Omnia Industries Turntable 6FM User Manual

OMNIA – 6FM Broadcast Audio Processor Installation and Operation Manual Version 1.00a January 2002 Omnia ● 2101 Superior Avenue Cleveland

Omnia 6 Users Guide – Ver 1.00a CANADA WARNING – This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions set out in the R

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8383Using a Direct RS-232 Connection for Local Communications When a computer can be located near

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8484Establishing a Remote Connection To establish a connection with the remotely located Omnia-6fm

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8585Using a Terminal Program and Direct Connection It is sometimes useful to use a Direct Serial C

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8686 Trigger Interface and Script Editor Overview of the Trigger Script Editor The Omnia 6 Remote

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8787Trigger LOW is sensed. When nothing is connected to the Trigger Inputs, the inputs normally si

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8888The Para, The Syspara, and Command Line Entries What Is A "Para"? In general*, a &a

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8989the current scripts and close the Script Editor window. Click “Cancel” to close the window, di

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9090Script Command Definitions The scripting commands available for use with the Daypart Scheduler

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9191Example: rename 21 BOOGY <enter> commands the Omnia-6 to rename preset number 2. save

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9292Omnia-6fm System Parameters A 'syspara' is an Omnia 6 System parameter. The System P

NOTICES All versions of compatibility, trademarks, etc. of hardware and software products not made by Omnia, but mentioned in this manual or other acc

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9393Setting New Syspara Values To find the new value you wish to use for a particular Syspara: sy

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9494Trigger Script Example for Switching to Mono Operation In this example, we'll configure

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9595above each edit box. If no errors or other displays are shown, then your script is ready to be

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9696for both options. Initiating Trigger Scripts via the Interface Connector As we mentioned, trig

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9797few seconds, the front panel's confirmation of the time change may lag by a few seconds.

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9898Initiating Trigger Scripts via the Daypart Scheduler The Daypart Scheduler is typically used t

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9999Chapter 7 Troubleshooting your Omnia 6 Many operational problems with the Omnia 6fm can be dia

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 100100 Port Setup for MS Windows Hyperterminal The following examples illustrate how to configure

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 101101 Normal Boot-up Message A 'healthy' Omnia 6 will transmit the following message on

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 102102 Audio Failure Alarm If no audio is applied to the Omnia, the following messages will be tra

Omnia 6fm Specifications As of January 2002 – Version 6.01 Software Note: All measurements made with the supplied "FactTest2" preset, whic

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 103103 Diagnostic and Error Messages Work: Insert card to continue!!! (non-fatal error) The opera

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 104104Clearing corrupted Non-volatile RAM contents Occasionally during a software upgrade, the co

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 105105 Close up of Shunt "S1" Close up photo of shunt jumper &

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 106106 Diagnosing abnormal boot up behavior The rotating Omnia logos are shown below stopped and

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 107107 Electrical and mechanical safety note! When the Omnia is operated with its chassis top cov

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 108108The next condition to check is to see if the failure has caused the processing to cease. Usi

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 109109 Performing software upgrades in the field The Omnia 6 design is extremely flexible in tha

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 110110Location of PCMCIA memory card containing the front panel user interface Software enhancem

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 111111 Obtaining Service • Omnia Customer Focus personnel are available in Cleveland, Ohio, USA,

Omnia-6 Parameter Worksheet Preset Name:_______________ By: ______________________________ Date: _____________________Parameter Value Paramete

A/D Conversion: Crystal Semiconductor CS5360, 24 bit 128x oversampled delta sigma converter. Linear-phase, 21.7 kHz anti-aliasing lowpass f

External Sync Range: Accepts sample rates from 32kHz to 96 kHz. Used for synchronization of the Digital Output signal to an external reference

Direct Serial: Standard RS-232, no hardware handshaking employed. Baud rates of 9,600, 19,200, and 57,600 supported. TCP/IP Ethernet:

Warranty his Warranty covers "the Products," which are defined as the various audio equipment, parts, software and accessories manufactu

Omnia 6 Quick-Start Setup Guide We know that you're probably in a hurry to get on the air with your new Omnia 6. If you have technical expertis

