SoundLab SRC-173 User Manual

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CONTENT

INTRODUCTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS-------------------------------------------------------------------2 WARNING & CAUTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 CONFORMITY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2

CONTROLS &FUNCTIONS------------------------------------------------------------3

FRONT PANEL-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 REAR SIDE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6

INSTRUCTIONS OF FOOT CONTROL--------------------------------------------------------------7

MIDI SETTING-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS----------------------------------------------------------------------8

1. RUN PATTERN-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8

2. PROGRAM------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8

3. ASSIGN PROGRAM----------------------------------------------------------------------------8

4. PATCH SETTING--------------------------------------------------------------------------------8

5. RUN PATTERN IN CROSS MODE-------------------------------------------------------------9

6. RUN PATTERN IN LOOP CHASE MODE----------------------------------------------------9

7. DUMP BLIND------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9

8. LATCH FUNCTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------9

9. DELETE PATTERN--------------------------------------------------------------------------------9

INITIALIZATION & MEMORY DUMP------------------------------------------------------------10

INTRODUCTION:

The SRC-173 is a 16 channel programming console with MIDI & DMX interface. The SRC-173 features including:60 built-in patterns & 30 variable programs with 99 steps at most, MANUAUAUTO/AUDIO/TAP SYNC/CROSS modes. Specially, the SRC-173 is incorporated with PEROM to guarantee data security. Before operating your unit, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

POWER INPUT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DC 12~20V, 250mA min DMX OUTPUT------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Pin female XLR AUDIO INPUT------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100mV-1vpp MIDI INTERFACE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Pin multiple socket ACCESSORY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Optional)Foot controller_1

DIMENSIONS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------482_177.5X72.7mm WEIGHT-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2.3kg

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WARNING!

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. Be careful not to initialize your unit frequently, it does harm to your memory. Use recommended AC/DC adaptor

CAUTION! No user serviceable parts inside do not attempt repairs. In the event your unit should fail, contact

your local authorized dealer.

CONFORMITY: This product complies to EN 50081-1/EN 55022 pr EN 55103-1 (EMC emission) and EN 50082-1/EN 61000-4-2 pr EN 55103-2(EMC immunity).

CONTROLS & FUNCTIONS

FRONT PANEL

1. Channel indicators

2. Channel fader Controls the level in ASSIGN PROGRAM mode or the channels in MANUAL mode.

3. LATCH button(CH.9~CH.16) It functions as ASSIGN LATCH or channel LATCH in manual mode.

4. FLASH button (CH.1~CH.16) It functions as ASSIGN FLASH or channel FLASH in MANUAL mode. SHIFT+FLASH button Changes the BLIND setting in chase mode and when BLIND ENABLE indicator is lit.

5. MASTER fader It functions as a master fader for fader 1 to fader 8 or in chase mode and CROSS FUNCTION as a master for the pattern and the patterns are executed step by step by moving the MASTER fader.

6. M indicator

5 6 7 8 9 10

14 15

17 18 19

22 23 24 2513

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0

3 4 5 6 7 8 M

MASTER LEVEL SPEED

FADE TIME

AUDIO

Tap Sync

Manual Step

Button Setup

End Step

Loop Exit

Loop Shift

Audio

Chase

Manual Step

Tap Sync

Manual

Stand By

ProgramAdd/Kill

Cross

Assign Patch Full On

PATTERN

FLASH 1-8

STEP

Fade Time Setup

Delete Program

Cross Setup

MIDI Channel

Blind

Manual

Chase

Channel Flash No Fade Time Cross Off MIDI Signal

Assign Kill

Assign Add Step Time Cross On Enable

Audio

LATCH 9-16

FLASH 9-16

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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Indicating the MASTER status for fader 1 to fader 8.

7. A & B indicators Indicating the MASTER status of two neighboring steps in cross mode.

8. LEVEL knob This knob functions as a master for the pattern in chase mode.

9. SPEED/FADE TIME knob This knob controls the chasing speed from 10 steps/second to 1 step/5 minutes and time from 0.1 second to 5 minutes in chase mode.

