User`s manual

BC 2000 DIGITAL
Audio Routing, Mixing and Processing System for Program Production Centres
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ARENA DM CONTROL SURFACE
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
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2.2.1. Channel configuration in “Multiplex Mode”.
The operation of the ARENA DM configured in “Multiplex Mode” includes the same
functionalities as those found in the standard configuration, except for the following controls:
Notes.
• A channel can be in one or several multiplexes, or in none.
• Several programmable keys may be pressed at the same time.
• If you press all the keys programmed with a multiplex, the Routing buttons of all the
channels that belong to some multiplex will blink.
1.- Input Gain. Changes the digital gain of the signal coming into the
multiplex.
2.- Routing Button. This button has different functionalities depending on
the programmable key corresponding to the multiplex group is lighting or
not. If the key is lighting, the routing button will be blinking in all the
channels that belongs to that multiplex group; if the button is pressed in one
of them, it turns off and the channel is excluded from that multiplex; if you
press the button in one channel that doesn’t belong to that multiplex group
(it’s off), it starts blinking and the channel is included in that group. If the
programmable key is off, when you press the routing button of one channel,
the button turns on and the input signal is routed to its own return signal.
3.- Cue Button. Pressing this button enables you to monitor the input signal
through PFL.
4.- Select Potentiometer. Adjusts the return signal gain. Pressing this
button will not launch any specific function.
5.- Select On Button. Press this button to monitor the return signal through
PFL.
6.- Channel Display. The display shows the return signal gain level, with
values ranging from minus infinity to 0 dB.
7.- Fader. The fader adjusts the audio level of the send toward the
multiplex.
8.- ON Button. Performs the ON/OFF function. When it is ON the input
signal is added to the multiplex, and when it is OFF, only the return is
activated.
9.- OFF Button. While this button is pressed, the return signal is attenuated
by 20 dB and the talkback microphone signal is added. Besides, any
sending to PFL is cut off. When it is unpressed, the previous level of the
return signal is recovered and the talkback microphone is cut off.
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Programmable Keys. For multiplex operation, one button for each
multiplex group you wish to set up must be configured in the Console Setup
software. If you wish to have three simultaneous multiplexes available, you
will need to configure three programmable keys. When the key is lighted up,
all the channels belonging to the corresponding multiplex group will have
the Routing button blinking. In this status, if you press the DM PTT button,
the return signals are attenuated by 20 dB and the talkback microphone
signal is added to all the components of the multiplex in question. Besides,
any sending to PFL is cut off. If you release the PTT button, you return to
the previous situation.