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M4FM-HD User Manual 

 

Down  Arrow 

–  Momentary  push  DOWN  from  the  Homescreen  will  enter  the  Headphone 

volume  menu.    Both  arrows  are  used  to  increase  and  decrease  the  volume.  From  selection 
mode  Press  ENTER  again  to  change  a  value  in  any  a  field  indicating  a  blinking  arrow  ready.  
Use  the  UP  and  DOWN  arrows  to  navigate/toggle  through  the  available  choices  or  range. 
DOWN  Arrow  button  tunes  the  frequency  down  one  increment  while  tuning  to  a  new  station, 
when  held  for  three  seconds  it  tunes  faster  at  1.5x  speed.    Down  selects  next  stored  preset 
station  in  PRESETS  mode  (no  faster  mode,  one  push  per  preset).  Selects  next  item  in  other 
menus and is used for other functions as described herein.    

 

 

Center  Button 

–  Used  to  enter  SELECTION  MODE  and  to  confirm  and  save  that  selection; 

Press and hold for 3 seconds to enter SYSTEM MENU.  Press and hold for 3 seconds to exit 
SYSTEM MENU. 

 

 

Reset Button 

– Using a paper clip press the reset button hidden behind the front panel to the 

right of the center button to power cycle the unit while holding all presets and other settings in 
memory. 

 

 

Headphones 

-  Accepts  any  headphone  or  monitor  that  has  a  3.5mm  stereo  mini-jack 

connection. Volume control is software based, from the home screen by pressing either arrow 
button UP/DN to enter the volume control.  Press ENTER to exit and save the desired volume. 

 

Rear Panel 

 

 

Figure 2. 

 

  RF Input F-Type 75 ohm - FM: -55 dBm Nominal: -20 dBm Maximum 

 

  Analog Audio Outputs – Left/Right Balanced XLR - +4 dBm into 600 ohm at 100% modulation 

 

 

  Digital Audio Output – AES-3 Professional, 110

Ω

 transformer-isolated

 

on XLR connector; 0 

dBFS <0.005% THD+N  

 

  FM Composite Output – Frequency Response <+/- 0.25dB, Total Harmonic Distortion (IEEE 

185) <0.1%, IMD (SMPTE) <0.1%, SNR (IEEE 185) < 75 dB for decoding 

 

  GPI – The PLM provides six dry, floating relays with outputs on a rear panel mounted DB15 

connector to report selected alarm conditions, including loss of RF carrier, program audio, Over 
Modulation, HD Lock and Multicast Loss.  See the PIN out chart for details on page 14 under 
‘ALARMS’. 

Summary of Contents for M4FM-HD

Page 1: ...M4FM HD FM HD Modulation Monitor User Manual...

Page 2: ...ucts has evolved through a process of user feedback extensive listening field testing and careful refinement In the event that you encounter any technical or operational difficulties with this or any...

Page 3: ...oadcasts including FM multicast channels HD 2 through HD 8 user selectable tuning steps and analog FM 50 75 Sec de emphasis Frequency Agile RF Input Synthesized FM preselector provides 50 dB quieting...

Page 4: ...ly 8 2kg 18lbs shipping Important Note Please connect your M4FM HD to an uninterruptible power supply UPS to provide other protection against power surges and brownouts Service Information The DaySequ...

Page 5: ...tput with greater than 1W into 8 ohm for an uncompromised convenient audio monitor The M4FM HD rear panel has an FM composite output as well as a GPIO port that provides opto isolated reset input and...

Page 6: ...digital audio output as well as a high performance headphone output with greater than 1W into 8 ohm Email Alerts and Rear Panel Alarm Tallies For loss of Audio Carrier and RDS RBDS remote reset via re...

Page 7: ...185 0 1 IMD SMPTE 0 1 SNR IEEE 185 75 dB Channel Separation L R and R L 45 dB 30 Hz to 15 KHz Crosstalk L R to L R to L R 45 dB 30 Hz to 15 KHz Pilot Carrier Measurement 0 50 0 to 15 Injection Level A...

