PRO Stormtrooper / Bounty Hunter Voice Amp,
2005 Hyperdyne Labs
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Each of the above settings are modified by pressing the onboard pushbutton a desired number of times while the
board is in SETUP MODE.
Setting Number
of button
presses
Board responds with…
Value range
Default
value
1) Increment the VOX auto
timeout
1
2 short beeps, LED blinks 1x
2.5 sec – 60 sec
2.5 sec
2) Increment the VOX on
threshold
2
1 long-short beep + LED blinks 2x
1 (low) – 8 (high)
2
3) Increment the VOX off
threshold
3
1 long-short beep +LED blinks 3x
1 (low) – 8 (high)
2
4) Toggle Static Sounds
ON/OFF
4
1 long-short beep + LED blinks 4x
On/off
ON
5) Toggle Bounty Hunter
voice modulation (Boushh
effect)
5
1 long-short beep + LED blinks 5x
On/off
OFF
6) Toggle PTT (push to talk)
mode ON/OFF
6
1 long-short beep + LED blinks 6x
On/off
OFF
7) Reset all saved settings
back to default
8
LED blinks 1x
NA
NA
Table 1. – Changing board settings
Setting 1: VOX auto timeout
When the unit is turned on, the mic is “closed”, meaning that you can turn up your speaker as loud as you like with
no feedback. Once the mic “opens”, you can hear your voice but also experience feedback if the volume is up too
loud. The VOX auto timeout helps out with constant feedback by closing the mic after a specified time period. By
default, once you start talking, the VOX auto timeout is set to 2.5 seconds. If you continue talking after 2.5 sec, the
board will close the mic no matter what. By pressing the pushbutton for less than a second, you can increment the
timeout period by 2.5 sec each press. When you have pressed the button 24 times (60 sec), it will automatically roll
back around to 2.5 seconds again.
When you press the button 1x and release it in SETUP MODE, the board will respond with 2 short beeps. The new
setting is also stored in the board’s memory, so when you power the unit on again it will remember your settings.
Rule of thumb: The shorter the timeout period, the shorter sentences you can say before being auto cut off – but you
will not experience much feedback with this method since the mic is automatically closed after a short speaking
session. The longer you make the timeout period, the longer you can talk in a session – but feedback can start up if
you stop talking well before the timeout period. This is a tradeoff you will have to experiment with.
Setting 2: VOX “on” threshold
This is also known as the squelch point. When you talk into the mic, you voice volume must surpass this threshold
before the mic is “opened”. When the mic is open, your voice is sent to the speaker. The higher the VOX on setting,
the more voice volume you need to trigger the mic. The default setting is 2, which is a nominal VOX on level. If
background noise is keeping the mic open, increment this setting by one button press and try again. For higher VOX
on thresholds, you may find it necessary to blow into the mic to get it to open, then talk normally.
When you press the button 2x in SETUP MODE, the board will respond with 1 short beep and 1 long beep. The
new setting is also stored in the board’s memory, so when you power the unit on again it will remember your
settings.
