Zaxcom URX50 User manual

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User Manual
Published December 2020
Firmware Version URX-2.21
URX50

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HOME SCREEN ............................................................................................................................. 8
MAIN MENU ...................................................................................................................................... 9
NAVIGATING THE MAIN MENU .................................................................................................................................... 9
FREQUENCY SELECT ................................................................................................................................................... 9
LOCK SCREEN ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
SUB MENUS ..................................................................................................................................... 10
MENU GROUPS ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
ACCESSING AND NAVIGATING THE MENU GROUPS ......................................................................................................... 10
ENTERING AND NAVIGATING A SUB MENU .................................................................................................................... 10
EXITING THE EXTENDED MENU ................................................................................................................................... 10
CHANNEL PRESET MENU .................................................................................................................. 11
NUMBER OF PRESETS ............................................................................................................................................... 11
PRESET ADJUST ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
SCAN MENU ..................................................................................................................................... 12
FREQUENCY SCAN ................................................................................................................................................... 12
Scanning for a frequency ................................................................................................................................ 12
Selecting the frequency .................................................................................................................................. 12
SETTING THE SCAN RANGE ........................................................................................................................................ 13
AUDIO MENU .................................................................................................................................. 14
HEADPHONE ROUTER ............................................................................................................................................... 14
SPEAKER ENABLE ..................................................................................................................................................... 14
AUDIO DELAY SET .................................................................................................................................................... 14
VOLUME MODE ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
EXTRA VOLUME ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
LANYARD KEYS ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
1KHZ NOTCH ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
VOLUME BEEPS ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
MUTE IF UNIT CODE ................................................................................................................................................ 15
SETUP MENU ................................................................................................................................... 16
MODULATION SELECT .............................................................................................................................................. 16
UNIT CODE ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
IFB VOTING ........................................................................................................................................................... 16
SOFTWARE UPDATE ................................................................................................................................................. 17
DISPLAY FLIP .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
BATTERY TYPE ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
SCAN ON BOOT ....................................................................................................................................................... 17
HIDE FREQUENCY MENU .......................................................................................................................................... 18
TEST TONE ............................................................................................................................................................. 18
INFORMATION PAGE ................................................................................................................................................ 18
ENCRYPTION CODE SET ............................................................................................................................................ 18
Adjusting the encryption code ........................................................................................................................ 18
NAME SET .............................................................................................................................................................. 19

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OPERATING FREQUENCIES ............................................................................................................... 20
UHF AUDIO ........................................................................................................................................................... 20
FIRMWARE ...................................................................................................................................... 21
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 22
PRODUCT SUPPORT ......................................................................................................................... 24
ZAXCOM WARRANTY POLICY AND LIMITATIONS ............................................................................. 25

Zaxcom URX50 Front
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Front
1. Volume Up and Down keys
2. Channel Up and Down keys
• When in the home or lock screen press to cycle through channel presets.
• When in the sub menu press to cycle through the menus.
• When in a menu press the keys to change the menu parameters.
3. Power / Time Code key
• Press and hold for 2 seconds to power up the URX50.
• Press and hold for 4 seconds to power down the URX50 - then pess the MENU key
• Press three times quickly to enter or exit the menu groups.
• From the home or lock screen press to display the time code and user bits.
4. Menu key
• Press to cycle to the next menu item.
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Zaxcom URX50 Top
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Top
1. Antenna
2. OLED Display
3. 3.5mm Headphone Jack
Please note that this jack acts as the second antenna for diversity reception..
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Zaxcom URX50 Rear
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Rear
1. Battery Compartment - The URX50 uses 3 AA batteries and will work with alkaline, NiMH or lithium
AA batteries. The bottom of the URX50 has charging contacts so when using NiMH batteries, the
batteries can be charged by using Zaxcom’s drop in charger.
WARNING: DO NOT USE THE CHARGER WHEN LITHIUM OR ALKALINE BATTERIES ARE INSTALLED.
2. External Speaker
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Zaxcom URX50 Home Screen
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Received TX Name
Save Indicator
Received RF Signal Strength Meter
Frequency TX Record Status
Audio Level Meter TC Battery Meter
Home Screen
Received Transmitter Name
This is the name of the transmitter being received by the URX50.
Received Transmitter Record Status
This displays the status of the internal recorder of the transmitter being received by the URX50. Stop (STP) Play
(PLY) or Record (REC) will be displayed.
Save Indicator
The save indicator will briefly flash when after a setting change as a parameter is being written to the memory
of the URX50.
Received Frequency
This is the preset position number and the UHF frequency that the URX50 is receiving.
RF Signal Strength
The RF strength meter shows the radio signal strength of the transmitter. The RF signal is depicted as a staircase
pattern with the lowest step (low signal strength) on the left and building up to the right (higher signal strength).
When more stairs are showing the stronger the signal is.
Audio Level
Displays the incoming audio level, the meter extends from the left to the right. The vertical bar is the -20dBFS
mark and the far-right side of the box is 0dBFS.
Time Code
This is the time code of the transmitter that the URX50 is receiving.
Battery Meter
This displays a rough indication of the transmitter’s battery level. For a more accurate battery reading the battery
type being used in the transmitter needs to be set in the setup menu.
TX NAME
(P1) 570.1
REC
09:18:05:03

Zaxcom URX50 Main Menu
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Main Menu
Navigating the Main Menu
• To enter the main menu - press the MENU key.
• To advance to the next menu press the MENU key again.
Frequency Select
The frequency select menu is where the URX50 receive frequency is set. This frequency needs to match the
frequency that is set on the corresponding transmitter. To adjust the frequency, press the channel up key to
increase the frequency and press the channel down key to decrease the frequency. When enabled, the URX will
also scroll through its preset frequencies from this menu.
The frequency menu will display the modulation format, the name of the transmitter being received, a RF signal
strength meter, audio meter and an arrow showing which antenna the signal is being received on.
Lock Screen
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When the lock screen is landed on a 5 second countdown clock will start. After 5 seconds elapse the URX50 will
lock and the menus cannot be accessed, this is to prevent the URX settings from accidentally be changed.
When the URX50 is locked the volume adjust keys, the channel preset keys and the time code display key can
still be used.
To exit the lock screen, hold the MENU key and press the CH UP key 4 times.
FREQ: 570.0
STEREO ‘TX NAME’
LOCKING IN 4
FREQ: 570.0
STEREO ‘TX NAME’

Zaxcom URX50 Menu Navigation
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Sub Menus
Menu groups
The URX50 has four sub menu groups
• Channel Preset - Sets the number of preset channels and sets the frequency of each preset channel.
• Scan - This is where the URX50 can scan the set RF spectrum.
• Audio - This is where the audio functions of the URX50 are set.
• Setup - This is where the setup parameters of the URX50 is set.
Accessing and navigating the menu groups
From in the main menu press the POWER / TC key three times quickly to access the menu groups. Then
pressing the CH UP or CH DOWN key will cycle between the menu items.
Entering and navigating a sub menu
When landing on the desired menu group press the MENU key to enter that menu. Pressing the MENU key
again will cycle through the menu items.
To return to the top of the menu press the MENU key to cycle to the top or press and hold the MENU key for
1.5 seconds.
Exiting the extended menu
To exit the menus, press the POWER / TC key 3 times quickly to return to the main menu.