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Summary of Contents for Clear-Com WBS-670
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Page 1: Operating Instructions
Operating Instructions WBS-670, WTR-670 Professional Wireless Intercom System Intercom Systems... - Page 2 We hope that your experience with this product is a pleasant one and hope to provide you with a continuing line of Clear-Com products well into the future. In order to get the most out of your new wireless intercom system, please take a few moments to look through this booklet before using the product for the first time.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
WBS-670 Menu Structure........ - Page 4 Clear-Com Limited Warranty ........
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Page 5: Introduction
• Scan function on base station and beltpack to automati- The WBS-670 system is perfectly suited for stand-alone oper- cally find the best channels on which to operate. ation, and also can interface with Clear-Com, Audiocom ®... -
Page 7: Wbs-670 Base Station
BELTPACK CONNECT INTERCOM AUXILIARY Figure 1 WBS-670 - Front Panel 1. Power switch. 10. Microphone Gain – Adjusts the headset’s microphone gain. Adjusts so that the overmod light #9 flashes from 2. [Menu] and [Set] buttons – Used to select menus and set green to red on loudest speech. -
Page 8: Controls And Connections - Rear Panel
4. I/C Select Switch – Set to the appropriate 2-wire intercom 6. Auxiliary Input/Output – One 3-pin female XLR input type being interfaced to the unit. Set to either Clear-Com ® connector and one 3-pin male XLR output connector. -
Page 9: Wbs-670 Specifications
WBS-670 Specifications Overall RF Frequency Range ..... . 518 - 608 MHz, 614 - 740 MHz in 18 MHz TX and RX bands Power Requirements . - Page 10 2-4 Blank...
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Page 11: Wtr-670 Beltpack
ection WTR-670 Beltpack Controls and Connections - Top Panel Bat/OM Talk TALK Figure 4 WTR-670 Top Panel 1. On/Off & Volume Control – Turns the beltpack power 3. Talk Light – LED is on when the talk button is active. on and controls headset volume. -
Page 12: Controls And Connections - Rear Panel
Controls and Connections - Rear Panel 6. Headset Connector – Male XLR connector. A dynamic or electret headset microphone is automatically detected by the beltpack and a bias voltage supplied if needed. (4) Headphone (1) Microphone Low (-) Shield (-) (3) Headphone (2) Microphone High (+) -
Page 13: Wtr-670 Specifications
WTR-670 Specifications RF Frequency Range ..... . 518 - 608 MHz, 614 - 740 MHz in 18 MHz TX and RX bands Power Requirements . - Page 14 3-4 Blank...
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Page 15: Initial Equipment Set-Up
System. Below are the items that ® should come with your base station and each belt pack. damaged or missing. Quantity Description WBS-670 WBS-670 Base Station Operating Instructions Power Cord Antennas (one Transmit and one Receive) Warranty Card Screwdriver Warning Card... -
Page 16: Antenna Connections
Antenna Connection The base station is supplied with two (2) antennas. One 1/2-wave antenna for Transmit and one 1/2-wave for Receive. Menu WBS-670 2-Wire Volume SCAN 4-Wire Gain The antennas have TNC male connectors. Select On/Off Copy Down BELTPACK CONNECT... - Page 17 Make sure the “signal paths” between the base station range and performance. and beltpacks are unobstructed. You should be able to visibly locate the base station antennas at all times for best perfor- mance. WTR-670 Menu WBS-670 2-Wire Volume SCAN 4-Wire Gain Select...
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Page 18: Improving Reception/Increasing Range
1. Placing WBS's in a shelf or tennas mounted on the back equipment rack and using re- of the WBS or the side of mote antennas is OK. the rack is BAD. WBS-670 Menu 2-Wire Volume SCAN 4-Wire Gain... -
Page 19: Base Station Set-Up
Base Station Set-up INTERCOM INTERFACE POWER CONNECTION RECEIVE INTERCOM AUXILIARY AUDIO WBS-670 2-WIRE 100-240 VAC 50-60 Hz FCC ID: B5DM516 PUSH PUSH CANADA 1321231218A TRANSMIT 4-WIRE POWER Intercom Systems HIGH NORM TRANSMIT MADE IN U.S.A. TELEX CLEAR-COM INPUT OUTPUT POWER... -
Page 20: Intercom Switch
Figure 17 Base Station - Rear Panel Auxiliary Input/Output A modification document is available from Clear-Com for The input and output 3-pin auxiliary connections are for sup- those who wish to modify the base station so that auxiliary in- plying additional balanced audio into and receiving balanced put audio is heard only locally;... -
Page 21: Beltpack Set-Up
Beltpack Set-up Battery Installation Ensure that the On/Off volume control knob is turned off. Press down and hold down the battery release latch, slide the battery pack about 1/8 inch back, toward the latch, until it stops. Then lift battery pack out. Replace batteries as follows: 1. -
Page 22: Antenna Connection
To attach the two antennas, screw into the recepta- set pinout in the “WTR-670 beltpack controls and connec- cles at the bottom of the beltpack. The color dot on the screw tions” section if this is not a Clear-Com headset. A dynamic ®... - Page 23 4-9 Blank...
