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Display (Advanced Display Functionality)
The Mimas is able to sense the ambient light level in the room and adjust its front panel LED brightness
accordingly. While the factory settings will work for most situations, there may be times when adjustment to the
settings is useful.
The Mimas will read the current ambient room brightness and break it down onto 16 levels (00-15), where 00 is a
very dark room and 15 is a very bright room, as measured at the center of the front panel display lens. As the
room brightness changes, the Mimas will read it and set the brightness of the display according the user’s desire.
The factory presets will bring the LED brightness down as the room darkens. This low LED brightness level will
be difficult to read or completely washed out then the room brightens, so as this happens, the LED brightness
increases.
Should it be desired to edit these settings, from the main menu, press the SETUP button and if the menu does
not show GEN, repeatedly press the right side of the display until it does. Press the INPUT button six times to
display DISP. Note that the Display button LED illuminates, indicating that pressing the DISPLAY button will
access the Display brightness Setup submenu. Once the DISPLAY button is pressed, L104 XX will appear in the
display.
In this example, L1 refers to Light Level 1. 04 is the current ambient light level the Mimas is reading in the room.
XX is the value the user can change the display brightness to when the Mimas reads the room light level at 1. As
the desired value is edited, the display brightness changes to show the user how bright or dim the current setting
will be.
Note: If edited via the front panel, the user’s hand or body could shadow the path of the ambient room light level
that the Mimas light sensor reads. Therefore it is recommended to view/edit this feature via the hand held
remote.
Restore (Factory Settings)
The Restore feature restores the factory settings for all programmable parameters.
From the Main menu, press the SETUP button and if the menu does not show GEN, repeatedly press the right
side of the display until it does. Press the INPUT button seven times to display REST. The Display LED will
illuminate and the display will read NO. Press the right side of the Display so that it reads YES, and then press
the DISPLAY button. Pressing any button when the Display reads NO, will have no effect on the current settings.
This option will allow the user to abort. Press the SETUP button to return to the Main menu.
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Remote Trigger
The remote trigger control allows an external component to control the STANDBY state of the Mimas. Connect
the Trigger Out jack from a host component to the Remote Trigger jack on the rear panel of the Mimas.
The trigger voltage should be between +5 and +12 volts DC. There are two signal types that may be used; level
and pulse. The Mimas automatically senses which type of trigger signal it is receiving and responds accordingly.
A positive pulse that is greater than 100mS is interpreted as a Level trigger whereas shorter pulses are treated
as Pulse triggers. The minimum detectable pulse is 50uS.
When a Level type signal is received, the Mimas will be taken out of standby and when that signal drops to zero,
the Mimas will go into standby.
When a positive pulse signal is received, the Mimas will toggle between STANDBY and OPERATE modes,
duplicating the action of the front panel STANDBY button.
Use a 1/8” (3.5mm) mono plug for this jack. The tip is positive and the sleeve is ground.
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