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Redback® A 1730 Message Player
Operating Manual
A 1730
Message Player
Redback® Proudly Made In Australia
Distributed by Altronic Distributors Pty. Ltd.
Phone: 1300 780 999 Fax: 1300 790 999 Internet: www.altronics.com.au
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please read these instructions carefully from front to back prior to installation.
They include important setup instructions.
Failure to follow these instructions may prevent the unit from working as designed.
User manual revision number: 1.0 15/09/2023
www.redbackaudio.com.au
Redback® Proudly Made In Australia
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  • Page 1 Redback® A 1730 Message Player Operating Manual A 1730 Message Player Redback® Proudly Made In Australia Distributed by Altronic Distributors Pty. Ltd. Phone: 1300 780 999 Fax: 1300 790 999 Internet: www.altronics.com.au IMPORTANT NOTE: Please read these instructions carefully from front to back prior to installation.
  • Page 2 100% developed, designed & assembled in Australia. Since 1976 we have been manufacturing Redback amplifiers in Perth, Western Australia. With over 40 years experience in the commercial audio industry, we offer consultants, installers and end users reliable products of high build quality with local product support.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5.1 Installing MP3 Files Into Trigger Folders 5.2 MP3 File Format 5.3 Alert and Evac Messages 5.4 Cancel Messages 6.0 Downloading And Uploading MP3 Files 6.1 Uploading Files To The A 1730 6.2 Downloading Files From The A 1730 7.0 Troubleshooting 8.0 Firmware Update 9.0 Specifications www.redbackaudio.com.au...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1.0 OVERVIEW 1.1 INTRODUCTION The A 1730 is an MP3 based message player and tone generator designed for public address, security, customer direction or emergency evacuation announcements. This compact message player can be custom programmed with tones, messages or music for use in interactive displays, security, customer entry and emergency evacuation announcements.

  • Page 5: Front Panel Connections

    Upload/Download Switch Use this switch to upload MP3 files from the micro SD card to the internal storage of the A 1730, or download the MP3 files from the unit to a micro SD card. (Refer to section 5.0 for details) Micro SD card slot The Micro SD card which has the messages/tracks (in MP3 format) to be played is inserted here.

  • Page 6: Front Panel Connections

    The switched output terminal is triggered when any message or tone is activated. The output voltage is the same as the power supplied to the unit. ie if the A 1730 is powered by 12V DC, the switched output voltage will be 12V DC.

  • Page 7: Operation

    Note: If a blank micro SD card is inserted, the A 1730 will copy the contents of the internal memory to the SD card, and then use the SD card for playback. The contents of the SD card can then be altered on a PC, and either used with the card inserted back into the unit ,or uploaded back into the internal memory and the card removed (see section 5.0 for details).

  • Page 8: Dip Switch Settings

    5.0 ACCESSING FILES ON THE MICRO SD CARD Remove power from the A 1730 and then remove the micro SD card from the front of the unit. To remove the micro SD card push the card in and it will eject itself.

  • Page 9: Installing Mp3 Files Into Trigger Folders

    Redback® A 1730 Message Player Included on the micro SD card is a folder labelled #LIBRARY# (shown in figure 5) which includes a collection of sample tones and messages which can be used for the trigger MP3’s. Fig 5 5.1 Installing MP3 files into trigger folders To open a trigger folder simply double click on the relevant folder, such as our example of the trig2 folder shown in figure 6.

  • Page 10: Alert And Evac Messages

    As outlined in section 4.0, the A 1730 will play MP3’s from the internal memory or from the micro SD card. If the MP3’s are to be played from the micro SD card, make sure the A 1730 is OFF and insert the Micro SD card into the slot in the front;...

  • Page 11: Downloading And Uploading Mp3 Files

    6.1 Uploading files to the A 1730 To upload the contents of a micro SD card to the A 1730, a text file named upload.txt is required in the root folder of the micro SD card, as shown in figure 9. This can be created using notepad or some other text file editor and copied on to the micro SD card.

  • Page 12: Troubleshooting

    6) With the power turned OFF, insert the Micro SD card back into the A 1730 7) Turn the A 1730 ON. The unit will check the micro SD card and if an update is required the A 1730 will perform the update automatically.

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