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 11Chapter 1 – Pre-installation We believe the Omnia-6fm is the easiest processor to install in it

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 22 The Omnia-6fm also contains a second PC Memory Card that contains the software for the Front Pa

Manual Update Notification Due to the dynamic nature of audio processing products, this manual and all future manuals, will be considered as &ap

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 33 Installation & Connections Throughout this section reference is made to “software parameter

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 44When power is first applied, it takes approximately ten seconds to load the DSP code from the re

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 55Composite Outputs (BNC) These two low impedance outputs (Composite 1 and Composite 2) are each c

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 66case, you must use a standard, straight-through serial cable (not a null modem cable) between th

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 77 Powering Up When the Omnia-6fm is first turned on, an operating system start up screen is displ

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Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 99Chapter 2 The Omnia 6 User Interface Now that your Omnia-6fm is rack-mounted, connected to a pr

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1010Using the Jog Wheel The main user control for the Omnia 6 is the large, easy to use jog wheel

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1111Level Meters & Processing Bargraphs The horizontal meters show digital sample-accurate p

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1212Main Menu Display The Omnia-6fm Main Menu is displayed on the right hand LCD screen, and offe

Omnia-6 Manual version 1.00a Errata Sheet Applicable to Release software version 6.1.x. Page 31 – Schedule Please add: In order for presets to cha

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1313In all submenus with adjustable parameters, rotating the jog-wheel sequentially highlights eac

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1414Remote Control Session via Network Indicator An exclamation mark inside a yellow triangle wil

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1515User Interface Tutorial – Input Source Selection and Peak Level Setting The following two exer

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1616The next exercise adjusts a parameter that uses a value (the L / R Input Gain setting): 1. H

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1717The Menu Tree The menu tree for the Omnia-6fm is shown in the following two pages. The seven m

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1818The next three Menu Options are shown below along with their associated branches:

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 1919 Menu Items This section presents an overview of the seven submenus (Preset, Process, Input,

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2020Since you cannot build a preset from scratch, a factory preset must be used as a starting poin

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2121Encode This submenu contains the adjustments for the DSP based Stereo Generator. The Output

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2222System Numerous maintenance and utility functions are found in this submenu. System data is

January, 2002 Greetings! It’s with great pleasure to offer you our ultimate audio processor…Omnia-6fm! But first, I must share my gratitude with you

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2323Preset This submenu is active under Level-3 password access, or at Security Levels 1 or 2, as

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2424Save Current As Opens up a window so a new preset name can be entered. Preset names can be up

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2525Input This submenu has seven items: • Input Gain Left/Right, Master Drive • Input Sou

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2626Input Source Selects between the discrete Left/Right Analog input or the AES/EBU Digital input

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2727Pre-Emphasis For the transmission side of FM broadcasting, some form of high-frequency boost,

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2828De-Emphasis The Left/Right outputs are pre-emphasized under normal circumstances, such as when

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 2929Multiplex Power Limiting In certain parts of the world, the power of the overall multiplex sig

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3030Encode Six parameters are set under this submenu: • Composite Output 1 • Composite Output 2

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3131Pilot Phase This parameter sets the phase relationship between the 19 kHz pilot and the 38 kHz

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3232 New Used to create a new Schedule. Highlight and click on New to open the Modify Schedule win

TABLE OF CONTENTS Greetings ii Safety Instructions iv Hazard / Warning Labels v Notices vi Specifications vii Warranty viii Quick

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3333System This submenu allows you to perform housekeeping on the Omnia-6 operating system. Many

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3434 Backlight This setting determines the time it takes for the LCD screens to turn off after th

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3535 Lock Unit Highlight and click to immediately lock the unit. A dialog box is presented for pas

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3636 Network Opens up a window to set the Ethernet communications protocols (IP address, defaul

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3737Reboot Display After network changes have been saved in the above step, the front panel must b

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Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 3939Chapter 3 The Omnia-6fm and Audio Processing This section presents an overview of the Omnia-6

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 40409. Multiple clipper stages (Clip) at the output. Wideband AGC: A very flexible wideband leve

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 4141AGC and Limiter sections. Deep Bass EQ: For those who demand thunderous bass. Up to 12 dB of “

