Viscount Prestige 50 Quick Manual
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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 side panels ..................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 The central panel .................................................................................................................. 6
2.3 The controls for the manuals thumb pistons ........................................................................ 7
2.4 Pedalboard controls ............................................................................................................... 9
2.5 Connections underneath the manuals ..................................................................................... 10
2.6 Connections on the rear panel ............................................................................................... 11
2.7 The remote control (optional) ................................................................................................ 13
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 SIDE PANELS
LEFT PANEL
1. [PEDAL] drawstops: this section contains the first six
voices of the pedal board.
2. [SWELL] drawstops: these drawstops can be used to
activate the voices of the Swell on and off.
3. [POWER] switch: in order to switch the instrument on
and off.
4. [EXT. SPK.] switch: in order toswitch on and off the
power supply on the [EXT +12 VDC] connector that will
be used by the external speakers.
RIGHT PANEL
5. [GREAT] drawstops: this section contains the
drawstops of the Great as well as the coupler:
o [Swell to Great]: the voices of Swell will also play
on the Great
6. [PEDAL] drawstops: section for the remaining pedal
voices and 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.
NOTE
The couplers do not work with the Orchestra voices.
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2.2 THE CENTRAL PANEL
1. [TREMULANTS] section: here you will find the Tremulants for both manuals.
2. ORCHESTRA Section: this section contains the organ’s Orchestra voices. One of the most
important feature of the Prestige 50 is the Orchestra section, which can be added to the organ
voices, enhancing the organ’s voice range. The buttons are divided into three sections:
o [PEDAL ORCHESTRA]: pedal board voices.
o [SWELL ORCHESTRA]: Swell voices.
o [GREAT ORCHESTRA]: Great voices.
To select voices other than the default ones and to change the internal parameters please refer to
the “Advanced Manual”.
3. [SWELL] LED bar: shows the position of the [SWELL] expression pedal.
4. [CRESCENDO] LED bar: these LEDs display the step of the Crescendo currently set with
the pedal of the same name.
5. [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.
6. [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.
7. [TRANSPOSER] selector: sets the instrument’s tuning within a range of +5 / -6 semitones
(adjustments in steps of one semitone).
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2.3 THE CONTROLS FOR THE MANUAL THUMB PISTONS
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, whether general or dedicated memory, the following can be saved:
- the voices (including Orchestra)
- the couplers (not in the divisional memories)
- 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), MIDI Solo (point 6 of this paragraph) and Program Change set
using the SEND PROGRAM CHANGE function (“Advanced Manual”)
Only in the general memories is it also possible to save:
- the Organ Solo
- the Enclosed and Automatic Pedal (by activating the relevant function, see par. 4.3)
For the memory saving procedure, see point 3.
3. [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, whether
it is dedicated or general.
4. Pedal couplers buttons: these buttons activate the couplings of the manuals with the pedal board, as
follows:
o [SW/P] (4A): coupling the Swell with the pedal board.
o [G/P] (4B): coupling the Great with the pedal board.
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1. General memories: this section contains the instrument’s general memories. The [MEM+] buttons
can also be used to select the individual memories in ascending order and [MEM-] to recall them in
descending order.
2. Dedicated memories: the Prestige 50 memories also include six dedicated memories for Swell (2A),
Great (2B) and the pedal board (2C). In the dedicated memories it is only possible to save the set up
of the section coupled to the selected memory.
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