Studio Technologies 50 2005 - Manual (Page 21)

Model 50/51 User Guide Issue 7, August 2005
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 21
in the dim mode. While it’s hard to explain
unless you’ve used a console and experi-
enced this in person, trust us, this situation
does happen! Auto dim off is a wonderful
“real-world” function and in most cases
should be configured.
In the configure mode the Dim LED tells
you if auto dim off is enabled. When the
dim LED is off, the auto dim off function is
off; when the Dim LED is lit, the auto dim
off function is on.
Communications Functions
There are three Communications buttons
at the bottom center of the Model 51.
Moving from left to right, the buttons are
talk to studio, talk to headphones, and
slate. During configuration, LEDs above
the Communications buttons tell you
whether the buttons will latch when you
press them. When an LED is off, the but-
ton below it won’t latch. You would have
to press and hold the button to activate
the function. When an LED is on, it indi-
cates that the button will latch. Pressing
the button will activate the function until
it’s pressed again.
Note that the Model 51’s external com-
munications switch inputs are always
configured for momentary operation. They
cannot be set for push-to-latch operation.
Reset Factory Defaults
Provision has been made to allow you to
return all configurable parameters to the
factory default values. With the Model 51
in the configure mode, press and hold
both the Dub and Phones/Studio buttons.
After two seconds the factory defaults will
be stored in memory, the configure mode
will automatically end, and the Model 51
will return to normal operation.
Alternate Configure Functions
To allow additional functions to be
configured, an alternate configure mode
is utilized. By pressing and holding the
Level Up button the alternate functions
are accessed. This is like the ALT key
on your personal-computer keyboard.
Talk to Phones Interrupt or Add
The talk to phones function can be config-
ured to either interrupt the source selected
for phones audio and connect communica-
tions audio, or to have the communications
audio added (summed or mixed) with the
phones audio.
While holding Level Up, the talk to studio
LED is used to display whether talk to
phones will interrupt the phones source,
or add to the phones source. When the
LED is off, the selected phones source will
be interrupted and the communications
audio source will be connected; when
the LED is on the communications audio
source will be added (mixed) with the
phones audio source. While holding
Level Up, press the button below the LED
to toggle the setting.
50 Hz Slate Tone
A 50 Hz slate tone can be generated when-
ever slate is active. While holding Level Up,
the Slate LED is used to display whether
the 50 Hz tone is selected. When the LED
is off, the 50 Hz slate tone is off; when the
LED is on, the slate tone is active when-
ever slate is active. While holding Level Up,
press the button below the LED to toggle
the setting.
Headphone Source Selection
The default configuration makes the select-
ion of the headphone source independent
of the control room or dub selections.