Telex FMR-500 User Manual

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FMR-500

User Guide

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Sec tion 1 - Quick Set-Up

Quick Set-up: Re ceiver

Do not con nect the re ceiver to any other equip -- ment yet!

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.

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 FMR-500 sys tem.

Sec tion 2 - Sys tem De scrip tion

The FMR-500 Wire less Mi cro phone sys tem com -- bines fre quency agil ity and ease of use like no other. The 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.

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.

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• 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

• 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

Sys tem Fea tures In clude:

Sec tion 3 - De tailed Com po nents De scrip tion

Re ceiver Setup and Op er a tion

Place the re ceiver and an ten nas where there is a 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Antenna

High

Line Level

Mic Line

Telex Communications, Inc. Made in U.S.A.

12-15V AC/DC

U.S. Patent No. 6,256,484

Balanced

Audio

FMR-500

BAND ABAND A

Tested to Comply with FCC Standards

CANADA S.N. 1059

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Fig ure 1 - FMR-500 Front Panel

Antenna

High

Line Level

Mic Line

Telex Communications, Inc. Made in U.S.A.

12-15V AC/DC

U.S. Patent No. 6,256,48

Balanced

Audio

FMR-500

BAND ABAND A

Tested to Comply with FCC Standards

CANADA S.N. 1059

TelexTelex

Proper An tenna Orientation

FMR-500 Re ceiver Con trols, Con nec tors, and In di ca tors

Power ON/OFF

Graph i cal Dis play

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)

Power Con nec tor

XLR BalancedMic/Line Level Au dio Out put Line Level Ad just able

Un bal anced Line Level Au dio Out put Con nec tor with Level Ad just ment

TNC An tenna In put Con nec tors

Power Cord Re tainer

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 -- put used for the FMR-500 is muted or turned down to a min i mum level.

Plug an au dio ca ble (not sup plied) into the 3 pin XLR or 1/4 inch out put of the FMR-500.

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 -- 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.

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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

Re ceiver Push-But ton Ref er ence Sheet

Rack Mount In stal la tion

The FMR-500 is sup plied with rack mounts for sin -- gle and dou ble mount ing in a stan dard EIA 19"/ 483mm equip ment rack (see Fig ure 3). For rack mount ing a sin gle unit, a long (#3) and short (#1) "ear" are used. For dual side-by-side mount ing, use the short (#1) "ears" and the mid brack ets (#2) from two FMR-500's as shown.

To as sem ble the rack mount adapt ers to the FMR-500 pro ceed as fol lows:

1. Re move the front Phillips head screws from each side of each unit.

2. Align the cor rect rack ear or bracket with the holes on the side of the unit. In stall the pre vi -- ously re moved screws. In sert an ad di tional screw (#2, pro vided in the parts pack) into the re main ing hole. Re peat this step for the op po site side of the unit. Be sure to tighten all screws se -- curely.

Front Mount ing An ten nas

1. Re move hole plugs from brack ets.

2. At tach the an tenna con nec tors to the brack ets.

Four dou ble mount ing of two FMR-500's pro ceed as fol lows:

1. Align the mid brack ets (#2) with the holes on the ad ja cent sides of each unit.

2. In stall the pre vi ously re moved screws. In sert an ad di tional screw (#4, pro vided in the parts pack) into the re main ing holes. Tighten all screws se -- curely.

3. Place the two as sem blies side-by-side with the mid brack ets to gether. (The left bracket should fit above the right so that the coun ter sinks are vis i ble). In stall 4 flat head screws (#5, pro vided in the parts pack) and tighten them se curely.

3. At tach the sup plied ex ten sion ca bles from the rack con nec tors to the an tenna con nec tions on the back of the re ceiver. See Fig ure 4.

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Rack Mount Installation

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Front Mount ing Antennas

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