10. AUDIO knob This knob controls the sensitivity of music rhythms in audio chase mode.

11. LCD It shows the present operating mode and program options.

12. CROSS button Press this button to enter or leave CROSS mode in chase mode and when CROSS ON indicator is lit.

13. PATTERN + button Press to increase the left two digits by one . Pressing this button for more than one second increases the digits quickly from present counter till the maximum and then increase from the minimum cyclically. SHIFT + BUTTON SETUP Pressing SHIFT + BUTTON SETUP together sets the channel fader ; LATCH button and FLASH button, each pressing makes a new setting , and the matching indicator is lit.

14. PATTERN-button Press to decrease the left two digits by one. Pressing this button for more than one second decreases the digits quickly from present counter till the minimum and then decrease the digits quickly from present counter till the maximum an then decrease from the maximum cyclically. SHIFT + FADE TIME SETUP Pressing SHIFT + FADE TIME SETUP sets the fade time. When NO FADE TIME indicator is lit. fade time is disabled . If STEP TIME indicator is lit, fade time is set by the SPEED knob and is identical to the step time.

15. STEP + button Press to increase the right two digits by one. Pressing this button for more than one second increases the digits quickly from present counter till the maximum and then increase from the minimum cyclically. In chase mode, press this button to execute the pattern by one step. Pressing for more than one seconds allows to execute the pattern by ten steps per second. SHIFT + CROSS SETUP button Pressing SHIFT + CROSS SETUP together sets ENABLE or DISABLE for CROSS mode. If CROSS OFF indicator is lit, Press the CROSS button to enter or leave CROSS mode.

16. STEP-button Press to decrease the right two digits by one. Pressing this button for more than one second decreases the digits quickly from present counter till the minimum and then decrease from the maximum cyclically. In chase mode, press this button to execute the pattern by one step. Pressing for more than one seconds allows to execute the pattern by ten steps per second. SHIFT + BLIND button Pressing SHIFT+BLIND together sets ENABLE or DISABLE for BLIND mode. When it is BLIND mode, the ENABLE indicator is it.

17. ADD/KILL button Press to select ADD or KILL mode and if it is KILL mode the indicator near this button is lit. In ADD mode, the FLASH button levels are isolate from other levels. In KILL mode and when the FLASH button levels are turned on, the other levels are set to zero.

18. PROGRAM button Press this button for more than one seconds to enter PROGRAM mode. the indicator close to this button is lit, now 30 variable patterns(1~30) are ready to be programmed, each containing 99 steps at most. Press this button to store your setting as one step. the LCD shows the next step to be programmed. SHIFT + END STEP button IN PROGRAM mode, pressing SHIFT + END STEP together stets the present step as the last step

19. ASSIGN button Press this button for more than one seconds to enter ASSIGN mode. the indicator close to it is lit .In ASSIGN mode, Press ASSIGN button first, then press FLASH button to store the present level as ASSIGN SHIFT +DELETE PROGRAM button In PROGRAM mode , Press SHFIT + DELETE PROGRAM together to delete present pattern.

20. PATCH button Press this button for more than one seconds to enter or leave PATCH mode, In PATCH mode. the LCD show the level with the left two digits and shows DMX channel NO. with the right two digits . When the left two digits show 00, the DMX channel level is 0, if it shows FF, the DMX channel level is maximum, and if it shows 01 to 16, the DMX channel level is 1 to 16 channel level , In MIDI CHANNEL mode, this button is invalid. SHIFT+MIDI AHANNEL button Press SHIFT+MIDM CHANNEL together for more than one second to enter or leave MIDI CHAN-NEL

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mode, In MIDI CHANNEL mode , press STEP +or STEP-button to select desired channel. The LCD shows CH:XX.MIDI CHANNEL lapse if the indicator close to PATCH button is lit

