Lectrosonics Venue Series (Wideband) - Manual (Page 13)

Digital Hybrid Wireless™ Modular Receiver System
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In order for TalkBack functionality to work on the Venue
receiver, there needs to be at least one empty slot (and
thus associated unused XLR) in the mainframe. The
Venue’s microcontroller will automatically determine
the next empty slot for any receiver set to TalkBack
mode, and this empty slot will serve as the TalkBack
output channel. If more than one receiver modules are
installed upstream to the empty slot and set to TalkBack
compatibility mode, they will share the next available
empty slot as a TalkBack active output. In the event that
multiple upstream receivers enter a TalkBack state at
the same time, their audio will be simply be mixed on
the shared TalkBack output, so it’s possible to have mul-
tiple transmitters use a common TalkBack channel XLR.
When you are in a ratio diversity mode, the
microprocessor will cause a 6 dB bump in
TalkBack mode that will need to be accounted for
before switching back off TalkBack mode
2 Channel TalkBack on same TalkBack channel
1 Channel TalkBack, 1 Channel on WITHOUT TalkBack
setting and WITH pilot tone
The TalkBack channel will display like this when not
active
And like this when active
Here are a few example setups for the most common
TalkBack uses:
Designated TalkBack Channels
3 dedicated TalkBack channels, with 3 transmitters (re-
quires 3 empty slots in the Venue receiver)
VENUE
RX1
RX2
RX3 TB1
TB3
TB2
Shared TalkBack Channels
2 TalkBack channels, with 2 transmitters shared on
each (requires 2 empty slots in the Venue receiver)
VENUE
RX1
RX2 RX4
TB1&2
TB3&4
RX3
1 common TalkBack channel, shared between 5 trans-
mitters (requires 1 empty slot in the Venue receiver)
VENUE
RX1
RX2 RX5
TB-ALL
RX3 RX4
Selecting the Noise Reduction Mode
When the Compat Mode is set to Digital Hybrid, three
settings are available that affect the high frequency
audio content and noise:
• NORMAL (factory default) applies a moderate
amount of noise reduction, dramatically reducing
hiss with virtually no discernible side effects.
• FULL applies more aggressive noise reduction with
transparency superior to the noise reduction system
used for many years in the earlier Lectrosonics
wide deviation analog systems.
• OFF applies no noise reduction for complete trans-
parency.
Navigate to the SmartNR setup screen.
Select the receiver module with Receiver Select Button
and rotate the MENU/SELECT control to the desired
mode. Listen to the audio signal as you rotate the knob
and select the mode that best fits the situation.
Note: If the selected Receiver Module is part of
a ratio or frequency diversity pair, the mode will
automatically be set for both receiver modules in
the pair.