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Instructions for BFD Class Setup and Take-Down Setup: 1 2 3 4
Remove the dust cover from the boom box and roll it on its cart out of the small closet (or you may want to remove the boxes of tapes from it first, to make it lighter). Plug in the music and the mike cords in the designated outlets on the wall to the right of the closet. The place the piece of carpeting over them to protect them. Turn on the switch inside the closet, on the wall to the right. Without this, the equipment won’t work. Turn on the music equipment:
Digital Deck
CD Deck
Source Selector (CD ROM/Tape/Other) Tape Deck
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer I
Balance Adjustment Tabs Power Switch
Volume Control Knob
Turn on the Sound Mixer: press the power switch. The red LED above the power switch will light up. Without this, you won’t be able to hear any sound.
Volume for all 3 music decks is controlled by a shiny silver knob (the one to the left) on the sound mixer. You can also adjust the tabs on that machine to get the right balance of treble and bass. The treble tabs are toward the right end; the bass tabs are toward the left end. Digital Deck
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Press the round power switch on the digital deck: Wait a few seconds for deck to start up (lights on deck will flash). The screen will initially read “There are no connected devices to browse content from. Please insert media.” Don’t worry. Wait for the deck to find the attached USB memory stick (~30 seconds).
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Eventually, the following screen will appear:
Select “Load”. Sometimes, you may see a second message:
This can happen if you created a dance program in the Crate, and then turned off the digital deck. If this is the case, you can select “Load” to reload the program. Otherwise, select “Ignore”--the tracks in the crate are probably left over from a previous class. 4
Create your program: Press F2 on the keyboard. Type the first few letters of the dance. Press ENTER. A list of dance choices will appear. Turn the Push Select knob on the deck to highlight the dance you want. Press the button under “To Crate” to add the dance to the music list:
If there are multiple versions of the same dance, and you are not sure which one to use, use the Push Select knob to highlight the dance name, then press the “To A” button to send the dance to Deck A. Press the Play/STUTTER button to listen to the music. Finally, push the “To Crate” button to add the version you like to the dance list. Repeat for all dances on your program (F2, type name, ENTER, highlight dance, “To Crate”). To change the order of a dance in the dance list (Crate): Press the square Crate button to view the dance program.
Turn the Push Select knob to highlight the dance you want to move. Press and release the Push Select knob to ‘grab’ the dance. Turn the Push Select knob to ‘move’ the dance. Press and release the Push Select knob to ‘drop’ the dance into its new position. To remove a dance from the dance list: With the Crate list in view, turn the Push Select knob to highlight the dance you want to remove.
Press the Right Arrow button TWICE to scroll through the Crate options. Press the button under “Remove” (this one) to remove the dance. To test-listen to a dance while you’re playing something else: Highlight the dance name with the Push Select knob. Press the “To B” button to send it to Deck B. Press the Play/STUTTER button on the DECK B side. Use the headphones attached to Deck B to listen to the music. 5
Play the music: Press the square Crate button to view the dance program.
Turn the Push Select knob to highlight the dance to play; press the “To A” button to send it to Deck A. Then press the Play/STUTTER button. If you don’t hear any sound, check to make sure the setting is on “Other” on the Source Selector strapped to the top of the right side of the cart. To play a teaser: Press the Play/STUTTER button to start the music. Press the CUE button to stop and ‘rewind’ to the beginning. To change the playback speed:
Slide the slider UP to SLOW DOWN the music. Slide it DOWN to SPEED UP the music. A number on the top left corner of the screen will show the +-% value.
CD Deck (if you are using it)
Auto-Cue Button Power Switch Pitch Control On/Off (green LED lights up if On) Pitch Adjustment Knob 1 2 3
Press the power switch on the CD player, and test to make sure it works, by playing a CD. If you don’t hear any sound from the CD player, check to make sure the setting is on “CD ROM” on the Source Selector strapped to the top of the right side of the cart. To insert a CD: push the Open/Close ( ) button. Place the CD in one of the five CD trays (To change trays, repeatedly push the Disc Skip button until the tray you want comes into view). Note the number next to the CD tray (1 to 5). Push the Open/Close ( ) button again to close the CD loader. Push the Disc button that matches the number that you noted.
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To play only a single track: push the Auto Cue button (to the right of the Pitch Adjustment knob). The CD display will show ‘ACUE’. To select a track: press one of the numbered buttons (1-10) under the CD display.
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If the track number is higher than 10, press the “>10” button, then press a combination of the numbered buttons to select the track number. To play the CD track: press the Play (►) button.
