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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Conventions used in this document. . . . . . . . . . xii
Safety terms and symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SmartCom audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
SmartCom intercom system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
SmartCom room station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Selection knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Music control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Intercom control buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Advanced set up programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Music controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Music button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting a music source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting music volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Master mode special feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Menu button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Screen timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Backlight timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Backlight level on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Backlight level off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LED level on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LED level off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Contrast level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Go back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mute button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On/off button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
All zones off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3. Intercom controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intercom button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting a station to call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Making intercom calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
DND button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Calling room station DND alert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listen button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listen mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Monitor mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Door button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 4. Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Room station address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Intercom settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Door enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Restore defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 5. Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Contacting technical support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Online publication library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Preface
This is the GE SmartCom Room Station Pocket
Guide for model CC-SCRS01. This document
includes an overview of the product and detailed
instructions explaining how to operate the room
station.
There is also information describing how to
contact technical support if you have questions
or concerns.
Read these instructions and all ancillary
documentation entirely before
operating this product. The most current
versions of this and related documentation may
be found on our website. Refer to Online
publication library on page 49 for instructions on
accessing our online publication library.
Note: A qualified service person, complying with all
applicable codes, should perform all required
hardware installation.
installing or
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Conventions used in this document
The following conventions are used in this
document:
Bold Menu items and buttons.
Italic Emphasis of an instruction or point;
special terms.
File names, path names, windows,
panes, tabs, fields, variables, and
other GUI elements.
Titles of books and various
documents.
Blue italic (Electronic version.) Hyperlinks to
cross-references, related topics, and
URL addresses.
Monospace Text that displays on the computer
screen.
Programming or coding sequences.
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Safety terms and symbols
These terms may appear in this manual:
CAUTION: Cautions identify conditions or
practices that may result in damage to the
equipment or other property.
WARNING: Warnings identify conditions or
practices that could result in equipment
damage or serious personal injury.
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Chapter 1 Introduction
This chapter provides a product overview
and basic information on how to use the
room station.
In this chapter:
Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
SmartCom audio system . . . . . . .3
SmartCom intercom system. . . . .3
SmartCom room station. . . . . . . . . . .5
Selection knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Music control buttons . . . . . . . . .7
Intercom control buttons . . . . . . .8
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Product overview
SmartCom is an audio/intercom system for
multiple rooms. A typical SmartCom system
configuration consists of the following
SmartCom components:
• The SmartCom audio hub, model
SCAMP4 and left/right speakers in each
zone
• The SmartCom intercom hub, model
SCHUB8
• One or more SmartCom room stations,
model SCRS01 (up to eight on one
intercom hub)
• One or two SmartCom door stations,
model SCDOR1
• Connection Center
The system can be expanded to two intercom
hubs (16 intercom zones total) and three
additional audio expansion hubs, model
SCAMPX (16 audio zones total).
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SmartCom audio system
The SmartCom audio system is a four-zone/foursource audio system for multiple rooms. You can
expand the system to 16 zones of audio. Each
room station provides for on/off, mute, source
selection, and music volume control.
SmartCom intercom system
The SmartCom intercom system consists of the
SmartCom intercom hub and one to eight
SmartCom room stations. You can expand the
system to 16 room stations by adding another
intercom hub.
The intercom function provides room to room or
room to all rooms (all stations) intercom
communications. In addition, one or two door
stations can be used to annouce doorbell tones in
all rooms and provide for door to room station
communications.
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When used in conjuction with the SmartCom
audio system, the intercom system uses the audio
system’s room speakers for voice
communications and doorbell tones. The audio
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system music is automatically muted during
intercom or door station communications.
The intercom system provides flexible userselected room settings for do not disturb (DND)
and listen-in modes.
Optional door control can be used to open
electric locks.
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SmartCom room station
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The SmartCom room station (
Figure 1
) provides a
single, convenient graphical LCD keypad to control
the SmartCom audio and intercom systems.
Figure 1. SmartCom room station
Music
controls
Music
Menu
Mute
On/off
Selection knob
Intercom
controls
Intercom
DND
Listen
Door
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Selection knob
The selection knob has the following functions:
• Rotate and press to adjust volume
control in music mode.
• Rotate and press for room selection in
intercom mode.
• Press to talk for intercom system.
• Rotate and press for intercom volume
during intercom calls.
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Music control buttons
SmartCom music control buttons (Figure 1 on
page 5) include:
Music. Press to cycle through all four music
source inputs (see Music button on page 12).
