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Glensound Electronics Ltd Thank you for choosing a new Glensound product. All rights reserved. Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice, if in doubt please contact us for the latest product information. If you need any help with the product then we can be contacted at: Glensound Electronics Ltd 1 – 6 Brooks Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0) 1622 753662 Fax: +44 (0) 1622 762330 EMAIL ADDRESSES General enquires: office@glensound.co.
PRODUCT WARRANTY: All equipment is fully tested before dispatch and carefully designed to provide you with trouble free use for many years. We have a policy of supporting products for as long as possible and guarantee to be able to support your product for a minimum of 10 years.
CE This equipment manufactured by Glensound Electronics Ltd of Brooks Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE is CE marked and conforms to: Low Voltage Directive: EN60065 Emissions: EN55103.1 Immunity: EN55103.
CONFORMITY STATEMENT FOR: Cinterion Module PLS8-E -suitable for 2-band GSM (900/1800 MHz)/GPRS/EDGE and 3-band UMTS/HSPA (900/1800/2100 MHz) 4-band LTE (800/900/1800/2600 MHz) to which this declaration relates, are in conformity with the following standards and/or other normative documents, by specific reference to the essential requirements of Article 3 of the Directive 1999/5/EC: Health and Safety EMC RF spectrum efficiency (Art. 3.1 a): EN 60950-1 :2006+A11 :2009+A1 :2010 +A12:2011 EN 62311 :2008 (Art.
GLENSOUND EXPEDITION Broadcaster’s Mobile Phone Handbook Contents Issue 1, Description Page No. Contents PRODUCT WARRANTY: .................................................................................................................................... 4 CONFORMITY STATEMENT FOR: ................................................................................................................... 6 Cinterion Module PLS8-E ...................................................................................
UPDATING FIRMWARE ................................................................................................................................... 33 BATTERY LIFE .................................................................................................................................................. 34 WIRING INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................
OVERVIEW The Glensound Expedition is a high quality audio interface for broadcasters. It is designed to provide the best possible bi-directional audio across the World’s mobile phone networks and it includes the telecom standard of HD Voice which provides a switched telephone circuit with 7kHz audio bandwidth. The mechanical design of the unit is highly robust making it ideal for portable use by journalists, reporters, engineers and broadcasters.
ANTENNA PLACEMENT The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons, must not be collocated or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter, except in accordance with FCC multi-transmitter product procedures. ANTENNAS SUPPLIED The Expedition is supplied fitted with a pair of antennas suitable for general use.
PANEL LAYOUT & FUNCTIONS 1 2 3 4 HANG-UP DIAL ABC 1 12 BACKLIT DISPLAY 2 GHI JKL 4 5 PQRS MENU DEF 3 MNO 6 TUV WXYZ 7 8 9 * 0 # 5 ENTER 11 10 9 6 POWER 7 8 1. HANG-UP Button When held down for at least 2 seconds ends the current call. 2. HANG-UP Status LED This 5mm red LED is illuminated when no call is in progress. 3. DIAL Button Pressing the dial button makes the Expedition dial the currently selected number or answer an incoming call. 4.
5. Keypad The alpha numeric keypad allows the user to enter a number for dialling or enter text for texting. 6. Sounder Hole Behind this small hole on the front panel is the Expeditions sounder which is used to alert users to an incoming call. (Please note the sounder can be turned off via the configuration menu) 7. Power Button The power button turns the expedition on/ off. To prevent accidentally turning the Expedition off this button must be held down for at least 5 seconds. 8.
14 INPUT A 15 16 INPUT B CLIP ON POWER CLIP ON LINE 18 HP VOLUME MIC GAIN MIC+PH 23 NETWORK STATUS LINE MIC GAIN 17 19 MIC+PH 21 22 20 13. Input A ON/ OFF The illuminated switch silently turns the audio input A on/ off. When the switch is illuminated it indicates that the channel is turned on. The operation of the switch (i.e. Latching/ Momentary/ Momentary & Latching) can be set in the configuration menu. 14.
