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Telex RadioCom BTR-800 Operating Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    Telex Operating Instructions RadioCom ™ BTR-800, TR-800 Professional Wireless Intercom System...
  • Page 2 Thank you for choosing Clear-Com Telex Communications would like to take this opportunity to thank you for choosing the RadioCom™ BTR-800 Professional Wireless Intercom System. Many of the features in this product are the result of years of develop- ment work with many of the features developed from customer feedback. We hope that your experience with this product is a pleasant one and hope to provide you with a continuing line of RadioCom™...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    BTR-800 Base Station........
  • Page 4 Table of Contents (continued) Beltpack Operation............... . . 6-11 Power/Local Headset Volume .

  • Page 5: Introduction

    • beltpack. Compatible with Audiocom® (Telex), RTS TW, Matrix, ClearCom® , and other wired intercom types. The BTR-800 system is perfectly suited for stand-alone opera- tion and also can interface with Audiocom® (Telex), RTS® • Two channels of intercom audio.

  • Page 7: Btr-800 Base Station

    14. Local Headset Connector – Male XLR connector for trols. Audio input and output level controls. 2-wire or Telex units, Female XLR connector for RTS units. A dy- 4-wire select button with green LED indicator lights. Se- namic or electret headset microphone is automatically de- lected LED will change to RED if the input levels are too tected.

  • Page 8: Controls And Connections - Rear Panel

    4. I/C Select Switch – Set to the appropriate 2-wire intercom 9. Auxiliary Input/Output – One 3-pin female XLR input type being interfaced to the unit. Set to either Telex, RTS connector and one 3-pin male XLR output connector. or ClearCom®.

  • Page 9: Btr-800 Specifications

    Four Wire Output ..........Level Adjustable (2 Vrms typical) Telex Intercom ....Input/Output Level Adjustable (1 Vrms typical), Line impedance 300ê...
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  • Page 11: Tr-800 Beltpack

    TR-800 Beltpack Controls and Connections - Top Panel Telex BAT/OM TALK CHANNEL TALK Figure 4 TR-800 Top Panel 1. On/Off & Volume Control – Turns the beltpack power 5. Bat/Overmod Light – Light will flash once when unit is on and controls headset volume.

  • Page 12: Controls And Connections - Rear Panel

    Controls and Connections - Rear Panel 6. Headset Connector – Male XLR connector for Telex units, Female XLR connector for RTS units. A dynamic or electret headset microphone is automatically detected by the beltpack and a bias voltage supplied if needed.

  • Page 13: Tr-800 Specifications

    TR-800 Specifications RF Frequency Range ..... . 518 - 608 MHz, 614 - 740 MHz in 18 MHz TX and RX bands Power Requirements .
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  • Page 15: Initial Equipment Set-Up

    Contact the shipper or your dealer immediately if anything is Unpack your RadioCom™ System. Below are the items that should come with your base station and each belt pack. damaged or missing. Fill out the registration card and return it to Telex to register the unit. Quantity Description BTR-800...

  • Page 16: Accessories And Replacement Parts

    The antennas can be remoted for better signal path. A Telex coax assembly with remote antennas may be required. See "Accessory" section fr ordering information.
  • 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. RadioCom BTR-800 MENU ä 2 WIRE 2 WIRE ON/O.M.

  • Page 18: Improving Reception/Increasing Range

    BTR or the side of the mote antennas is OK. rack is BAD. RadioCom MENU ä BTR-800 2 WIRE 2 WIRE ON/O.M. VOLUME TALK/O.M. ClearScan 4 WIRE 4 WIRE...

  • Page 19: Base Station Set-Up

    STAGE ANNOUNCE TRANSMIT BASE STATION POWER LINK 4 WIRE 4 WIRE RELAY CONTACT Telex TRANSMIT HIGH NORM Telex Communications, Inc. TELEX CLEARCOM MADE IN USA INPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT POWER TRANSMIT SWITCHES INTERCOM SWITCH Figure 15 Base Station - Rear Panel...

  • Page 20: Internal Transmit Switches

    This is the “ON” position for the transmitters. tems. In the normal use of the BTR-800, there is no need to access This switch only affects the two-wire intercom systems. The these switches. They are used to test the transmitters individu- functions of the I/C XLRs change depending on the intercom ally at the factory.
  • Page 21 CANADA 1321231218A STAGE ANNOUNCE TRANSMIT BASE STATION POWER LINK 4 WIRE 4 WIRE RELAY CONTACT Telex HIGH HIGH NORM NORM TRANSMIT Telex Communications, Inc. TELEX CLEARCOM POWER MADE IN USA INPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT BTR-800 HEADSET LINE BP-350 HEADSET LINE BP-350 TR-800s...