Page 8: ...n set at the factory to operate at 120VAC unless otherwise specified on the shipping carton The M4FM HD export version is configured for 240VAC operation Please connect your M4FM HD to an uninterrupti...

Page 9: ...on multiplexing portion of an HD Radium signal and digital carrier S N 58dB Hz thereby permitting HD Radium digital audio to be valid HD is displayed in upper right hand corner of VFD when tuner has a...

Page 10: ...press the reset button hidden behind the front panel to the right of the center button to power cycle the unit while holding all presets and other settings in memory Headphones Accepts any headphone...

Page 11: ...e selection arrow and navigate to position 1 as described above Note the arrow will timeout after 15 seconds of inactivity Press the center button again flashing arrow indicating the station is ready...

Page 12: ...ll fall back to Analog Auto Digital Force enabled in the system tab ensures the tuner will not fall back to Analog if the signal is on the edge of HD and Analog 8 Modulation enters a submenu displayin...

Page 13: ...n dB This is a read only submenu Figure 6 Demodulation Figure 7 Integer values for Positive Negative and Total Positive and Negative are displayed in This is a read only submenu Subcarriers Figure 8 I...

Page 14: ...tuning until SPLIT mode is disabled Alarms Program Loss Monitor Enabling any alarm will disable tuning presets and band selection from the WebServer and M4FM HD box User interface Program Loss Monito...

Page 15: ...the alarm ON and OFF default disabled Save Saves all conditions and exits back to the Alarm menu Audio Loss Silence Detect Threshold Navigate the arrow to Threshold and press ENTER to change the Thre...

Page 16: ...105 by default It can be manually set within the range of 100 125 in 1 increments Modulation Level Use arrow buttons to select between 100 125 modulation in 1 increments Delay Use the arrow buttons t...

Page 17: ...ing Select ON for audible alarm to beep during any active alarm condition and continue with alarm configuration menu select OFF for audible alarm to be silent during any active alarm condition Press E...

Page 18: ...current status of DHCP the static IP address Subnet Gateway and MAC address Toggle Exit with the arrow and press ENTER to exit to the previous menu More NETWORK details can be viewed Figure 15 DHCP i...

Page 19: ...t About A Read Only menu displaying the HDRadio DSP and Firmware version The selection mode arrow is defaulted to the top right corner of the menu To Exit press ENTER More ABOUT details can be viewed...

Page 20: ...dio and Demodulation levels Alarms Enables and disables each of the 6 alarms RF Carrier Loss Audio Loss OFDM Lock Loss HD Lock Loss MC Loss and Over Modulation A relay output pull down menu is availab...

Page 21: ...xt in orange 3 Artist Experience Displays album art when available 4 RF Level and SNR Displays the amount of RF strength from the tuned frequency SNR Displays READ ONLY signal to noise ratio express i...

Page 22: ...3 seconds will save the currently tuned station in that slot Hold an already saved preset for more than 3 seconds will overwrite and save the currently tuned station in that slot Unavailable when Ala...

Page 23: ...rations sets the individual conditions for each of the 6 alarms Slide the Enable switch to the right to enable an alarm The M4FM HD box user interface will display the exact state of the alarm under S...

Page 24: ...ate FTP Settings Enables and disables the use of a private FTP site to store firmware updates Enabling this feature will direct the M4FM HD to the host IP provided by the user when checking for firmwa...

Page 25: ...enuates the amount of RF to the tuner in high RF areas by 30 dB c De Emphasis Switch between 75 sec and 50 sec M4FM HD is set to 75 sec by default Press ENTER after making a selection to save and EXIT...

Page 26: ...dically b Local update select to update locally Contact DaySequerra to obtain a compiled bin file to upload via the local update GUI c Downgrade firmware Downloads the previous firmware version 1 iter...

Page 27: ...be void in the event a covered product has been damaged or failure is caused by or attributable to acts of God abuse accident misuse improper or abnormal usage failure to follow instructions improper...

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