Viscount Prestige 20, Prestige 40 Quick Manual
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Prestige 20 / 40
CONTENTS
1. Important notes ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 Looking after the product ..................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Notes on floppy disks ........................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Notes about the manual ....................................................................................................... .4
2. Controls and connections ......................................................................................................... 5
2.1 The front panel ..................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 The left side panel ................................................................................................................ 6
2.3 The controls for the manuals thumb pistons ........................................................................ 7
2.4 Pedalboard controls ............................................................................................................ 10
2.5 Connections underneath the manuals ................................................................................. 11
2.6 Connections on the rear panel ............................................................................................ 12
3. Central control unit ................................................................................................................ 14
4. Organ general settings ........................................................................................................... 17
4.1 Setting the tremulants ......................................................................................................... 17
4.2 Selecting the type of reverb................................................................................................ 18
4.3 General settings for the manuals ........................................................................................ 18
5. Recording and playing back musical performances ........................................................... 20
5.1 Recording a performance ................................................................................................... 20
5.2 Playing back a performance ............................................................................................... 21
6. Voice local off .......................................................................................................................... 22
7. Factory Setting ........................................................................................................................ 22
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1. IMPORTANT NOTES
1.1 LOOKING AFTER THE PRODUCT
• Do not apply excessive force to the organ’s structures or the controls (knobs, stops, push-buttons, etc.).
• When possible, do not place the instrument close to units which generate strong interference,
such as radios, TVs, computer videos, etc.
• Do not place the organ close to heat sources, in damp or dusty places or in the vicinity of strong
magnetic fields.
• Do not expose the instrument to direct sunlight.
• Never insert foreign bodies inside the instrument or pour liquids of any kind into it.
• For cleaning, use only a soft brush or compressed air; never use detergents, solvents or alcohol.
• Always use good quality screened cables for connection to amplification or diffusion systems.
When disconnecting cables from sockets, always take hold of the connector and not the cable
itself; when winding cables, do not knot or twist them.
• Before making the connections ensure that the other units (especially amplification and diffusion systems) you are about to connect are switched off. This will prevent noisy or even dangerous signal peaks.
• If the organ is to be out of use for lengthy periods, disconnect the plug from the power socket.
• Connect the net cable to an earthed socket.
• Check that the voltage corresponds to the voltage shown on the serial number plate of the organ.
1.2 NOTES ON FLOPPY DISKS
• Use only good quality floppy disks.
• Do not extract the floppy disk when reading or writing operations are in progress (when the LED
on the drive is on); this may damage the head and the magnetic medium.
• Use only 3.5" DD and HD (720Kbyte and 1.44Mbyte) floppy disks formatted to the MS-DOS
standard.
• Take good care of your floppy disks and do not place them close to heat sources or magnetic
fields (computer videos, loudspeakers, etc.), or in damp or dusty places.
• The manufacturer does not accept any liability for damage to the floppy disk drive in case of use
of damaged floppy disks.
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1.3 NOTES ABOUT THE MANUAL
• Take good care of this manual.
• This manual is an integral part of the instrument. The descriptions and illustrations in this
publication are not binding.
• While the instrument’s essential characteristics remain the same, the manufacturer reserves the
right to make any modifications to parts, details or accessories considered appropriate to improve the product or for requirements of a constructional or commercial nature, at any time and
without undertaking to update this publication immediately.
• All rights reserved; the reproduction of any part of this manual, in any form, without the manufacturer’s specific written permission is forbidden.
• All the trademarks referred to in this manual are the property of the respective manufacturers.
• Please read all the information carefully, sothat you obtain the best performance and will from
your instrument.
• The codes or numbers in square brackets ([]) indicate the names of the buttons, sliders, trimmers and connectors on the instrument. For example, [ENTER] refers to the ENTER button.
• The illustrations and display pages are purely guideline and may differ from those actually
shown on the display.
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2. CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS
2.1 THE FRONT PANEL
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1. [PEDAL] stops: this section contains the voices of the pedal board and the couplers.
o [Great to Pedal]: the voices of the Great will also play on the pedal board.
o [Swell to Pedal]: the voices of Swell will also play on the pedal board.
2. [GREAT] stops: this section contains the stops of Great as well as the couplers.
o [Swell to Great]: the voices of Swell will also play on Great
3. [SWELL] stops: these stops can be used to activate the voices of Swell on and off.
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4. [GREAT/PED.] LED bar: shows the position of the
[GREAT/PEDAL] expression pedal.
5. [SWELL] LED bar: shows the position of the [SWELL]
expression pedal.
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4. [SWELL] LED bar: shows the position of the [SWELL]
expression pedal.
5. [CRESCENDO] LED bar: these LEDs display the step
of the Crescendo currently set with the pedal of the same
name.
6. [K. INV.] LED: LED displaying the status of the KEYBOARDS INVERSION function, which
enables the positions of Swell and Great to be inverted (LED on). To set the function, refer to
par. 4.3.
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7. [M. BANK] selector: in order to select one of the eight memory banks for memorizing general
and/or dedicated memories. Thus you will have in total 48 memories.
This feature is particularly useful in case the instrument is used by more than one organist, as
each will be able to save his setting in a different Memory Bank.
8. [TRANSPOSER] selector: sets the instrument’s tuning within a range of +5 / -6 semitones
(adjustments in steps of one semitone).
2.2 THE LEFT SIDE PANEL
1. [GREAT ORCHESTRA] stops: this section contains the Orchestra voices of the Great.
2. [SWELL ORCHESTRA] stops: this section contains the Orchestra voices of the Swell.
3. [PEDAL ORCHESTRA] stops: Orchestra voices of the Pedalboard.
4. [POWER] Switch: in order to switch the instrument on and off.
5. [EXT. SPK.] switch: in order to switch on and off the power supply on the [EXT +12 VDC]
connector that will be used by the external speakers.
NOTE
The couplers do not work with the Orchestra voices.
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POWER
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MAN.I ORCHESTRA MAN.II ORCHESTRA
Piano Harpsich. Strings Chimes Harp Celesta
PEDAL ORCHESTRA
Cello Ac. Bass
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POWER EXT. SPK.
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0
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2.3 THE CONTROLS FOR THE MANUAL THUMB PISTONS
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1. [S] button: “Set” button which enables memory saving. To save a memory, simply press the
[S] button and, keeping it pressed down, then press the button of the memory you wish to save.
2. General Memories: this section contains the instrument’s general memories.
The memories also include an [HR] button, also known as 0, which recalls the set up that was
present before a memory was activated. The contents of [HR] are not affected by calling up a
memory when another one has previously been activated.
In each memory the following can be saved
- the voices (including Orchestra on Prestige 40)
- the couplers
- the Tremulants (also with different speed and depth by activating this function on
Menu Set-Up, see par. 4.3)
- the MIDI To controls (par.3) and Program Change set using the SEND PROGRAM
CHANGE function (“Advanced Manual”)
- the Enclosed and Automatic Pedal (by activating the relevant function, see par. 4.3)
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