DS Guitar Engineering Chronograph User manual
DS Guitar Engineering
Chronograph User Manual v1.0.3
Revised October 31, 2016
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Thanks for your purchase of the Chronograph pedalboard clock! The Chronograph was purpose-designed to be
compact, versale, user friendly, and good looking to boot! If you have any suggesons for how we can improve
any of our products, feel free to contact us through our website dsguitarengineering.com or directly by email.
We genuinely hope you enjoy each purchase you make!
Overview
The Chronograph requires less than 100mA of current @ 9VDC, with a center negave power cable. This is the
same type of connecon commonly used on eects pedals. The Chronograph is fully compable with both
isolated and daisy chain style power supplies. However, we do not recommend using it with daisy chain style
supplies due to the likelihood of digital noise being coupled into your guitar signal. Do not aempt to run your
pedal at more than 9 volts DC. Aer power is applied to the DC Jack you will be greeted by the message “DSGE
Chronograph” and the current me will be displayed shortly aerwards. If you need to change the clock, the
instrucons are on page 3 under the Setup Menu secon.
Quick Start
In most cases tapping the footswitch will change or increment a parameter and holding the footswitch will
accept the parameter. The biggest excepon is the main menu. You must hold the footswitch to advance to the
next main menu opon. This prevents you from inadvertently tapping the footswitch while doing other things
on your pedalboard, which would change modes when you don’t intend to. Keep reading for detailed
instrucons on each feature the Chronograph has to oer.
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Chronograph User Manual v1.0.3
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Navigang the Main Menu
In order to access the main menu, simply hold the footswitch for 1 second or more while the clock is being
displayed. Release the footswitch and hold it again to advance to the next menu opon. Tap the footswitch to
select the opon that is currently displayed on the screen. Tapping the footswitch while in clock mode will have
no eect. The three opons are Clock, Countdown Timer Mode (Ctdn), and Stopwatch Mode (CtuP).
Countdown Timer Mode
Aer selecng Countdown Timer Mode the last used start me
will be displayed and the “minutes” value will blink once. Tap
the footswitch to increment the minutes value and hold the
footswitch to accept. The “seconds” value will blink once to
indicate the minutes value was accepted. Repeat the process for
the seconds value and the enre display will blink once to
indicate the mer has been set.
Tapping the footswitch at this point will have no eect on the
mer. This prevents you from inadvertently tapping the footswitch and accidentally starng the mer. Hold the
footswitch unl the mer begins to count down. The mer can be paused at any me by tapping the footswitch.
The mer can also be reset at any me by holding the footswitch. You’ll noce that your previous start me is
recalled when the mer is reset. Hold the footswitch again to exit countdown mer mode.
The display will begin to connuously ash as a warning when the mer goes below a certain threshold. By
default this value is 1 minute. Boot the Chronograph in Setup mode to change this value.
Stopwatch Mode
Aer selecng Stopwatch Mode the display should read “00:00”.
Tapping the footswitch will start, pause, and resume the
stopwatch. Holding the footswitch will reset the stopwatch.
Hold the footswitch again aer reseng it to exit Stopwatch
Mode and return to Clock Mode.
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Chronograph User Manual v1.0.3
Revised October 31, 2016
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Setup Menu
To enter the setup menu, hold down the footswitch while the power is o and apply power to the pedal. The
display should show “StuP” instead of the usual scrolling message. Release the footswitch aer “StuP” appears.
The rst setup opon that appears is the Blink Warning Time for the Countdown Timer Mode. The display
should read “bL:xx”, where “xx” is the warning me in minutes. The display will begin to connuously blink
when the countdown mer is running and the remaining me passes this value. Tap the footswitch to increment
the warning me. The warning me will roll over to zero aer you pass 10 minutes. Hold the footswitch to
accept.
The next menu item is the Clock Hour Format parameter. The display should read “hr:12” or “hr:24” at this
point. Simply tap the footswitch to toggle between 12-hour clock format and 24-hour format. Hold the
footswitch to accept your changes.
The nal menu item is the Clock Adjustment. Tapping the footswitch will increment the hour. Hold the
footswitch to accept the hour value. Repeat the process for adjusng the minutes. Aer accepng the minutes
the rst menu item will reload. Simply unplug the power and reapply it to boot back into normal mode. The
pedal will always boot in normal mode unless you hold the footswitch during power up.
Note: You must accept both the hour and minutes values to update the clock, even if you only change the hour.
Replacing the Baery
The Chronograph draws an extremely low amount of current from the baery when it’s not powered externally.
Of course it will have to be replaced occasionally, but we expect each baery to last up to 10 years. The baery
part number is CR2032, which is a relavely common 3V coin cell type. You only need two tools to replace the
baery: a small Philips head screwdriver and a wrench.
The rst step is to remove the back cover of the pedal. The footswitch will have to be temporarily removed to
give the baery enough room to slide out. Use your wrench to carefully remove the nut from the footswitch on
the outside of the enclosure. You should now be able to easily pull the footswitch out of the back side. Take
cauon not to put too much force on the wires that connect the footswitch to the circuit board. Doing so could
damage the solder joints and cause your pedal to malfuncon.
Finally, carefully remove the baery by sliding it out towards the space where the footswitch was. Make sure the
posive side of your new baery is facing up. Repeat each process in reverse to reassemble your pedal. Follow
the instrucons under “Setup Menu” to set the clock and your user sengs. Now you’re good to go for several
more years to come!
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