  • Page 22: Dual Listen Functionality

    750541 does not have locations to place compo- provided on audio board part number 750608. nents, however, modification documents may be obtained from Telex Communications for those who wish to modify older audio boards for dual listen. BACK...

  • Page 23: Auxiliary Input/Output

    Auxiliary Input/Output The input and output 3-pin XLR auxiliary connections are for The output auxiliary audio is also taken from the intercom B supplying additional balanced audio into and receiving bal- base local headset, beltpack(s), headsets, and any wired inter- com connected to the base station.

  • Page 24: Stage Announce /Relay Contacts

    BASE STATION POWER LINK 4 WIRE 4 WIRE RELAY CONTACT Telex TRANSMIT HIGH NORM Telex Communications, Inc. TELEX CLEARCOM MADE IN USA POWER INPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT STAGE ANNOUNCE STAGE ANNOUNCE RELAY Base Station - Rear Panel Stage Announce / Relay Contacts...

  • Page 25: Base Station Link

    POWER LINK 4 WIRE 4 WIRE RELAY CONTACT Telex TRANSMIT HIGH NORM Telex Communications, Inc. TELEX CLEARCOM POWER MADE IN USA INPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT Base Station - Rear Panel Base Station Link This RJ-45 type jack allows the connection of wireless talk A cable to accomplish this task is NOT supplied, but can eas- ily be made with common category 5 (CAT-5) wiring.

  • Page 26: 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 27: Antenna Connection

    TR-800 beltpack controls and connections” 1/4-wave antennas. To attach the two antennas, screw into the section if this is not a Telex headset. A dynamic or electret receptacles at the bottom of the beltpack. The color dot on the...
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  • Page 29: 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. ❒...
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  • Page 31: System Operation

    12:00 o’clock position. Check that and 1B, have different base station transmit frequencies, how- front panel IC A and B is in 2-wire for AudioCom (Telex), RTS - TW and ClearCom wired systems, and 4-wire for ever, they both have the same eight base station receive chan- RTS Matrix and stand-alone operation.

  • Page 32: 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 Clearcom, ing the top of the switch.The internal cooling fan will start im- set the intercom to 2-wire.

  • Page 33: Display Contrast

    However it is possible for the user to adjust the contrast if desired. The contrast control is inter- nal to the BTR-800 unit near the front panel. The cover must be removed for access to this control. Please see Figure 26 for the location.

  • Page 34: Btr-800 Menu Structure

    BTR-800 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 Telex SB10001 C60001 RadioCom [MENU] Operating Screen - Pg. 6-5...

  • Page 35: Power-Up Screen

    Power-Up Screen Power-Up Screen • This screen is displayed only on power up, first use de- Telex SB10001 fault and factory default. C60001 RadioCom • The 1 upper right corner number displays the base’s soft- ware revision. The single version number increments for changes in operational software.

  • Page 36: 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 37: 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 38: 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 frequencies and receive channel frequencies of a user-programmable group.

  • Page 39: Clearscan

    ClearScan™ ClearScan™ ClearScan™ 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 receive channels will be displayed.

  • Page 40: Special Key Sequences

    Special Key Sequences Lockout Use Default • • Press [UP]+[DOWN] for 3 seconds to lock or unlock the Press [MENU] while turning on the base station to enter 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 41: Beltpack Operation

    Beltpack Operation WIRELESS TALK AROUND POWER (WTA) BATTERY LOCAL HEADSET VOLUME CHECK Telex BAT/OM TALK TALK BUTTON CHANNEL TALK STAGE ANNOUNCE STAGE ANNOUNCE CHANNEL SELECT MICROPHONE (SA) (SA) BUTTON GAIN Figure 29 TR-800 - Top and Rear Panel Power / Local Headset Volume Channel Select Button Turn the beltpack power on by rotating the knob CW.

  • Page 42: Beltpack Menu Structure

    TR-800 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 43 Power-Up Screens Power-Up Screens • The first screens displayed when the beltpack is powered up are the software and channel map version screens. S10001 • The 1 screen displayed indicates the beltpack’s software version number. It is displayed for about one second. •...
  • Page 44 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 45 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 46 Receive 1 Screen Receive 1 Screen The Receive 1 screen allows the user to set the beltpack re- ceive 1 frequency. This corresponds to the base station’s trans- mit 1 frequency. In factory-defined groups receive 1 is not changeable. User-programable groups will allow the user to change the frequency in 25 KHz steps.
  • Page 47 Receive 2 Screen Receive 2 Screen The Receive 2 screen allows the user to set the beltpack re- ceive 2 frequency. This corresponds to the base station’s trans- mit 2 frequency. In factory-defined groups receive 1 is not changeable. User-programable groups will allow the user to change the frequency in 25 KHz steps.

