I didn't quite get that from looking at the manual ( ) but it answers a question I had considering the hook-up of the Viper as POT replacement.Tankbear wrote:Viper? You don’t need to use a Viper the volume feature is built into the IBU3. Go to the radio setup page and set “Master Volume” to channel 5-6 to match a rotary knob on the radio. If you want to use the manual volume pot you can but I think you remove the AB jumper plug.Big N00b wrote:Spent the day messing with setup - I had a problem (with my brain) trying to run the configuration software with a Viper as master volume controller - I "discovered" that if you try to set the IBU to "see" it on a particular channel and it is only plugged into the receiver channel, all the sounds go away - can't play them at all...
Finally just didn't tell it anything in the configurator and configured the xmtr knob only and everything is fine, volume control etc.
After having fun with that, I'd say it actually only took 15 minutes to set up what I wanted (without finessing default settings). Can say the "reset" works fine if you need to use it.
Sound volume on the FRS8 is fairly decent, I think it falls right on the line of being over-driven at max, but I just had the speaker sitting on my work mat and not in any enclosure.
Overall, nifty little box.
On the speaker front agree the FRS8 and FR10 speakers are just starting to distort at higher volumes but I think once built into a box it should help the control.
Ian.
The other item I noticed regards the coloring in the pictures and wording in quick start and manual of the connector cables (brown, red, orange) vs physical black, red, white...
Don't forget, I am a "big n00b" at this and if I didn't have any experience with PC electronics, that would have been a stumper question for many new to tankers.
theibuman wrote:There's a nice user manual out there ....
Good one...
Didn't blow it up or burn down the house, so over all, a good day!!
Terry