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Dateq BCS70 Manual

Operating instructions

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Setup-mode

The settings on the mixer unit can be changed using the Setup mode. This applies in particular
to the settings w hich used to have to be made w ith jumpers on all modules. The great
advantage is, of course, that the user can make changes in the use of the console quickly
w ithout having to unscrew  the modules.

The Setup mode is activated by pressing the very noticeable red SETUP button. The LED
under this button and the ON and OFF button on all modules start to flash. The LED in the AIR
button on the CR selector panel flashes. BUTTON START appears next to this in blue. This
indicates that those channels that must w ork w ith button start can now  be set. Should a
channel w ork w ith button start? If so, press the ON button on the channel concerned. Press
the channel's OFF button if that channel should be set as fader start.

The follow ing settings can be made in the same w ay (see blue print):

BUTTON START

Select ON if a channel should be sw itched on and off w ith the ON
and OFF button. Select OFF if the channel should be sw itched on and
off w ith the fader.

MASTER CUE

Select w hether a channel automatically sets the Control Room
selection on CUE w hen CUE is pressed (select ON), or w hether this
must be done manually (select OFF).

DJ MODE

If a channel is for an announcer w ho is also the technician, select ON.
The Control Room speakers w ill then automatically be muted if this
channel is open. For the other non-DJ channels select OFF.

COUGH > COM

If the external mute on a microphone or line module is active (by
pressing the cough / talk button), the module automatically sw itches to
CUE (if OFF is selected) or to COM (if ON is selected). In this last case,
any 'coughing' is to the COM bus. In this w ay one can, for example,
speak directly to the director, instead of to the technician.

EXT MUTE

Select ON if the channel must be muted if an external sw itch is
pressed (cough / talk button). Select OFF if the external sw itch is used
as a remote CUE sw itch (positioned, for example, near a turn-table to
set the mixer unit to CUE by remote control).

ONAIR 1

Select ON if a module should be part of on-air group 1, select OFF if it
should not be part of this group.

ONAIR 2

Select ON if a module should be part of on-air group 2, select OFF if it
should not be part of this group.

RES

Reserved for a BCS81 clock / timer (if installed). Select ON if a module
must be able to start and stop the timer w hen the module is turned on
and off. Select OFF if the module may not start or stop the timer.

NORMAL / SPLIT

During CUE the technician can choose w hether the signal from the
Control Room selector panel comes to the Phones output normally
(select N) or as a split signal (select S). In this last case, the PGM
signal goes to one earphone and the CR signal selected to the other
earphone of the headphones.

GST 1 COM

To route Guest 1 to the COM bus, the mixer unit must know  w hich
module(s) belong to Guest 1. Select ON on these modules (thus
making a Guest 1 group!), OFF on the other modules.

GST 2 COM

The same for Guest(s) 2.

ANN COM

The same for the Announcer(s).

Summary of Contents for BCS70

Page 1: ...BCS70 USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...quipment may only be connected to a legally approved earthed mains pow er supply 11 The pow er cable or pow er cord must be positioned such that it cannot be w alked on in normal use and objects w hich might damage the cable or cord cannot be placed on it or against it Special attention must be paid to the point at w hich the cable is attached to the equipment and w here the cable is connected to ...

Page 3: ...lable both with and without gain control The telephone module does not have a gain control because it is assumed that the external preferably digital hybrid has an auto gain function Every module is equipped with trimmers to allow the volume of all audio inputs and outputs to be set precisely These controls are sited on the modules connector boards The use of jumpers for modules is now minimal mos...

Page 4: ...kout boxes Another possibility for connecting the mixer unit is to make use of so called breakout boxes All non standard Sub D connector on the rear of the BCS70 can be split up into more usual connector types such as XLR plugs and TSR jacks Breakout boxes should be connected to the BCS70 using shielded Sub D cable Installation into the cabinet The BCS70 frame fits into an opening of 1050 x 547 x ...

Page 5: ...putting the equipment w ith sw itched off module into the PLAY state Remote Cue Equipment control patterns available Type Description Start Stop Tally Restart Remote Cue 0 Normal consumer default Continuous Internal No No 1 Normal consumer Pulse 100ms Internal No No 2 Normal consumer Pulse 500ms Internal No No 3 Normal pro Continuous External No No 4 Normal pro Pulse 100ms External No No 5 Normal ...

Page 6: ...patterns available DIP switch 1 DIP switch 2 DIP switch 3 Description Hybrid On Off Off Off Off Telos ONE default Pulse 100ms Off ON Off Long pulses Pulse 500ms ON don t care Off Continuous Continuous Off Off ON DATEQ TH 2 Inverted pulse 100ms Off ON ON Inverted long Inverted long pulse 500ms ON don t care ON Continuous inverted Continuous inverted The Telos ONE is a digital hybrid If you use this...

