6000 Broadcast Audio Delay
User’s Guide
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The COUGH button
The COUGH button allows the host to make impromptu interruptions in the program for up to the maximum
amount of time in memory while keeping the audience unaware of the break. When the COUGH button is pushed
and held in, the 6000 plays from memory and mutes incoming audio. As soon as the button is released, the 6000
resumes recording into memory and "splices out" the silence created while the audio was muted. The 6000 then
begins to rebuild the delay time used while the COUGH button was pushed. The host can cough, have a quick
drink of water, or make a comment to the producer or engineer without any perceptible program interruption. If
the COUGH button is pressed for an amount of time exceeding the amount of time in memory, the result will be
muted output audio (dead air).
The DUMP button
The DUMP button should be pressed as soon as an unwanted comment is heard. Once pressed, a length of
audio, as set by the user, in memory is instantly erased. The 6000 will then automatically "splice" around the
erased audio so the audience hears no dead air. Please understand that if the talk show host has not given the
6000 time to build up to enough seconds of delay to cover the audio to be dumped then when he momentarily
hits the DUMP button an obscenity may get on the air. The user has the choice of setting the 6000 to DUMP a
FIFTH, FOURTH, THIRD, HALF or the WHOLE memory.
The 6000 also allows the host extra protection in the form of muting if he purposely holds down the DUMP button.
Holding down the button long enough would erase the entire memory and mute the output of the 6000 until the
DUMP button is released. This provides a "panic button" function for use if all hell breaks loose. The muting func-
tion does not activate when the DUMP button is pushed and quickly released.
After a DUMP command the 6000 automatically reenters the last mode it was in either building or releasing
memory as appropriate.
The A1 through A4 relay status LEDs
The A1 through A4 LEDs show the state of the four internal relays used for delay automation. The LEDs will be off
when the relays are unenergized, green when energized and red when cued to be energized. The pinout for the
DB-25 connector on the rear of the 6000 is in
Appendix C
. One can use this pinout to build a custom automation
interface or to interface with existing automation or control equipment.
The DELAY time (seconds) display
As previously mentioned, the DELAY time display indicates the time duration of the program audio in the 6000’s
memory at any instant in 0.1 second intervals.