21. FULL ON button Press to make 1~8 channels full intensity and STAND BY is not effective.

22. SHIFT button This button is valid only used with other function button

23. LOOP button In CHASE mode, press this button to enter LOOP CHASE mode and define present pattern as the 1 st pattern run by LOOP, the LCD shows XX:LP, press this button again to add the pattern (showing XX)to the patterns run by LOOP. Up to 100 patterns can be run by LOOP, if over 100 patterns, the LCD shows XX:FL, if the LOOP button is not pressed within 10 seconds the LCD shows XX:CL, the present pattern is XX, press LOOP button, the LCD turns to XX:LP, now the patterns are ready to be added to the patterns run by LOOP. SHIFT+LOOP EXIT button Press SHIFT+LOOP EXIT together to leave LOOP CHASE mode.

24. CHASE button Press to enter auto chase mode, the matching point in LCD is lit, In this mode, the chasing speed is controlled by the SPEED knob and the pattern is controlled by the LEVE knob. SHIFT+SUDIO button Press SHIFT+AUDIO together to enter audio chase mode .the matching point in the LCD is lit

25. TAP SYNC button In CHASE mode, press this button to enter TAP SYNC chase mode, the matching point in the LCD is lit., In this mode, the interval of the last two pressing on TA SYNC button is set to step time . single pressing is invalid , To leave this mode turn the SPEED knob to enter auto chase mode. SHIFT+MANUAL STEP button Press SHIFT+MANUAL STEP together to enter manual chase mode. the matching point in the LCD is lit. In this mode, press STEP+ or STEP – to execute the patterns.

26. STAND BY button Press to enter or leave STAND BY mode. In STAND BY mode, the indicator close to this button is flashing. Channel fader , LATCH button and the master level generate by present pattern are turned off, FLASH button level remains. SHIFT+MANUAL button Press SHFIT+MANUAL together to enter MANUAL mode, the matching point it LCD is lit and the LCD shows the MASTER fader with 000 to 100.

REAR SIDE

1. DC input DC 12V~20V,250mA min, connect to AC outlet via recommended AC/DC adaptor.

2. POWER switch Press to turn the power no/off

3. DMX polarity selector Slide to select the polarity arrangement for DMX output.

4. DMX output 96 DMX channel output

5. MIDI THRU Transmit MIDI data received on the MIDI IN connector.

6. MIDI IN Receive MIDI data.

7. AUDIO line input Line in the music rhythms ranged from 100MV to 1Vpp. If it is connected , the built-in microphone is disabled, and when it is not connected, the microphone is enabled.

POLARITY SELECT

DC 12V~20V, 250mA min.

DC INPUT POWER DMX OUT MIDI THRU MIDI IN LINE INPUT FOOT CONTROL

ON OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1=Ground 2=Data 3=DATA+

1=Ground 2=Data + 3=DATA-

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8. FOOT CONTROL

Use to connect to foot controller for remote control. PIN FUNCTION

1 STEP UP 2 PATTERN UP 3 STAND BY 4 FULL ON 5 COMMON

INSTRUCTIONS OF FOOT CONTROLLER

1. STAND BY button Press to change the STAND BY status causing its indicator from flashing to off or from off to flashing.

2. FULL ON button Press this button down, channel 1 to channel 8 are full on and not controlled by STAND BY

3. STEP UP button In CHASE mode, press to execute the pattern by one step. pressing for more than one second would execute the pattern by 10 steps per second.

4. PATTERN UP button In CHASE mode, press to select pattern by plus one ,press for more than one seconds would increase the pattern quickly till the maximum and then increase from 01.

5. CONTROL OUTPUT cable Connect to the FOOT CONTROL located on the rear of DM-16

PIN FUNCTION

1 STEP UP 2 PATTERN UP 3 STAND BY 4 FULL ON 5 COMMON

MIDI SETTING

1. NOTE DATA

NOTE NUMBER VELOCITY FUNCTION 22-81 master level for the pattern turn on/off 1-60 patterns 82-97 channel dimmer identical to that set by FLASH1-16

99 FULL ON 101 execute the pattern by one step 102 change the STAND BY status

2. If MIDI signal disappears, 10 minutes latter the matching indicator is off and the MIDI settings are dumped.

3. To receive MIDI signal, set the MIDI channel according to the setting of MIDI settings are dumped.

4. The patterns turned on by MIDI are not controlled by LEVE knob and not showed in the LCD all turned on patterns are executed synchronously and the terminal level is synthesized by the levels of the turned on patterns.

