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<div style="font-size:84%">'''[[Chime_Master_Help|Help]] > [[Operating manuals]] > [[Operate_LX_Carillon|LX Carillon]]'''</div> | |||
[[Using_Chime.Center#Seasons|'''Chime.Center''']] is used to manage seasonal music for our AX touch-screen ringing systems. | |||
'''Applicable models''' | |||
* LX Carillons (2021 - present) | |||
* Millennium and Platinum carillons and Chime Automation (1997 - 2019) | |||
* Six-SS Carillons (2008 - 2020) | |||
One of your carillon’s primary strengths is its ‘set it/forget it’ ease of programming. The 100-year | One of your carillon’s primary strengths is its ‘set it/forget it’ ease of programming. The 100-year | ||
SmartAlmanac<sup>TM</sup> makes this possible and you have total control. In addition to daylight saving time, | [[SmartAlmanac|SmartAlmanac<sup>TM</sup>]] makes this possible and you have total control. In addition to daylight saving time, | ||
you may enable or disable liturgical seasons and set the date in December that Christmas music | you may enable or disable liturgical seasons and set the date in December that Christmas music | ||
begins to play. | begins to play. | ||
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The setting on the lower right of the display will be blinking. You can press the cursor left button to make the lower left prompt blink. This will allow you to back up the menu if you need to. | The setting on the lower right of the display will be blinking. You can press the cursor left button to make the lower left prompt blink. This will allow you to back up the menu if you need to. | ||
Normally you will leave the right side blinking while using the cursor up and cursor down buttons to change the settings. Pressing the ''Enter'' button while the right side is blinking will | Normally you will leave the right side blinking while using the cursor up and cursor down buttons to change the settings. Pressing the ''Enter'' button while the right side is blinking will accept the current parameter and procede to the next option prompt. | ||
== Options and parameters == | == Options and parameters == | ||
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In general installations to avoid Christmas music, play from the non-sacred, non-seasonal random group. | In general installations to avoid Christmas music, play from the non-sacred, non-seasonal random group. | ||
=== Use pre-recorded chime (& Harp Bells) arrangements === | === Arrangement Preferences === | ||
(Millennium and Platinum carillons) | |||
==== Use pre-recorded chime (& Harp Bells) arrangements ==== | |||
May be displayed as: | May be displayed as: | ||
Use PreRec Split | Use PreRec Split | ||
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*'''No''' will not play factory pre-recorded chime selections | *'''No''' will not play factory pre-recorded chime selections | ||
=== Use pre-recorded full carillon arrangements === | ==== Use pre-recorded full carillon arrangements ==== | ||
May be displayed as: | May be displayed as: | ||
Use PreRec Full | Use PreRec Full | ||
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If both of the above options are set to '''Yes''' then the system will randomly choose between arrangements for each song selected by the SmartAlmanac. | If both of the above options are set to '''Yes''' then the system will randomly choose between arrangements for each song selected by the SmartAlmanac. | ||
If both of the above options are set to '''No''' then the system will not be enabled to randomly play factory pre-recorded music using the SmartAlmanac Groups 1 through 8. A Group 9 list for each selection favored with its own type of arrangement can be used. User keyboard recordings may also be used in place of the factory recordings. | If both of the above options are set to '''No''' then the system will not be enabled to randomly play factory pre-recorded music using the SmartAlmanac Groups 1 through 8. A [[Music_librarian_MS|Group 9]] list for each selection favored with its own type of arrangement can be used. User keyboard recordings may also be used in place of the factory recordings. | ||
=== Speaker zoning === | |||
==== LX Carillon Front Speaker ==== | |||
* '''Yes''' to use the front speaker | |||
* '''No''' when you only want to hear inside through the line output tied to your PA | |||
Other systems mute the front speaker when an audio connector is inserted into the Inside Output. | |||
=== Speakers on automatic === | ==== Speakers on automatic ==== | ||
*'''Inside''' - scheduled automatic play will be directed inside only | *'''Inside''' - scheduled automatic play will be directed inside only | ||
*'''Outside''' - scheduled automatic play will be directed to outside speakers only | *'''Outside''' - scheduled automatic play will be directed to outside speakers only | ||
*'''Both''' - scheduled automatic play will be directed to both inside and outside speakers (default) | *'''Both''' - scheduled automatic play will be directed to both inside and outside speakers (default) | ||
==== Speakers on manual ==== | |||
=== Speakers on manual === | |||
*'''Inside''' - user initiated (by remote or front panel) play will be directed inside only | *'''Inside''' - user initiated (by remote or front panel) play will be directed inside only | ||
*'''Outside''' - user initiated (by remote or front panel) play will be directed to outside speakers only | *'''Outside''' - user initiated (by remote or front panel) play will be directed to outside speakers only | ||
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[[category: | == Troubleshooting == | ||
If when trying to play a random hymn, the display says the seasonal list is empty, check the issues on the [[Playlist_empty_error_message|Playlist empty error page]]. | |||
[[category:LX Manual]] | |||