Menu. Press to display user setup settings
of the LCD screen (see Menu button on
page 15).
Mute. Press to mute music volume (see
Mute button on page 20).
On/off. Press to turn on or turn off music
(see On/off button on page 20).
To listen to music, do the following:
1. Press the On/Off button to turn on the
zones’s audio amplifier.
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2. Press the Music button to select the
desired source.
3. Turn the knob to adjust the music
volume.
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Intercom control buttons
SmartCom intercom control buttons (Figure 1 on
page 5) includes:
Intercom. Press to select room or all rooms
to call (see Intercom button on page 22).
DND. Press to prevent door bell and
intercom calls from being heard in the room
(see DND button on page 29).
Listen. Press to place a room station into
listen or monitor mode to allow rooms to be
monitored (see Listen button on page 31).
Door. Optional door strike control. Press to
open a door (see Door button on page 33).
To make an intercom call, do the following:
1. Press the Intercom button to switch to
intercom mode and select the last station
called.
2. Press the knob to call a station and hold
to talk. If you want all stations or another
room, turn the knob to select the station
you want.
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3. Turn the knob to adjust the intercom
volume during an intercom session.
To answer an intercom call, do the following:
• For all stations calls, press and hold the
knob to talk, release the knob when you
are done.
• For station to station calls, talk hands
free after the call tone.
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Advanced set up programming
The technician who installs your system will use
the Setup menu to set display, intercom, and
audio functions for your system. You can adjust
some of these functions to update your system or
to set your preferences. Some of the functions in
the Setup menu, such as the room station address
setting, should only be changed by your
installation technician. See Setup menu on
page 36 for more information.
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Chapter 2 Music controls
This chapter provides information on how
to use the room station music controls.
In this chapter:
Music button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Menu button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Mute button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
On/off button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
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Music button
Press the Music button at any time to display the
Music screen (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Music screen
Source
selected
Music
source
Selecting a music source
When the Music screen is displayed, press the
Music button to cycle through the music sources.
You can also press and rotate the knob to cycle
through the source selections and press the knob
to select one.
SOURCE 1
SOURCE 1
Music volume level
ALL STATIONS
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Setting music volume
When the Music screen is displayed, rotate the
knob to change the music volume. The display
will change to show the current music volume (0
to 78) and change as you rotate the knob
(Figure 3). The status bar will also show the
volume level in the bar graph.
Figure 3. Volume screen
Music mode
indicator
VOLUME:32
SOURCE 1
Music volume level
MUSIC
ALL STATIONS
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Master mode special feature
You can set a room station into a master mode
that will make that room station a master
controller for all other music zones. All other
zones will follow (be set the same as) the master
for source selection, volume level, mute, and on/
off control.
To set the room station into master mode, press
and hold the Music button for three seconds,
Master on is displayed on the screen. To
until
exit master mode, press and hold the Music
button for three seconds until
displayed on the screen.
Master off is
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Menu button
Press the Menu button to show a Display
settings screen. This screen provides options for
setting user preferences for display settings for
the following:
• Screen timeout on page 16
• Backlight timeout on page 16
• Backlight level on on page 17
• Backlight level off on page 17
• LED level on on page 18
• LED level off on page 18
• Contrast level on page 19
• Go back on page 19
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Screen timeout
The Music screen is the default display screen.
Anytime you are in another display screen, the
display will timeout after a selected interval (30
seconds default) and go back to the Music screen.
To change the timeout interval, press the knob to
select Screen timeout and rotate the knob to
select the time interval desired (0 to 60 seconds).
Setting the interval to 0 will defeat the screen
timeout and the display will stay on the last
screen selected until changed. Press the knob
again to select the interval.
Backlight timeout
You can set the display backlight to stay on all
the time (default setting of 0 keeps the backlight
on) or set a timeout interval, after which, the
backlight will timeout and go off. Rotate the
knob to select Backlight timeout and press to
select. Rotate the knob again to select the time
desired and press to select.
Note: Pressing any key on the room station will turn
on the backlight (if it was off).
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Backlight level on
You can set the display Backlight on brightness
from 0 to 100% in 5% increments (default set to
100%). Rotate the knob to select Backlight level
on and press to select. Rotate the knob again to
select the level desired and press to select the
level. The backlight brightness will change as
you change the settings to show you the selected
brightness.
