M7CL V1.

10 Supplementary Manual
M7CL firmware V1.10 contains the following changes and additions relative to
V1.05. (Changes in V1.06 are also included here.)
* The Help function in V1.10 and later of this product uses bitmap fonts from the Ricoh Corporation.

• You can now reset the GAIN to the default value (0.0
Changes in V1.06 dB) for each band by simultaneously pressing the
• Speed of synchronization with M7CL Editor has been SELECTED CHANNEL section EQ [Q] encoder and
improved. EQ [GAIN] encoder.

• In the ATT/HPF/EQ popup window (1ch) and the • The following have been added as parameters that can
DYNAMICS popup window (1ch), the location of the be assigned to the user-defined keys.
ON button has been distanced from the “ × ” (close) but- PARAME- PARAME-
FUNCTION Description
ton in order to prevent accidental operation. TER 1 TER 2

• By pressing a GEQ fader in the GEQ popup window, By holding down this key
SET and pressing the [SEL] key
you can now switch the faders assigned to the Central- SET BY
[INSERT — of a channel, that chan-
SEL
ogic section. The numbers of the assigned faders are ON] nel’s INSERT ON can be
switched on/off.
shown on the GEQ faders.
By holding down this key
• The position of the window has been improved so that SET and pressing the [SEL] key
SET BY
the channel number and channel name field at the bot- SEL
[DIRECT — of a channel, that chan-
OUT ON] nel’s DIRECT OUT ON
tom of the display can be seen even when a popup win- can be switched on/off.
dow or the SCENE LIST window is displayed.
Opens or closes the HELP
popup window. If you hold
down this key and operate
a panel controller (except
HELP — —
for the faders) or an on-
screen controller, the cor-
Changes in V1.10 responding explanation
will appear.
• When you use the SAVE/LOAD screen to save all of the
M7CL’s internal data (except for user authentication key • PRE FADER (immediately before the fader) has been
data) in a single operation, the user level, user-defined added as a position for direct output from an INPUT
keys, and preference settings of the administrator and channel.
guest will also be saved. On the M7CL console, this
• If you’re using the M7CL V1.10, you must use V2.1.1
data can be loaded only when the administrator logs in.
or later of M7CL Editor. You can download the most
In M7CL Editor (V2.1.1 or later), this data can be read
recent version of M7CL Editor from the following web-
at any time. However on earlier versions of the M7CL
site.
console or M7CL Editor, this data that was saved in
V1.10 or later cannot be read. http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/
• You can now view the M7CL’s Help by pressing the
(Help) button in the function access area. For
details, refer to “Using the Help function.”
• The assigned user-defined key will now blink while
you’re viewing a screen or popup window that’s book-
marked by a user-defined key.

EN
 Using the Help function
4 To select the Help file you want to load,
press one of the Help files shown in the file
You can view the Help file provided by Yamaha, or you list, or turn multi-function encoder 1 on the
can view any desired text file created by a user. panel.
* We accept no responsibility for any damages that may occur
as a result of using help files created by a third party other
5 Press the LOAD button; a confirmation dia-
log box will appear.
than Yamaha.

6 Press the OK button to load the file.

■ Loading a Help file from a USB storage
device
■ Loading a text file from a USB storage
NOTE
device
• The help file is not backed up in internal user memory. Each time
you turn on the power, you must reload it from your USB storage
device. It is convenient to save your help file on the USB storage
1 Using a commercially available text editor
device that contains your user authentication key. or the “Notepad” included with the
Microsoft Windows series, create a text file
1 Before you proceed, save the Help file (extension .txt) and save it on your USB
storage device.
(extension .xml) provided by Yamaha on
your USB storage device. You can down- By default, the character code set of the text file will
load the most recent version of the Help file be detected as UTF-8. However by adding a line con-
from the Yamaha website. sisting of [ISO-8859-1] or [Shift_JIS] at the beginning
http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/ of the file, you can force recognition of the file using
that character code set. You can specify the desired
2 In the function access area, press the character code set when using your text editor to save
the text file.
SETUP button to access the SETUP screen.
The Help function is able to display the following text
SAVE/LOAD button files (character code sets / languages).
• Text files written in the ISO-8859-1 character code
set (English, German, French, Spanish, etc.)
• Text files written in the Shift_JIS character code set
(Japanese)
• Text files of the above languages written in the UTF-8
character code set.

