E-Bench KH 2055 User manual

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eBench Hi-Fi Door Bell KH 

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Operating Elements for the Hi-Fi Door Bell
. The „Mode“ button („M“)
. The > button
. The < button
. The „Mute“ button ( )
. The Display
. The audio input
. The display lamp for the operating stand
Table of Contents
Operating Elements for the Hi-Fi Door Bell....................................
. Technical Data.......................................................................................
. Declaration of Conformity ...............................................................
. Use............................................................................................................
. Description of Functions ..................................................................
. Installation of the Hi-Fi Door Bell...................................................
. Commissioning....................................................................................
. Selecting a Bell Tone...........................................................................
. Bell Tone for the Front Door.........................................................
. Bell Tone for the Back Door...........................................................
. Random Bell tones for the Front Door..................................... 
. Random Bell Tones for the Back Door ..................................... 
. Setting the Volume...........................................................................
. Muting the Hi-Fi Door Bell............................................................. 
. Loading Music on the Hi-Fi Door Bell.......................................
. Installing the Download Programme.....................................
. Downloading Music.....................................................................
. Operating the Download Programme ..................................
. Downloading Overwritten Titles............................................ 
. Display Lamp for Operating Stand ............................................
. Deinstalling the Download Programme ................................ 
. Troubleshooting...............................................................................
. Handling Spent Batteries ............................................................ 
. Cleaning............................................................................................. 
. Safety Instructions ......................................................................... 
. Assembly and Wiring Plan .......................................................... 

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. Declaration of Conformity
We, Kompernaß Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Burgstr. , D-
Bochum, Germany, hereby declare that this product conrms
to the following standards:
• EN  (Limits and Measurement Processes for Radio Dis-
turbance caused by Information Technology Appliances)
• EN  (Information Technology Appliances, Disturbance
Characteristics, Limits and Test Methods)
Device type: KH 
Bochum, ..
Hans Kompernaß
— Managing Director —
. Technical Data
• Power supply AC: / volts ( A)
or  x . V alkaline batteries (LR/C, baby cells)
• Bell tone triggered by potential-free contact or
trigger voltage ~/ Volt
• Double call dierentiation
• Adjustable bell tone volume
•  memory slots for bell tones ( can be over written by the
user (// seconds)
• Dimensions:  x  x  mm
• Weight:  g

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. Use
The eBench Hi-Fi Door Bell KH  is exclusively intended for
use as a door bell in connection with an existing door bell/bell
system in private households and in sealed rooms.
. Description of Functions
The eBench Hi-Fi Door Bell KH  oers you  dierent me-
lodies and sound eects as bell tones:
. Radetzky March
. Ode to Joy
. Howling wolf
. Aida
. Chinese cymbal
. Bolero
. Techno
. March of the Toreros
. Breaking glass
. Jingle Bells
. Crowing rooster
. Bongo
. Westminster
. Happy Birthday
. Barking dog
. Beethoven’s th Symphony
. Crashing metal
. Big band
You can load up to three additional melodies, sound eects
and announcements on the Hi-Fi Door Bell in addition to these
pre-programmed melodies and sound eects.
If there are bells on the front and the back door, the Hi-Fi
Door Bell can be used to set dierent bell tones for each of
the doors.

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We accept no liability for damage resulting from incorrect
installation!
You can nd an assembly plan, wiring plan and a drilling
template for the installation from page  of these Operating
Instructions onwards; please submit these documents to the
electrician you commission with the installation of the Hi-Fi
Door Bell.
Make sure you inform the commissioned electrician before the
start of work if two bells (e.g. front and back door) are to be
connected to the Hi-Fi Door Bell!
. Installation of the Hi-Fi Door Bell
Safety Instructions
Warning! Risk of electric shock! Only a qualied
electrician is permitted to install, i.e. assemble
and connect to the existing doorbell system, the
eBench KH 2055 Hi-Fi Door Bell!
An unqualied person attempting to install the Door
Bell runs the risk of an electric shock!
Attention! The Hi-Fi Door Bell can be damaged irreparably
if installed incorrectly!
Warning!
Risk of electric shock!
Never expose the Hi-Fi Door Bell to moisture!
The Hi-Fi Door Bell must only be installed in sealed rooms,
which are under no circumstances exposed to moisture! Ex-
posure to moisture may cause an electric shock!
No liability will be accepted for damage resulting from an
exposure to moisture!
Attention!
The device may be damaged permanently and irreparably
by exposure to moisture!

