ASHLY 3.6SP [10/16] Operating manual protea 4 sp and 3 sp system processors

Operating Manual - PROTEA™ 4.8SP and 3.6SP System Processors

4.7 Other Functions

The Protea 4.8SP and 3.6SP have a full complement of non-audio functions within a single keystroke to navigate

around the product quickly. Recall, Save, Copy, Mute, and a Utilities menu complete the user friendly interface Protea products

are known for.

4.7a Recall

There are 30 stored presets which can be recalled on the SP processor. Note: A preset recall will overwrite the working

settings, so make sure the current conguration is saved before continuing or it will be lost. Remember, an unsaved working

preset shows (modied) on the preset name screen. Press Esc to see the preset name screen. The unit always loads the working

preset on power-up, so as to preserve any changes should the power be inadvertently turned off prior to saving.

Ashly has included ten preset templates as starting points for common 4.8SP or 3.6SP congurations, and these preset

templates repeat as they scroll through the 30 presets. To recall a new preset, press the recall button once, select the desired

preset number, and press recall again. At this point the LCD display prompts the user to mute the outputs or not, and selecting

Yes or No will load the new preset and mute all outputs if so desired. A new preset may have dramatically different settings

capable of damaging sound system components, so be careful not to recall the wrong preset while the system is on. To be safe,

always select "Yes" to mute all outputs.

4.7b Save

Once the unit has been adjusted to suit the application, the changes can be permanently saved to memory*. To save a

new conguration or save changes to an existing preset template, begin the process by pressing the Save button once. The LCD

display prompts for the new (or same) preset number, and after selecting the desired number press Save again. At this point the

name of the preset can be changed by selecting any one of the 20 text characters and scrolling through the list of 89 available

ASCII characters for each. Pressing the Save button again permanently stores the working preset to the new preset location.

*Note: performing a Factory Reset will erase all user presets and replace them with the ten original Ashly preset

templates. User dened presets can be stored off-line as les using Protea NE Software.

4.7c Copy

The Copy function is used to quickly transfer all settings from a currently selected input or output to another input or

output channel. An example of how this might be used is with stage monitors. Suppose there are eight monitor mixes on stage,

and they all use the same type of oor wedge. The rst monitor could be set up with Gain, EQ, and Limiting, then those settings

could be quickly copied to the remaining seven monitors, providing a consistent starting point for each mix. To copy, rst select

the input/output to copy from, then press the Copy button, then press the input/output to copy to, pressing the Copy button a

second time to complete the action.

4.7d Mute

The Protea 4.8SP and 3.6SP allow the user to mute both inputs and/or outputs. When muted, an input or output's red

Mute LED is lit. When an input or output is selected, pressing the Mute button will toggle its mute function. To quickly mute

all outputs, escape out to the top level preset display, then press the Mute button, pressing it a second time to conrm. Addition-

ally, when recalling a new preset number to the unit, the LCD display prompts the user to mute all outputs, as a new preset can

introduce dramatic changes to the system conguration.