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title: "Enabling Fader Starts"
slug: "enabling-fader-starts"
updated: 2024-12-13T10:09:34Z
published: 2024-12-13T10:09:34Z
canonical: "docs.telosalliance.com/enabling-fader-starts"
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# Enabling Fader Starts

## Scope

The document covers the steps needed to enable the Fader Start mode on Element, Fusion, Quasar or IQ Consoles.

## Description

Fader start is a setting that allows the position of the Fader to control the ON and OFF state.

There are three operating modes:

- **Normal** - no Fader Start. The position of the fader has no effect on the ON or OFF state.
- **Fader Start** - Moving the fader all the way to the bottom turns the channel OFF. Raising the fader turns the channel ON.
- **Fader Start with Arm** - Works like Fader Start; however, the user must first press the ON button to enable the start. If the ON button is not pressed first the fader acts like normal.

## Configuring Fader Start

Fader Start settings are configured in the Source profiles.

1. Using a Web Browser, connect to the main configuration page of your console
2. Select **Sources** from the left side menu
3. Select the source that you want to configure Fader Start.

Fader Start is configured using the **Fader mode:** setting in the Source profile. The default is Normal.

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4. Select the desired setting; **Normal**, **Fader Start**, or **Fader Start with Arm**
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the **OK** button
6. Repeat these steps for any additional sources

> [!WARNING]
> Changes to the Source profile require the profile to be re-loaded on the console for the changes to be applied. Remove and reload the profile from the individual fader or alternately reload the entire Show Profile on the console.

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