User manual SENNHEISER EW 500

[. . . ] Up to date information on Sennheiser products can also be found on the Internet under "www. We have designed these products to give you reliable operation over many years. Please take a few moments to read these instructions carefully, as we want you to enjoy your new Sennheiser products quickly and to the full. With the evolution wireless Series ew 500, Sennheiser offers musicians, video and sound amateurs, reporters and private broadcasters high-quality state-of-the-art RF transmission systems with a high level of operational reliability and ease of use. [. . . ] By briefly pressing the / buttons, the display jumps either forwards or backwards to the next setting. If you hold down a button, the cycling of the display is continously accelerted. If you release the button and start over again, the cycling of the display restarts at normal speed. The "fast search" function allows you to get fast and easily to your desired setting. Press the SET button to return to the top menu level: Have you finished your entries?Receivers ­ Adjusting the squelch threshold (u page 75) ­ Doing the soundcheck (EM 500 only) (u page 76) ­ Selecting the function of the bargraph displays (EM 500 only) (u page 78) Limiting the volume at the headphone output (EM 500 only) (u page 78) Selecting the content of the standard display (u page 79) Setting the receiving frequency (u page 80) Assigning a channel number (u page 81) Assigning a name to a frequency memory (EM 500 only) (u page 81) Activating the lock-mode function to prevent accidental adjustment (u page 82) Selecting a frequency memory ­ selecting the frequency, channel number, name (EM 500 only) With the / buttons you can directly switch between the factorypreset fixed frequency memories (presets). (If the SET button is not pressed, the receiver will store the new frequency automatically on switch-off). Whether the frequency, the channel number or a name is displayed (the latter option is only possible with the EM 500 receiver) (u "Selecting the content of the standard display"). Close talking distances, speakers with loud voices or loud music sequences may cause overmodulation in the transmission link, resulting in distortion. In this case, the "PEAK" warning of the EM 500's AF level display (as well as the SK 500 transmitter's yellow audio peak indication LED) will light up. If, on the other hand, the sensitivity is adjusted too low, the transmission link will be undermodulated, which would result in a signal with high background noise. The sensitivity has to be adjusted such that the "PEAK" warning of the receiver's AF level display only lights up during the loudest passages. The following figures are a guide to the best settings: Loud music/vocals: Presentations: Interviews: ­30 / ­20 dB ­20 / ­10 dB ­10 / 0 dB Select the "SEnSit" menu by pressing the SET button until "SEnSit" appears on the display; after a short pause the current input sensitivity setting is displayed. The new setting starts flashing on the display and becomes effective immediately. The Sennheiser evolution wireless series ew 500 receivers are equipped with an adjustable squelch which eliminates annoying noise when the transmitters are switched off. It also suppresses sudden noise when a transmitter leaves the reception area and there is no longer sufficient transmitter power received by the receiver. Select the "SQELCH" menu by pressing the SET button until "SQELCH" appears on the display; after a short pause the current squelch setting is displayed. The squelch can be switched off (0 dB) or adjusted in 5-dB steps from 5 dB to 40 dB. selecting a smaller value reduces the squelch threshold , selecting a higher value increases the squelch threshold. Set the squelch threshold ­ with the transmitter switched off ­ to the lowest possible value that suppresses hissing noise. if the squelch threshold is set too high , the transmission range will be reduced. Note: With the transmitter switched off and the squelch threshold set to "0 dB", hissing noise will occur. [. . . ] Sennheiser miniature clip-on microphones can be attached in various ways: they can, for example, be attached to the hairline or to clothing (e. However it is fixed, please make sure that the microphone is protected against sweat/moisture and make-up. Interference such as distortion, hissing or "birdying" may occur if several transmitters are used together and the frequencies have not been correctly chosen. sennheiser standard frequencies (as supplied) are all intermodulationfree. [. . . ]