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P2 LEVEL PILO T A A D D M M I I N N I I S S T T R R A A T T O O R R ’ ’ S S M M A A N N U U A A L L ...
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a IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS 1 Read these instructions. 2 Keep these instructions. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all instructions. 5 Do not use this apparatus near water . 6 Clean only with dry cloth. 7 Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. 8 Do not install near any heat source ...
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IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Certificate Of Conformity TC Electronic A/S, Sindalsvej 34, 8240 Risskov , Denmark, hereby declares on own responsibility that following products: P2 - Level Pilot - that is covered by this certificate and marked with CE-label conforms with following standards: EN 60065 Safety requirements for mains (IEC 60065) oper ...
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3 T ABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Important Safety Instructions & Certificate of conformity . . . . . . . . . .a-b T able of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Quick S tart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Front Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Rear Panel Overview ...
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INTRODUCTION Welcome The P2 is a “set and forget” Loudness pilot and Limiter for Post production and Broadcast. It is designed especially for fixed installations where a consistent loudness and spectral balance is required but excels also in peak limiting functions. Factory loaded with a broad selection of World S tandard Preset s the P2 can be ...
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Daily User Requirements The P2 is correctly connected and loaded with relevant Front Presets by the Administrator and powered on. Lock The Administrator can decide to activate different levels of Lock functions. These may include lock of front panel key operation and/or lock of the Wizard and Bypass functions. By the choice of the Administrator the ...
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6 FRONT P ANEL O VER VIEW POWER On/Off Switches power On/Off. T o completely disconnect from mains the Rear panel POWER switch must be used. PCMCIA slot For software updates and preset backups. ERROR LED Indicates various error states. 48/44.1/32 kHz LEDs Indicates current Sample Rate. ANALOG IN/DIGIT AL IN Indicates currently selected Input type. ...
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7 FRONT P ANEL O VER VIEW PRESET keys 1-8 Presets can be recalled from these keys. Press preset keys 1-8 to instantly recall Front presets. This type of presets include settings of all gain and processing parameters. Keys can be locked by the Administrator . Below each key you can write preset names. Use the supplied lithographic crayon or similar ...
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8 REAR P ANEL Balanced Analog Inputs XLR AES/EBU Input/ Output Balanced Analog Outputs XLR S/PDIF Input/ Output Power Input 100 - 240V Power Switch XLR to XLR XLR to Jack Stereo GPI IN RS 232 9 pin Sub D BNC Sync In RS232 : For connecting to a PC. Use a standard 9 pin Sub D cable. (Supplied) GPI In : Use standard stereo 1/4” jack. (not supplied) ...
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10 TYPICAL SETUPS Connecting and Setting up the P2 In use - no TC Icon Editor/PC connection necessary . • Connect your audio source material to P2 Inputs. Options are balanced Analog, digital AES or S/PDIF . • Connect Outputs to relevant media. • Select preset via the eight front panel PRESET keys. Note that; Input type, Sync settings, and Sa ...
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11 BASICS - FRONT P ANEL T wo levels of P2 operation First of all the “every-day-use” where the less experienced user basically selects predefined presets and occasionally the Wizard that intelligently analyze program material and suggests compression settings for that particular material. Secondly the “ Administrator s level” accessed only ...
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12 FRONT P ANEL OPERA TION Lock Recall: No presets can be recalled via the eight front panels preset keys and the Wizard function is also disabled. Lock Panel: The entire front panel, recall functions, Bypass and Card dump functionality is disabled. Byp ass The function of the front panel BYP ASS key is set via the System Front page on the TC ICON ...
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13 INST ALLA TION - OF THE TC ICON SOFTW ARE EDIT OR Requirements for running the TC Icon Software Editor • A Pentium PC, or compatible, with any of the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT , Windows 2000, Windows ME or Windows XP . The CD-ROM The CD delivered with the TC Icon Sof tware Editor contains: • A folder cal ...
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14 Introduction The TC Icon Software Editor is a generic Editor that currently controls the following products by TC Electronic: System 6000, DB-8 and P2. In this section only subjects relevant for usage with the P2 will be discussed. As described the P2 is connected via a serial COM port. System 6000 and DB-8 are connected via ethernet. Navigating ...
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15 THE TC ICON EDIT OR Basic Operation The Icon Link key in the upper left corner allows you to navigate between two main pages/modes. Fig 1 - Setup/Select page Via the “overall” Select & Setup p ages you access overall settings and choices like: • Selection of which connected unit to operate. • Enable devices to network. • TC Icon se ...
