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EF-202/204
DUAL/FOUR CHANNEL MASTER STATION
E-200 SERIES CABLE INTERCOM SYSTEM
OWNERS MANUAL
PRELIMINARY
ISSUE 16/04/2012
AUDIO ELECTRONICS DESIGN
EQUIPOS EUROPEOS ELECTRÓNICOS, S.A.L
Avda. de la Industria, 50. 28760 TRES CANTOS-MADRID (SPAIN).
34-91-761 65 80
34-91-804 43 58
altair@altairaudio.com
www.altairaudio.com
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- Page 1 EF-202/204 DUAL/FOUR CHANNEL MASTER STATION E-200 SERIES CABLE INTERCOM SYSTEM OWNERS MANUAL PRELIMINARY ISSUE 16/04/2012 AUDIO ELECTRONICS DESIGN EQUIPOS EUROPEOS ELECTRÓNICOS, S.A.L Avda. de la Industria, 50. 28760 TRES CANTOS-MADRID (SPAIN). 34-91-761 65 80 34-91-804 43 58 altair@altairaudio.com www.altairaudio.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES 1. INTRODUCTION..............................4 2. SWITCHES, CONTROLS, ADJUSTMENTS AND CONNECTORS.................5 FRONT PANEL..............................5 REAR PANEL..............................6 3. WORKING PRECAUTIONS..........................7 4. INSTALLATION..............................7 UNPACKING ..............................7 MOUNTING..............................7 CHANGING THE FUSE............................7 CONNECTING TO THE MAINS.........................8 PROGRAM INPUT CONNECTION........................8 UNBALANCED INPUT: ..............................9 BALANCED INPUT: .............................. - Page 3 7. BLOCK DIAGRAM............................31 8. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.........................32 9. WARRANTY..............................33 PACKAGE CONTENTS: -THIS OWNERS MANUAL -1x EF-204 4 CHANNEL INTERCOM BASE STATION -1x GOOSNECK MICROPHONE -1x MAINS PLUG EURO OR UK MODELS -4x PAPER ADHESIVE CALL LABELS -4x TRANSPARENT TALK LABELS -4x RUBBER FEET...
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Page 4: Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the ALTAIR master station EF-202/EF-204 of the E-200 series intercom system. There is a lot the characteristics that make of the ALTAIR E-200 series one of the most highlighted in the audio professional market, some are enumerated here: The Master station unit includes the power supply for all the intercom components in the ... -
Page 5: Switches, Controls, Adjustments And Connectors
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 2. SWITCHES, CONTROLS, ADJUSTMENTS AND CONNECTORS These are the switches, controls, adjustments and connectors that you can find in your ALTAIR intercom master station. The description and explanation of each one will be found in the corresponding section. -
Page 6: Rear Panel
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 REAR PANEL... -
Page 7: Working Precautions
It is always recommended to mount the unit in rack, either for mobile or fixed installations, for protection, safety, aesthetics, etc. The ALTAIR EF-202/EF-204 is designed for standard 19" rack mounting, and takes up 1u high rack space. CHANGING THE FUSE This unit incorporates an internal, worldwide voltage operation power supply, and it is prepared to work from 90 to 264 VAC, 50-60Hz. -
Page 8: Connecting To The Mains
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES Make sure that the unit is disconnected from the mains. In the unit rear panel are placed the mains connector and the fuse holder . The box bellow this mains connector is called fuse holder. Take out the fuse holder. -
Page 9: Unbalanced Input
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES The input connection depends on two factors, the first is the type of input signal balanced or unbalanced, and the second the ground configuration of the sound source (floating or ground-referenced). The next pictures show some of the different possibilities of connection, relying on the type of input signal, balanced or unbalanced and according to the ground configuration of the equipment (floating or ground-referenced). -
Page 10: Balanced Input
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES 2) Using single conductor shielded cable: EF-202/EF-204 PROGRAM INPUT EF-202/EF-204 PROGRAM INPUT EF-202/EF-204 PROGRAM INPUT BALANCED INPUT: EF-202/EF-204 PROGRAM INPUT PA OUTPUT CONNECTION The PA and SA output signal is carried out through a XLR-3-32 male connector . -
Page 11: Unbalanced Output
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES The output connection depends on two factors, the first is the type of input signal balanced or unbalanced, and the second the ground configuration of the sound destination unit (floating or ground-referenced). The next pictures show some of the different possibilities of connection, relying on the type of output signal, balanced or unbalanced and according to the equipment’s ground configuration (floating or ground-referenced). -
Page 12: Balanced Output
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES EF-202/EF-204 PA OUTPUT BALANCED OUTPUT: EF-202/EF-204 PA OUTPUT EF-202/EF-204 PA OUTPUT RELAY CONNECTION Base unit allows the control of an internal general relay allowing control over an external device or application. Activation is controlled either with the PA function... -
Page 13: External Speaker Connection
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTION In the master station rear panel is available a connector to plug an external speaker which allows us to monitor the internal speaker in an external speaker. The external speaker connection is via a 3.5 mm jack connector. The following table shows the correspondence of the connector pins with the external speaker jack 3.5 mm:... -
Page 14: Multichannel Operation. Audio Links
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES The next picture shows the habitual connection of an intercom system comprised by eight beltpack units (two per channel) and a EF-204 base station. MULTICHANNEL OPERATION. AUDIO LINKS. Rear panel audio links allows multichannel operation sharing the headset between bases, so accessing all the channels. -
Page 15: General Purpose Input / Output Connections (Gpio)
GENERAL PURPOSE INPUT / OUTPUT CONNECTIONS (GPIO) EF-202/EF-204 base station, have two general purpose inputs and two general purpose outputs allowing remote control from/to auxiliary equipment to/from the base station. These GPIO´s employs standard connectors (3.5 pitch) Phoenix ™ type . -