  • Page 48: Clearscan

    ClearScan™ ClearScan™ ClearScan™ 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 receive 1 and 2 frequencies. The next best group and so forth may be accessed with the [DOWN] and [UP] arrow buttons.

  • Page 49: Stage Announce Enable/Disable

    HOLD [SET] AND PRESS [SA] Stage Announce Enable/Disable • Press and hold [SET] then press the [SA] button to show the SA enable/disable screen. The current setting of the feature is displayed on the LCD. CONTINUE TO HOLD [SET] AND PRESS [SA] AGAIN •...

  • Page 50: Audio Channel A Or B Enable/Disable

    Disabling Audio Channel A Audio Channel A or B Disable/Enable HOLD [SET] AND PRESS [CHAN] • Press and hold [SET] then press the [CHAN] button to show the channel enable/disable screen. The current set- ting of the feature is displayed on the LCD. CONTINUE TO HOLD [SET] AND PRESS [CHAN] AGAIN •...

  • Page 51: Special Key Sequences

    Special Key Sequences Lockout • Press [UP]+[DOWN] for 3 seconds to lock or unlock the beltpack. The words “Loc on” will be displayed when the feature is activated, “Loc oFF” will be displayed when the beltpack is unlocked. Pressing [MENU] will still function to view screens, but [SET] will no longer start any edit- ing.
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  • Page 53: System Walk-Thru

    ❒ Check that the talk button is engaged. The talk LED In 99% of all instances you will set up your Telex Wireless In- will be illuminated. tercom System, walk it through the area of interest and achieve error-free performance.
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  • Page 55: Troubleshooting

    Make sure that all the Telex beltpack(s) are on. If there are any unused receivers at the base, turn the audio off from those receivers by deselecting the appropriate “Portable INTERFERENCE - System picks up signals other than Station Connect”...
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  • Page 57: Tech Tips

    The factory defined frequencies (Groups 01A-24) se- system is distortion on louder speech. The microphone gain lected by Telex for this RadioCom™ system are chosen to must be reduced. The same applies to a user with a powerful minimize possible interference.
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  • Page 59: 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.
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  • Page 61 AUDIO 2 Send: ........20kHz ñ100 Hz, 240 mVrms Receive: ......20kHz ñ800 Hz, 100 mVrms MALE Power Voltage: ..........28.0 VDC nominal COMMON AudioCom/Telex ê Input Impedance: ...............300 AUDIO ( - ) PLUS POWER Output Level: ..........1.0 Vrms nominal ê Bridging Impedance: ............>10k Call Signaling: Send: ........20kHz ñ100 Hz, 05 mVrms...
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  • Page 63: Accessories And Replacement Parts

    (3 meters) coaxial cable with TNC Australian ............550024018 connectors BTR Intercom Dummy Load Order No. 71147000 Telex type............PN 878935 RTS type ............PN 878990 Antenna Cables Special low loss antenna cables with TNC Connectors SA Relay screw plug adapter......PN 2862046 TR LCD/switch cover..........PN 450364...
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  • Page 65: Customer Service Information

    Telex reserves the right to make changes in design and improvement on its product without assuming any obligation to install the same on any of its products previously manufactured. Further Telex re- serves the right to ship new and/or improved products which are similar to the form, fit and function of products originally ordered.
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  • Page 67: Software License

    ® IMPORTANT - Please red this document carefully before using this product. THIS DOCUMENT STATES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH TELEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (the “COMPANY”) OFFERS TO LICENSE THE INSTALLED SOFTWARE OR PROGRAM (the “SOFT- WARE”) FOR USE WITH THE PRODUCT IN WHICH IT WAS INSTALLED. YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE- COME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
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  • Page 69: Fcc Information

    FCC Information FCC LICENSING The Telex BTR-800 and the TR-800 Transmitter/Receiver are Type Accepted under United States Federal Communications Commission Part 74. Licensing of Telex equipment is the User’s responsibility and licensibility depends on the user’s classification, users application, and frequency selected. Telex strongly urges the user to contact the appropriate telecommunications authority for any desired clarification.
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  • Page 71: Limited Warranty

    1. Delivery of the product or parts postage prepaid to the Telex dealer, authorized service facility or factory. 2. Determination by Telex that a defect exists and is covered by limited warranty. Defects due to alteration, repair by un- authorized persons, insertion of non-Telex parts, misuse, accidental damage, use of the equipment for purposes other than those for which it was designed, and the like, are not covered by this limited warranty and repairs thereof will be subject to normal service charges.
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  • Page 74 • TELEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 12000 Portland Ave. South, Burnsville, MN 55337. PN 803257-1 JUNE 2002 Made in U.S.A.

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