Operational Description - Arrakis Systems ARC-8 Technical Manual

Operational Description

CH 3 A/B switch
select between an unbalanced or
balanced source input
ARC-8
CH 3
Talk Cue
1 2
Mic 1 Mic 2
Two Mic channels
For normal on air talent
or a Host and Guest talk
format.
Channel one features a
'Talk' button to talk to the
phone hybrid.
Auto-cue into the Monitor and Headphone systems
The ARC-8 features a cue system that plays through the monitor and headphone systems. To cue a channel, depress the cue switch. The
Program audio in the Monitor speakers will dim and the Cue audio from the cue'd channel will play through the monitor speakers and
through the headphones.
P R O D U C T D E S C R I P T I O N
VU Meters
LED VU meters with accurate VU ballistics
for the main Program bus
Left
Program
-20 -15 -10 -5 -3-1 0 1 2 3 -20 -15 -10 -5
Cue Cue Cue
3 4 5 6
Five line channels
For CD players, MP3 play-
ers, and other analog
sources.
Channels 3-7 have BOTH
unbalanced and balanced
stereo input jacks
Right
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CH 8
PC
-3-1 0 1 2 3
Cue Cue External
Monitor
7 8
Channel On-off switches
PC channel
The 'B' input on channel 8 is an inter-
nal PC USB sound card for playing
directly in digital from a Windows PC.
The 'A' input is a stereo, RCA, unbal-
anced, -10dBu, consumer level input.
2.2
CH 8 A/B switch
select between a stereo line level input and
an internal PC USB soundcard
Monitor Input
Selector
selects an External
audio input (such as
off air) as the
source for the Moni-
tor & Headphone
systems
Monitor &
Headphone
Level Controls
slide faders for con-
trol of monitoring
Head
phone
level
Phone channel Seven
Channel 7 can be used as a Tele-
phone input and generates a Mix-
minus output to be connected to
an external phone hybrid. Turn
the Cue button on to listen off-
line to the caller. Push the Talk
switch on the Mic one channel to
use the Control room mic to talk
off-line to the caller. To place the
caller on air just turn the chan-
nel on.