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16 PRESET STR UCTURE - RECALL/ST ORE/DELETE Library Pages These are the pages from where all preset handling is controlled when using the TC Icon Editor . T o recall a preset: • Simply select the desired preset by clicking on the preset name in the list. • Then press the RECALL button System Preset s: There are 3 System User memory locations pl ...
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17 BASICS - PRESET HANDLING T o delete a preset • Select the Delete page by pressing the DELETE side tab. • Select the preset you wish to delete. Press DELETE. When Presets are S tored or Deleted, parameters from the In/Out page and Engine Layers are always affected. System parameters on the other hand are unaffected by any other commands than ...
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18 CLONING P2’S Cloning P2’ s Creating the Clone Card T o easily clone multiple P2’s a PCMCIA card is used. • Load appropriate presets into Front Panel Bank of the P2 you wish to clone. • Insert a 512kb or 1Mb PCMCIA card in the Card slot on the P2 front panel. • Go to the System Card page. • Decide whether you wish to exclude System ...
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19 SY STEM - I/O P A GE Parameters on the System page can be stored and recalled via System presets and are unaffected by normal Recall operations. Clock Preferences Analog Range: Internal 44.1kHz Internal 48kHz Ext. W . Clk. (External Word Clock) Ext. DI Sets the processing clock frequency when analog Inputs are used. Digital Range: Internal 44.1k ...
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SY STEM - I/O P A GE 20 GPI T echnical specifications Inside the processor , a 10kohm resistor connects the T ip terminal to a +5V power supply . When nothing is connected to the GPI input, the input voltage therefore is +5V . Resistors can be used to pull down the voltage as suggested in Fig 1. In T able 1, volt ages outside the limits mentioned a ...
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21 If GPI Preset mode is selected and no connections are made to the GPI Input the P2 will always recall preset 1 at power up. Delay Frame compensation Delay . Actual Delay time can be tapped using a connected momentary switch. Calibrate Use this function to calibrate P2 to a connected GPI controller . E.g. TC Master Fader (not supplied). T o Calib ...
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22 SY STEM - NET P A GE & ICON VIEWS The upper part of this page holds information on the current software versions and the serial number of the accessed unit. Network identification A simple naming function that enables you to name each connected unit. UI - Icon Views On the Icon Setup page two sub-p ages are available for controlling the TC I ...
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23 Fader at right side No faders Color Page Select a color scheme to your liking or make your own. I/O P A GE Input & Clock Input Select Range: Analog, Digital Select appropriate Input type. Digital Input Select Range: AES/EBU, S/PDIF Select type of digital Input format. Clock Select Range: Internal 44.1, Internal 48k, Word Clock, Ext DI Select ...
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24 MAIN P A GE In Gain Range: 0dB to Of f Separate level controls for Left and Right Input (A and B). Phase Inv Range: Normal/Inverted Press to phase invert channels A, B or both. Delay Range: 0-1000ms Delay alignment of the Input channels. Depending on selected Configuration type, either one common Delay setting or individual delay settings are av ...
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25 MAIN P A GE Reference Level Reference Level defines the standard operating level, and scales the Threshold and T arget Level parameters of the Loudness control and Multiband section. The Threshold of the Limiter is not influenced by this setting, but is always relative to 0dBFS. T ypical Reference Level settings would be -20 dBFS in the America ...
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26 LOUDNESS P A GE MAIN P A GE T arget Level Range: +10dB to -10dB This is the level the Loudness controller will aim at on its Output. T arget Level is relative to Reference Level on the Main Page. Max Reduction Range: -20dB to 0dB This is the maximum attenuation the Loudness Control is allowed to perform. If set to 0.0dB, the Loudness Control can ...
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27 LOUDNESS P A GE Level T rim Range: -18dB to + 18dB Because P2 operates with 48 bit precision on all audio internally , it is possible to correct loudness manually without the risk of overloads. The Level Trim can be used for permanent off-set s or live loudness adjustments. Ratio Range: 1:1.25 to 1:6 Ratio is the steering factor used when the Lo ...
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28 EQ P A GE Introduction This digital EQ features a three-band parametric EQ with high- and low-pass filters switchable between Notch, Parametric, Shelving and Cut filters. The needle sharp notch filter has a range down to 0.01 octave and the shelving filters has a variable slope, ranging from gentle 3 dB/oct over 6 and 9 to 12dB/oct. Cut filters ...