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. Commissioning
You can start up the Hi-Fi Door Bell once it has been installed
correctly. To do this …
 Remove the Hi-Fi Door Bell from its wall holder and place
it on its front.
 Use a Philips-head screwdriver to release the screw on the
battery compartment and remove the lid.
 Insert 4 batteries of the type 1.5 V C (Baby/R 114 P/UM2)
into the battery compartment; make sure that the batteries
are facing the right way.
 Insert the lid back on to the battery compartment and
retighten the holding screw.
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. Selecting a Bell Tone
You can select a bell tone for the front door, the back door
and also any side entrance, etc.
This enables you to distinguish immediately where the bell
is ringing.
Alternatively, instead of selecting a specic bell tone, you can
also set the Hi-Fi Door Bell in such a way that one of the pre-
programmed pieces of music or sound eects is chosen ran-
domly and is played each time the bell is pressed.

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. Bell Tone for the Front Door
In order to select one of the pre-programmed pieces of music
or sound eects as bell tone for the front door …
 Press the button “M” until “E”appears in the display.
 Press the buttons < and > to select one of the pieces of
music or sound eects listed under numbers 1 to 18.
The display shows the number of the pieces of music and
sound eects.
 If you wish to listen to the pieces of music or sound eects
listed in the display, wait a few seconds without pressing but-
tons < or > until the Hi-Fi Door Bell automatically plays the
piece of music or sound eect currently set in the display.
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. Bell Tone for the Back Door
In order to select one of the pre-programmed pieces of music
or sound eects as bell tone for the front door …
 Press the button “M” until “F” appears in the display.
 Repeat the steps 2 and 3 under 7.1 “Bell Tone for the Front
Door“.
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. Random Bell tones for the Front Door
In order to activate the random mode for the front door
bell …
 Press the button “M” until “E” for the front door bell tone
appears in the display.
 Use the buttons < and > to select the piece of music with
the number 00.
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. Random Bell Tones for the Back Door
In order to activate the random mode for the back door bell …
 Press the button “M” until “F” appears in the display.
 Use the buttons < and > to select the piece of music with
the number 00.
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. Setting the Volume
In order to set the volume in which the selected bell tones
are played …
 Press the button “M” until “U” appears in the display.
 Use the buttons < and > to set the volume between U0
(very quiet) to U9 (very loud).
The display lists the currently set volume.
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. Muting the Hi-Fi Door Bell
Press the “Mute” button in order to mute the Hi-Fi Door Bell,
thus meaning that no bell tone will sound if any of the con-
nected bells are pressed.
When the mute is active, the display lamp for the operating
state on the front side of the Hi-Fi Door Bell ashes red.

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. Loading Music on the Hi-Fi Door Bell
You can load up to three additional melodies, sound eects and
texts on the Hi-Fi Door Bell in addition to these pre-programmed
melodies and sound eects.
However, if you wish to load your own pieces of music, sound
eects or texts on the Hi-Fi Door Bell, this requires …
• your computer has a processor with a minimum speed of
 MHz
• the installation of the operating system Microsoft Windows
95®, Windows 98® Windows ME®, Windows 2000® or Win-
dows XP® on your computer
• you have installed the download programme provided on
your computer
• that your computer has a sound card
• that loudspeakers are connected to your computer
• that the titles you want are stored on your computer as
“wave” les (22,050 samples/second, 16 Bit, mono, high
quality).
Information:
If you are not sure which operating system is installed
on your computer:
 Start your computer.
 Right click the “My Computer” icon on the desktop
once your computer has started up.
 Now click on “Attributes” and then on the registration
card “General”. This will provide you with information on
the installed operating system.
Windows XP® may possibly not list “My Computer” as an
icon on the desktop.
If you cannot nd a “My Computer” icon on the
Desktop …
 Click on “Start” on the bottom left edge of your screen.
 Now right click on the “My Computer” icon in the
Start menu.
 Click on “Attributes” and then on the registration card
“General”.
This will provide you with information on the installed
operating system.