Page 7: ...LED lights up indicates that the signal is being routed from the module to the bus concerned AUX can be set to PRE or POST fader w ith jumpers PAN Panorama control The signal is placed at the desired position in the stereo image CUE Monitoring This button lights up green if the CUE function on this module is active The button lights up red if an external mute is active Overload This LED lights up ...

Page 8: ... CUE or Cough switch D GND 2 External CUE or Cough switch In 15 External tally ON opto coupler cathode In 3 External tally ON opto coupler anode In 16 External tally OFF opto coupler cathode In 4 External tally OFF opto coupler anode In 17 Remote control Start opto coupler collector Out 5 Remote control Start opto coupler emitter Out 18 Remote control Stop opto coupler collector Out 6 Remote contr...

Page 9: ...f the BCS71 GE module The factory default for this jumper is OFF Warning central muting of multiple microphone channels To prevent the line1 line2 selection of the input modules from malfunctioning pins 14 common Cue Cough of the input connectors can not be connected to each other When using a system that mutes multiple microphone channels with the cough input like FlexCom FXS D extensions please ...

Page 10: ...hed in LED lit up indicates that the signal is being routed from the module to the bus concerned AUX can be set to PRE or POST fader w ith jumpers BAL Balance control This is used to set the balance betw een the left and right channels CUE Monitoring This button lights up green if the CUE function on this module is active The button lights up red if an external mute is active Overload This LED lig...

Page 11: ... In 3 External tally ON opto coupler anode In 16 External tally OFF opto coupler cathode In 4 External tally OFF opto coupler anode In 17 Remote control Start opto coupler collector Out 5 Remote control Start opto coupler emitter Out 18 Remote control Stop opto coupler collector Out 6 Remote control Stop opto coupler emitter Out 19 Audio Left In 7 Audio Right In 20 Audio Left In 8 Audio Right In 2...

Page 12: ...ates that the signal is being routed from the module to the bus concerned AUX can be set on PRE or POST fader w ith jumpers PAN Panorama control The signal is positioned at the desired place in the stereo image w ith this CUE Monitoring This button lights up green if the CUE function on this module is active The hybrid then gets the CUE bus as return see also QDM CUE can not be selected if the cha...

Page 13: ...external hybrid on 9 pin male Sub D connector BCS73 E Audio Sub D 9 pin female Pin Function Type 1 Audio Send audio to external hybrid Out 6 Audio Send audio to external hybrid Out 2 Audio Send GND A GND 7 GND A GND 3 Frame GND FRAME 8 GND A GND 4 Audio Receive GND A GND 9 Audio Receive audio from external hybrid In 5 Audio Receive audio from external hybrid In BCS73 E Remote Sub D 9 pin male Telo...

Page 14: ...ctive selection can be seen from the LED w hich lights up under a button In Setup mode these LED s flash w hen the associated Setup option is selected The LED s in the AIR and PGM button are dimmed w hen MASTER CUE is used in combination w ith MIX Mute This LED lights up if the Control Room output is automatically sw itched off C R Volume control for the Control Room output Overload This LED light...

Page 15: ... as source for the phones outputs of Guest 1 Guest 2 and Announcer The LED under this button lights up if AIR is selected C R tbk src Selects the signal selected on the Control Room selector panel as the source for the headphone outputs of Guest 1 Guest 2 and Announcer The LED under this button lights up if CR is selected and the selection made w ith PGM AIR is canceled MIC Built in microphone for...

Page 16: ...insertion points in the stereo PGM signal CR L CR R Electronically balanced male XLR 3 outputs These are used for connecting the amplifier to the speakers in the Control Room The Control Room selector sw itches are used to select w hich signal can be heard via this output The volume of this output is determined w ith the C R volume control The Control Room output is automatically sw itched off to ...

Page 17: ... Right Out 9 Announcer Headphones Common Out 2 Announcer Headphones Left Out 10 3 Guest 2 Headphones Right Out 11 Guest 2 Headphones Common Out 4 Guest 2 Headphones Left Out 12 5 Guest 1 Headphones Right Out 13 Guest 1 Headphones Common Out 6 Guest 1 Headphones Left Out 14 7 Studio Output Right Out 15 Studio GND A GND 8 Studio Output Left Out BCS78 CR L CR R XLR 3p male Pin Function Type 1 Audio G...