18. Network Status LED The Network Status LED helps the user to identify the current state of the Expeditions connection to the mobile phone network. FLASH RATE 500ms on/ 500ms off 10ms on/ 3990ms off 10ms on/ 990ms off MEANING Limited/ Not Connected to Network Service Registered with Network awaiting call Call in progress or established 19. Headphone Volume This volume pot adjusts the audio level of both the headphone amplifiers.
24 25 HP1 HP2 26 27 PHANTOM POWER = 48V POWER CTR +VE 100-1000 OHM 10-15VDC INPUT A INPUT B 24. 6.35mm Professional Headphone Jack Socket Connect headphones here. This headphone outputs are suitable for professional high impedance (100 – 1000 Ohm). Using lower impedance domestic headphones will reduce battery life and potentially produce too high audio levels in the headphones. 25. POWER (External DC Input) This is a 2 pin barrel type DC input connector. The centre pin is 2.5mm.
28 29 30 g EXPEDITION www.glensound.co.uk Designed and manufactured in UK Serial No: 001 SECONDARY ANTENNA CE W GAIN SYSTEM UPDATE LINE OUT 31 28. SMA Connector For Secondary Antenna The Expedition requires 2 antennas for diversity purposes (provides better network connections than just 1 antenna). The 2 antennas are called primary & secondary but both are equally required for trouble free working. 29.
32 33 g EXPEDITION Remove cover to access batteries and SIM card USE 6 AA Lithium batteries for best performance PRIMARY ANTENNA 34 32 . Battery Compartment Access Thumbscrew Two stainless steel thumbscrews hold the battery and SIM card cover in place. To remove the battery & SIM card cover turn the thumbscrews anti-clockwise until they are completely undone and then gently slide the cover away taking care not to damage the antenna.
35 g EXPEDITION INSERT BATTERY PACK TERMINALS INWARDS + AT BOTTOM LEFT SYSTEM UPDATE POWER OFF BEFORE CHANGING SIM CARD 37 FACTORY USE ONLY SIM CARD 36 35. Battery Pack Slide the battery pack out from the Expedition to remove it. The battery pack holds 6 x AA size cells. For best battery performance use Lithium cells, Alkaline cells can also be used. The Expedition does not charge batteries if rechargeable batteries are inserted.
INSERTING/ REMOVING A SIM 1. Power Off Before inserting or removing the SIM please make sure the Expedition is turned off. 2. Remove Battery Cover Two stainless steel thumbscrews hold the battery and SIM card cover in place. To remove the battery & SIM card cover turn the thumbscrews anti-clockwise until they are completely undone and then gently slide the cover away taking care not to damage the antenna.
TURNING THE EXPEDITION ON/OFF 1. Power Before turning the expedition on please make sure that it is either connected to the external power supply (supplied) or has had batteries inserted. 2. SIM Card Please make sure the SIM card is inserted before you turn the Expedition on. Do not remove the SIM card without first turning the Expedition off. 3.
BASIC OPERATION 1. Making a Call A. Insert a SIM card and turn the Expedition on. B. Using the top panel keypad dial the number that you wish to call C. Press and release the top panel green ‘DIAL’ button until the display shows ‘dialing’ D. The display will then show ‘call in progress’ 2. Answering a Call A. To indicate that there is an incoming call the green ‘DIAL’ LED will flash, the LCD display will display ‘incoming call’ and if on the sounder will ‘ring’ B.
LCD DISPLAY & MENUS General The backlit LCD display provides general information useful to the operator. If the Expedition is being powered from an external DC supply then the back light of the display will on permanently. However if the Expedition Is being powered from batteries then to help preserve battery life the back light of the display will only be illuminated while and shortly after a button has been pressed.
Navigating Within The Menu System The 4 navigation ‘arrow’ keys just under the display allow the user to move around the menus. Generally the up/ down arrows move between menus and the left/ right arrows change the option within a menu. Once a menu has been changed the ‘ENTER’ button needs to be pressed to make the Expedition remember the selection.
Saving a Number For Recall Later To save a number to be stored for later recall, first from the home screen enter the number that you want to saved then press ‘MENU’. The display will then say: ‘Save to memory. Select mem key 0-9’ Then press the number of the memory location (0 – 9) that you want to save the number to and the number will be saved and the display will return to the home screen. Number Recall From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. The first screen that appears is number recall.