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Page 24: Pre-Walk-Thru Checklist
ection Pre-Walk-Thru Checklist Following the instructions fully to this point you have success- fully completed the following checklist: ❒ ❒ Located the base station properly. Connected headsets to base stations (if needed) and all beltpacks. ❒ Connected power to base station. ❒... - Page 25 5-2 Blank...
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Page 26: System Operation
Group 02A and channels 01, 02, 03 and 04. The other 6. Place batteries in the beltpacks. WBS-670 could be set on Group 02B channels 05, 06, 07 and 7. Remove the rear switch cover on the beltpacks. Set the 08. -
Page 27: Base Station Operation
If the base station is connected to a 2-wire sys- Set the base station power switch to the on position, by push- tem, such as Audiocom (Telex), RTS TW or Clear-Com, ing the top of the switch.The internal cooling fan will start im- set the intercom to 2-wire. -
Page 28: Display Contrast
However it is possible for the user to adjust the contrast if desired. The contrast control is inter- nal to the WBS-670 unit near the front panel. The cover must be removed for access to this control. Please see Figure 20 for the location. -
Page 29: Wbs-670 Menu Structure
WBS-670 Menu Structure Main Screen Flowchart The following contains the base station menu structure and references the pages in which further detail of that menu may be found. Power-Up Screen - Pg. 6-5 B40001 Clear-Com C60001 [MENU] Operating Screen - Pg. 6-5... -
Page 30: Beltpack Activity Code Definitions
Power-Up Screen Power-Up Screen • This screen is displayed only on power-up, first use de- B40001 fault, and factory default. Clear-Com C60001 • The 1 upper-right-corner number displays the base’s software revision. The version number increments for changes in operational software. -
Page 31: Group/Channel Select
Group / Channel Select Group / Channel Select The Group/Channel select screen allows the user to change the group and select from a pre-determined number of channels on Group 14 Ch 01 each receiver. Ch 02 Ch 03 • Hit [MENU] once to enter the Group / Channel Select Ch 04 Screen from the operating screen. -
Page 32: Group/Frequency Select
Group / Frequency Select Group / Frequency Select The Group/Frequency select screen allows a user to set the group and select from a pre-determined number of frequencies Group 15 715.000 on each receiver. Each frequency displayed on the right half of 716.700 the screen corresponds to a channel number in the Group/Channel Screen. -
Page 33: Frequency Edit
Frequency Edit Frequency Edit (User-Programmed Groups Only) (User-Programmed Groups Only) This menu only occurs for user-programmable groups or when copying to a user-programable group. The Frequency Edit screen allows the user to set the group transmit frequency and receive channel frequencies of a user-programmable group. •... -
Page 34: Scan
Scan Scan Scan performs a frequency scan of the factory-defined and any set-up user-programmable groups in order to find the group with the highest number of clear receive channels. After about 20-30 seconds, the group with the highest number of clear re- ceive channels will be displayed. -
Page 35: Special Key Sequences
Special Key Sequences Use Default Lockout • • Press [MENU] while turning on the base station to enter Press [UP]+[DOWN] for 3 seconds to lock or unlock the the 1 use default setup screen. This places the unit on base station. Pressing [MENU] will still function to view screens, but [SET] will no longer start any editing. -
Page 36: Beltpack Operation
Beltpack Operation POWER BATTERY LOCAL HEADSET VOLUME CHECK Bat/OM Talk TALK BUTTON TALK MICROPHONE GAIN Figure 21 WTR-670 - Top and Rear Panel Talk Button Power / Local Headset Volume Press the talk button to enable the audio path from the headset Turn the beltpack power on by rotating the knob CW. -
Page 37: Beltpack Menu Structure
WTR-670 Menu Structure Beltpack Menu Structure The following contains the main beltpack menu structure and refer- ences the pages in which further detail of that menu may be found. All beltpack features and special key sequences can only be done from the group/channel screen. - Page 38 Power-Up Screens Power-Up Screens • The first screens displayed when the beltpack is powered up are the software and channel map version screens. S20001 • The 1 screen displayed indicates the beltpack’s software version number. It is displayed for about one second. •...
- Page 39 Group / Channel Screen Group / Channel Screen The Group/Channel screen allows the user to change the group and select from a pre-determined number of transmit channels. 03A 01 03A 01 • The screen displayed after the beltpack power-up screens. [SET] •...
- Page 40 Transmit Screen Transmit Screen The Transmit screen allows the user to set the beltpack trans- mit frequency. Factory-defined groups will allow only a set number of pre-defined frequencies to be selected. User-programmable groups will allow the user to change the frequency in 25kHz steps.
