Crown Broadcast FME 350W to 2000W User Manual– 05/2013
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5. FRONT SCREEN USE
5.1. Overview
The transmitter can be entirely set using the front panel application.
For audio configuration you will use the following menus:
Input Switch
: To select the main audio source and the secondary audio sources and to set
switching criteria between these sources.
Line1 / Line2 / MPX1 / MPX2 / Audio Gene
: To set levels and processes for each source.
Modulation
: To set the deviation for each sub-carrier of the multiplex signal. In this menu you may
also enable RDS and SCA.
Stereo Encoder
: To choose the content of stereo sub-carrier of the multiplex signal.
RDS/SCA Encoder
: To choose the content of the RDS and SCA sub-carrier of the multiplex signal.
RDS
: To set the RDS.
The default mode for the transmitter is the “Easy” mode: only menus required for basic configuration are
available. For instance, the RDS menu mentioned above is not visible.
To display all menus, simply switch to “Expert” mode:
9 8
.
0 0 M H z
1 0 0 W
-> E A S Y
From the main screen, press the “Enter” key to display the
menu and press the “+” key until you see the Easy menu.
Then press the “Enter” key, “+” and “Enter” again to switch
to Expert mode.
On the menu representations section 5.3, “Easy” menus are in green and “Expert” menus are in orange.
On startup, the screen displays the name of the unit, its software release and its serial number.
5.2.
Working principle
Three keys allow you to browse through the menus:
With the
and
keys, go from one screen to the next or rather from one command to the next. If 2
commands are available on a single screen, press
twice to go to the next screen.
A command is selected when an arrow is visible before its name.
Example:
1
F R E Q
P F W D
->
9 8 . 0 0
7 5 0
1
F R E Q
P F W D
9 8 . 0 0
-> 7 5 0
The frequency is selected
The power is selected
ENTER
