Electro-Voice RE-2 User Manual
Op er at ing In struc tions
R
RE-2
User Guide
Ta ble of Con tents
Quick Set-Up ......................................................1
Sys tem De scrip tion .................................................1
De tailed Com po nents De scrip tion .....................................2
Re ceiver Setup and Op er a tion ......................................2
Re ceiver Push-But ton Ref er ence Sheet ...............................3
Handheld Trans mit ter ............................................4
Bodypack Trans mit ter ............................................6
Ap proval In for ma tion ...............................................6
Dis play Screens and Func tions ........................................7
Re ceiver Main Op er at ing Screen....................................7
Re ceiver Con trols and Func tions....................................7
Trans mit ter Dis plays and Con trols ..................................7
Trans mit ter On/Off Lock-out.......................................8
Guide lines and Rec om men da tions for Best Per for mance ..................8
Trou ble Shoot ing Guide .............................................9
Tech ni cal Spec i fi ca tions.............................................11
Ac ces so ries and Parts ..............................................12
Fac tory Ser vice/War ranty (Lim ited) .................................13
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Sec tion 1 - Quick Set-Up
Quick Set-up: Re ceiver
1.
Do not con nect the re ceiver to any other equip --
ment yet.
2.
Con nect the two an ten nas to the re ceiver.
3. Plug the power sup ply into the back of the re --
ceiver and into an out let
4. Press the POWER switch. Dis play will light up.
5. Press and hold the SET but ton un til
ClearScanTM shows and starts flash ing on the
right side of the screen.
6. When ClearScan stops flash ing, the re ceiver will
au to mat i cally set it self and dis play the clear est
group and chan nel.
7. If you are us ing a gui tar, turn off the re ceiver.
Press and hold SET while you turn the re ceiver
on. A gui tar sym bol will ap pear in the dis play to
in di cate in stru ment mode.
8. Turn the re ceiver off and con nect the mixer or
other au dio sys tem to the re ceiver XLR Con nec --
tor or the ¼ inch Line Level Jack.
9. Set the au dio mixer or other sys tem in put level
to min i mum.
10. Press the Power switch but ton in again.
Re ceiver “Quick Set-up” is com plete.
Quick set-up: Trans mit ter
1. With the Power Switch on the trans mit ter OFF, in --
stall a fresh al ka line bat tery into the trans mit ter.
2. Place the trans mit ter Power Switch to the ON
po si tion.
3. The Red Bat tery Low Light near the dis play
will flash on and then off. The dis play will also
come on and dis play a group and chan nel.
4. Press the SET but ton once and the Group num --
ber will flash.
Sec tion 2 - Sys tem De scrip tion
The RE-2 Wire less Mi cro phone sys tem com bines
fre quency agil ity and ease of use like no other. The
RE-2 trans mit ters and re ceiv ers op er ate over a 24
MHz band width in the UHF por tion of the Ra dio
Fre quency spec trum.
Sys tem Fea tures In clude:
• Ad vanced ClearScan tech nol ogy for se lect ing the
clear est avail able chan nels in intermodulation
free groups.
• Com pletely pro gram ma ble in 25 kHz steps for
over 950 pos si ble fre quen cies.
• LCD Dis plays for ease of view ing-Group,
Chan nel, Fre quency, Bat tery Sta tus, Di ver sity
Ac tiv ity, Au dio Me ter and RF Me ter.
• Pat ented Phase Di ver sity Sys tem
• Ad just able Un bal anced Line Level 1/4 inch
out put jack
• Bal anced XLR out put jack for fixed
Mi cro phone Level or ad just able Line Level
5. Use the up and down ar rows to change the
Group num ber to match the Group num ber dis --
played on the re ceiver. Press SET and the Chan --
nel Num ber will flash.
6. Use the up and down ar row but tons to change
the Chan nel to match the re ceiver. Press Set and
noth ing will be flash ing. The chan nel is now
set.
7. If you are us ing a bodypack trans mit ter, plug the
mi cro phone into the trans mit ter con nec tor. If us --
ing a gui tar, turn the trans mit ter off and wait un --
til dis play is blank. Hold SET down and turn the
trans mit ter on. A gui tar sym bol should ap pear
on the dis play. Plug the cord into the trans mit ter
and gui tar.
Trans mit ter “Quick Set-up” is com plete.
Quick set-up: Sys tem Op er a tion
1. With the trans mit ter and re ceiver on, mon i tor
the dis play screen. Note that the RF (1-100) Bar
graph should in di cate near the 100 mark. The
AF Bar should show very lit tle, if any, in di ca --
tion un til you talk or sing into the mi cro phone.
While talk ing or sing ing in the loud est voice
used in per for mance, adjust the trans mit ter gain
con trol if nec es sary to cause the AF Bar Graph
to peak near -6 to -3 but not over +3 for best
per for mance.
2. Set the mixer/amp gain.
3. Talk or sing into the mi cro phone or play the gui --
tar at a nor mal vol ume. You should hear au dio
com ing out of the sys tem.