Page 18: ... Send Left no insert used connect to pin 9 Out 4 Return Left no insert used connect to pin 5 In 9 Return Left no insert used connect to pin 8 In 5 Audio GND no insert used connect to pin 4 A GND BCS78 Air Spare 1 Spare 2 Sub D 15p female Pin Function Type 1 Air GND A GND 9 Air Right In 2 Air Right In 10 Air Left In 3 Air Left In 11 Spare 1 GND A GND 4 Spare 1 Right In 12 Spare 1 Right In 5 Spare 1...

Page 19: ...adcast carries on normally over the PGM output The AUD control on the master module controls the total AUD level AUX L R M AUXiliary outputs Left Right and Mono These outputs can be used to connect special effects equipment for example Whether a channel can be heard on the output is dependent on the setting of the AUX routing sw itches In addition the PRE POST jumpers can be used to select w hethe...

Page 20: ...5 Extra Meter 2 Left Out 3 Extra Meter 2 GND A GND 16 Extra Meter 2 Right Out 4 Extra Meter 3 Left Out 17 Extra Meter 3 GND A GND 5 Extra Meter 3 Right Out 18 15V Power Supply POWER 6 Extra Meter 4 Left 2nd function Timer Control 1 Out 19 Extra Meter 4 GND A GND 7 Extra Meter 4 Right 2nd function Timer Control 2 Out 20 12V Power Supply POWER 8 12V Power Supply POWER 21 Main Meter Left Out 9 Main M...

Page 21: ...channel is open For the other non DJ channels select OFF COUGH COM If the external mute on a microphone or line module is active by pressing the cough talk button the module automatically sw itches to CUE if OFF is selected or to COM if ON is selected In this last case any coughing is to the COM bus In this w ay one can for example speak directly to the director instead of to the technician EXT MU...

Page 22: ...ately Is the Setup mode dangerous Should the Setup button be accessible to all users The button could of course be replaced by a key sw itch but the question is w hether that is really necessary The settings that can be made in the Setup mode are after all not so dangerous that they w ould affect the audio processing of the mixer unit as far as that is concerned the routing sw itches on all module...

Page 23: ...d guests to the COM bus In contrast to the BCS73 E there is no COM button on the microphone modules to put the signal from that module onto the COM bus and to take it off again The Setup mode comes into action again for this Select the Setup mode and press the COM button by the Announcer s volume control Then select w hich module s belong to the Announcer The same can be done for Guest 1 and Guest...

Page 24: ...an be used at the same time is limited by the quality of the telephone hybrids used If AUD is selected as w ell as PGM the return from the PGM bus has priority over the return from the AUD bus The LED in the PGM button lights up more brightly than that in the AUD button in this case CUE has a higher priority than AUD or PGM As soon as CUE is selected on a BCS73 module the external hybrid gets the ...

Page 25: ...hannel sw itched off is also possible although this is not implemented as standard in the module s operating softw are Please contact Dateq if you really need this option for your application Control Room output is switched off The signal to the Control Room output is automatically sw itched off as soon as there is a possibility that there w ill be feedback from a microphone via the speakers conne...

Page 26: ...ions the volume of your voice w ill be automatically adjusted to a fixed level Just look in the direction of the FXS station w hile talking even from a distance of more than an armlength the intelligibility will be more than sufficient This is the volume control of the internal speaker Turn this control fully counterclockw ise if you don t w ant to have the monitor source audible on the speaker Th...

Page 27: ...scjockey or engineer the STUDIO output or all destinations at the same time ALL The TEL1 TEL4 keys w ill sw itch the corresponding telephone hybrid on line This is indicated w ith green LED s in these keys The telephone hybrids in the BCS70 console w ill be numbered TEL1 TEL4 from left to right TEL3 and TEL4 are optional keys The OFF key sw itches the hybrid off line Green LED s in these keys indi...

Page 28: ... other item w as started Triggering the timer w ith a microphone channel can be useful to monitor the length of the spoken parts of a radio program TIMER COUTING DOWN To indicate the approaching end of a pre recorded item for example the BCS81 can be set in the countdow n mode The timer w ill count dow n from a set point to 0 00 0 This time can be entered with the remote control for example 1 2 EN...

Page 29: ...by pressing 3 5 6 the display w ill show 12 4 78 This means channels 3 5 and 6 are disabled Inputs 1 2 4 7 and 8 are enabled Please note that the BCS70 uses input 1 and 2 to control the timer so only inputs 3 through 8 are available for user specific signals You should alw ays have input 1 enabled Input 2 can be enabled or disabled to use the timer in tw o different operating modes If you enable i...

Page 30: ...nne in a position w here reception quality of the DCF77 transmitter is good Be aw are of the fact that the direction of the antenna is important If the reception of the transmitter is good the LED on the antenne w ill blink every second on a regular basis If the LED doesn t blink or blinks irregularly reception is bad The cause for a bad reception can often be found in computer equipment nearby or...

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