178.847UK, 178.848UK User Manual
External Inputs
In addition to the QRPABT
’s own VHF microphone
s, a pair of 6.3mm jack inputs (8) are provided to connect external
wired or wireless microphones, which are both governed by the MIC VOL control (5).
(MIC 1 can also accept an electric guitar input).
Twin RCA (7) and a 3.5mm stereo AUX (9) input are provided for line input sources such as CD player or smart phone.
Adjacent to the twin RCA input is a twin RCA line output (17) carrying the overall main mix.
This can be fed on to further active speakers or portable PA units via a twin RCA lead.
VCV
The VCV button (14) activates a Voice-Controlled Volume function which causes the media player to be temporarily
muted when there is audio input from a
microphone. This can be useful to “duck” music
when making announcements.
Internal USB/SD player & Bluetooth receiver
The QRPABT onboard media player (11) can play back files from USB/SD/FM media or a paired Bluetooth device.
Insert a USB memory stick or an SD card with compressed digital audio files stored on it into the relevant slot on the top
panel. Playback will normally start automatically from the last media inserted (USB or SD).
If the LCD display shows a jack plug (AUX), press the MODE button and check that the LCD display shows that media is
being read from the USB or SD device. If not, press the
button or try removing and re-inserting the memory device.
Increasing the Master Volume control (13) should result in the audio being played through the speakers.
Rear panel controls for the media player (12)
are detailed below…
MODE
switches input between USB/SD/FM media or Bluetooth
press for previous track (hold for volume -)
press for next track (hold for )
REC
Press to record audio to media
Play/Pause playback or FM scan (hold to pair for TWS)
Pressing the REC button initiates recording of external inputs to any inserted USB or SD media as a .wav file.
Pressing REC again will stop the recording. These tracks can be played back from USB/SD in the same way as mp3 files.
In FM mode, press and hold the
button to initiate automatic scan of available radio stations, which are then stored to
memory as channels in order of frequency. Once completed, use
and
buttons to step through saved radio stations.
To connect a smart phone or other Bluetooth device to the QRPABT media player, open the Bluetooth menu on your
device and search for the QRPABT unit, which is simply called
“
bluetooth
”. Pair with this ID and connect
to play audio
from the Bluetooth device through the QRPABT unit.
TWS
(True Wireless Stereo) can be activated if 2 of the same QRPABT are operated in Bluetooth range of each other.
Switch both units on and before pairing any phone, set each to Bluetooth and press and hold Play. The LED is normally
blue flashing before pairing, solid blue when paired, red flashing when TWS pairing, solid red when TWS paired. Pair the
master unit to a smartphone and this will play the left channel, whereas the other QRPABT will play the right channel.
Pressing the MODE button will select between FM, Bluetooth & USB/SD playback.
Volume and track navigation can be achieved via the media player control panel.
Bluetooth pairing is always available for a single device so long as the device is
within reception range. It may be necessary to re-connect if the device has moved
out of range and disconnected.
In addition to the panel controls, an infra-red remote control is provided for the
media player which adds some further functions to allow greater control over the
media player.
To use the remote, remove the clear plastic tab to activate the battery.