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INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING AND QUALITY MANUFACTURING OF ELECTRONIC SWITCHING AND CONTROL PRODUCTS

244 Bergen Boulevard, West Paterson, NJ  07424       Tel 973-785-4347      Fax 973-785-3318      E-Mail [email protected]

AUDIO PRODUCT GROUP

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ML-500

OPERATION and INSTALLATION

Ideal for smaller hotels and conference centers with
more stringent budget restraints, the ML-500 strikes a
good balance in the basic requirements of microphone and
music control and the more elaborate features found in
our larger combining systems.

The system features in-room control plates to operate
microphone (on or off), background music (on or off), a
combine switch that can select one of two tielines or local,
and a volume control for the mic and music audio levels.

Efficient and fool proof installation is assured.  The in-room,
3-gang wallplates have a 7-wire cable that connects via a
pluggable screw connector to the main control unit, and
power for the main unit is provided by a PM-2 power
supply.

System operation is easily understood and can be con-
trolled by the staff.

To combine two rooms, place each room’s combining
switch to Tieline A. The rooms are now mixed. For
background music set the music volume control on each

room's wallplate to the same value, and select  "music on"
in both rooms.  Music will be heard in both rooms equally
loud. The other two rooms could be combined by placing
each room combining switch to Tieline B.

If microphone operation is desired, the rooms could be
mixed as above, the microphone switch turned on in all
mixed rooms (two in this example), and then set the vol-
ume control equally in both rooms, for a the desired listen-
ing level.

If none of the rooms are combined, then each room’s
combining switch must be set on local.  This allows
full control of each room’s audio from the wallplate.
All mixer inputs as well as the music input are elec-
tronically balanced.  All audio outputs are balanced,
600 ohm, transformer-coupled outputs insuring
trouble-free installation.

There are two busses:  Line A and Line B.  Any
wallplate that selects either of these busses will have
its associated audio summed with any other wallplate
that selects the same line.  Since this is a four-room
system (or less), only two busses are required to mix
rooms in any conceivable fashion.

THE ML-500 ROOM AUDIO
COMBINING SYSTEM

Summary of Contents for ML-500

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Page 3: ...olled by the staff To combine two rooms place each room s combining switch to Tieline A The rooms are now mixed For background music set the music volume control on each room swallplatetothesamevalue andselect musicon inbothrooms Musicwillbeheardinbothroomsequally loud Theothertworoomscouldbecombinedbyplacing eachroomcombiningswitchtoTielineB If microphone operation is desired the rooms could be m...

Page 4: ...hthefollowingequipment Audio Control Unit 4 wallplates with one packet of wallplate connectors Crimp terminals PM 2 Power Supply Refer to the hookup diagram before installing The Audio Control Unit is to be located wherever the audio amplifiers are located If the amplifiers are rack mounted then the ML 500 should be located near the top of the rack The PM 2 power supply can be located at the rear ...

Page 5: ...s fsrinc com AUDIO PRODUCT GROUP CONTROL HOOKUP DIAGRAM NOTE Use the insulated self piercing connectors to connect the wallplate wires to the already installed cable West Penn 271 To use these splicing connectors just insert the wallplate wire and the corresponding cable wire and crimp with a pair of plier ROOM 3 WALLPLATE ROOM 1 WALLPLATE ...

Page 6: ...srinc com AUDIO PRODUCT GROUP AUDIO HOOKUP DIAGRAM The microphone and music inputs are three pin screw terminals and can be wired one of two ways Forbalancedlines theusualcasewithlinelevelaudio H H Hi L L Lo S S Shield For unbalanced lines the usual case with music sources using the RCA type connector Center conductor H Hi Shield L Lo S Shield ...

Page 7: ...eceiving end SYSTEM SET UP TURN ON OPERATE MUSIC Referring to the audio hookup diagram connect the room microphones and room amplifiers Connect the background music source to the MUSIC INPUT located on the rear of the Audio Control Unit Set each wallplate as shown below Check to make sure the input trim pot MUSIC GAIN on the rear of the unit is set midway Play some music and then adjust the amplif...

Page 8: ...s in all rooms should look as follows Have someone talk into each room s microphone in turn and adjust each room s mixer output level for a comfort ablelisteninglevel thismeansthesamelevelasagreeduponwhensettingupthemusic ineachroom COMBINING ROOMS Tocheckthewallplatescombiningfunction adjustallwallplatesasshown When speaking into a room s microphone one s voice should be heard equally loud in all...

Page 9: ...il sales fsrinc com AUDIO PRODUCT GROUP Combine any two rooms and leave two separate by setting the wallplates as follows When speaking into the combined room s microphone the voice should be heard only in the combined rooms The othertworoomswillbesilent Combine rooms 1 and 2 and also rooms 3 and 4 by setting the wallplates as shown ...

Page 10: ...lse speak into the other combined rooms The audio in each pair of combined rooms should be separate Finally seteachwallplateasshown musicwillbeheardineachroom ThisconcludestheinstallationoftheML 500 The ML 500 system should now be in full operation and ready to be turned over to your client Remember to take yourclientthroughthesimplesetupprocedures A QUICK SETUP GUIDE has been provided to simplify...

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