Eikon RMW921 USER’S MANUAL

RMW921

Wireless Microphone System

USER’S MANUAL

ITALIANO

ENGLISH

96MAN00921-REV.01/19

DISPOSAL OF OLD ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ....................................................................3

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................................................3

IN CASE OF FAULT .....................................................................................................................................3

PACKAGING, SHIPPING AND COMPLAINT ................................................................................................3

WARRANTY AND PRODUCTS RETURN ......................................................................................................3

MAINTENANCE AND DISCLAIMER ............................................................................................................4

POWER SUPPLY .........................................................................................................................................4

USER’S WARNINGS AND CE CONFORMITY ...............................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................6

DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................6

RMW921 RECEIVER ..................................................................................................................................6

RMW921 MENU OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................8

WM9M HANDHELD MICROPHONE TRANSMITTER ............................................................................... 10

WM9B BODYPACK TRANSMITTER ......................................................................................................... 11

BATTERY REPLACEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 12

ACCESSORIES ......................................................................................................................................... 12

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION .................................................................................................................... 13

FIG.1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 27

FIG.2 ....................................................................................................................................................... 28

FIG.3 ....................................................................................................................................................... 29

DISPOSAL OF OLD ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the enviroment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.

Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product, or their local government office, for details of where and how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling. Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract. This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

• CAUTION - Before using this product read carefully the following safety instructions. Take a look of this

manual entirely and preserve it for future reference. When using any electric product, basic precautions should always be taken, including the following:

• To reduce the risk, close supervision is necessary when the product is used near children.

• Protect the apparatus from atmospheric agents and keep it away from water, rain and high humidity

places.

• This product should be site away from heat sources such as radiators, lamps and any other device that

generate heat.

• Care should be taken so that objects and liquids do not go inside the product.

• The product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described on the operating

instructions or as marked on the product.

IN CASE OF FAULT

• In case of fault or maintenance this product should be inspected only by qualified service personnel

when:

▪ Liquids have spilled inside the product. ▪ The product has fallen and been damaged. ▪ The product does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance.

• Do not operate on the product, it has no user-serviceable parts inside.

• Refer servicing to an authorized maintenance centre.

PACKAGING, SHIPPING AND COMPLAINT

• This unit package has been submitted to ISTA 1A integrity tests. We suggest you control the unit

conditions immediately after unpacking it.

• If any damage is found, immediately advise the dealer. Keep all unit packaging parts to allow inspection.

• Proel is not responsible for any damage that occurs during shipment.

• Products are sold “delivered ex warehouse” and shipment is at charge and risk of the buyer.

• Possible damages to unit should be immediately notified to forwarder. Each complaint for manumitted

package should be done within eight days from product receipt.

WARRANTY AND PRODUCTS RETURN

• Proel products have operating warranty and comply their specifications, as stated by manufacturer.

• Proel warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operation of this product for a period of two years

from the original date of purchase. If any defects are found in the materials or workmanship or if the product fails to function properly during the applicable warranty period, the owner should inform about

these defects the dealer or the distributor, providing receipt or invoice of date of purchase and defect detailed description. This warranty does not extend to damage resulting from improper installation, misuse, neglect or abuse. Proel S.p.A. will verify damage on returned units, and when the unit has been properly used and warranty is still valid, then the unit will be replaced or repaired. Proel S.p.A. is not responsible for any "direct damage" or "indirect damage" caused by product defectiveness.

MAINTENANCE AND DISCLAIMER

• Clean only with dry cloth.

• Proel products have been expressly designed for audio application, with signals in audio range (20Hz to

20kHz). Proel has no liability for damages caused in case of lack of maintenance, modifications, improper use or improper installation non-applying safety instructions.

• Proel S.p.A. reserves the right to change these specifications at any time without notice.

• Proel S.p.A. declines any liability for damages to objects or persons caused by lacks of maintenance,

improper use, installation not performed with safety precautions and at the state of the art.

POWER SUPPLY

• This apparatus should only be connected to power source type specified in this owner’s manual or on the

unit.

• If the supplied AC power cable plug is different from the wall socket, please contact an electrician to

change the AC power plug.

• Hold the plug and the wall outlet while disconnecting the unit from AC power.

• If the unit will not be used for a long period of time, please unplug the power cord from AC power outlet.

• To avoid unit power cord damage, please do not strain the AC power cable and do not bundle it.

• In order to avoid unit power cord damage, please ensure that the power cord is not stepped on or

pinched by heavy objects.

USER’S WARNINGS AND CE CONFORMITY

• Changes or modifications not expressly approved by PROEL S.p.A. could void your authority to operate

the equipment.

LICENSING INFORMATION:

• Frequency Range of RMW921: 823 – 832 MHz and 863 – 865 MHz.

• A ministerial license may be required to operate this equipment in certain areas. The use of this

professional wireless microphone equipment in some countries could be intended for professional use, so the licensability depends on the country it operates. Proel suggests the user to contact the appropriate telecommunications authority concerning proper licensing.

