Studio Technologies 55 2002 - Manual (Page 24)

Issue 4, June 2002 Model 55/56 User Guide
Page 24 Studio Technologies, Inc.
for the headphones. Press and hold 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 but-
tons 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 fixed amount. The amount
of attenuation depends on the dim level
set in the configure mode (refer to the
Configuration 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 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 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 flash once; in
right-only operation the LED will flash
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 configuration,
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.