HM Electronics COM6000BP User Manual

Wireless 6000

Wireless Drive-Thru Audio System

HME# 400518
Rev— 8/15/03

Operating Instructions

Table of Contents

I. GENERAL.........................................................................................................................1

II. EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS AND USE .........................................................................1

A. Base Station .....................................................................................................................................2

B. Headset .....................................................................................................................................4

C. Battery Charger................................................................................................................................7

III. WIRELESS 6000 OPERATION......................................................................................8

A. Single-Lane Operation.....................................................................................................................8

B. Dual-Lane Operation .......................................................................................................................9

C. Internal Communication ..................................................................................................................9

D. Speed-Team Operation....................................................................................................................9

E. Message Repeater Operation.........................................................................................................10

IV. EQUIPMENT CARE AND CLEANING......................................................................11

A. Proper Handling.............................................................................................................................11

B. Cleaning ...................................................................................................................................11

V. IN CASE OF PROBLEMS.............................................................................................12

VI. SPECIFICATIONS.........................................................................................................15

VII. OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT............................................................................................16

VIII. FCC NOTICE..................................................................................................................16

List of Figures

Figure Title Page

1 Wireless 6000 equipment........................................................................................................ 1

2 Wireless 6000 Base Station with cabinet door open...............................................................2

3 Wireless 6000 COMMUNICATOR

4 Communicator and headset..................................................................................................... 4

5 Registration buttons and indicators.........................................................................................6

6 Communicator battery-release latch........................................................................................7

7 Batteries in charger .................................................................................................................7

8 Base station internal controls and connectors.......................................................................14

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© Copyright HM Electronics, Inc. - August 2003

I. GENERAL

The Wireless 6000 is a wireless audio system primarily for use at quick-service restaurants.

II. EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS AND USE

Figure 1. Wireless 6000 equipment

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A. Base Station

The base station is the electronic heart of the Wireless 6000. It contains the circuitry through
which all functions of the drive-thru audio system are channeled.

External base station features are shown in Figure 2, and described on page 3. Its internal
controls and connectors are shown in Figure 8 on page 14.

A

C

B

Figure 2. Wireless 6000 Base Station with cabinet door open

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Base Station External Features

Front — (See A on Figure 2.)

• Four power supply lights are on when the base station has AC power.

• “A” TALK light is on during channel-A transmission.

• “B” TALK light is on during channel-B transmission.

• VEHICLE PRESENT light is on when a vehicle is present in the drive-thru lane or

when the system is in vehicle-detect override.

• RECORD light is ON RED when the base station is ready to record red message for
the message repeater, and blinking red while red message is being recorded. It is on
GREEN when the base station is ready to record green message for the message
repeater, and blinking GREEN while green message is being recorded.

Bottom — (See B on Figure 2.)

• PUSH FOR RECORD MODE button must be pushed IN and released once to
prepare the base station to record red message for the message repeater, or pushed
IN and released twice to record green message.

Behind Front Door — (See C on Figure 2.)

• MESSAGE REPEATER switches must be switched ON to use the message repeater,
OFF when the message repeater is not being used. Instructions are given on the
inside of the front door.

• SPEED TEAM switch must be switched ON for speed-team operation, OFF for normal
drive-thru operation

• VEHICLE DETECTOR switch must be switched to OVERRIDE to disable vehicle
detector; to reset vehicle detector, switch to OVERRIDE for 5 seconds, then switch
back to NORMAL and leave for normal vehicle detection operation.

• DIP switches at the top are used to control message audio routing to the speakers
and Communicators. DIP switch settings are shown on the inside of the front door.

• Nine level controls are used to set VAA level, Vehicle tone level, audio source levels
at the grill speaker, outbound audio source levels at the outside speaker and the
inbound level from the speaker post microphone.

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B. COMMUNICATOR®

1. Features and Controls

Channel “A2”

button

Headset cable

connector socket

Channel “A1”

button

Channel “B”

button

Power
button

Volume-up

button

Volume-down

button

Figure 3. Wireless 6000 Communicator

2. How to Wear the Headset

• Wear the headset with the microphone on your right or left side next to your mouth.

• Adjust the headband for a comfortable fit.

• Clip the beltpac to your belt or waistband on either your right or left side.

• Run headset cable up your back and clip to clothing with clips.

Figure 4. Communicator and headset

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