4. If us ing the un bal anced 1/4" out put, you may
have to ad just the gain (via the con trol next to
the con nec tor on the back panel) to match the
level found when sing ing or play ing with a
wired con nec tion.
"Quick Set-up" is now com plete.
Please en joy your RE-2 sys tem.
The high qual ity au dio cir cuitry and ad vanced Ra --
dio Fre quency (RF) sig nal pro cess ing of fer broad --
cast qual ity sig nal-to-noise and au dio clar ity.
• Front Panel Power ON/OFF Switch
• Front Panel Soft ware Con trol of Squelch
set tings
• Dou ble Squelch (Am pli tude and Tone)
sys tem pre vents false squelch
• Lock out fea ture to pre vent ac ci den tal
chan nel changes
• "Smart" bat tery fea ture in the trans mit ter
means there is no wrong ori en ta tion
• Power Lock On fea ture pre vents
ac ci den tal turn off
• Bat tery level dis played at the re ceiver
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Sec tion 3 - De tailed Com po nents De scrip tion
Antenna
High
Z
Line
Level
Mic Line
Telex Communications, Inc. Made in U.S.A.
12-15V
AC/DC
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U.S. Patent No. 6,256,484
Balanced
Audio
RE-2
BAND BBAND B
Tested to Comply
with FCC Standards
CANADA XXXXXX
S.N. 8A
88
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power
Antenna
High
Z
Line
Level
Mic Line
Telex Communications, Inc. Made in U.S.A.
12-15V
AC/DC
++
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U.S. Patent No. 6,256,48
Balanced
Audio
RE-2
BAND BBAND B
Tested to Comply
with FCC Standards
CANADA XXXXXX
S.N. 8A
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RE-2 Re ceiver Con trols, Con nec tors, and In di ca tors
Power ON/OFF
1.
Graph i cal Dis play
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Re ceiver Setup and Op er a tion
Place the re ceiver and an ten nas where there is a
1.
clear line of sight to the area where the trans mit --
ter will be used. Ro tate the an ten nas to sep a rate
them by 90 de grees.
2. Con nect the power sup ply cord to the re ceiver.
Plug the power sup ply into an AC out let. Turn
the re ceiver on and con firm that it is ON by
check ing the main dis play screen.
Cau tion: Please make sure the AC power sup ply
is the cor rect volt age for your lo cal re quire ments
be fore it is plugged into the wall.
3. Man ual Chan nel Change. Press the SET but --
ton and the Group num ber will start to flash.
The Up and DOWN but tons al low you to scroll
through the fac tory set group. When the group
you de sire is dis played, press SET to se lect that
group and the Chan nel Num ber will start flash --
ing. Scroll to the de sired chan nel and press SET
to se lect. The num bers will stop flash ing and the
new group and chan nel are in stalled.
4. Fre quency As sign ment (Out side of pre set
Groups and Chan nels), press SET and UP at
the same time and the group and chan nel will go
blank and the Fre quency will start flash ing. Use
UP/DOWN to scroll in 25 KHz steps to the de --
sired fre quency. Press SET and the fre quency
will be se lected and stop flash ing. Press Set and
UP at the same time to re turn to group and chan --
nel op er a tion. Hint: hold ing in the Up or Down
key will in crease the speed of the scroll. Just re --
lease and press again for fine con trol
5. Ad vanced ClearScan: This fea ture au to mates
the pro cess of find ing a clear group of
inter-mod u la tion free chan nels and the clear est
chan nels within those groups.
Fig ure 1 - RE-2 Front Panel
Chan nel Dis play
Fre quency
Bat tery Strength
In di ca tor
Di ver sity In di ca tor
RF Strength of
Sig nal In di ca tor
Au dio Level In di ca tor
Gui tar Mode In di ca tor
Dis play Con trol But tons (Set/Up/Down)
3.
Power Con nec tor
4.
XLR BalancedMic/Line Level
5.
Au dio Out put Line Level Ad just able
Un bal anced Line Level Au dio Out put
6.
Con nec tor with Level Ad just ment
TNC An tenna In put Con nec tors
7.
Power Cord Re tainer
8.
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Fig ure 2 - RE-2 Back Panel
Proper An tenna Orientation
a.
ClearScan for Groups: From the main dis --
play screen, push SET once and the Group
Num ber will flash. While Group is flash ing,
press and hold SET un til ClearScan ap pears,
re lease the set key. When the scan is com --
pleted, the dis play will show the group with
the most clear chan nels and the Chan nel num --
ber will in di cate how many clear chan nels are
in that group. Use the UP/DOWN keys and to
view other groups and press SET to se lect a
group. The Group will be set and the Chan nel
will start to flash. Se lect a chan nel man u ally
or use ClearScan for Chan nels.
b.