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Information:
If you are not sure whether the music title, sound eect or
text you would like is stored on your computer in “Wave”
format …
 Right click on the le you want.
 Click on “Attributes”.
 Click on the registration card “General”.
 The item “le type” will list the le format.
The specied le type must be “WAV Audio” if you wish
to load the le on the Hi-Fi Door Bell. The Hi-Fi Door Bell
cannot load any le formats other than WAV Audio!
Use standard sound editing software such as “Cool Edit
” (download under www.syntrillium.com, subject to
charge) in order to reformat your sound les into “Wave”
format and to display and alter the other attributes (samp-
le rate, etc.).

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. Installing the Download Programme
In order to load sound les from your computer to the Hi-Fi
Door Bell, you must install the download programme en-
closed with the Hi-Fi Door Bell on your computer. To do this …
 Place the CD ROM enclosed with the Hi-Fi Door Bell and
entitled “Software Installation“ into the CD ROM drive on
your computer. The start window opens automatically after
a few seconds. Now proceed with step 4.
If the start window does not open automatically, the auto-
matic function on your computer is deactivated. In this case ...
 Double click the “My Computer” icon on the desktop.
If you cannot nd a “My Computer” icon on the Desktop, click
on “Start” on the bottom left edge of your screen and then click
on “My Computer” in the Start menu.
 Double click on the symbol for the CD ROM drive in which
you placed the CD ROM. The start window opens automati-
cally after a few seconds.
 Click on a ag to select a language.
 You are now in the main menu. Click on “Install Soft-
ware”.
The installation programme dialogue window opens.
 Follow the instructions in the installation programme dia-
logue window.
 A message appears after the end of installation, stating that
the installation process is now complete.
You now see the “PRISM” icon on your desktop.

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. Downloading Music
Once you have nished installing the download programme,
you must now connect your computer to the Hi-Fi Door Bell
using the enclosed download cable. To do this …
 Run down your computer.
If your computer does not switch o automatically after being
run down, do so manually as soon as your computer displays
the message “You can now switch o your computer”.
 Pull the mains plug on your computer.
 Connect the download cable to the serial interface on
your computer using the serial jack.
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Information:
If you are not sure which of the interfaces on your computer
is the serial interface, please take a look at the Operating
Instructions or your computer manual.
It does not matter which interface you use to connect the
download cable if your computer has more than one se-
rial interface.

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 Connect the 3.5 mm audio jack connector on the other
end of the download cable to the audio input on the Hi-Fi Door
Bell.
 Replace the mains plug on your computer to the mains
socket.
 Switch your computer back on.
 Select the “PC” mode on the Hi-Fi Door Bell by pressing
the button “M” until “PC” appears in the Hi-Fi Door Bell’s dis-
play.
 Double click on the “PRISM” icon on your computer
desktop once the computer has started up. The download
programme dialogue window opens.
All you have to do is select later on in the download pro-
gramme dialogue window whether you have connected
the download cable to serial interface  or .

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. Operating the Download Programme
You enter data in the dialogue window in order to operate the
download programme for your Hi-Fi Door Bell:
 First of all, use your mouse to select the title number under
which you wish to store your piece of music on the Hi-Fi Door
Bell. You have at your disposal:
• Title number 
• Title number 
• Title number 
You can store 8 seconds of music, sounds or text on the title
memory slots 16 and 17 respectively.
Title memory slot 18 can accommodate up to 40 seconds of
music, sounds or text.
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 Select the serial interface you have connected the down-
load cable to by clicking on “COM PORT ” or “COM PORT ”
in the drop down menu under the item “Serial Interface”.
If you are not sure which serial interface you have connected
the download cable to, just proceed. You can change the set-
ting at any time at the click of the mouse.
 Now select the le you wish to load on the Hi-Fi Door
Bell.
To do this, click on the button “Search” and select the folder
in which the le you want is located.
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