time. However on earlier versions of the M7CL console or M7CL Editor, this data that was saved in V1.10 or later cannot be read. · You can now view the M7CL's Help by pressing the (Help) button in the function access area. For details, refer to "Using the Help function." · The assigned user-defined key will now blink while you're viewing a screen or popup window that's bookmarked by a user-defined key. · PRE FADER (immediately before the fader) has been added as a position for direct output from an INPUT channel. · If you're using the M7CL V1.10, you must use V2.1.1 or later of M7CL Editor. You can download the most recent version of M7CL Editor from the following website. http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/ EN Using the Help function You can view the Help file provided by Yamaha, or you can view any desired text file created by a user. * We accept no responsibility for any damages that may occur as a result of using help files created by a third party other than Yamaha. 4 To select the Help file you want to load, press one of the Help files shown in the file list, or turn multi-function encoder 1 on the panel. log box will appear. 5 Press the LOAD button; a confirmation dia6 Press the OK button to load the file. Loading a text file from a USB storage device Loading a Help file from a USB storage device NOTE · The help file is not backed up in internal user memory. Each time you turn on the power, you must reload it from your USB storage device. It is convenient to save your help file on the USB storage device that contains your user authentication key. 1 Using a commercially available text editor 1 Before you proceed, save the Help file (extension .xml) provided by Yamaha on your USB storage device. You can download the most recent version of the Help file from the Yamaha website. http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/ or the "Notepad" included with the Microsoft Windows series, create a text file (extension .txt) and save it on your USB storage device. By default, the character code set of the text file will be detected as UTF-8. However by adding a line consisting of [ISO-8859-1] or [Shift_JIS] at the beginning of the file, you can force recognition of the file using that character code set. You can specify the desired character code set when using your text editor to save the text file. The Help function is able to display the following text files (character code sets / languages). · Text files written in the ISO-8859-1 character code set (English, German, French, Spanish, etc.) · Text files written in the Shift_JIS character code set (Japanese) · Text files of the above languages written in the UTF-8 character code set. 2 In the function access area, press the SETUP button to access the SETUP screen. SAVE/LOAD button 2 In the function access area, press the SAVE/LOAD popup window. SETUP button to access the SETUP screen. 3 Press the SAVE/LOAD button to access the 4 To select the text file you want to load, 3 Press the SAVE/LOAD button to access the SAVE/LOAD popup window. press one of the text files shown in the file list or turn multi-function encoder 1 on the panel. log box will appear. 5 Press the LOAD button; a confirmation dia6 Press the OK button to load the file. Viewing Help 1 Before you proceed, load the help file or text file from your USB storage device. Using user-defined keys to recall Help directly 2 In the function access area, press the 1 Before you proceed, load the Help file from your USB storage device. (Help) button to access the HELP popup window. 2 In the function access area, press the USER SETUP button SETUP button to access the SETUP screen. Index area Main area 3 By turning multi-function encoders 1 ­ 2 you can scroll the index area at the left. By turning multi-function encoders 3 ­ 8 you can scroll the main area at the right. text, you can scroll to the linked destination. 3 In the upper left of the screen, press the 4 Press the USER DEFINED KEYS tab to select the USER DEFINED KEYS page. USER SETUP button to access the USER SETUP popup window. 4 By pressing a link (underlined text) in the By pressing a window link (a location with an symbol and underlined text), you can close the HELP window and open the corresponding window. 5 As necessary, you can also scroll by using the buttons in the tool bar. · · · button......Scrolls to the chapter that precedes the currently-displayed location. button......Returns to the preceding item in the history of links you pressed. button......Proceeds to the subsequent item in the history of links you pressed. USER DEFINED KEYS tab 6 To close the window, press the (Help) button of the function access area or the " × " button of the HELP popup window. 5 Press the button corresponding to the userdefined key to which you want to assign the Help function. and press the OK button. Directly recalling the Help for a specific controller in the LCD screen 6 In the FUNCTION column, choose "HELP" 7 When you've finished assigning the func8 In the function access area, press the tion to the user-defined key, press the " × " symbol to close the USER DEFINED KEYS page. SETUP button to close the SETUP screen. 9 While holding down the user-defined key to The on-screen buttons and tabs will not function as long as you continue holding down the user-defined key to which the Help function is assigned. which you've assigned the Help function, press the on-screen controller whose function you want to read about. 10 If there is a corresponding Help item, the HELP popup window will appear and you will automatically scroll to the corresponding item. If there are multiple explanations for the same controller, close the HELP popup window and then repeat step 9 to successively view these explanations. Recalling the HELP popup window using only a user-defined key 9 Press the user-defined key to which the 11 To close the window, once again press the Help function is assigned; the HELP popup window will appear. user-defined key to which the Help function is assigned. user-defined key to which the Help function is assigned. 10 To close the window, once again press the Directly recalling the Help for a specific panel controller 9 While holding down the user-defined key to which you've assigned the Help function, press (or turn) the panel controller whose function you want to read about. Panel controllers (other than the faders) will not function as long as you continue holding down the userdefined key to which the Help function is assigned. 10 If the corresponding controller has an explanation associated with it, the HELP popup window will appear, and you will automatically scroll to the corresponding item. If there are multiple explanations for the same controller, you can repeat step 9 to successively display these explanations. 11 To close the window, once again press the user-defined key to which the Help function is assigned. U.R.G., Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Yamaha Corporation © 2006 Yamaha Corporation ...