Backlight level off
You can set the display backlight off brightness
from 0 to 100% in 5% increments (default set to
0%). Rotate the knob to select Backlight level off
and press the knob to select. Rotate the knob
again to select the level desired and press to
select the level. The backlight brightness will
change as you change the settings to show you
the selected brightness.
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LED level on
Y ou can set the keypad button backlight LEDs on
brightness from 0 to 100% in 5% increments
(default set to 100%). Rotate the knob to select
LED level on. and press the knob to select.
Rotate the knob again to select the level you
want and press the knob to set your setting. The
keypad button brightness will change as you
change the settings to show you the selected
brightness.
LED level off
You can set the keypad button backlight LEDs
off brightness from 0 to 100% in 5% increments
(default set to 100%). Rotate the knob to select
LED level off and press the knob to select. Rotate
the knob again to select the level you want and
press the knob to set your selection. The keypad
button brightness will change as you change the
settings to show you the selected brightness.
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Contrast level
You can change the contrast level of the display
for optimum viewing. To change the contrast
level, rotate the knob to move the selection arrow
to Contrast level. Press the knob to select. Rotate
the knob to change the contrast level (0 to 10).
As you adjust the setting, the contrast will
change on screen to allow you to select the best
viewing. Press the knob to set your selection.
Go back
When you are done setting your preferences for
the room station display settings, rotate the knob
to select Go back and press the knob to return to
the Music mode screen.
Note: You can press the Music button anytime in the
Display settings screen to exit and return to the
Music mode screen.
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Mute button
Anytime the music is on, you can mute the music
by pressing the Mute button.
be displayed on the screen.
Music muted will
On/off button
If the display screen shows Music off, press the
On/Off button to turn on the zone music. To turn
off the zone music, press the On/Off button
again.
All zones off
You can turn off all the SmartCom music zones
by pressing and holding the On/Off button for
several seconds until you see
on the screen.
All off displayed
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controls
This chapter provides information on how
to use the room station intercom controls.
In this chapter:
Intercom button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
DND button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Listen button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Door button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
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Intercom button
Press the Intercom button to switch the room
station’s graphical display to the Intercom
control screen (Figure 4). The screen will show
the last station called or All stations.
Figure 4. Intercom control screen
Room station
called
ALL STATIONS
PRESS KNOB TO CALL
SOURCE 1
ALL STATIONS
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Selecting a station to call
To select a station to call, do one of the
following:
Last station called. Press the Intercom
button and the last station called will display
on the screen. If you want to call this room
again, press the knob.
Room station selection. If you want to call
another room station, rotate the knob to
sequence through all available room stations
until the room you want is displayed and
then press the knob.
All station selection. To call all stations,
rotate the knob until you see the All stations
option on the screen and press the knob. You
can also press the Intercom button twice to
automatically go to the All stations selection.
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Making intercom calls
You can make intercom calls to all stations or
from station to station.
Making all station calls
Select All stations with the knob, then press and
hold the knob. Three quick tones will sound in
each room that is not in do not disturb (DND)
mode. Continue to press and hold the knob and
after the tones end begin speaking. When done,
release the knob.
The Calling room station intercom screen will
show Waiting for reply after the call is made
(Figure 5).
Figure 5. Calling room station Intercom screen
Room station
called
ALL STATIONS
WAITING FOR REPLY
SOURCE 1
ALL STATIONS
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Note: If no station replies within ten seconds, the call
will end.
Replying to an all stations call
You can answer an All stations call from any
room station by pressing the knob to talk back to
the calling station. The Called room station
intercom screen (Figure 6) will automatically be
displayed.
Figure 6. Called room station Intercom screen
Calling room
station
STATION 1 CALLING
PRESS KNOB TO REPLY
SOURCE 1
ALL STATIONS
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Making station to station calls
To make a station to station call, select the room
station, and then press and hold the knob. A tone
will sound in the room called (if the room is not
in DND mode). Continue to press and hold the
knob and after the tone ends begin speaking.
When done, release the knob.
The Calling room station intercom screen will
show Waiting for reply after the call is made
(Figure 7).
Figure 7. Calling room station Intercom screen
Room station
called
STATION 1
WAITING FOR REPLY
SOURCE 1
ALL STATIONS
Note: If there is no response, the call will
automatically end after ten seonds.
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Replying to station to station calls
Station to station calls permit the called station to
talk back hands free. Once you hear the call alert
tone, just start talking to answer the call. The
Called room station intercom screen (Figure 8)
will automatically be displayed.
