Aug 19

AVBooth: Startup Procedures

Introduction

  • The church’s audio/video ministry is a vital part of the Sunday worship service that helps enable the music and preaching ministries.
  • This ministry includes the management of light, sound, and video hardware, as well as computer hardware and software
  • This ministry, much like, oxygen, is completely invisible when it works well, and quite noticeable when it does not

 

Startup

  • Go to the mechanical room, east wall, left breaker box, and turn on breaker #53–this is for the stage lights
  • Go to the AV booth and use the remote to turn both projectors ON
  • Go to the rack and ensure all the switches in the PDU (Rack item #2) are ON
  • Ensure that the following are ON:

Lights (Rack item #1)

  • Buttons 1-8
  • Sliders 1-6 to top
  • DO NOT TURN ON 7-8

 

Wireless Mics

  • Stackable JTS boxes on left of soundboard ON

Mics

Belt mic

  • Install AA batteries from charger
  • Hold button 1-3 seconds to turn ON
  • Push tiny black button to connect/disconnect either ear mic or lapel mic if necessary
  • Help the preacher get the mic connected, and then do a mic check to ensure it is working properly.
  • Mute the belt mic AT THE SOUNDBOARD–not on the belt mic itself

 

Mixer aka Sound Board

  • Rack item #5, power button in bottom right ON
  • Sound board, rocker switch on back of board on right ON
  • Master Level sliders in bottom right, slide the top of sliders against 10
  • Individual desired mics centered on -6 ,then adjust as necessary
  • Power on rack item #3

Unmute mics

  • Red light “clip” above mic slider means mic is muted
  • Push button so it pops UP and red light turns OFF to unmute
  • Whether mic is muted or not green “sig” light will show you that you have sound signal

 

Recording Music

Power Down procedures

  • Use the remotes to turn the projectors OFF by clicking power/power off once, which will pop up a dialogue box, then clicking power/power off again

Troubleshooting

Lights

  • If the lights will not turn on, check the following
  • Mech Room: Breaker is on
  • PDU: All switches are on/lit
  • Lights Panel: Lights buttons are on
  • If you have checked all of these try the following:
  • Lights Panel: power off rocker switch, wait 30 seconds, power back on

Projectors

  • If a projector will not turn on, go to the mech room and turn breaker #57 OFF, wait one minute, then turn back on

Camera

  • If the camera no longer responds to the joystick / keyboard input, press the CAM button, then type 1 and Enter

Tips

  • Bruce speaks softly, so mic him a little louder