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M4FM-HD User Manual 

Navigation 

 
The  M4FM-HD  employs  a  3-button  user  interface.    From  the  start  ‘HomeScreen’  press  the  center 
button once.  An arrow will appear next to the frequency.  Use the UP/DN arrow button to toggle the 
Arrow on the LCD around the different fields on the HomeScreen.  Press the Center button to select a 
field to change.  The arrow will start to flash indicating that the UP/DN arrows are available to change 
the value of the field.  Press the Center button to save and exit.  To access the SYSTEM menu press 
and hold the center button for 3 seconds. 

 

M4FM-HD Operating Description - Controls and Indicators

 

 

Front Panel 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Figure 1. 

Status 
 

 

Alarms

 – Bi-colored LED:  Green indicates that an alarm is set.  Red LED illuminates when an 

alarm is active.  Red will flash every second when an alarm conditions are met until either the 
user disables the alarm or the conditions move outside of the set parameters. 

 

 

HD Locked 

– Blue LED illuminates when tuner has acquired OFDM (orthogonal frequency 

division 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 acquired OFDM portion of an HD Radium signal. 

 

 

Multicast 

– Blue LED illuminates when tuner has acquired OFDM of an Radio

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 signal and 

there is at least one multicast signal present. 

 

 

RF Level 

– Bi-colored LED:  Green indicates strong RF > 40 dB.  Red indicates weak RF < 40 

dB.

 

 

 

Up Arrow 

– Momentary push UP 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. UP Arrow button 
tunes  the  frequency  up  one  increment  while  tuning  to  a  new  station,  when  held  for  three 
seconds it tunes faster at 1.5x speed.  UP 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.    Holding  the  UP  arrow  while  powering  the  unit  on  will  restore 
factory settings. 

 

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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