Operational manual
St. Ursula's Church beamer and audio system

Setting up the mixer and sound system

Standard settings for the mixer are stored in its memory. To activate them, follow these steps:

1. Switch on mixer by pressing power-on button on the back.
2. Press memory button on the right hand side.
3. Check in upper left corner of the display if screen 1 is selected. If not, press memory button repeatedly until screen 1 is displayed.
4. Turn selector wheel until the arrow points to "St. Ursula".
5. Move cursor to the "recall" position and press enter. As a reaction the sliders of the appropriate channels automatically move to correct position and are activated.

Setting up Beamer and screen

1. Push the left-hand button of the switch behind the door. Screen starts moving forward and stops automatically at the correct position.
2. Wait until it stops moving.
3. Slowly pull the screen down with the wooden pole until its end touches the floor. (The rod is hung up in the corner behind the door.)
4. Turn on main switch on the patching panel (red light should turn red)-
5. Connect Laptop to the VGA plug, turn it on and select the appropriate file and activate beamer display.
6. Switch on beamer with remote controller from a position half way down the aisle.
7. Adjust the position of the altar monitor.

Setting up microphones/hearing loop

Fixed speaking positions are in place at the altar (channel 10) and reading desk (channel 9).

1. Position reading desk in the nave and connect cable to the floor socket.
2. Remove the black cap of reading desk and altar microphones and adjust the positioning.
3. Recover intercession microphone with cable and stand from the vestry and connect it to mixer channel 12. Activate it on the mixer.
4. Put batteries into the wireless microphone. Check for low blinking battery alarm and replace them if necessary.
5. Set wireless microphone to mute (screen on the wireless receiver above the inside enclosure must be red). If it is yellow, slide the lever on the top of the microphone to the mute position and make sure that the screen is red now.
6. Hand it directly over to the chaplain and assist fixing it on clothing.

Preparing hearing loop head-set

1. Unpack the two head set/receiver units.
2. Plug the headset plug into the receiver.
3. Make sure that green led lights up.
4. Hand them over to Dorothy and François if present.

Check-list for shut-down after service

While the congregation is still in the church, recover hearing loop head-sets from Dorothy and/or François, unplug the head-set from the receiver unit and pack both of them up in their boxes.

Wait until most of the congregation have left the church before proceeding with the rest of the shut-down procedure.

1. Switch off beamer.
2. Switch off main switch.
3. Delete (using shift-delete) any temporary files, shut down laptop, unplug and put it (with the power supply) in its case, deposit it in the vestry.
4. Turn off mixer (don't alter sliders or other settings).
5. Recover wireless microphone from the chaplain, remove batteries and store it in its case.
6. Unplug intercession microphone from the mixer (channel 12) and restore microphone stand and Microphone with cable in the vestry.
7. Slowly roll up the screen with the wooden pole and hang the pole up on the hook in the corner behind the door.
8. Push the right-hand button of the switch behind the door. Screen starts moving toward the wall and automatically stops.
9. Place the black caps over reading desk and altar microphones and pull the strings tight.

Operational guidelines

Configurations and settings

1. No plugging-in or out of microphones unless mixer channel is deactivated.
2. No on/off switching of wireless transmitter unless mixer channel is deactivated.
3. Never move microphone plugs to other mixer channels.
4. When the wireless microphone is in use, the sliders of channels 9 or 10 must be kept on the same level as channel 11.

Adjustments and check before service

1. After completion of system set-up, the next step is checking the correct functioning.
2. Press "Home" on the mixer and make sure that screen 1 is displayed. If not, press "Home" repeatedly until screen 1 is shown.
3. Check incoming microphone signals on channels 9 (altar), 1O (reading desk), 11 (wireless), 12 (Intercession). If no signals are visible, tap on microphone heads and check again. If no success consult troubleshooting.
4. Make sure that the display of the wireless receiver (on top of the inside door enclosure) should be red. If it is yellow, switch the wireless microphone to mute.
5. Check if picture shows up on the alter monitor.
6. Put on hearing loop head-set and tap on intercession microphone. The tapping should be heard in the headset. If not, consult troubleshooting.
7. Check the position of the altar microphone as instructed.
8. Adjust the reading desk microphone to fit the stature of the readers.
9. Adjust the intercession microphone to fit the stature of the person in charge of intercession.
10. Hand over the hearing loop head-set to Dorothy and/or François and help them to deploy it.

Operation during services

1. The stored mixer configuration fits Stephen's voice. This implies that normally when Stephen speaks, no voice adjustments are necessary.
2. In case of a replacement chaplain the slider of channel 11 needs adjustment such that sound intensity in the back of the church is comfortable.
3. Deactivate channel 10 after "Peace", unplug floor socket and remove reading desk.
4. Different people will do announcements, readings and intercession, using exclusively one of the 3 cable microphones (altar, speaking desk, intercession).
5. To maintain a comfortable sound level, it is necessary to consciously listen to the sound level when one of these people start speaking.
6. If the sound level seems too low or too strong, the slider of the relevant channel must be adjusted.
7. If the sound is too strong, move the slider slowly down until the sound level is correct.
8. Equally, if the sound level is too low, move the slider slowly upwards until the sound level is correct.
9. The adjustments must be undone after the person stops speaking.

Installation of other devices

Laptop set-up

1. Use dark blue cable stored in drawer below the mixer, labeled "Laptop".
2. Connect single plug into "ear phone" plug of laptop.
3. Connect the double-plug side of the cable into mixer stereo input channels 13 and 14.
4. Set slider setting to 0 dB.
5. Push activation button for Channels 13/14.

CD Player set-up

No device available at this time.

Connecting other devices or musical instruments

Please contact warden or Hans/Jana.

Trouble shooting

• After installing and connecting the microphones, the incoming signal does not show in the display of the mixer:

  check if:

  • Mixer configuration recall was correct;
  • Microphone is connected to the cable;
  • Microphone cable is connected to floor socket or in case of intercession microphone, mixer channel 12 is activated.

   

• No sound is heard in the speaker when finger tapping microphones:

  check if:

  • mains power in on;
  • mixer mains channel is activated;
  • microphone channels are activated.