Page 2 - Th an k you for ch oosin g Sen nheiser!
2 Th an k you for ch oosin g Sen nheiser! We h ave d esi gned th is p ro duc t to gi ve y ou r eliab leoper ation over man y yea rs. Over hal f a centu ry o faccu mul ated experti se in th e d esig n an d man uf actur e o fhi gh -q uali ty electro -aco usti c equ ipm ent have m adeSenn hei ser a wo ...
Page 3 - Contents
3 Contents Th e EK 500 G2 recei ver ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... 4 Th e ch ann el b ank sys tem ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... 4 Saf ety in stru ction s .. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ....
Page 4 - The ch annel bank system
4 The EK 500 G2 receiver The EK 500 G2 bod ypa ck r eceiver i s par t of th e evol utio n wir eless s eri es ew 500 G2. With this s eri es , Sen nh eis er off ers hig h-qu ali ty state-of -the-art RF tr ans mis sio nsystems wi th a h igh level of oper ation al r eli abi li ty and easeof u se. Tran s...
Page 5 - Safety instructions
5 Safety instructions Never o pen an electr oni c u ni t! I f un its are op en ed bycu stomer s i n b reach of thi s in str uctio n, the war ran tyb ecomes nu ll and voi d. Us e the u ni t in d ry roo ms onl y. Us e a d amp c loth for cl eani ng th e u nit. Do n ot us e anycl eansi ng ag ents or sol...
Page 6 - Rec eiver
6 Areas of application The recei ver can be com bi ned w ith tr ansm itters o f theew 500 G2 ser ies (SK 500 G2 b odyp ack tra nsm itter ,SKM 500 G2 rad io micr op hon e or SKP 500 G2 p lug -o ntr ans mitter). The tr ans mitters ar e avail abl e in the s ame fi ve UHF f requ ency ran ges and ar e eq...
Page 7 - The operating controls
7 The operating controls H ea dph on e ou tp ut (P HONES), 3. 5 mm j ack socket A ntenn a Red LED for o perati on and b atter y s tatu s i nd icati on (ON/LOW B AT) Gr een LED f or RF sig nal i nd icatio n (RF) Ch arg in g c ontacts SET bu tton / ro cker bu tton (DOWN /UP ) an d adj us t th e h eadp...
Page 8 - Indications and displays; LC di splay panel; Operation and battery s tatus indic atio n
8 Indications and displays LC di splay panel Al phan um eri c d isp lay “B .CH“ – ap pear s w hen the chan nel ban k an d the ch ann el nu mber ar e di sp layed “MHz“ – ap pears w hen the f req uen cy i s d is play ed 4-step battery status di spl ay Lo ck mo de i con (lock mod e i s ac ti vated) “P ...
Page 10 - “MU TE” display; Mo dulation display
10 Remot e di sp lays of an ew 5 00 G2 transmitter “MU TE” display The “MUTE” di spl ay app ears on the di spl ay p anel wh en y the RF s ign al of the r eceived tran sm itter i s too weak, y the r eceived tr ansm itter has been m uted (wi th the pi lotton e tran smi ssi on or evalu ation acti vated...
Page 11 - Preparing th e receiver for use; Insertin g and rep lacin g the batteri es
11 Preparing th e receiver for use Insertin g and rep lacin g the batteri es For p ower in g th e recei ver , two 1. 5 V A A s ize batteri es ar er equi red . P ress th e tw o un locki ng button s and open th e b atter y co mpar tment c over . I ns er t the two b atter ies as sh own ab ove. Pl ease ...
Page 13 - Attachin g the receiver to clothi ng
13 Fasten the fl ash mo unt ada pter to th e per fo rated pl ateu sin g th e s qua re n ut. Remove th e b elt cl ip. P lace th e per fo rated pl ate on to the rear o f th e r eceiver . Rein ser t th e b elt cl ip. Attachin g the receiver to clothi ng Th e recei ver is attac hed to cl othin g (e.g. b...
Page 14 - Using the receiver; Switchin g the receiver on /off
14 Using the receiver Switchin g the receiver on /off The r eceiver c an onl y b e s witch ed off w hen the stand ar ddi spl ay i s s how n o n th e di sp lay pan el . Wh en in theoper ating men u, b ri efly pr essi ng th e ON / OFF b utton wil l cancel yo ur en tr y (ESC f unc ti on ) an d retur n ...
Page 15 - Activating /deactivati ng th e lock mod e
15 A ttention! H igh volum e! Even s hor t exp osu re to hi gh vol um e l evel s wi ll d amag eyo ur hear in g!Set the vol ume f or the co nn ected head ph ones to th em ini mu m b efor e p utti ng the head ph ones on. Fir st, us e th e / roc ker b utto n to set the vol ume f or the con nected head ...
Page 16 - The operating m enu; The bu tton s; Buttons Mode
16 The operating m enu A speci al featur e of the Sennh eis er ew 500 G2 seri es is thesim ilar , in tui ti ve oper ation of tr ansm itters an d r eceiver s. A sa res ult, ad ju stmen ts to the settin gs can be mad e qu ick lyand “w itho ut loo kin g” – even in stres sf ul s ituati ons , fo rexam pl...
Page 17 - Getting into the o perating m enu
17 Overview of men us Workin g with th e operati ng menu B y w ay o f exa mpl e of the “ TUNE ” men u, this s ec ti on d escri bes ho w to us e the o pera ti ng men u. Af ter s wi tch in g the recei ver on , the stan dar d di sp lay issh own o n th e di sp lay pan el . Getting into the o perating m ...
