Studio Technologies 50 2000 - Manual (Page 24)

Issue 4, July 2000 Model 50/51 User Guide
Page 24 Studio Technologies, Inc.
once and it will remain
in mono mode until you press it again.
Auto Dim Off
The auto dim off function is unique to
StudioComm products, making the dim
function respond to real world operating
conditions. When enabled, the function
automatically turns the dim function off if a
change is made to the control room level
potentiometer while the unit is already in
dim mode. This prevents a heart-stopping
blast of audio when an engineer presses
the dim button to turn dim on, but actually
turns it off because the unit was already
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 commu-
nications switch inputs are always config-
ured 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 config-
ured, 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 communi-
cations audio, or to have the communica-
tions 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 communica-
tions 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.