Telex FMR-500 - Manual (Page 2)

Sec tion 1 - Quick Set-Up
Quick Set-up: Re ceiver
1. Do not con nect the re ceiver to any other equip -
ment yet!
2. Con nect the two an ten nas to the re ceiver.
3. Plug the power sup ply into the back of the re -
ceiver and into an out let.
4. Press the POWER switch. Dis play will light up.
5. P r e s s a n d h o l d th e S E T b u t
t o n u n t i l
ClearScan TM shows and starts flash ing on the
right side of the screen.
6. When ClearScan stops flash ing, the re ceiver will
au to mat i cally set it self and dis play the clear est
group and chan nel.
7. If you are us ing a gui tar, turn off the re ceiver.
Press and hold SET while you turn the re ceiver
on. A gui tar sym bol will ap pear in the dis play to
in di cate in stru ment mode.
8. Turn the re ceiver off and con nect the mixer or
other au dio sys tem to the re ceiver XLR Con nec -
tor or the ¼ inch Line Level Jack.
9. Set the au dio mixer or other sys tem in put level
to min i mum.
10. Press the Power switch but ton in again.
Re ceiver “Quick Set-up” is com plete.
Quick set-up: Trans mit ter
1. With the Power Switch on the trans mit ter OFF, in -
stall a fresh al ka line bat tery into the trans mit ter.
2. Place the trans mit ter Power Switch to the ON
po si tion.
3. The Red Bat tery Low Light near the dis play
will flash on and then off. The dis play will also
come on and dis play a group and chan nel.
4. Press the SET but ton once and the Group num -
ber will flash.
5. Use the up and down ar rows to change the
Group num ber to match the Group num ber dis -
played on the re ceiver. Press SET and the Chan -
nel Num ber will flash.
6. Use the up and down ar row but tons to change
the Chan nel to match the re ceiver. Press Set and
noth ing will be flash ing. The chan nel is now
set.
7. If you are us ing a bodypack trans mit ter, plug the
mi cro phone into the trans mit ter con nec tor. If us -
ing a gui tar, turn
the trans mit ter off and wait un -
til dis play is blank. Hold SET down and turn the
trans mit ter on. A gui tar sym bol should ap pear
on the dis play. Plug the cord into the trans mit ter
and gui tar.
Trans mit ter “Quick Set-up” is com plete.
Quick set-up: Sys tem Op er a tion
1. With the trans mit ter and re ceiver on, mon i tor
the dis play screen. Note that the RF (1-100) Bar
graph should in di cate near the 100 mark. The
AF Bar should show very lit tle, if any, in di ca -
tion un til you talk or sing into the mi cro phone.
While talk
ing or sing ing in the loud est voice
used in per for mance, adjust the trans mit ter gain
con trol if nec es sary to cause the AF Bar Graph
to peak near -6 to -3 but not over +3 for best
per for mance.
2. Set the mixer/amp gain.
3. Talk or sing into the mi cro phone or play the gui -
tar at a nor mal vol ume. You should hear au dio
com ing out of the sys tem.
4. If us ing the un bal anced 1/4" out put, you may
have to ad just the gain (via the con trol next to
the con nec tor on the back panel) to match the
level found when sing
ing or play ing with a
wired con nec tion.
"Quick Set-up" is now com plete.
Please en joy your FMR-500 sys tem.
Sec tion 2 - Sys tem De scrip tion
The FMR-500 Wire less Mi cro phone sys tem com -
bines fre
quency agil ity and ease of use like no
other. The trans mit ters and re ceiv ers op er ate over a
24 MHz band width in the UHF por tion of the Ra dio
Fre quency spec trum.
The high qual ity au dio cir cuitry and ad vanced Ra -
dio Fre quency (RF) sig nal pro cess ing of fer broad -
cast qual ity sig nal-to-noise and au dio clar ity.
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Ad vanced ClearScan tech nol ogy for se lect ing the
clear est avail able chan nels in intermodulation
free groups
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Com pletely pro gram ma ble in 25 kHz steps for
over 950 pos si ble fre quen cies
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LCD Dis plays for ease of view ing-Group,
Chan nel, Fre quency, Bat tery Sta tus, Di ver sity
Ac tiv ity, Au dio Me ter and RF Me ter
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Pat ented Phase Di ver sity Sys tem
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Ad just able Un bal anced Line Level 1/4 inch
out put jack
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Bal anced XLR out put jack for fixed
Mi cro phone Level or ad just able Line Level
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Front Panel Power ON/OFF Switch
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Front Panel Soft ware Con trol of Squelch
set tings
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Dou ble Squelch (Am pli tude and Tone)
sys tem pre vents false squelch
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Lock out fea ture to pre vent ac ci den tal
chan nel changes
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"Smart" bat tery fea ture in the trans mit ter
means there is no wrong ori en ta tion
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Power Lock On fea ture pre vents
ac ci den tal turn off
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Bat tery level dis played at the re ceiver
Sys tem Fea tures In clude: