Yamaha 02R Owner's Manual - Page 276

166 Digital I/O, Setup, and Utilities Emphasis Monitor 1. Press the [UTILITY] button. This function allows you to monitor the emphasis information of the digital inputs. If an input digital signal was recorded with emphasis - a technique used in early digital recordings to compensate for the deficiencies of the UTILITY hardware of the period, similar to Dolby® or dbx® noise reduction for analog - the 02R can compensate by applying de-emphasis to the signal A UTILITY display before further processing. function appears. Press the [UTILITY ] button repeatedly to get to the "Emphasis Monitor" screen. Note: When the 02R receives data that has been processed with emphasis ON, it will automatically process the data by applying de-emphasis. It will continue processing the signal internally and will subsequently out put the data with emphasis OFF. Regardless of whether a signal has been received with emphasis ON, the 02R will always output the signal with emphasis OFF. Display Screen Shown below is the second UTILITY display function - the Emphasis Monitor screen: This screen allows you to monitor the emphasis information of the signal input from each digital input jack of optional slots 1-4 and 2TR DIGITAL IN 1-3 connectors. One of the following three icons will appear depending on the status of the input signal: OFF ON No signal or an invalid signal is being input. Valid digital audio signal is being input. De-emphasis is not required and is off for the signal. Valid digital audio signal is being input. De-emphasis is required and is set to on for the signal. Digital Recording Console 02R User's Guide