Studio Technologies 50 2000 - Manual (Page 28)

Issue 4, July 2000 Model 50/51 User Guide
Page 28 Studio Technologies, Inc.
The A/B button switches between the
control room A and B outputs. If you only
have only one set of control room moni-
tors, be sure the proper LED is on.
The Dim button lets you lower the control
room level by a fixed amount. The amount
of attenuation depends on the dim level
set in the configure mode (refer to the
Configuration section for help). If the Dim
LED is on and dim is configured to fully
mute, there will be no control room output.
The Dim button is always set to latch the
function on or off.
If the auto dim off function is enabled,
whenever dim is on and the control room
level is changed, dim will automatically
return to the off state. Note that the auto
dim off function is not active whenever dim
is on due to one of the communications
functions being active.
The Mono button lets you send L+R to
both the left and right control room out-
puts. The Mono button can be configured
for momentary or latching operation.
For diagnostic purposes the control room
left-only or right-only mode can be
activated. To enter the mode you’ll use
the Communications Level buttons. Press
and hold both Level buttons for about two
seconds. The control room will switch
from stereo operation to the left-channel-
only mode. Press and hold the Level
buttons again, and the control room
switches to right channel only. Press and
hold the Level buttons a third time and the
control room switches back to stereo
operation. The Level buttons continue to
cycle through left, right, and stereo
monitoring as you press them. You can
even switch between the control room A
and B outputs at any time during single-
channel operation.
The control room A/B output LEDs indi-
cate when you are in left-only or right-only
modes. During normal operation either the
A or B LED is lit steadily. During left-only
operation the LED will flash once; in right-
only operation the LED will flash twice.
Studio Output
Associated with the studio output is one
button and one level control. As you’d
expect, use the level control to set the
studio output level. The button is used to
turn the studio output on or off. When the
LED is off, the feed to the studio is off.
When the LED beside the button is lit, the
feed to the studio is on. Note that the talk
to studio communications function is
active whether the studio output is on or
off. As previously discussed, when the
studio output is on the LED will flash each
time a new studio source is selected.
Communications Functions
Five buttons are associated with the com-
munications functions. The three main
buttons are called talk to studio, talk to
phones, and slate. They have symbols
that represent (from left to right) a loud-
speaker, a pair of headphones, and a
slate board (or “clapper”). Pressing each
button activates the Model 51’s built-in
microphone and sends its audio to the
respective output. Press the far left button
(under the loudspeaker symbol) when you
want to talk to the studio; press the button
under the headphone symbol to talk to the
headphones; and press the button under
the clapper to slate. Remember that dur-
ing a slate, microphone audio goes to the
dub output or, depending on the configu-
ration, to the dub and phones output.
When you press one of the communica-
tions buttons, the LED above it will come
on to tell you the function is active. Note