Page 16: Systems With More Than 50 Wired Beltpacks
Altair EF-204 control software. Configuration is saved on the unit. SYSTEMS WITH MORE THAN 50 WIRED BELTPACKS It is possible to connect two master stations (EF-202/EF-204) in installations where it is necessary more than 50 wired beltpacks (EM-201), with their lines in parallel (A with A... -
Page 17: Intercom Line Connections - 4W Mode
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES INTERCOM LINE CONNECTIONS – 4W MODE The base station includes 2x (EF-202) / 4x (EF-204) intercom lines. Each line comprises two connectors for gender convenience: one XLR3 male and one XLR3 female internally paralleled. Intercom line is defined as 2 wire mode (2W) enabling direct connection to similar 2W intercom equipments. -
Page 18: Panel Mic Connection
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES among all intercom channels. Each channel provides a CALL switch , a MIC on/off switch (TALK) , a LISTEN on/off switch , and a listen level control that allows to listen to the channels independently, or a mix between the channels. -
Page 19: Headset Sidetone Control
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES NOTE: Headsets are of the double or single muff type. In case of using a double muff headset, the two speakers should be wired in parallel. HEADSET SIDETONE CONTROL The headset sidetone control adjusts the level of your own voice as you hear it in your headphones. -
Page 20: Buzzer
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES The remote mic kill switch carries out the function upon pressing it. This means that the units (wired and wireless beltpacks, desk stations units, etc.) connected to the system can switch ON the microphones again when required. When this switch is pressed, its associated LED turns on during a short moment. -
Page 21: Call Switch
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES The TALK switches have two operation modes. When this switch is pressed quickly, the microphone changes its state; if it was enabled, being pressed it gets disabled and turns off the associated LED, and if it was disabled, being pressed it gets enabled and turns on the associated LED. -
Page 22: Memories
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES MEMORIES The unit has four memories (PRESETS) that allow us to record and retrieve the position of all the switches, so we can return to previously saved settings instantly. We can also save the state of the call, so if when you record a memory, hold down the call switch of the channel which we want to record an active call, when we recall the memory, the system performs a call to the correspondent channel. -
Page 23: Usb
PC connection (USB) is made via an USB A MALE / B MALE, allowing you to control all functions of the base stations ALTAIR EF-202 and EF-204. The control software can be downloaded after registration from the ALTAIR website (www.altairaudio.com), and it attached the USB driver for the computer. -
Page 24: Link Switch
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES Each intercom line has its own intercom line terminal impedance switch placed at the rear panel of the unit. By default, all the switches must be in Master (M) mode. CAUTION: Never leave the intercom line without terminal impedance, because a bad operation of the units connected to the line would take place. -
Page 25: Internal Configuration Settings
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION – E200 SERIES 6. INTERNAL CONFIGURATION SETTINGS SETTING THE PROGRAM INPUT SEND AND THE PROGRAM INTERRUPT The program input send, and the program interruption (program send to the line is interrupt while the microphone (TALK) corresponding to this line is active) can be configured as follows: ... -
Page 26: Internal Configuration Setting
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 INTERNAL CONFIGURATION SETTING. This chart is over the top cover. Remove the unit partially from the rack to read it. -
Page 27: Panel Mic Key Mode
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 The internal parameters of the base station can be configured as follows: Hold down the speaker switch , for five seconds. At that time the unit will beep and will start blinking the speaker LED ... -
Page 28: Local Buzzer Activation By
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 LOCAL BUZZER ACTIVATION BY: SWITCH → BUZZER KILL LED BLINKING → BUZZER always active. LED OFF → The BUZZER is turned off when the local BUZZER KILL is active. Factory default. HEADSET MICROPHONE TYPE (PHANTOM) SWITCH →... -
Page 29: Party Line A To Pa/Sa Out
→ The relay is not activated when one or more microphone of the lines B, C y D is active. Factory default. CALL SEND WHEN PRESSING TALK KEYS → ONLY EF-204 DIRECT ACCESS (*) SWITCH → TALK D. LED BLINKING →... -
Page 30: Relay Active By Pa Out Key
CALL label. You have to place the included label over the TALK text. * → The parameters “ONLY EF-204 DIRECT ACCESS“, marked *, can not be set directly on the EF-202 base station, but can be configured via the control software:... -
Page 31: Block Diagram
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 7. BLOCK DIAGRAM... -
Page 32: Technical Specifications
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 8. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IMPEDANCE: • 220 Ω AC. INTERCOM LINE • 4700 Ω DC. • NOMINAL/MAXIMUM LEVEL: -10 dBu / +3 dBu. • FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 100 Hz – 10 KHz (-3 dB). • VOLTAGE OPERATION: +12 a +30 VDC. -
Page 33: Warranty
EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 9. WARRANTY This unit is warranted by Equipos Europeos Electrónicos to the original user, against flaws in the manufacturing and in the materials, for a period of two years (one year depending on some countries), starting from the date of sale. - Page 34 EF-202/EF-204 MASTER STATION - SERIE E-200 European Union Waste Electronics Information Unión Europea Información sobre residuos electrónicos Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive The WEEE logo signifies specific recycling programs and procedures for electronic products in countries of the European Union. We encourage the recycling of our products.
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