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General| Brand | CTP Systems |
|---|---|
| Model | dBbox3 |
| Category | Test Equipment |
| Language | English |
Highlights hardware advancements from dBbox2 to dBbox3, including power supply and cable tester.
Details on battery management, USB power, display backlight, and meter scale selection.
Step-by-step guide for input selection and phantom power settings via the menu.
Listening, metering, and applying phantom power to analogue signals.
Handling digital inputs, sample rates, and error analysis.
Selecting audio channels for listening.
Displaying detected errors on the digital signal.
Setting error monitoring mode (loop/sticky).
Viewing channel status: sample rate, bits, emphasis, format.
Displaying the first five bytes of the AES status word.
Options include Tone, Int.Mic, Noise Gen., Frame Rate.
Available tone types: Steady, GLITS, EBU, Sweep, Left, Right.
Setting output tone level from -60dB to +12dB.
Setting tone frequency in third octave steps (50Hz-20kHz).
Enabling internal speaker for confidence monitoring.
Using the built-in mic for output.
Adjusting internal microphone gain.
Setting the limiter threshold for the internal mic.
Selecting output for the internal microphone.
Generating pink or white noise.
Setting noise generator to Pink or White.
Setting output level of the noise generator.
Selecting noise generator output to left, right, or both.
Enabling internal speaker for noise generator monitoring.
Measuring phantom power on live and neutral pins.
Using the device as a four-wire box with internal mic/speaker.
Available inputs for signal conversion: Analogue, AES BNC, AES XLR, SPDIF.
Available outputs for signal conversion: Analogue, AES BNC, AES XLR, SPDIF.
Adjusting gain for analogue or digital inputs.
Controlling phantom power on/off for analogue input.
Switching the limiter on or off.
Adjusting the limiter threshold.
High frequency equalization adjustment.
Middle frequency equalization adjustment.
Low frequency equalization adjustment.
Analyzes incoming MIDI data, displaying channel, message, and data.
Selecting MIDI data display in hexadecimal or decimal.
Clears the MIDI analysis screen.
Analyzes a single MIDI message, ignoring subsequent ones.
Settings for transmitting MIDI notes: channel, number, velocity, on/off.
Clears MIDI RX display data.
Reads linear timecode at various frame rates.
Freezes the timecode display.
Selects frame rate range for the timecode reader.
Generates test linear timecode.
Starts timecode generation at the displayed time.
Resets generated timecode to 00:00:00:00.
Sets timecode generation time and frame rate.
Selects available inputs for tone loop functionality.
Selects available outputs for tone loop functionality.
Adjusts input gain for tone loop functionality.
Adjusts frequency for tone loop functionality.
Adjusts output level for tone loop functionality.
Selects channel for listening to 2-wire input.
Adjusts input level gain for 2-wire listening.
Tests XLR, BNC, and MIDI DIN cables for continuity and phase.
Selects input source for the delay function.
Selects output destination for the delay function.
Sets delay time in mono or stereo modes.
Sets delay to mono or stereo mode.
Monitors the delayed signal using volume controls.
Selects analogue metering scale (PPM/VU).
Selects AES metering scale (PPM/VU/-18/-20dBFS).
Selects SPDIF metering scale.
Adjusts the display contrast from 0 (lowest) to 9 (highest).
Sets headphone output to mono or stereo.
Selects PPM top scale (UK, dB, EBU).
Switches the speaker limiter on or off.
Guide to setting up a personalized display message upon startup.
Disables the personalization facility.
Starts the personalization process for custom messages.
Exits the personalization routine without saving changes.
Saves the personalized message to be displayed on power-up.
Sets the automatic power-off timer for energy saving.
Toggles the built-in LED torch on and off.
Information on USB for power, firmware updates, and drivers.
Defines OdBu reference and output impedance for the device.
Accuracy specifications for input metering at different frequencies.
Accuracy specifications for output levels at different frequencies.
Specifies the tolerance for phantom power measurement.
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