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

1. RUN PATTERN

__Press appropriate function button(s) to select desired chasing mode from AUTO, MANUAL AUDIO AND TAP SYNC ,the LCD shows the pattern and the step. __Press PATTERN + or PATTER- to select desired pattern from 30 built –in patterns(31-60) and 30 variable patterns(1-30).(If the right two digits show 00, the pattern is blank or had teen deleted)

FOOT CONTROL

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2. FULL ON button

Press this button down, channel 1 to channel 8 are full on and not controlled by STAND BY.

3. STEP UP button

In CHASE mode, press to execute the pattern by one step, pressing for more than one second would execute the pattern by 10 steps per second.

4. PATTERN UP button

In CHASE mode, press to select pattern by plus one, press for more than one seconds would increase the pattern quickly till the maximum and then increase from 01.

5. CONTROL OUTPUT cable

Connect to the FOOT CONTROL located on the rear of DM-16 PIN FUNCTION

1 STEP UP 2 PATTERN UP 3 STAND BY 4 FULL ON 5 COMMON MIDI SETTING

1. NOTE DATA

NOTE NUMBER VELOCITY FUNCTION

22-81 master level for the pattern turn on/off 1-60 patterns 82-97 channel dimmer identical to that set by FLASH 1-16

99 FULL ON 101 execute the pattern by one step 102 change the ATAND YB status

2. If MIDI signal disappears, 10 minutes latter the matching indicator is off and the MIDI settings are dumped.

3. To receive MIDI signal. set the MIDI channel according to the setting of MIDI controller.

4. The patterns turned on by MIDI are not controlled by LEVEL knob and not showed in the LCD. all turned on patterns are executed synchronously and the terminal level is synthesized by the levels of the turned on patterns.

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

1. RUN PATTERN

__Press appropriate function button(s) to select desired chasing mode from AUTO, MANUAL. AUDIO and TAP SYNC, the LCD shows the pattern and the step. __Press PATTERN + or PATTERN-to select desired pattern from 30 built-in patterns(31-60) and 30 variable patterns(1-30).(If the right two digits show 00, the pattern is blank or had been deleted.)

2. PROGRAM

Press PROGRAM button for more than one seconds to enter PROGRAM mode, the matching indicator is lit. Press PATTERN+ to select desired pattern, Make a setting by means of fader 1 to fader 8 and LATCH button and press PROGRAM button once to store the setting as a new step. Make anew setting and press RPGOARM once again. If you have entered all steps press SHIFT + ENDSTEP button together to define the last step.

For example, make a setting on the 11th pattern so that ch.1 to ch.16 to be full on is sequence. __Press PROGRAM button for more than one seconds to enter PROGRAM mode, the matching indicator is lit.

__Press PATTERN+ or PATTERN- and STEP+ or STEP- till the LCD shows 11:01 __Slide the fader 1 to up position and the other faders to down position, press LATCH 9-16 buttons to turn

all matching indicator off. After this setting press PROGRAM button once, now the LCD would show 11:02 __Slide the fade 2 to up position and the other faders to down position, press LATCH 9-16 to turn all matching indicator off After this setting, press PROGRAM button once again, now the LCD would show 11:03 __Follow your setting as specified by _. And _ till the LCD shows 11:09 Slide all the fader to down Position and press LATCH 9-16 to turn channel 9 indicator on and the other indicators off Press PROGRAM button once, the LCD shows 11:10

__Continue your setting till the LCD shows 11:17, now press STEP-button to alert 11:17 to 11:16 __Press SHIFT+END STEP to define the 16th step to the last step. now the pattern is complete.

