MCP35A Control Panel
Front Panel
1. CONSOLE MIC - Used as microphone 1 or in conjunction with the emergency page or press-to-talk/release-
to-listen (intercom) push-buttons. This mic is always used for two-way intercom calls, using the green button,
and emergency paging using the red button. No external mic can replace the console mic for these functions.
2. EMERGENCY PAGE — Red push-button — Used to make announcements to all speaker stations.
Announcements made using this button override all program distribution and/or switchbank settings.
3. PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION — Push-buttons — Used to make input source selections. Choose from or mix
input from MIC 1 (console or external microphone), MIC 2 (external microphone), or AUX (tuner/cassette
player), as desired.
4. ALL ROOMS — Push-button — Used to distribute a program to all speaker stations with selector panel
switches set to either the “A” or “O” channel.
5. INTERCOM PRESS-TO-TALK/RELEASE TO LISTEN — Push-button — Used to communicate with the
speaker station selected from switchbank channel “C”. This does not affect program distribution to other sta-
tions.
6. PROGRAM TALK LEVEL - LED indicators — N (normal) lights green to indicate proper signal level; P (peak)
lights amber to indicate occasional higher than normal signal level; O (overload) lights red to indicate possi-
ble signal clip.
7. PROGRAM — Amber knob — Used to adjust volume level to speaker stations.
8. MONITOR/LISTEN — Green knob — Used to adjust the volume level to the front panel speaker.
9. FRONT PANEL SPEAKER — Used to monitor a program or to listen to a station via the intercom (C)
channel.
6
1
23
4
5
678
9
RELEASE