• This equipment may be capable of operating on some frequencies not authorized in your country. Please

contact your national authority to obtain information on authorized frequencies for wireless microphone products in your region.

• Licensing of professional wireless microphone equipment is the user’s responsibility, and licensability

depends on the user’s classification and application, and on the selected frequency.

• The product is in compliance with 2014 / 30/ EU EMC Directive & 2014 /35 / EU LVD Directive.

• PROEL S.p.A hereby, declares that this wireless microphone system complies with the essential

requirements of Radio Equipment Directive ( RED ) 2014 / 53 / EU.

• The full and detailed declaration of conformity can be downloaded from the web site:

www.Eikon-audio.com

TABLE OF THE AUTHORIZED FREQUENCIES FOR THE RMW921 WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM IN EUROPE UPDATED WITH REFERENCE TO ERC-REC 70-03E DOCUMENT DATED FEBRUARY 7 2014

COUNTRY CODE

WM9M / WM9B TRANSMITTING FREQUENCIES (MHz)

823.000-832.000

863.000 - 865.000

BE CZ DK FI DE IS IE LI LU CH ES SI AL MD TR

Individual license required

no personal license

required

AT EE FR IT LT PL SE GB

Individual license required and/or

Limited implementation

BG CY HR GR HU LV MT NL NO PT RO SK BA MK ME RU RS UA

NOT IMPLEMENTED

IN ALL COUNTRIES THE USE OF WIRELESS MICROPHONES SYSTEMS IS SUBJECT TO ANY TELEVISION AND

BROADCAST TRANSMISSION

CONSULT LOCAL OR NATIONAL RADIO SPECTRUM AUTHORITIES FOR INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE

RESTRICTIONS OR NECESSARY AUTHORIZATIONS BEFORE USING THIS SHORT RANGE DEVICE.

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing this EIKON product and for your trust in our brand, synonymous of professionalism, accuracy, high quality and reliability. All our products are CE approved and designed for continuous use in professional systems.

DESCRIPTION

The RMW921 Wireless Microphone is a UHF, PLL controlled, true diversity system providing a reliable and high quality signal transmission and equipped with automatic channel scan and IR sync.

RMW921 Wireless Microphone system features 3 units: RMW921 receiver, RMW9M handheld transmitter and WM9B body pack transmitter. The system is available in two different configurations:

RMW921M: RMW921 + RMW9M RMW921H: RMW921 + RMW9B + headset microphone

99 channel frequencies are available allowing the simultaneous use of 6 devices without interference between them.

RMW921 RECEIVER

See FIG. 1 at page 27:

1. ANT A and ANT B

These are the receiving antennas. Screw them in and raise them up during the use. In order to obtain a good transmission angle them at 90° and place the receiver away from other metal objects and far away no more than 40m from the transmitter. The internal diversity receiving circuit chooses the best signal from one of the two antennas.

2. 12VDC IN

Socket for the AC/DC adaptor: use only the adaptor supplied with the system.

3. OUTPUT (BAL)

Balanced output with mic level: connect it through a XLR cable to a mixer MIC input. This output is used preferably for long runs.

4. VOLUME

Volume potentiometer: set this control to a proper level that doesn’t saturate the mixer input channel. The volume control operates for both BAL and UNBAL OUTPUTS.

5. OUTPUT (UNBAL)

Unbalanced output with line level: connect it through a mono 6.3mm jack cable to a mixer or instrument amplifier input. This output is used preferably for short runs.

6. OUTPUT LEVEL

This switch set the proper level for the UNBAL OUTPUT: set it as H if you are using a LINE input in the mixer or set it as L if you are using a MIC input in the mixer.

7. POWER

On/off switch: press and hold for two seconds to switch on or off the receiver.

8. SET BUTTON

Pressing this button you can change the value of the correspondent menu option. After pressing it once, the display shows the current value of the selected option (flashing): you can change the value using up and down buttons or leave the value as it is. Press the SET button again to store the new value and the receiver goes back to normal operation (see RMW921 MENU OPTION for detailed operations).

9. UP BUTTON

Pressing this button during the normal operation you can scroll between the menu options. After the SET button is pressed, you can use this button to change the value of the option selected.

10. DOWN BUTTON

Press this button during the normal operation to scroll between the menu options. Press it after the SET button to change the value of the option selected.

11. IR

This is the infrared port to send the channel setting to the transmitter.

12. LCD DISPLAY

The LCD display shows various information. Some of them are described here, for in-depth instructions see further in this manual.

a. This is the currently used antenna, A and B. b. RF: this meter shows the radio frequency signal level. If the transmitter is ON the meter must be

close to the top. If the transmitter is OFF the meter is completely down. In this condition, if some signal is shown on the meter it means that there is a RF disturbance: to avoid it you must select a different RF channel.

c. MUTE: when this symbol is on the transmitter is muted and no audio signal is send out to the mixer.