3. ASSIGN PROGRAM

There are 16 ASSIGN for the levels set by fader 1 to fader 8 and LATCH 9-16 buttons.

For example. to assign CH.1 to CH.9 full on and CH.10 to CH.16 blackout to FLASH 1 button, you should follow the steps. __Press ASSIGN button for more than one seconds to enter ASSIGN PROGRAM mode, the matching indicator is lit.

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__Slide fade 1 to fade 8 to up position, press LATCH 9 button to turn channel 9 indicator on. __Press ASSIGN button first. Then press FLASH 1 button, all channel indicators would flash three times

,now ASSIGN 1 is complete.

4. PATCH SETTING

In PATCH mode, you could allocate easily the outgoing DMX channels to your light fixtures. For example. to allocate 1-16 DMX channels to 16-1 channels, please proceed as follows. __Press PATCH button for more than one second to enter PATCH mode. the matching indicator is lit. Press STEP+OR step –till the LCD shows 01 in the right two digits. __Press PATTERN+ or PATTER- till the LCD shows 16 in the left two digits. now the 1st DMX channel is relocated to the level of the 16th channel. __Press STEP+, the LCD shows 02 in the right side, press PATTER-, the LCD shows 15 in the left side, now the 2nd DMX channel is relocated to the level of the 15th channel. __Follow the settings as specified by _. Till the 16th DMX channel is relocated to the level of the 1st channel. Press PATCH button for more than one second to leave PATCH mode. the matching indicator is off.

5. RUN PATTERN IN CROSS MODE

In CROSS mode, the patterns are executed step by step by sliding the MASTER fader up and down repeatedly.

__In CHASE mode, press SHIFT+CROSS SETUP, the CROSS ON indicator is lit. __Slide the MASTER fader to top position, press CROSS button to enter CROSS mode, the A indicator is

lit.

__Press PATTERN+ or PATTERN- till the LCD shows 11:01. __Turn the LEVEL knob to maximum, now the A indicator is full. __Slide the MASTER fader from top to bottom position, the pattern to be executed by one step and the step

counter to be increased by one(shows 11:02), now the channel 1 indicator is full and A is off, B is full . Slide the MASTER fader up, the B indicator is decreased and the B indicator is increased in intensity. the channel 2 indicator is and channel 1 indicator is decreased in intensity. When the MASTER fader is top position, the B indicator is off and the A indicator is full, the channel 2 indicator is full and the channel 1 is off, the step counter is increased by one (shows 11:03). __Repeat these settings to execute the pattern step by step.

6. RUN PATTERN IN LOOP CHASE MODE

In LOOP CHASE mode, select the patterns to run them in sequence and in the periodic cycle. For example, run the 31st, 41st and 51st pattern is LOOP CHASE mode.

__Press CHASE button to enter CHASE mode. __Press PATTERN+ or PATTERN- till the LCD shows 31: XX. __Press LOOP button, the LCD turns to 31: LP. __Press PATTERN+ till 41: XX and then press LOOP button. __Press PATTERN+ till 51: XX and then press LOOP button. __The 31st, 41st and 51st patterns are executed in sequence and cyclically for 10 seconds, then the pattern

shown in the LCD is executed.

7. DUMP BLIND

Enable or disable CHASE mode to dump BLIND.

8. LATCH FUNCTION

The levels of LATCH buttons are independent from FADE TIME, and when ADD/KILL indicator is lit it doesn’t impact with the levels of the channel faders.

9. DELETE PATTERN

In PROGRAM mode, press SHIFT+DELETE PROGRAM to delete present pattern, the deleted pattern wouldn’t be executed, once the deleted is alerted to be stored, it would be executable again.

INITIALIZATION & MEMORY DUMP

Press SHIFT button first, and then press LATCH 9, LATCH 13, . LATCH 10, LATCH 14, LATCH 11, LATCH 15, LATCH 12 and LATCH 16 in sequence, now release the SHIFT button, several seconds later, it is initialized to the default mode(manual mode).

CAUTION!

This operation is harmful to the memory (PEROM), please be careful not to use it frequently.