Qsc PLD4.2 Owner's Manual

TD-000351-00-D 

— Figure 12 —    

Informational screens, like the HOME screen, are 
designed to provide you with a good amount of 
useful information at a glance.

F1:  A B C D

Full

+1.5 dB

A - FR

+1.5 dB

C - FR

Full

+1.5 dB

D - FR

Full

121 V

7.2 A

AC Voltage:

AC Current:

Home (Press HOME for more information)

+3.5 dB

B - FR

Full

Amp Status:

OK

Preset # and Confi guration
Location and breadcrumbs

Channel Confi guration and Gain

AC Voltage and Current

Amplifi er Status

— Figure 13 —    

Preset Recall and Save

Menu

PRESETS

IN

PUTS

F1:  A B C D

Navigational screens provide the means to move 
around and select menu items.  Use the Master 
Control knob, ENTER and EXIT buttons for navigation. 
This is an example of one type of navigational screen, 
there are others.

Preset # and Confi guration
Location and breadcrumbs

Empty area indicates no selections 
above (CCW).

Current Menu Selection

Next Menu selection below (CW)

— Figure 14 — 

Parameter Editing screens allow you to select, edit, 
and confi rm changes for various system parameters. 
Use the ENTER button to edit and confi rm changes 
to parameters. Use the Master Control knob to select 
parameter, and make adjustments. Use the EXIT 
button to exit the edit mode without saving changes. 

Gain

-7.0 dB

Gn/Pol

F1:  A B C D

Polarity

POL+

Output

A

20 dB

-60 dB

Gain

-7.0 dB

Parameter being edited

Parameter not selected

       Parameter selected

The PLD amplifi ers are preset driven. An understanding of how presets work is essential to get the most out of the amplifi ers. A Preset, in the context 
of the PLD amplifi ers, is a combination of amplifi er confi guration (inputs and outputs), DSP, and loudspeaker assignments. When a preset is recalled it 
can change the output routing and any of the DSP settings.

The PLD amplifi ers come with 20 unchangeable factory presets, and 50 user-defi ned presets. The factory presets are designed to be starting points 
for creating the presets you need for your particular installation. Factory presets F1: thru F9: have no DSP or loudspeaker assignments, only output 
confi gurations. Factory presets F10: thru F20: include basic settings along with the output confi gurations.

Presets U1 through U50 are all confi gured from the factory the same as factory preset F1. Anytime you save a preset, it overwrites one of the 
User-defi ned Presets. There are three ways of creating user-defi ned presets.

•  You can recall a user-defi ned preset with the output confi guration you want, then modify the DSP parameters and SAVE it by overwriting the one 

you recalled, or you can SAVE AS (overwrite) another user-defi ned preset.

•  You can recall a factory preset, modify the parameters, then SAVE AS one of the user-defi ned presets. The SAVE procedure is not available for 

factory presets.

•  You can use the Preset Wizard to set the output confi guration, power output, and other parameters, then SAVE AS (overwrite) a user-

defi ned preset.