Telex RadioCom BTR-700, Operating Instructions Manual

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Beltpack Op er a tion
Power / Lo cal Head set Vol ume
Turn the beltpack power on by ro tat ing the knob CW. Ad just
the vol ume to the head set by ro tat ing the vol ume con trol as re -
quired for a com fort able lis ten ing vol ume.
Bat tery Check
When the beltpack power is turned on by ro tat ing the knob,
the BAT/OM LED will flash once if the bat tery is good. If the
LED stays on, the bat tery is low. If the LED does not flash,
the bat tery is dead.
Talk But ton
Press the talk but ton to en able the au dio path from the head set
mi cro phone. The TALK/OM LED will turn red when au dio is
en abled. A quick press and re lease latches the talk func tion
un less latch ing has been disabled. Holding the but ton for over
½ a sec ond will cause the au dio path to be en abled only for as
long as the but ton is held. If the talk func tion is latched on,
press ing the talk but ton again will turn it off. See the “Talk
But
ton Latching/Non-Latching” instructions in Sec tion 6 to
learn how to en able/dis able latch ing of the talk but ton.
Mi cro phone Gain
Ad justs the head set’s mi cro phone gain. Ad just so the TALK/OM
LED flashes red at the be gin ning of most words at nor mal speech
lev els. If the in put is too large, the LED will be red dur ing the
com plete word at nor mal speech level. The peak-responding au -
dio lim iter in the beltpack is very tol er ant of high in put au dio lev -
els. Even when the mi cro phone gain is max i mized, and head set
vol ume re duced to make up for the louder au dio, the au dio will
still sound good and not clipped.
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VOL
OFF
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BAT/OM TALK
TALK
POWER
LOCAL HEADSET VOLUME
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MIC
PT
TX
PT
TALK
TALK
BUTTON
MICROPHONE
GAIN
BATTERY
CHECK
Fig ure 21
TR-700 - Top and Rear Panel