Studio Technologies 55 2005 - Manual (Page 21)

Model 55/56 User Guide Issue 5, August 2005
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 21
the Dub button, then press both Level
buttons at the same time.
Control Room Output
Associated with the control room output
are two buttons and one level control.
In addition, the Communications Level
buttons are used. Use the Control Room
Level knob to set the control room output
level. There is no on/off switch. Just select
an input and turn the knob to the level you
want.
The Dim button lets you lower the control
room level by a fi xed amount. The amount
of attenuation depends on the dim level
set in the confi gure mode (refer to the
Confi guration section for help). 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 outputs.
The Mono button can be confi gured 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 use the
Communications Level buttons. Press and
hold both Level buttons for 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.
The Mono LED indicates when you are
in left-only or right-only modes. During
left-only operation the LED will fl ash once;
in right-only operation the LED will fl ash
twice.
Note that the mono function is disabled
during single-channel operation. If mono
is active when entering the single-channel
mode, the system will terminate the mono
mode.
Communications Functions
Four buttons are associated with the
communications functions. The two main
buttons are called talk to phones and slate.
They have symbols that represent (from
left to right) a pair of headphones and a
slate board (or “clapper”). Pressing each
button activates the Model 56’s built-in
microphone and sends its audio to the
appropriate output(s). Press the button
under the headphone symbol to talk to the
headphones; press the button under the
clapper to slate. Remember that during a
slate, microphone audio goes to the dub
output or, depending on the confi guration,
to the dub and phones output. When you
press one of the communications buttons,
the LED above it will come on to tell you
the function is active. Note that only one
communications function can be active
at a time.
When you press the communication but-
tons, various things happen depending
on the Model 56’s confi guration. Either of
these buttons may be confi gured to stay
on (latch) when you press them. Also, if
the headphones are confi gured to receive
slate audio, both the phones and slate