Figure 8. Called room station intercom screen
Calling room
station
STATION 1 CALLING
HANDS FREE ANSWER ON
SOURCE 1
ALL STATIONS
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Intercom call volume control
Once you have initiated an intercom call, you can
adjust the intercom volume (0 to 32) by turning
the knob. The knob only controls the intercom
volume while you are on the call. Once the call
ends, the music will come back on and turning
the knob will adjust the music volume. Figure 9
shows the screen display for intercom volume
control.
Figure 9. Volume control Intercom screen
Selected
volume
SOURCE 1
VOLUME:25
INTERCOM
ALL STATIONS
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DND button
Press the DND button (do not disturb) to prev ent
any intercom calls or door station calls from
being heard in the room. The intercom screen
will display
will appear at the top of all display screens
(Figure 10).
Figure 10. Do not disturb screen
Do Not Disturb and a DND icon
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DO NOT DISTURB
DND
DND icon
SOURCE 1
ALL STATIONS
To exit the DND mode, press the DND button
again.
Note: If you press the Intercom button on a room
station in DND mode (to make an intercom call)
the DND mode will be canceled.
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Calling room station DND alert
If a room station selects a room that is in DND
mode, the calling station will see a Do not
disturb alert on the Calling room station screen
(Figure 11). Calls to rooms in DND mode are
inhibited.
Figure 11. Calling room station DND alert screen
STATION 2
SOURCE 1
DO NOT DISTURB
STATION 2
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Listen button
The Listen button allows you to listen in on
another room, but only if that room is in monitor
mode. This feature allows you to monitor babies
or the sick and elderly.
Listen mode
To use the listen mode, you must first go to the
room to be monitored and place that room’s
station into monitor mode.
To place the room station into listen mode, press
the Listen button once and
displayed on the screen (Figure 12).
Figure 12. Room station in listen in mode screen
Listen will be
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SOURCE 1
LISTEN
STATION 2
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Monitor mode
To place a room station into monitor mode and
allow other room stations to listen in to that
room, press the Listen button twice until
Monitor is displayed on the screen (Figure 13).
Rooms in monitor mode display
flashing and an
Open microphone alert on the
room station.
Figure 13. Room station in monitor mode screen
SOURCE 1
MONITOR
OPEN MICROPHONE
To exit listen or monitor mode, press the Listen
button until OFF is displayed on the screen.
Monitor
STATION 2
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Door button
The Door button is an optional feature of the
SmartCom intercom system. Pressing the Door
button will trigger a relay on the intercom hub to
activate an electric door strike.
The Door button is normally disabled in the
room station setup to prevent unathorized
opening of doors. You must enable any room
stations that you want to have access to this
feature.
See Door enabled on page 45 for instructions on
enabling the door button.
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Chapter 4 Setup menu
This chapter provides information on how
to use the Setup menu to change display,
audio, and intercom settings.
In this chapter:
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Room station address. . . . . . . . . . . .37
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Intercom settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Audio settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Door enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
System information. . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Restore defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
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Setup menu
You can use the Setup menu to adjust display,
audio, and intercom settings. The menu includes
some options that are provided for the technician
that installed your system and these options
should not be changed.
To access the Setup menu, press the top two
control buttons on the room station (Music and
Intercom) simultaneously. The Setup menu will
display (Figure 14).
Figure 14. Setup menu screen
ROOM STATION ADDRESS 2
DISPLAY SETTINGS
INTERCOM SETTINGS
AUDIO SETTINGS
SET UP MENU
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The Setup menu options include:
• Room station address
• Display settings on page 38
• Intercom settings on page 39
• Audio settings on page 42
• Door enabled on page 45
• System information on page 45
• Restore defaults on page 45
• Exit menu
Rotate the knob to navigate to an option and
press the knob to select the option.
Room station address
The room station address is set by your system
installer. Do not change this setting.
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WARNING: Do not change the room station
address or the system will not
operate properly.
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Display settings
When you select the Display settings option, the
Display settings screen appears. This is the same
screen that displays when you press the Menu
button. This screen provides options for setting
preferences for display settings for the following:
• Screen timeout on page 16
• Backlight timeout on page 16
• Backlight level on on page 17
• Backlight level off on page 17
• LED level on on page 18
• LED level off on page 18
• Contrast level on page 19
• Go back. Return to the Setup menu
screen.
