Telos NX12 user manual Line Button Columns, Hold & Drop, Next, Talent Mode, Producer Mode

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Line Button Columns

Talent Mode

Each line has 2 buttons, the left column for Caller 1 and the right column for Caller 2. Pressing a line button places the caller on that line on-air using the corresponding hybrid.

Note: When the Nx12 is using a two-studio Show Mode (see Section 5.7), only the left column will be active.

Pressing a line button when a call is already on-air locks the call. To unlock, press the line button a third time.

If the handset is lifted or hands-free is active (the LED next to the hands-free button is illumi- nated), the left line column will connect the line to either the handset or the Director’s internal speaker/mic, rather than to the usual on-air hybrid. The right line column will continue to work as usual. To move a caller on the handset to air, press the line button on either the left or right columns.

Producer Mode

The left row of buttons is used to answer calls on the handset (or headset). Pressing a left column line button while you have a call on the handset (or in hands free mode) locks the caller. To unlock press that Line button a third time.

The right row of buttons is used to place a caller on Screened Hold. For more details on how screened hold works, see the section on the Next button, below.

Hold & Drop

Talent Mode

These affect only the corresponding line button column above them. A locked line will not be affected. All unlocked lines in that column will be dropped.

Producer Mode

The left hold button is normal hold while the right hold button places a caller on “screened hold”. For more details on how screened hold works, see the section on the Next button, below. The right hold button may be replaced by with a keycap labeled with a check-mark if a Desktop Director will be used primarily for screening.

Next

Talent Mode

This button will cause the call designated by the call screener as next to be taken on line column

1.Any unlocked caller will be dropped. (It is possible to configure the system to put the caller back hold instead - see ‘Direct Hold’ option, Section 5.6.)

A producer working as a call screener can place a call on screened hold and the check-mark icon will appear for the line. This indicates that the caller has been checked by the screener, and is ready to go on air.