ClearScan for Chan nels: To scan for the
clear est chan nel in a group, press and hold set
while the Chan nel is flash ing un til ClearScan
ap pears, re lease the SET but ton. When the
scan is com plete, the dis play will show the
clear est avail able chan nel. Use UP/DOWN to
scroll through the other avail able chan nels
rank from clear est to least clear (but still avail --
able for use, ClearScan will not dis play any
chan nel that can't be used). Press SET to se --
lect the chan nel.
c.
Auto ClearScan: This func tion will find the
clear est group and chan nel with the press of
just one but ton. With noth ing flash ing, press
and hold the SET but ton un til ClearScan ap --
pears on the right side of the screen. When the
scan is com plete, the re ceiver will be set to the
clear est chan nel in the clear est group.
d.
ClearScan Band: While in the Fre quency
Mode, this func tion will scan the en tire band
look ing for the clear est fre quency, re gard less
of groups and chan nels. In Fre quency Mode,
press Set once and the fre quency will flash,
press and hold set until ClearScan ap pears on
the right side of the dis play. The scan will
con tinue un til you press Set again so you can
scan a lo ca tion over night, 24 hrs, a week, or a
few sec onds. When you press Set again, the
scan will stop and the clear est fre quency will
be dis played. You can scroll through the 8
clear est fre quen cies us ing the Up and Down
but tons. Press Set to ac cept the fre quency dis --
played.
NOTE: Groups 9 and above are set up to work
with the other US fre quency band (A and B). If
you are us ing a mix of Band A and Band B, scroll
down to these groups and use the clear est group.
6. Change Lock-Out: By press ing and hold ing the
UP and DOWN ar row keys to gether for 3 sec --
onds, the SET key is dis abled.To re ac ti vate the
SET key, sim ply press and hold the UP and
DOWN keys again for 3 sec onds. This fea ture
can be use ful when the re ceiver is in a lo ca tion
where un au tho rized per son nel have ac cess to
the re ceiver.
For set up, make sure the mixer or amplifier in --
7.
put used for the RE-2 is muted or turned down
to a min i mum level.
Plug an au dio ca ble (not sup plied) into the 3 pin
8.
XLR or 1/4 inch out put of the RE-2.
a. NOTE: The XLR con nec tor is the pre --
ferred con nec tion since the out put is bal --
anced and will be more im mune to noise
for lon ger runs of ca ble al though ei ther
can be used with good re sults. If the 1/4
inch con nec tor is used, ad just the out put
level on the back panel to 12 o'clock (mid --
way in the range) to start and ad just later if
nec es sary.
Now re fer ahead to trans mit ter setup and re turn
to step 9 when that is com pleted.
With the trans mit ter on, speak into the mi cro --
9.
phone or play the guitar. Turn up the level on
the mixer or am pli fier un til you are able to hear
the de sired sig nal. If no au dio is pres ent, re peat
setup and re fer to the trou ble shoot ing sec tion.
NOTE: If the 1/4 inch out put is used, it may be
nec es sary to ad just the re ceiver out put un til the
vol ume level from the wire less sys tem ap prox i --
mates the level of an equiv a lent wired mi cro --
phone/in stru ment.
10. Squelch Ad just ment - The squelch set ting can
be used to max i mize range or im mu nity to
noise. Press and hold Up for 3 sec onds. The cur --
rent squelch set ting will be dis played. Ad just
the squelch us ing the UP/DOWN keys. Max i --
mum squelch (9) max i mizes noise im mu nity but
lim its the range. Min i mum squelch (1) will max i --
mize the range but al low more noise to break
through the squelch. Press SET to save the new
squelch set ting.
Re ceiver Push-But ton Ref er ence Sheet
Dis play Sta tus But ton Func tion Ac ti vated Edit Ac cept
Noth ing Flash ing Press and hold SET Auto ClearScan n/a n/a
Noth ing Flash ing SET Edit Group -Group will flash SET
Group Flash ing Press and hold SET ClearScan Group - list clear groups in or der SET
Group Flash ing SET Edit Chan nel - Chan nel will flash SET
Chan nel Flash ing Press and hold SET ClearScan Chan nel - list clear chan nels in or der SET
Noth ing Flash ing Press and hold Up Edit Squelch Set ting SET
Noth ing Flash ing Press and hold Up & Down Edit Lock - Se cure will ap pear n/a n/a
Edit Lock On Press and hold Up & Down Re turn to Ac cess Mode n/a n/a
Power Off Press and hold SET Tog gle be tween Gui tar and Voice mode n/a n/a
Noth ing Flash ing Press SET and Up Tog gle to Fre quency Mode - Freq will flash SET
Fre quency Flash ing Press and hold SET ClearScan Band - Clear Scan will flash n/a SET
ClearScan Band Run ning Press SET End ClearScan Band af ter next full scan n/a n/a
ClearScan Band Re sults n/a Clear est fre quen cies listed SET
Fre quency Mode Press SET and Up Re turn to Group and Chan nel Mode n/a n/a
Noth ing Flash ing Press and hold Down Dis play Soft ware Re vi sion n/a n/a
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