Inovonics 262, Installation & User Manual

Page 1: ...262 Stereo Audio Processor Installation User Guide May 2017 Rev 1 Firmware www inovonicsbroadcast com ...

Page 2: ...am Output GPIOs The Network Port 12VDC Power I O Password Protection Miscellaneous Administration Menus Headphone Monitoring 2 Section III PROCESSOR SETUP 16 Metering Processing Presets Setting Input Levels AGC Leveling Equalization Multiband Processing Crossovers Master and Band Drives Band Uncoupling Bass Punch Limiting WB Release HF Limiting and Clipping Dayparting Processor Bypass Test Oscilla...

Page 3: ... 0 25dB Flat mode digital I O 20Hz 20kHz 0 05dB FM mode 50Hz 15kHz 0 25dB 75µs 50µs pre emphasis in normal operation Distortion processing bypassed Analog I O 0 02 THD ref 24dBu I O AES Digital I O 0 002 THD ref 0dBFS I O Signal To Noise processing bypassed Analog I O 105dB ref 24dBu I O AES Digital I O 120dB ref 0dBFS I O Separation Analog I O 100dB 20Hz 20kHz AES Digital I O 140dB 20Hz 20kHz Pro...

Page 4: ...ping weight Certifications Rear View Under the Hood The NOVIA 262 processor is very compact with a major uti lization of surface mount SMD technology Some compo nents are application specific and or pre programmed at the factory but all of them are impossibly tiny This makes servicing the unit in the field a difficult proposition at best For these reasons and also because of the small format of th...

Page 5: ... common mains supply thus cutting down on cord clutter Do make sure that the total power consumption does not exceed the DC current rating noted on the power supply label Radio Frequency Interference RFI Although we anticipate the NOVIA 262 finding a home in radio broadcasting environments please do practice rea sonable care in locating the unit away from abnormally high RF fields Front Panel Disp...

Page 6: ... inputs and outputs are not all available simultaneously You can however take a digital output from an analog input and vice versa The NOVIA 262 can also accept a streamed input from the net work 10 Analog Digital Program Inputs From the Main Menu navigate to Setup Inputs Input Type Mode Here you select either the Analog or the Digital external program input as a source choice Be sure to use the c...

Page 7: ... responding to your se lection in this menu Mode reflects your particular use of the NOVIA 262 As an FM airchain processor you need to know the FM pre 12 emphasis curve appropriate to your region 75µs micro seconds is standard for North America 50µs is used in Eu rope and many other countries You also need to know whether your exciter has pre emphasis built in or not If the exciter has internal pr...

Page 8: ...nu navigate to Admin Security Enter either or both boxes to manually enter a password for Front Panel or Webpages Highlight Save and push the knob to set the password in memory Once the password is saved the Now Playing screen will be the only menu item available Press the Back button to sign in You will be prompted to enter the password before any menu can be accessed and any adjustments made Sim...

Page 9: ...wo examples here reflect the same program but not quite at the same moment Processing Presets The NOVIA 262 comes with ten factory programmed pro cessing presets and ten empty registers where you can save your own customized ones We recommend that you start with one of ours and nurse it into yours something that sounds best for your programming and market de mographics In this contrived exam ple B...

Page 10: ...labic response like a VU meter to program dynamics It gives gentle unobtrusive dynamic range compression that actually makes very little difference in program loudness Leveling decreases the overall long term dynamic range of music programming without pumping and can normalize dialog among several speakers in a roundtable discussion Think of leveling as a fast ungated AGC With Leveling Drive turne...

Page 11: ...ion of the bar Drive and RMS Peak will have greatest effect over how busy the program sounds Multiband processing action fills voids in the program spectrum r m s control 0 to 10 will give a smoother sound and peak based control 0 to 10 a greater spectral density Under Multiband Band Drive independent sliders at the input to each band yield a certain degree of static equalization plus an ability t...

Page 12: ...ected See the notes on timekeeping on Page 26 As many as 20 dayparts changes in a station s program ming may be scheduled by this built in feature of the NOVIA 262 Audio processing presets may be called up for scheduled deviations in the station s format during the broadcast day A station might depart from jazz music to a big band segment for example or from music to regularly 22 scheduled talk pr...

Page 13: ...tname lets you assign a unique name to a particular NOVIA 262 to identify it on the network The fac tory default name is NOVIA262 You might change this to differentiate one processor from another on a common net work Use the knob to assign a new name and Save the name when finished Although Hostnames must be entered in all capital letters you don t have to use all caps when address ing the process...

Page 14: ...hever one seems best suited to your needs The DNS provider will issue you a Hostname Username and Password Enter these into each of 26 the three fields Your screen will look similar to this exam ple when finished Timekeeping The internal daypart scheduler and time stamps for alarm notification and logging require setting the built in real time clock RTC to an Internet time standard Under the Setup...

Page 15: ...e log of all alarms Scroll down and check your preference of a Daily Weekly or Monthly Alarm Log 28 Use the Send Test Email utility to ensure that the NOVIA 262 is set up to send mail properly to all recipients The Alarm Log Under Setup Alarm Log Settings you ll find a Status notation of how close the log is to its maximum capacity about 2000 events Enter the Email When box and set a number for an...

Page 16: ...are update could affect some user settings Updates are distributed as small bin files that may be downloaded to your computer Desktop or placed in any convenient folder From the Firmware Update utility at the bottom of the Admin screen click Select Firmware File and then navigate to the downloaded file and double click it This will transfer the file name to the updater Finally click Update Firmwar...

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Page 18: ...ducts are warranted to be free from defects in materials and workmanship A Any discrepancies noted within THREE YEARS of the date of delivery will be repaired free of charge or the equipment will be replaced with a new or remanufactured product at Inovonics option B Parts and labor for factory repair required after the three year Warranty period will be billed at prevailing prices and rates IV RET...