Auto Answer On/ Off From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. Then press the navigational down arrow until you see the ‘Auto Answer:’ menu. There are 2 options for Auto Answer ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ If Auto Answer is ON and you want it OFF press the navigational left arrow and then press ENTER (The display will then show ‘Exit’ which confirms the change has been made).
Network Mode From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. Then press the navigational down arrow until you see the ‘Network mode:’ menu. There are 3 options for Network Mode ‘2G Only’, ‘3G Only’ or ‘AUTO’ where auto offers access to 2G, 3G and 4G depending service is available from the network. To change the network mode press the navigational left or right arrows until the desired option is selected and then press ENTER (The display will then show ‘Exit’ which confirms the change has been made).
Input B Switch Configuration From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. Then press the navigational down arrow until you see the ‘Config SW B:’ menu. There are 4 options for B Switch Configuration which change how the front panel push switch that turns audio channel B on/ off to the output operate. ‘MOM’ where the switch only operates in a momentary mode (i.e. only while be pressed will the channel be on).
Create SMS (Text) NOTE: The texting options on the Expedition have been included to allow customers to send and receive network critical communications such as when setting up a new SIM card. The Expeditions texting functions are not designed for day to day texting! From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. Then press the navigational down arrow until you see the ‘Create SMS message’ menu. You will then see the above screen. Press ENTER to access the texting menu.
Receive SMS (Text) From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. Then press the navigational down arrow until you see the ‘Rec SMS messages’. You will then see the above screen. Press ENTER to access and view the texts. Along the top of the display are 3 options: ‘OPEN’, ‘DEL’ and ‘EXIT’. The x/X numbers after ‘EXIT’ show how many texts you have received and the number of the text that you are currently viewing.
Headphone Mix From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. Then press the navigational down arrow until you see the ‘Headphone mix menu’ menu. There are 3 settings within the Headphone mix menu which allow 2 sources to be routed to the headphone mix. To access these settings press ENTER. The first setting within the Headphone mix menu is ‘Outgoing Phone’ this option allows’ you to route what you are sending the outgoing phone (i.e.
Line Out Mix From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. Then press the navigational down arrow until you see the ‘Line Out mix menu’ menu. There are 3 settings within the Line out mix menu which allow 2 sources to be routed to the balanced Line output XLR on the side of the Expedition. To access these settings press ENTER. The first setting within the Line out mix menu is ‘Outgoing Phone’ this option allows’ you to route what you are sending the outgoing phone (i.e.
Ringing Melody From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button. Then press the navigational down arrow until you see the ‘Ringing Melody:’ menu. The Ringing Melody menu allows you to choose between 9 different ‘ring tones’. Use the navigation left/ right arrows to select the required ringing melody. Once you’ve selected the desired number of the ring tone press ENTER to save and return to the home screen. Ringing Melody Volume From the home screen press the ‘MENU’ button.
UPDATING FIRMWARE The firmware is the code that runs internally in the Expedition and provides the structure of the internal DSP and Microcontroller. The firmware can be updated without the need to return the Expedition to Glensound. You should only ever update the firmware if instructed to by a Glensound engineer. How To Update The Firmware: 1) Install on a pc a program called Dfuse.
BATTERY LIFE When running from batteries there are a number of things that effect the duration and life of the batteries. 1) Brand & Type Of Battery Not all batteries are equal in the amount of energy that they store. In fact they vary hugely. A battery that does not store much energy will of course not keep the Expedition running as long as one that stores a lot of energy.
WIRING INFORMATION 2 1 STANDARD XLR AUDIO PINOUTS: 3 1: Ground/ Earth XLR SOCKET (FEMALE) 2: INPHASE/ POSITIVE/ MIC + 3: MATE/ NEGATIVE/ MIC - 1 2 3 STANDARD HEADPHONE WIRING: XLR PLUG (MALE) TIP: A/ LEFT Ear RING: B/ RIGHT Ear SLEEVE: Common/ Earth RING TIP SLEEVE HEADPHONE WIRING NOTE: The Tip and Ring on the Expeditions headphone outputs are wired in parallel from the output of the same internal IC.
