-=PCTechTalk=- (Fwd) Re: off topic/ PA system question (sound)
- From: dktrfaustus@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 16:43:27 +0100
[Forwarded on behalf of Don, whose post was swallowed up by Freelists
during the quotation limits experiment. - Faustus]
Sometimes you appear to be using the words "monitor" and "speaker"
interchangeably and sometimes as two different things.
To me "monitor" is a separate output, typically to a headset, that is
used by the sound technician to monitor the SOURCE of the signal
going INTO the PA system. "Speaker", on the other hand, is the
output for the speakers that the audience uses to listen to the
OUTPUT of the PA system.
If "monitor" is not working but speakers are the problem is the
SOURCE or its connection to the PA or that portion of the PA that is
responsible for the source getting to the monitor.
I would suggest finding the owners manual (may have to go online to
system manufacturers site to get it), then review the troubleshooting
techniques.
If that doesn't help, then I would disconnect everything, setting all
switches, knobs and controls to OFF, MINIMUM or other neutral
setting. Then follow the owners manual instructions on connecting
and setting up the system.
If you have some spare parts try swapping some in and out.
If you are using a microphone, try plugging it in all MIC positions,
not just MIC 1.
Try swapping some cables around if your system uses two similar
sources (say a CD player and DVD or VHS player). If the problem
moves or goes away you have found your problem.
If all of this fails, it is time to pay for some technical support.
Get the company that sold you the system to come out and fix it.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 1:52 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic/ PA system question (sound)
monitors
not working
> Hi Don,
>
> Unfortunetly, was not alot of training and other people who should
not
> have
> messed with the system have. Things were working fine. Nothing is
muted.
> Mic is turned on. I hear the mic and CD player through the main
speakers.
> The volume control that used to control the main volume does
nothing now
> up
> or down. I use the "trim" for vol. on the mic and a separate vol
for CD
> volume. The button I used to use to cut monitor volume up does
nothing
> and
> there is nothing coming out of the mo nitors anyways. They are
plugged in
> where they should be where it says "monitors" under the plug where
the
> main
> speakers are plugged in. I also have the cables from monitors, one
to the
> other and one to the main system.
>
> I dont think it is a malfunction in the system. The guys I
purchased the
> system from will not help by phone anymore since has been awhile
since we
> bought system, no more free tech help.
>
> I think it is a plug or a button. Just makes me mad someone messed
with
> the
> buttons, but even madder I cant remember what the plug or setting
should
> be. I need all four speakers, working. I noticed the cordless mic
now
> will
> not cut up as loud as the other mic that uses a cord. There are
alot of
> settings but Im fairly familiar with many of them or so I thought.
There
> is
> a loose plug in the back, a few but one that might do something. I
will
> try
> that next week. Some stay loose and are not usually plugged
anywhere.
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