Studio Technologies 68 V.1 - Manual (Page 31)

Model 68/69 User Guide Issue 2, June 1999
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 31
for Surround
audio console and experienced this in
person—trust us, this situation does
happen! Auto dim off is a wonderful
“real-world” feature.
Note that the auto dim off function is not
active whenever dim is enabled due to
the remote dim function being active. This
allows remote control equipment, such as
a talk-back system, to reliably dim the
monitor outputs.
Rotary Level Control
The rotary level control is used to manu-
ally adjust the monitor output level. It is
active any time the reference level function
is not active. When the rotary level control
is set to give the same output level as the
preset reference level, the reference LED
will flash. Note that when the level control
is set to its fully counterclockwise position,
maximum attenuation is achieved, but
don’t expect a full mute. The mute all
function should be used to fully mute the
monitor outputs.
Mute/Solo
The mute/solo mode button and the six
monitor output channel buttons, along with
associated LEDs, work together to provide
excellent operating flexibility. The mute/
solo mode switch allows the operator to
select between industry-standard mute
and solo functions. The mute and solo
functions use, depending on the configura-
tion, mute relays or input analog switches
to enable or disable monitor output chan-
nels. Going from mute mode to solo mode,
or vice-versa, clears all active mutes or
solos. Pressing the mode switch twice is a
legitimate means of quickly clearing muted
or soloed channels.
In the mute mode, multiple channels can
be muted simultaneously. A channel that
is muted has its associated LED turned
on. In the solo mode multiple channels
can be soloed simultaneously. A channel
that is soloed has its associated LED flash
on and off, while the LEDs on the non-
soloed channels are not lit.
Note that monitor output channels which
have been configured to be disabled are
not accessible using the monitor output
channel buttons. This ensures that an
operator only has access to the available
output channels. Unsupported monitor
output channels will have their LEDs
permanently off.
Remote Control
Four remote control signals can be con-
nected to the system and configured for
the desired operating characteristics:
Remote mute all, remote dim, remote L/R
Bypass, and remote input select. When
remote mute all is activated the LED on
the Model 69 associated with mute all will
flash. If mute all was already active when
the remote mute all function is activated,
the LED will change from being lit to
flashing.
When Remote Dim is activated the LED
on the Model 69 associated with the dim
function will flash. If dim was already
active when remote dim is activated, the
LED will change from being lit to flashing.
When remote L/R Bypass is activated, the
surround LED on the Model 69 will go out,
and the L/R Bypass LED will flash. If L/R
Bypass was already active when remote
L/R Bypass is activated, the L/R Bypass
LED will change from being lit to flashing.