2 In the function access area, press the

SETUP button to access the SETUP screen.

3 Press the SAVE/LOAD button to access the

SAVE/LOAD popup window.

4 To select the text file you want to load,

press one of the text files shown in the file
list or turn multi-function encoder 1 on the
3 Press the SAVE/LOAD button to access the panel.
SAVE/LOAD popup window.
5 Press the LOAD button; a confirmation dia-
log box will appear.

6 Press the OK button to load the file.

■ Viewing Help ■ Using user-defined keys to recall Help
1 Before you proceed, load the help file or directly
text file from your USB storage device.
1 Before you proceed, load the Help file from
2 In the function access area, press the your USB storage device.
(Help) button to access the HELP popup
window. 2 In the function access area, press the
SETUP button to access the SETUP screen.

USER SETUP button

Index area Main area

3 By turning multi-function encoders 1 – 2 3 In the upper left of the screen, press the
you can scroll the index area at the left. By USER SETUP button to access the USER
turning multi-function encoders 3 – 8 you SETUP popup window.
can scroll the main area at the right.
4 Press the USER DEFINED KEYS tab to
4 By pressing a link (underlined text) in the select the USER DEFINED KEYS page.
text, you can scroll to the linked destina-
tion.
By pressing a window link (a location with an → sym-
bol and underlined text), you can close the HELP win-
dow and open the corresponding window.

5 As necessary, you can also scroll by using

the buttons in the tool bar.
• button......Scrolls to the chapter that precedes
the currently-displayed location.
• button......Returns to the preceding item in the
history of links you pressed.
• button......Proceeds to the subsequent item in
the history of links you pressed. USER DEFINED KEYS tab

6 To close the window, press the (Help)

button of the function access area or the
“ × ” button of the HELP popup window.
5 Press the button corresponding to the user- Directly recalling the Help for a specific
defined key to which you want to assign the controller in the LCD screen
Help function.

6 In the FUNCTION column, choose “HELP” 9 While holding down the user-defined key to
which you’ve assigned the Help function,
and press the OK button.
press the on-screen controller whose func-
7 When you’ve finished assigning the func- tion you want to read about.
tion to the user-defined key, press the “ × ” The on-screen buttons and tabs will not function as
symbol to close the USER DEFINED KEYS long as you continue holding down the user-defined
page. key to which the Help function is assigned.

8 In the function access area, press the 10 If there is a corresponding Help item, the
SETUP button to close the SETUP screen. HELP popup window will appear and you
will automatically scroll to the correspond-
ing item.
If there are multiple explanations for the same control-
Recalling the HELP popup window using only a ler, close the HELP popup window and then repeat
user-defined key step 9 to successively view these explanations.

9 Press the user-defined key to which the 11 To close the window, once again press the
Help function is assigned; the HELP popup user-defined key to which the Help function
window will appear. is assigned.

10 To close the window, once again press the

user-defined key to which the Help function
is assigned.

Directly recalling the Help for a specific panel

controller
9 While holding down the user-defined key to
which you’ve assigned the Help function,
press (or turn) the panel controller whose
function you want to read about.
Panel controllers (other than the faders) will not func-
tion as long as you continue holding down the user-
defined key to which the Help function is assigned.

10 If the corresponding controller has an

explanation associated with it, the HELP
popup window will appear, and you will
automatically scroll to the corresponding
item.
If there are multiple explanations for the same control-
ler, you can repeat step 9 to successively display these
explanations.

11 To close the window, once again press the

user-defined key to which the Help function
is assigned.

U.R.G., Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Yamaha Corporation
© 2006 Yamaha Corporation