Telos NX12 - Manual (Page 45)

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Line Button Columns
Talent Mode
Each line has 2 buttons, the left column for Caller 1 and the right column for Caller 2. Pressing
a line button places the caller on that line on-air using the corresponding hybrid.
Note: When the Nx12 is using a two-studio Show Mode (see Section 5.7), only the left column
will be active.
Pressing a line button when a call is already on-air locks the call. To unlock, press the line
button a third time.
If the handset is lifted or hands-free is active (the LED next to the hands-free button is illumi-
nated), the left line column will connect the line to either the handset or the Director’s internal
speaker/mic, rather than to the usual on-air hybrid. The right line column will continue to work
as usual. To move a caller on the handset to air, press the line button on either the left or right
columns.
Producer Mode
The left row of buttons is used to answer calls on the handset (or headset). Pressing a left
column line button while you have a call on the handset (or in hands free mode) locks the caller.
To unlock press that Line button a third time.
The right row of buttons is used to place a caller on Screened Hold. For more details on how
screened hold works, see the section on the Next button, below.
Hold & Drop
Talent Mode
These affect only the corresponding line button column above them. A locked line will not be
affected. All unlocked lines in that column will be dropped.
Producer Mode
The left hold button is normal hold while the right hold button places a caller on “screened
hold”. For more details on how screened hold works, see the section on the Next button, below.
The right hold button may be replaced by with a keycap labeled with a check-mark if a Desktop
Director will be used primarily for screening.
Next
Talent Mode
This button will cause the call designated by the call screener as next to be taken on line column
1. Any unlocked caller will be dropped. (It is possible to configure the system to put the caller
back hold instead - see ‘Direct Hold’ option, Section 5.6.)
A producer working as a call screener can place a call on screened hold and the check-mark icon
will appear for the line. This indicates that the caller has been checked by the screener, and is
ready to go on air.