Owner`s manual

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RD-12 / March 99
S U P E R P H O N E I NP U T
Superphone Input (SPD-5)
Module Overview
SPD-5 input modules are used for telephone call-ins. Each module can
handle two callers; there can be two modules per console for a total of four
callers. Caller signals enter the module from the station hybrid, and each
caller has his own fader. Caller input gain trims are provided at the top of
the module.
Output switches assign callers to any combination of the console’s
three stereo outputs: PGM (program), AUD (audition), and/or UTL
(utility).
Caller Set-Ups
Pre-air segment communication between the console operator (DJ)
and callers is via CALLER (CUE) buttons (2) which place the caller’s
voice on the console’s cue speakers (or control room speakers/operator’s
headphone if the CRD-5 module’s cue interrupt function has been so
programmed). These cue signals can be internally programmed pre or post
fader.
The caller hears the DJ in one of two ways:
1) The DJ can assign his microphone input module to an unused output
bus—say UTL—and the DJ then selects the UTL input with the EXT
switch at the top of the phone module. This sends a dedicated (digitally
generated) version of the UTL bus signal to the SPD-5 module’s hybrid
output, where it is ultimately heard by the caller through his telephone.
This mix minus source select method can also be used to preplay a musical
segment (or any other program content) for the caller off-air. Take the
SLD-5 input module handling the desired music cut and assign it to an
unused output bus; select the same bus as the caller’s mix minus source
input and he will hear it off-air.
Remember MMD-5 microphone input modules can be internally pro-
grammed to have their Utility bus feed tapped pre-fader, pre-ON/OFF, making
this a logical set-up for the DJ’s mic input if you do a lot of call-in work, since
the DJ’s voice will always be present on the console’s Utility output bus
regardless of fader or ON/OFF settings on his mic module (which must still be
assigned to UTL, however).
2) The DJ’s voice signal can be inputted through a special EXT IN port
at the SPD-5 module’s AMP A connector. This second method eliminates
the need to select a mix minus input source everytime you want to talk off-
air to the caller. An easy source choice here would be DJ mic module’s
INSERT OUT port.
RD-12 / June 99