- Page 41 Receive Screen Receive Screen The Receive screen allows the user to set the beltpack receive frequency. This corresponds to the base station’s transmit fre- quency. In factory-defined groups receive is not changeable. User-programable groups will allow the user to change the fre- quency in 25 KHz steps.
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Page 42: Scan
Scan Scan Scan performs a frequency scan of the factory-defined and any set-up user-programmable groups in order to find the clearest group. After about 30 seconds, the clearest group is displayed. A group is defined by the receive frequency. The next best group and so forth may be accessed with the [DOWN] and [UP] arrow buttons. -
Page 43: Talk Button Latch On/Latch Off
Talk Button Latch on/Latch off HOLD [SET] AND PRESS [TALK] • Press and hold [SET] then press the [TALK] button to show the Talk Button Latch/Non-Latching screen. The current setting of the feature is displayed on the LCD dis- play. CONTINUE TO HOLD [SET] •... -
Page 44: System Walk-Thru
ection System Walk-Thru Now that you have successfully “set-up” your Wireless Inter- The “system walk-thru” can detect problem of weak signal com System and turned on any auxiliary equipment, you are strength caused by: ready to test the overall performance by “Walking” the system through the areas in which you will be using it. - Page 45 7-2 Blank...
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Page 46: Troubleshooting
ection Troubleshooting Reread the sections of this manual to make sure you have If you are unable to solve the problem, contact the dealer from completed system set-up properly. whom you purchased the system for assistance PROBLEM SOLUTION DISTORTION - System’s audio quality seems distorted Reduce microphone gain by adjusting microphone gain at medium to high input levels. - Page 47 8-2 Blank...
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Page 48: Tech Tips
ection Tech Tips Frequency Interaction Unfortunately, radio frequency (RF) channels cannot be ran- Figure 23 displays the same gain setting as in Figure 22 but domly selected for use in radio devices. They must be selected brought into a high noise environment. The user’s voice now to avoid known frequencies in use, FCC restrictions on the lo- lights the OM indicator all the time he or she speaks due to the cation of devices, and even interference between your own RF... - Page 49 9-2 Blank...
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Page 50: Battery Information
ection Battery Information Improper battery selection, use, installation and care are the Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries: These batteries can save cause of numerous wireless system failures. you money in the long run, as they can be recharged. Typical battery life is 8 to 9 hours, which is about 70% of the length of Alkaline Batteries: Alkaline batteries such as Mallory’s time alkaline batteries last. - Page 51 10-2 Blank...
- Page 52 Intercom Systems Specifications COMMON Clear-Com ê Input Impedance: ...............200 POWER Output Level: ..........1.0 Vrms nominal ê Bridging Impedance: ............>10k Call Signaling: Send: ..............12 ñ3 VDC AUDIO Receive: ..........4 VDC Minimum Power Voltage: ..........30.0 VDC nominal MALE COMMON ê Input Impedance: ...............200 AUDIO 1 PLUS POWER Output Level: ..........0.775 Vrms nominal...
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Page 54: Accessories And Replacement Parts
ection Accessories and Replacement Parts Base Station’s AN-680 1/2 - Wave Antennas Part No. Band Color Frequency AN-680/C 615-659.9 MHz AN-680/E Green 690-724.9 MHz AN-680/G Pink 515-548 MHz AN-680/H Brown 542-575 MHz AN-680/A Blue 520-564.9 MHz AN-680/D White 660-689.9 MHz WTR Battery pack, alkaline (batteries not included) .........WTR-BC WTR Nickel Metal Hydride... - Page 55 12-2 Blank...
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Page 56: Customer Service Information
Non-Warranty Repair Equipment that is not under warranty must be sent prepaid to Clear-Com. If requested, an estimate of repair costs will be issued prior to service. Once repair is approved and repair of equipment is com- pleted, the equipment will be shipped freight collect from the factory. - Page 57 13-2 Blank...
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Page 58: Certification Information
Certification Information FCC LICENSING The WBS-670 and the WTR-670 Transmitter/Receiver are Type Accepted under United States Fed- eral Communications Commission Part 74. Licensing of equipment is the User’s responsibility and licensibility depends on the user’s classification, users application, and frequency selected. Clear-Com strongly urges the user to contact the appropriate telecommunications authority for any desired clarifi- cation. - Page 59 14-2 Blank...
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Page 60: Clear-Com Limited Warranty
This warranty is the sole and exclusive express warranty given with respect to Clear-Com products. It is the re- sponsibility of the user to determine before purchase that this product is suitable for the user's intended purpose. - Page 61 15-2 Blank...
- Page 62 Intercom Systems • Clear-Com Intercom Systems 4065 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608-3505 PN 803542 MAY 2002 Made in U.S.A.
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