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T E C H N O L O G Y
CUE/HOLD
function, set up bi-directional ‘off-air’ communications. This
system operates by ‘ducking’ the incoming phone call when any
commentator is speaking. The procedure for establishing a phone call for bi-
directional communications, and for mixing calls into program feeds, is
discussed in the following section.
28.7.2.
Making Out-bound Calls Using the Phone Coupler
The procedure to make a call using the
PHONE COUPLER
is as follows:
1.
Ensure that you have a phone line plugged into the
Line 2 COUPLER
input on the rear panel of the codec.
2.
Use the
MS
(Menu Selector) to go to the
PHONE Enter#
connection on
the codec
LCD
.
3.
Next press the
TAKE/RELEASE
button on the codec and you should hear
the phone line dial tone in the headphones plugged into
HEADPHONE 1
on the rear panel of the codec.
4.
Next dial the phone number using the keypad on the codec and press the
ENTER/DIAL
button to make the call.
5.
The
TAKE/RELEASE
button will flash red when there is an incoming call.
Simply press the
TAKE/RELEASE
button and the
CUE/HOLD
button will
illuminate yellow and allow you to talk ‘off-air’.
If the announcer in
INPUT 1
wants to go back on-air after chatting off-air via
the
PHONE COUPLER,
simply press the illuminated
PHONE COUPLER
CUE/HOLD
button to turn it off and make sure the channel
ON/OFF
button is
switched on for
INPUT 1
. The announcer is now back on-air.
28.7.3.
Taking Live Callers in the Field
By using the
PHONE COUPLER’s
ON/OFF
function you can also mix a call
into the main program feed. The
TAKE/RELEASE
button will flash red if
there is an incoming call. Simply press the
TAKE/RELEASE
button and the
CUE/HOLD
button will illuminate yellow and allow you to talk ‘off-air’. If you
wish to put the
PHONE COUPLER
on-air once you have established a call,
simply press the
ON/OFF
button in the
PHONE COUPLER
section and it will
go live to
Encoder 1 Out
(and is also sent to
CH 1 Out
which can be useful for
PA feeds etc.
)
Please Note:
1.
The
PHONE COUPLER
for all the manual default profiles is set up to
work as a communications channel for the announcer or commentator
using
INPUT 1
and the
HEADPHONE 1
output on the codec.
2.
The announcer plugged into
INPUT 1
will be able to speak using the
PHONE COUPLER
even if the channel
ON/OFF
button is switched off.
3.
Incoming and outgoing
PHONE COUPLER
audio will be monitored in
the right side of the headphones in
HEADPHONE 1
.
