User guide
DCM-1 User Manual v1.0
Conguration
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Line Priority Hold Time
Rotary: sets value
The LINE PRI HOLD parameter sets the time for which the
Line Priority Input (enabled in the LINE PRI SEL menu
function above) remains the source after the audio signal has
been removed.
The rotary control sets the Hold value in the range from
1s to 12s, in 1s increments. The default value is 3s. It may be
necessary to increase this value if the Line Priority feature
is being used with a conventional music source such as a
CD player or CD jukebox, to prevent the source selection
temporarily reverting to the original selection between
tracks, for example.
Note that the Line Priority Hold Time is global – it applies
to all Zones/Groups and Music Inputs.
The numeric buttons are not used in this function.
Line Priority Release Time
Rotary: sets value
At the end of the Line Priority Hold Time (see above), it
would be disconcerting if the audio level of the original
programme (the currently selected Music source) were to
immediately resume its previous level. Instead it ramps back
up to its previous level from zero over the Release Time
period.
The rotary control sets the Release value in the range from
1s to 12s, in 1s increments. The default value is 1s.
Note that the Line Priority Release Time is global – it applies
to all Zones/Groups and Music Inputs.
The numeric buttons are not used in this function.
Select Mic Priority Input
Rotary:
Buttons:
selects Zone/Group
select Mic Input
When a microphone is in use in a Zone (or Group) as well
as a music source, it may be desirable for the music (the line
input) to be reduced in volume, to allow the microphone
signal to be more readily heard. (This process is often called
“ducking”.) The MIC PRI SEL menu function congures the
DCM-1 to do this.
The rotary control selects the Zone in which Microphone
Priority is to be set (displayed by name if they have been
renamed). Note that rotating the control “beyond” Zone
8 allows Groups 1 to 4 to be selected as well to permit
assignment of a priority microphone for each Group as well
as each Zone.
The rst four numeric buttons correspond to the four
Microphone Inputs. If multiple ME-1 remote access plates
are daisy-chained to a Microphone Input, selecting that Input
effectively selects all the physical mic inputs connected to
it, and any or all mics plugged into them will activate the
Priority.
The default assignment is for no priority mic to be assigned
for any Zone or Group. Pressing a button assigns that
Microphone Input as a priority mic for the currently-
displayed Zone or Group; a second press unassigns it.
A mic must be enabled for the Zone or Group for it to be
available as a Mic Priority Input (see page 33 for details).
Note that more than one Mic Input may be assigned as the
Priority Mic Input for each Zone or Group, if wished.
Mic Priority Hold Time
Rotary: sets value
The MIC PRI HOLD function operates in the same way as
LINE PRI HOLD (see above), except that it applies to the
Priority Microphone instead of the Priority Music Input. It
determines how long the music will remain reduced in
volume (or “ducked”) once the priority mic signal has
stopped.
The rotary control sets the Hold value in the range from 1s
to 12s, in 1s increments. The default value is 3s.
Note that the Mic Priority Hold Time is global – it applies to
all Zones/Groups and Mic Inputs.
The numeric buttons are not used in this function.
Mic Priority Release Time
Rotary: sets value
At the end of the Mic Priority Hold Time (see above), the
level of the music programme ramps back up from its
attenuated level to its previous level over the Release Time
period.
The rotary control sets the Release value in the range from
1s to 12s, in 1s increments. The default value is 1s.
Note that the Mic Priority Release Time is global – it applies
to all Zones/Groups and Mic Inputs.
The numeric buttons are not used in this function.