Page 19 - Operati ng menu of the receiver; EXIT; LO
19 Operati ng menu of the receiver SET EXIT Changing the channel STORED CHAN 790.025 01 01 B . CH 1. 790.100 18 18 B . CH 1. SET Current channel (display depends on "DISPLY" setting) / : Channel 01...20 SET : Stores the setting BANK Changing the channel bank BANK 1 BANK U SET Current channel...
Page 21 - TUNE
21 Adjustment tips for th e operating m enu Switch ing between chann el banks – BANK Via the “ BA NK ” menu , you can swi tc h between th e r eceiver ’s ni ne ch ann el ban ks. Each o f th e c han nel b anks“1” to “8” ha s up to 20 sw itch abl e chan nel s that ar ef actory-pr eset to a recei vin g ...
Page 22 - SCAN; Starting the s can and storing the sc an res ult; Multi -chann el operat ion
22 Use th e / r ocker b utto n to select th e des ir ed recei vin g f req uenc y. Your sel ec ti on becom es eff ectiveimm edi atel y. Receiv ing f req uenc ies a re tun ab le i n25-kHz steps with in a swi tchi ng ban dw id th of 36 MHzmax. For i ntermo du lation -fr ee f requ enci es, pl ease ref e...
Page 23 - Adju sti ng th e squelch thresh ol d –
23 Adju sti ng th e audi o ou tput l evel – AF OUT Via the “ AF O UT ” menu , y ou can adj us t the au di o outpu t level of the recei ver. The level can be adj us ted i n ei gh tsteps . Ad apt th e l evel of the au dio o utpu t (AF OUT) to th ei npu t of the co nn ec ted un it. The f oll owi ng fi ...
Page 24 - Selecta ble standard display Contents of standard display
24 Selectin g the stan dard displ ay – DISLPY Vi a the “ DISP LY ” men u, yo u can select the s tan dar d d is pla y: Entering a n ame – NAME Vi a the “ NAME ” menu , you can en ter a f reel y selectab le name f or th e recei ver. You can, f or exam pl e, en ter the n ameof the perf or mer fo r wh o...
Page 25 - PILOT; Activating/deacti vating the lock mode –; Exiti ng th e operati ng menu –
25 Activating /deactivati ng th e pi lot tone evalu ati on – PILOT Via the “ PI LO T ” menu , yo u c an activate or d eactivate th e p ilo t to ne eval uati on. Th e pil ot tone sup por ts the r eceiver ’s sq uelch f unc ti on(Sq uelch ) and p rotects agai ns t i nterf eren ce d ue to RFsi gn als fr...
Page 26 - Troubleshooting; Error checklist; Problem
26 Troubleshooting Error checklist If pr ob lems occu r th at ar e no t lis ted i n th e ab ove tabl e or i fth e pr obl ems can no t b e solv ed wi th the pr opo sed s olu ti on s,pleas e con tact you r loca l Sen nh eiser ag ent f or ass istan ce. Problem Pos sible c aus e P os sible s olutio n No...
Page 27 - Recommend ati ons an d tip s; Care and maintenance
27 Recommend ati ons an d tip s . .. fo r optimum rec eptio n y Tr ans mis sio n r ang e dep end s to a l arg e extent on loc ati onand c an var y f ro m abou t 10 m to ab out 150 m . Ther esho uld b e a “f ree l in e of sig ht” between tr an smi ttin g a ndrecei vin g an tenn as. y To avoi d over m...
Page 28 - Additional information; n oise red ucti on
28 Additional information HDX n oise red ucti on Pro gr ess you can hear : The evolu ti on w ir eless G2 s eri es i s equ ip ped w ith HDX , the Senn heis er n ois e red uctio n sy stem that red uces RFin ter fer ence. It inc reases the sig nal -to-no ise ratio i nwir eless au di o tra nsm iss ion t...
Page 29 - Squelch; P ilot tone s quelc h
29 wh en u sin g m ulti -ch ann el sy stems. Fin all y, UHF fr equ encyr ang es ar e b ein g ap pr oved a ll o ver the w orl d f orr adi omi crop ho ne u sag e – in so me co untr ies li cence-fr ee. Squelch P ilot tone s quelc h Th e ew 500 G2 tr ans mitters add a pi lot ton e to th e aud iosi gn al...
Page 30 - Specifications; RF c ha rac teristic s; AF characteris tics; Overall unit
30 Specifications RF c ha rac teristic s Mo dul ation wid eban d FM Fr equ en cy ran ges 518–554, 626– 662, 740–776, 786– 822, 830–866 MHz Recei vin g f req uen cies 8 chan nel ba nks wi th u p to 20 factor y-pres et chan nel s each 1 c han nel ban k wi th up to 20 f reely sel ecta ble chan nel s (1...
Page 31 - Con nector assign men t; Accessorie s
31 Con nector assign men t 3.5 mm jac k pl ug , u nb alan ced 3.5 mm jac k pl ug , b alan ced Accessorie s BA 2015 Acc upa ck L 2015 Char ger f or BA 2015 accu pack DC 2 DC p ower ada pter f or exter nal 12 V DCpo weri ng of EK 500 G2 (i ns tead of twoAA si ze batteri es)
Page 32 - Manufacturer declarations; Warranty regulations
32 Manufacturer declarations Warranty regulations The guarantee period for this Sennheiser product is 24 months from the dateof purchase. Excluded are accessory items, rechargeable or disposable batte-ries that are delivered with the product; due to their characteristics these pro-ducts have a short...