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To play a teaser: press the Play (►) button to play the first few seconds; press the Pause ( ) button to pause the music; then press the button to cue the music to the beginning. 8 If you need to stop the music, DON’T press the Stop (■) button. Doing so will turn off single-track play mode. Instead, use the Pause ( ) and buttons. 9 To eject the CD: push the Stop (■) button; this causes the CD to be released onto the CD tray. Now push the Open/Close button to open the CD loader. Repeatedly push the Disc Skip button until the tray you want comes into view. After removing the CD, push the Open/Close button again to close the CD loader. 10 To change the playback speed: you can adjust the playback speed by turning the Pitch Adjustment knob (to the left of the Auto Cue) button. If the green Pitch Control LED is not on, push the Pitch Control On/Off button to turn on pitch control first. As you turn the Pitch Adjustment knob, the CD display will show you the +-% value.
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Tape Deck (if you are using it)
Power Switch
Pitch Control On/Off (In=On; Out=Off) Pitch Adjustment Knob 1 2 3
Press the power switch on the tape player and test to make sure it works, by playing a tape. If you don’t hear any sound from the tape player, check to make sure the setting is on “TAPE” on the Source Selector strapped to the top of the right side of the cart. Play tapes by pressing the Play (►) button. When you put in a tape, you should be able to read its name, right side up. Stop the tape by pressing the Stop (■) button. Rewind by pressing the Rewind ( ) button. (You should press the stop button before rewinding.) Eject a tape by pressing the Eject ( ) button at the bottom. You can use both ports of the tape player.
Deck A Controls
Deck B Controls
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To change the playback speed: you can make the tapes play at different speeds) by turning the little black knob on the left of the tape player that has “Pitch Control” written above it. If that doesn’t work, press the tiny button just above it to make sure it’s on. This function only works on the left-hand tape port. Occasionally, the tape door may jam and refuse to open. If this happens, press the power switch to turn off the tape deck. Then turn it back on and try the tape door again.
Take the 2 traveling mikes out from the shelf in the closet.
Battery status indicator (steady red means battery needs to be changed) Mouthpiece
Make sure the traveling mikes work: Nudge the power switch (on the back of the traveling mike) to the left to turn on the mike. Wait a few seconds for the mike to power up, then speak into the mouthpiece. If you don’t hear any sound, check that the mute switch is off (set to the right). Also check the battery status light on the front of the mike. If it’s a steady red, you should change the batteries (see instructions below). Backside of traveling mike
To change the batteries: Push the front cap UP to open the battery compartment. Pull out the old battery. Grab a AAA battery from the battery box in the closet, and put it in with the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ sides as shown below. Push the front cap back into place.
After checking/using the traveling mike, be sure to turn it off (nudge the power switch to the right) to save battery life.
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(If you are using the audio tapes) Move the boxes of tapes from the bottom of the cart and from inside the closet to one of the long tables. Open them up (leaving them in alphabetical order). Put out the box of dance names. Move the dance name display rack from the inside of the closet door onto the table or wherever the teachers want it. Put out the first dozen or so dances on the evening’s program. Get the mike stand out of the closet, put the mike in it and plug in the mike. Hang the bulletin boards on the wall, using the metal rods. Set out the sign-in book, cash box and bulletins (and whatever else you want to put out) on the table by the entry door to the room. Open to a new page and fill in the headings. Roll the coat rack out of the big closet and place it over near the kitchen door. As needed: Bring out the boxes of belts, handkerchiefs, and tambourines. Place the gender marker scarves on the closet doorknob.
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Turn off the music decks: Digital Deck: Press and HOLD the round power switch on the digital deck until the “Shutting Down” message appears. Tape Deck and CD Deck: Press the Power button on the deck. When you put away the dance name cards, be sure to insert them in the box in color-coded categories based on type of dance, within each letter of the alphabet. The code is explained on the inside of the box. Doing this makes it MUCH easier to find them. It’s not necessary to have the dances in perfect alphabetical order so long as they’re under the right letter. When you put the audiotapes away, they should be placed in perfect alphabetical order. There are two alphabetical orderings. The first one is of dances in the current repertoire. The second one is of dropped dances, marked with a little piece of red or orange tape. Please don't mix them up! Put everything back exactly where you found it in the closets. Remember that everything else must go back into the small closet BEFORE the cart is rolled in. Don’t forget to turn off the power switch and the light switch in the closet before you lock it.
