Optimod-AM 9400 V1.2 Operating Manual - Orban
Optimod-AM 9400 V1.2 Operating Manual - Orban
Optimod-AM 9400 V1.2 Operating Manual - Orban
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OPERATION ORBAN MODEL <strong>9400</strong><br />
emphasis). If you use the digital radio output to feed a digital channel with preemphasis,<br />
you must allow extra headroom to compensate for the unpredictable<br />
peak level changes that the pre-emphasis induces.<br />
If the digital radio output is driving a channel without pre-emphasis, it will control<br />
peak levels with an uncertainty of less than 1 dB. However, you may want to allow<br />
headroom to compensate for data reduction-induced peak overshoots at the receiver,<br />
which might otherwise cause clipping. In our experience, 2 dB of headroom is<br />
typically adequate.<br />
All of the <strong>9400</strong>’s digital and analog outputs can be switched independently to emit<br />
either the digital radio processed signal or the analog-processed signal.<br />
Delay Difference between Digital-Channel and <strong>AM</strong> Outputs<br />
In order to make the receiver analog/digital cross-fade without comb filtering, the<br />
time delays in the HD Radio’s analog and digital channels must have a fixed and<br />
predictable offset, correctly implementing the HD Radio receiver’s “time diversity”<br />
processing. The <strong>9400</strong>’s digital radio output’s delay is automatically adjusted so that it<br />
always exactly 5.778 ms longer than the <strong>AM</strong> output’s delay, regardless of the <strong>AM</strong><br />
output’s delay (which can vary depending on processing settings). Therefore, the HD<br />
Radio exciter should be set to compensate for this 5.778 ms offset between the <strong>AM</strong><br />
output and digital radio output. Once you have done this, the time diversity delay<br />
will always be correct even if you choose a different <strong>9400</strong> preset.<br />
Digital Radio I/O Setup Controls<br />
Monitoring<br />
Meter Sel determines whether the multimeters (the rightmost pair of meters) show<br />
the instantaneous peak output of the processed audio in units of percentage modulation<br />
or the gain reduction of the look-ahead limiter in the digital channel, in units<br />
of dB.<br />
These meters can be switched to read the left/right digital processing chain output<br />
signal, the gain reductions of the left and right look-ahead limiters in the digital<br />
Section Label Control Name Values<br />
Monitoring Meter Sel <strong>AM</strong>OutLevel/HDOutLevel/HD GR<br />
Analog Outputs Out Source <strong>AM</strong> /HD/Monitor<br />
Out Level<br />
–6… +20 dBu<br />
Digital Outputs Out Level 0… –20 dBFS; 0.1 dB steps<br />
Samp Rate<br />
32kHz/44.1kHz/48/88.2/96 kHz<br />
Word Leng<br />
14/16/18/20/24 bits<br />
Dither<br />
In/Out<br />
Sync<br />
Internal/Sync In<br />
Format<br />
AES/SPDIF<br />
Stereo/Mono Mode St./Mono Stereo/MonoL/MonoR/MonoL+R<br />
Table 3-11: Digital Radio I/O Setup Controls