Eela Audio D3 manual, October 2009
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CONTROL SURFACE:
8 Channel input faders with 3 pushbuttons with LED:
Selecting the top grey button opens the channel window in the touch screen display. The red LED in
the left top corner of the button will lit indicating the channel displayed in the main screen. A fast
blinking LED indicates an incoming call from a hybrid and a slow blinking LED indicates a hybrid “off
hook” state.
The yellow button is PFL, pre fade listening, the LED indicates an active state. PFL can be mi ed or
individual.
Blue button is the ‘START’ button and LED. This function can be activated in the ‘settings’ menu of
each channel. If active the LED will blink fast if pressed indicating a ready status, faderstart command
will be fired upon opening of a fader. Or the other way round, the LED will blink fast upon opening of
the fader and the faderstart command will become active after pressing the ‘start’ button. A steady
LED indicates the active state of the faderstart. If ‘BTN start’ in the settings menu is not selected the
start command is the normal faderstart and the LED is steady lit upon opening of the fader.
This LED will blink slowly if an e ternal MUTE signal is applied.
3 LED’s ne t to the fader:
LED A and B indicate the destination of the signal, output A and / or output B and are green when the
fader is closed and turn red upon opening of the fader. In case the fader is overruled by an e ternal
command the LED’s will be red also!
LED “O” indicates and overload of the input electronics.
Main output faders A and B, can be switch off or used for other outputs.
Rotaries for volume control of headphones and monitor loudspeakers.
Headphones connector on front and on the back in parallel.
Rotary / selector for use in conjunction with the touch screen.
Touching a volume bar or settings bo the background changes color and you can adjust with the
help of the rotary. Volume bars turn white and a change is momentary e ecuted. The backgrounds of
the setting bo es turn yellow and you can change the setting with the rotary. You have to confirm the
change by pushing on top of the rotary.
The D3 features a color touch screen display. The display is mounted under a clear polycarbonate
layer for a smooth surface and the best possible protection of the screen:
