JL Audio MCS-3800 - Manual (Page 2)

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Important:
Certain audio and video systems have been engineered to
specifically support the MCS-3000 series. The MCS-3000 series
was selected by the manufacturers of those systems to be their
ideal, de facto control station.
Please review the owners manuals and “read me” files that
came with your audio or video system for references to the
JLCooper MCS-3000 series.
MCS-3000 Series Users Manual Second Edition
JLCooper part number for this manual: 932073
© 1998 JLCooper Electronics
142 Arena Street • El Segundo, CA 90245 U.S.A.
MCS-3000, MCS-3800, MCS-3400, MCS-3000X, Media Control Station,
and Media Command Station are trademarks of JLCooper Electronics.
All other brand names are the property of their respective holders.
About this Manual
This manual tends toward a pyramidal structure.
Essential concepts are presented first, followed by instructions with
increasing amounts of detail. This allows the user to read as much as he or
she needs, and then bail out and get back to work.
This manual is also intentionally repetitious.
The same basic concepts about programming and operation tend to be
repeated in every chapter, and sometimes more than once within a chapter
where appropriate.
This re-enforces the concepts, but more importantly lets the user work with
the MCS-3000 series controller with only one page of the manual open at a
time, while minimizing having to hold the manual open to ten different
places at the same time.
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Quick Operation Reference
Locate Mode
Storing a Locate by Capturing on the Fly.
Simply press Set Locate while time code is coming in.
The Locate Number will automatically increment.
The Locate will automatically be named.
Sending a Locate Command By Two Digit Locate Number
To send a Locate, do not press Locate.
Just type the two digit locate number, and press Enter to send
the Locate command.
(The Locate command is not sent until you press Enter.)
Locating by Direct Address
To send a Locate by specifying a time code, press Locate and
enter the time on the Keypad. Press Enter to send the Locate.
Last function
Press Last to re-send the last locate.
Program Change Mode
Pressing Mode cycles the display through Program Change
(Pch), Bank (ban), or Channel (Chan).
Type a channel number, press Enter to store.
Type a Bank number, press Enter to send it.
Type a Program Change number, press Enter to send it.
Time Code Display
The time code display responds to incoming SMPTE or MTC.
If the incoming Time Code is drop frame, the Drop Frame
indicator ("DF") will be lit.
The Time Code Display also shows the last locate command
sent. The time can also be displayed in Feet and Frames.
This is selected in Utility Mode.
The Display is also used for displaying Program Change and
Bank Change commands.