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 4242approached. Stereo separation is typically greater than 65 dB. Suppression of the 38 kHz carri

Set Time 34 Set Date 34 About 34 Change Password 34 Lock Unit 34 Load Defaults 35 Load From Card 35 Save To Card 35 Network

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 4343Chapter 4 This chapter presents installation and operation information specific to the Omnia-

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 4444could be due to either AC coupling in the STL system or “bounce” generated by either the modul

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 4545a good first step — good source material! Studio Microphone Processing This may appear trivi

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 4646 Omnia-6fm Connections Output Connection Options Tests have shown that post-processing audio

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 4747Finally, The New Frontier” on the Omnia Tech Info web page at www.omniaaudio.com . When using

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Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 4949Chapter 5 Fine Tuning Your Sound Many broadcasters will be amazed at the dramatic sonic improv

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5050realize that in our business today, time is a precious commodity. But please don’t try to inst

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5151The Meter Display In addition to the Input and Output Levels display, the Meter Display also

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5252Interpreting the Gain Reduction Meter Displays Through careful observation of the processing

Connecting via Modem 80 Custom modem initialization strings 81 Using an Ethernet based connection 83 Establishing a Remote Session 84 Termin

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5353program's RMS energy. During gain calculations, the incoming program's “average” lev

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5454Always remember that when “crafting” that special sonic personality for your station, Omnia-6f

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5555move the highlighting to the <Exit> selection in the preset name list. Rotate the jog-wh

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5656blocks are highlighted. Clicking the jog-wheel opens up the parameter window for that processi

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5757Attack and Release time constants. As the attack/release times are modified, the system also s

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5858AGC Crossover (XO) The audio signal from the WB AGC section is divided into five user-adjusta

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 5959Multiband AGC Windows Each of the multiband AGC's has its own set of controls similar to

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6060value is –10dB. Keep in mind that the RTP function must be activated for this parameter to be

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6161Enhance Each of the Deep Bass, Phat Bass and Warmth controls can boost the level up to 1

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6262point. The overall stereo soundfield will appear wider and be much more consistent sounding be

Omnia 6 Users Guide – Ver 1.00a S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S 1. Read All Instructions. All safety and operating instructions must be rea

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6363Multiband Limiter Windows Limiter Submenu – SL Limiter shown as example The controls in t

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6464Final Mixer (Mix) Limiter Mixer (final mixer) This is the final summing point for eac

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6565Clippers (Clip) Clipper Submenu Bass Clip Threshold: Limiter bands 1 & 2 have th

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6666from affecting the stereo pilot and SCA regions. Adjusting and Using the BS-412 Multiplex Powe

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6767 The graph below was captured from an Audemat DFMA2 measuring instrument. It shows the analysi

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6868 Saving, Renaming and Deleting Presets Saving Presets Upon completing a preset editing session

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 6969After entering the preset name’s last character, rotate the jog-wheel until the √ Checkmark is

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7070processor. Omnia-6 makes loudness an effortless exercise for all formats. One more confession

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7171 • Increase the Drive to each section using the controls in the Limiter XO screen. • Increa

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7272 • Reduce the Release time to operate slower. • Reduce the amount of Make-Up Gain. Backing

Omnia 6 Users Guide – Ver 1.00a HAZARD / WARNING LABELS The Exclamation Point symbol, within an equilateral triangle, alerts the user to the presen

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7373might be noticed on midrange/presence frequencies whenever a sustained bass note is present. A

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Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7575Chapter 6 Remote Control Software The Omnia Remote Control software is a Windows (Windows 95,

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7676Omnia6_remote1.exe onto the computer's hard disk and places the program name Omnia Remote

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7777Checking the Version Number of your Omnia 6 Remote Control Program You can check the version o

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7878 Under the Options Menu, select "Edit Connection". A new window will op

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 7979you do this, the parameters required for direct serial or dial-in via modem will be grayed out

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8080Remote Control Using a Direct Serial Connection In the Edit Connection window, create a New Co

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8181Using a Custom Modem Initialization String A custom Modem Initialization String is sometimes r

Omnia 6 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 8282Given this information, a possible initialization string example configured to ignore the dial