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Intercom settings
Select the Intercom settings option to access the
the Intercom settings screen. This screen allows
you to change the following intercom settings:
• Edit station name. Access the Edit
station name screen on page 40.
• Talk timeout. Sets the length of the
intercom call before the call is
automatically ended (10 to 120 seconds).
• Hand free enabled. Enable (Yes) or
disable (No) the hands free function.
• Call blocking. Access the Call blocking
screen on page 41. Allows calls to
selected stations to be blocked.
• Chime volume. Set the chime volume
value.
• Go back. Return to the Setup menu
screen.
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Edit station name screen
The Edit station name screen allows you to
create a custom name for the room station or edit
an existing name.
Select the Edit station name menu item and press
the knob to go to the main edit screen. This
screen shows the current station name.
To enter a new station name, do the following:
1. Select New name and press the knob.
The edit station name text screen will be
displayed with the old name deleted.
2. To select text for the new name, rotate
the knob until the desired character is
highlighted and press the knob to enter
the character.
3. Repeat the process to spell out the new
station name. Use special characters for
blank, backspace (BKSP) or shift
(change case).
4. Select Done to apply the new name.
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To edit an existing station name, do the
following:
1. Select Edit name and press the knob. The
edit name text screen will be displayed
with the existing name entered.
2. Edit as desired and select Done to apply
the edits.
To return to the Setup menu, select Go back.
Call blocking screen
The Call blocking screen allows you to block
calls to selected room stations. This may be
needed if the room stations are too close to one
another and cause feedback, or to lock out calls
from selected stations.
To set call blocking, do the following:
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1. Select the Call blocking menu item and
press the knob. The current entry will
flash.
2. Turn the knob to change the entry as
desired (Y es or No) and pr ess the knob to
apply the setting.
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Audio settings
Select the Audio settings option to access the
Audio settings screen. This screen allows you to
change the following audio settings.
• Master mode enabled. Disabled (No) or
enabled (Yes). Allows the master mode
to be set permanently to enabled.
• Volume limit. Sets the maximum volume
for the room (0 to 78).
• Intercom over speakers. Allows (Yes)
intercom audio to be heard over the
room speakers in addition to the room
station speaker or not (No).
• Edit sources. Access the Edit sources
screen on page 43.
• Go back. Return to the Setup menu
screen.
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Edit sources screen
The edit sources screen allows you to edit source
names and enable/disable them.
To edit a source, scroll to the source to be edited
and press the knob to select it. The source
settings screen will be displayed.
Rotate the knob to select the item to edit and
press the knob to select the item.
To create a new source name, do the following:
1. Select New name and press the knob.
The edit source name text screen will be
displayed with the old name deleted.
2. To select text for the new name, rotate
the knob until the desired character is
highlighted and press the knob to enter
the character.
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3. Repeat the process to spell out the new
station name. Use special characters for
blank, backspace (BKSP) or shift
(change case).
4. Select Done to apply the new name.
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To edit an existing source name, do the
following:
1. Select Edit name and press the knob. The
edit name text screen will be displayed
with the existing name entered.
2. Edit as desired and select Done and press
the knob to apply the edits.
You can enable or disable a source input in the
source list. Sources enabled will show up in the
sequence of source selection when pressing the
Music button. Disable sources that you do not
use or want to show up in this list.
To enable or disable a source, do the following:
1. Select Source type and press the knob.
2. Rotate the knob to select enabled or
disabled and press the knob.
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Door enabled
The room station door button can control a door
relay on the intercom hub to operate a door strike
to open a door. For security, this is default set to
disabled (No). Each room station that you want
to enable the door button must be individually set
to enabled (Yes).
System information
Select this option to view system information
including hardware and software revision
numbers.
Restore defaults
This option is used by your system installation
technician to restore factory defaults. Do not
select this setting.
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Chapter 5 Support
This chapter provides information on how
to contact technical support.
In this chapter:
Contacting technical support. . . . . .48
Online publication library . . . . . . . .49
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Contacting technical support
For assistance operating this product, refer to this
document and any other documentation
provided. If you still have questions, you may
contact the installation company for your
product.
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Online publication library
Another great resource for assistance with your
GE product is our online publication library. To
access the library, go to our website at the
following location:
http://www.gesecurity.com
In the Customer Support menu, select the
Resource Library link. After you register and
log on, you may search through our online
library for the documentation you need.
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1. Many GE documents are provided as PDFs (portable
document format). To read these documents, you
will need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded
free from Adobe’s website at www.adobe.com.
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