Contemporary Research 232-FMA Manual De Usuario

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Front Panel Programming 
 

To Enter a Front Panel Programming Mode: 

1.  Press and hold the Mute A/V button such that the red LED light above is lit (indicating Mute On). 

2.  Press Seek Up.  

3.  Release all buttons, the 232-FMA will now be in the front panel programming mode. 

4.  The front panel display is dedicated to programming information display while in this mode. 

5.  Changes are saved in non-volatile memory as they are entered. 

6.  The Seek up/down buttons scroll through programming modes 0 through 9. 

7.  The Preset up/down buttons scroll through possible parameters for each mode. 

 

To Exit the Front Panel Mode  

Push and release the Mute All A/V button. 

 

 

Selects U.S. standard FM odd frequency presets or both even and odd FM frequencies for international use.  

Factory default is odd frequencies only. 

Selects the baud rate for the RS-232 control port.  Factory default is 9600 baud. Higher baud rates are 

recommended for quicker response time. 

Selects unit address used in RS-232 remote control protocol. Factory default is unit address 1 and should 

only be 2 or 3 if multiple units are RS-232 daisy chained. 

 

 

Selects front panel buttons to be disabled. Different levels of lockout are possible. 

 

Levels are as follows: 

 

  Level Buttons 

 

  0 

None (normal operation) 

  

1 

Preset 

Up/Dn 

  

2 

Seek 

Up/Dn 

 

  3 

Preset & Seek Up/Dn 

  

4 

Mute 

A/V 

 

  5 

Preset Up/Dn & Mute A/V 

 

  6 

Seek Up/Dn & Mute A/V 

 

  7 

All (complete front panel disable) 

Seeks the audio volume level at power-up. ‘0’ restores volume to previous muted or full level, ‘1’ restores 

volume to full level. May be set from 0 – 63, but any value above zero sets volume to full on. 

Displays unit software version. Holding Preset Up button while exiting this mode will return the unit to all 

factory default settings: 9600 baud, unit #1, panel lockout level 0, power-up volume restore, stereo local 

 

Seeks mono/local, stereo/local, mono/DX or stereo/DX.