Peavey X-VCA - Manual (Page 101)

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The Safe Scene
There may be occasions when a channel needs to be made "Safe" from all pro-
grammed mutes.This may occur during a show when an on-stage microphone needs
to be used as an announce mic, or a switch-over has to be made to a backup chan-
nel due to some technical difficulty.The Safe Scene allows a channel to be removed
from the control of all Mute Scenes without having to edit any of the scenes. Once a
channel is assigned to the Safe Scene, it will ignore all Mute Scene commands.The
Mute Scenes themselves are not altered, it’s only the channel’s response that has
been changed.This allows temporary changes to be made to a show, due to nightly
needs, without having to go in and edit the programmed scenes.You’ll probably need
the original scenes, as is, the next time the show is performed. NOTE:The Local
mute command is not affected by this Safe, the Local mute is always effective.
The Safe Scene is always active, if a channel is assigned to the Safe Scene, it will
ignore any mute commands from a Mute Scene.The Status LED (J) of a channel will
be a steady Green color if a channel is Safe.
Editing the Safe Scene:
1) Enter Edit Safe Mode: Press the Edit Safe button (D), it will begin to
blink, indicating that the system is in Edit Safe Mode.
2) Select a channel to safe: Pressing the Mute Sw (K) of a channel will
assign/de-assign a channel to the Safe Scene.The status LED (J) of any chan-
nel assigned to the Safe Scene will blink Green. If a channel is currently
muted because of a Mute Scene, assigning it to the Safe Scene will immedi-
ately un-mute it.
3) Clearing the Safe Scene: If you wish to clear all assigned channels
from the Safe Scene, press and hold the Edit Preview (C) button. After a
second or two, the display will change to CLR?. Continue to hold the but-
ton down until the display shows CLRD. All channels assigned to the Safe
Scene will be de-assigned and you can start fresh.
4) Exit Edit Safe Mode: Press the blinking Edit Safe button (D) again. It
will stop blinking and the system will return to Normal mode. Any blinking
Green status LEDs will turn to steady Green indicating that the channel is
in Safe mode. If a channel was previously being muted by only a Mute Scene
(status LED was steady Red), but is now "Safe", the status LED will show
steady Green and the Mute LED (L) will be off. If the channel was being
muted by a Local mute, it will remain muted.The Safe Scene does not affect
Local Mutes.
NOTE: Assigning a channel to the Safe Scene can be done quickly if an
emergency arises and a programmed channel has to be un-muted. It’s a
simple 3 step process:
1) Press the Edit Safe Sw to enter Edit Safe mode
2) Press the Mute Sw of the desired channel- The channel will un-muted at
this point.
3) Press the Edit Safe Sw again to return to Normal mode