If no RF signal is present, automatically the receiver unit activates the mute. When a RF signal is present, the mute can be enabled or disabled only from the transmitter units.

d. AF: this meter shows the audio frequency signal send to the outputs. If no AF signal is present when

the user speaks into the microphone, check the RF and MUTE indicators. If the MUTE symbol is on, disable the MUTE from the transmitter. If the RF signal is null, check if the transmitter is operative and if it’s set on the same RF channel as the receiver.

e. This is the number of the selected channel: there are 99 RF channels stored in the receiver memory.

These channels have been chosen to avoid interferences between RMW921 systems in order to make possible the use of 6 simultaneous systems (see RMW921 MENU OPTION for detailed operations).

f. This is the RF frequency selected for the receiver: it must be the same as the transmitter frequency.

The frequency can be chosen in the 823-832 and 863-865 MHz frequency ranges (see RMW921 MENU OPTION for detailed operations).

g. When lighted this symbol indicates that the receiver is in lock state: when the receiver is locked only

the SET button remains operative to unlock the unit.

h. These are the menu option, see the following chapter.

RMW921 MENU OPTIONS

Frequency

Select “Frequency” to select the channel manually:

Press to select then press The display will show the last used channel number flashing:

press to change and/or press to

confirm, the display shows the frequency of the selected channel:

Squelch

Select “SQ” to set the squelch level:

Press to select then press The display will show the squelch level in the range 0-25dB:

press to change and/or press to confirm, setting a lower level the receiver is more sensible to disturbances but has a longer range transmission setting a higher level the receiver is less sensible to disturbances but has a shorter range.

Name

Select “Name” to set a name for the microphone:

Press to select then press The display shows the last stored name:

press to change a letter and/or press to confirm a letter and go to the next, after the available 8 digits the name is stored in memory.

Display

Select “Display” to set what appears in the center of the display:

Press to select then press The display will show the last choice:

press to choose between FREQ (as frequency), CHAN (as channel) NAME (as user

name) and/or press to confirm.

Autosearch

Select “Autosearch” to select a free channel automatically:

Press to select then press The display will show “NO”

press if you want to choose “YES” and start a new automatic channel search then

press to confirm, or leaving “NO” will exit. The receiver scrolls all the 99 channels to find a free one and selects the best. Please note that, if there is another transmitter operative in the same place, its frequency channel is rejected: so for a correct auto-search operation, when you have more than one RMW921 systems to set up, you must leave ON any transmitter you have already set up and synced with its receiver, except the transmitter that you want to set up, which must be off.

Lock

Select “Lock” to avoid any system’s involuntary change:

To lock the receiver you have to press to select then press The

display will show OFF, press to choose ON then press to confirm.

To unlock the receiver you have to press then pressing choose OFF and

press to confirm.

Tune

Select “Tune” to choose manually a reception frequency:

Press to select then press

The display will shows the last used frequency number flashing, press to increase or

decrease the frequency at a 25KHz step in the 823-832 and 863-865 MHz range, then press to confirm, the display will show the new frequency and channel U indicates a user set up:

Select “IR” to sync the transmitter frequency:

Press to select then press

The display will show “NO”, then press and choose “YES” then press to

confirm, the display shows: , you have 10 seconds to expose the IR (infrared) sensor of the transmitter to the IR sensor of the receiver, after that the transmitter frequency is synced. Then the receiver display shows the RF signal. If the syncing doesn’t happen, at the end of the 10 seconds the display will show:

, try again or set the frequency on the transmitter manually.

WM9M HANDHELD MICROPHONE TRANSMITTER

See FIG. 2 at page 28:

13. MICROPHONE GRILLE

The grille protects the microphone capsule and includes a pop filter. The microphone capsule is dynamic with a cardioid unidirectional pattern.

14. and MUTE BUTTON

Press this button to MUTE (the symbol appears on the transmitter and the receiver display) or un-

MUTE (the symbol disappears) the microphone. Press and hold for 3 second to switch on and off the transmitter.

15. LCD DISPLAY

The LCD display shows various information:

a. This is the transmitting frequency: it must correspond to the frequency of the receiver. If it’s not

corresponding, repeat the IR sync procedure as described in RMW921 MENU OPTIONS above.

b. This symbol appears when the MUTE is engaged. c. This is the battery level explained below:

the batteries are fully charged and you have 6-8 hours of working operation.

the batteries are half charged and you have half hour of working operation.

the batteries are almost discharged and you have some minutes of working operation: batteries replacement is suggested as soon as possible. With a flashing symbol the batteries are fully discharged.

16. TRANSMITTER ANTENNA

This is the transmitting antenna: when using the handheld microphone please keep away the hand from this place or the transmitting range can be reduced.

17. IR

This is the infrared sensor for receiving the channel setting from the RMW921 receiver. Expose this sensor to the receiver’s IR sensor during the frequency sync procedure (see RMW921 MENU OPTIONS).

18. BATTERY INLET

Open the handheld microphone as show in figure to access at the battery compartment. Respect always the polarity marked inside the battery compartment.

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