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29 EQ P A GE Shelving Filter Notch Filter - Narrow T ype Cut Filter - Bessel type Cut Filter - Butterworth type Freq Press Freq and use Faders 1 to 3 to adjust frequence for each of the three bands. Range - Lo band : 20Hz to 20kHz Range - Mid band : 20Hz to 20kHz Range - Hi band : 20Hz to 40kHz Gain Press Gain and use Faders 1 - 3 to adjust gain fo ...
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30 EQ P A GE T ype Press TYPE and use Faders 1-3 to set BW value for each of the three EQ bands. Range for the Notch filter: Lo BW : 0.02oct to 1oct Mid BW : 0.02oct to 1oct Hi BW : 0.02oct to 1oct Range for the Parametric filter: Lo BW : 0.1oct to 4oct Mid BW : 0.1oct to 4oct Hi BW : 0.1oct to 4oct Range for the Shelve filter: Lo BW : 3dB/oct to 1 ...
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31 5-BAND P A GE Xovers Press this button to access the four cross-over points between the five-bands. The parameters are Automatically assigned to faders 1-4. Parameter range: Xover 1: Off to 1.6kHz Xover 2: Off to 4kHz Xover 3: 100Hz to Off Xover 4: 250Hz to Off Defeat Thresh Range: -3 to -30dB This is a unique control which defeats gain from the ...
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LIMITER 5-BAND P A GE Link Limiter Range: On/Off When Link is active, the same amount of peak limiting is always applied to both channels. Some broadcasters like the sound of operating left and right limiting without stereo coupling because they feel that it maximizes loudness and widens the stereo image. On dual mono sources, of course you should ...
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33 APPENDIX LIMITER Reset menu & sof tware load T o enter the following functions hold WIZARD key while powering up the unit. Once entered this menu navigation is as follows: • Press PRESET keys 4 and 8 to scroll in menu. • Press LOCK to confirm/enter • Press BYP ASS to cancel “L” - Load Indicates Load mode and is used when loading ap ...
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34 APPENDIX TROUBLESHOO TING Loading Preset Banks The P2 is loaded with the 8 presets from the Default F1 bank (see page 37). These are the presets accessible from the Front Panel . However , it is possible to load other banks into the front panel. T o do this: • Press and hold LOCK when powering up. All key LEDs will flash. • Press the key equ ...
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35 APPENDIX - TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Digital Input s and Outputs Connectors: Formats: Output Dither: Word Clock Input: Sample Rates: Processing Delay: Additional Delay: Frequency Response DIO: Sample Rate Conversion T ype: Dynamic Range: THD+N: Input Rate Range: Analog Inputs Connectors: Impedance: Max. Input Level: Min Input Level (for 0 dBFS): ...
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36 SELF TEST A vailable from Software 1.20 and up. Accessing Self test • Press and hold the “BYP ASS” key , while powering up to access the self test. • Press PRESET 8 to increase test number . • Press PRESET 4 to decrease test number . • Press LOCK to enter a test and acknowledge OK result. • Press BYP ASS to acknowledge bad result. ...
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37 PRESET LIST - SW 1.50 Default NAB Limit A NAB Limit D EBU Limit A EBU Limit D NAB Optimize A NAB Optimize D Level Pilot A Level Pilot D Intern. St andard. A JP-N Limit A JP-N Limit D T ele France Limit A T ele France Limit D BBC Limit A BBC Limit D Intern. St andard. B CBC Limit A CBC Limit D OP 36 Limit A OP 36 Limit D Reserved Reserved Reserve ...
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38 PRESET LIST - SW 1.50 Live Mix Mix Pilot News Gameshow Live S ports Reserved Reserved OptiLink, Dual OptiLink, S tereo Mastering CD Master CD Master EBU Codec Master Ambi Boost Master Music to LtRt Film to Domestic Optical Limit Optical Optimize F5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 F6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 General purpose Mix Assistant. Digital In News Mix Assistant. D ...
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39 PRESET LIST - SW 1.50 Live Mix STL Relax STL Energy STL Sky STL Autobahn STL Signature Reserved Reserved Reserved F8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Radio STL Optimize. Shape: Flat Radio STL Optimize. Shape: Loudness Radio STL Optimize. Shape: Crisp Radio STL Optimize. Shape: Core Radio STL Optimize. Shape: Core Wide -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 +24 +24 +24 +24 +24 Ana Ana A ...
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