Inovonics AARON 650, Installation & User Manual

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Just as with the Digital Line Output discussed above,
De-Emph
(de-emphasis) may be turned
On
or
Off
here.
Unbalanced
Operation
To connect the analog line outputs of the AARON 650 to the
low-level, unbalanced inputs of consumer-grade equipment,
connect the center conductor of the shielded output lead to Pin
2 of the XLR connector, and the shield to Pin 1. Leave Pin 3
floating (unconnected).
When driving unbalanced lines the actual output level will be
6dB lower than the Analog Level shown in the Analog Audio Output
menu, as only one side of the bridge-configuration output am-
plifier is driving the line.
COMPOSITE/MPX OUTPUTS
There are two independent composite/MPX outputs on the rear
panel of the AARON 650:
MPX OUT 1
and
MPX OUT 2
. These
are unbalanced BNC connectors with a resistive source imped-
ance of 75 ohms.
The levels of the composite/MPX signals may be independently
adjusted under the
Setup / MPX Output
menu. The level in open-
circuit (unloaded) peak-to-peak volts is indicated in the menu,
and can be adjusted between 1V p-p and 6V p-p, corresponding
to ±75kHz deviation of the incoming carrier.
The composite/MPX signal may optionally be subjected to
composite signal processing in both the Pass-Through and the
Stereo-Regen modes. This optional processing of the compo-
site/MPX is discussed on Page 32, and will be loosely referred-
to as ‘audio processing.’ This will differentiate it from the sev-
eral RF signal processing options available under Reception Tools
that may be called into play to improve reception under ad-
verse conditions.
RDS DATA
This USB ‘B’ socket provides a ‘raw’ RDS data stream from the
tuned station. A simple software routine that will allow further
analysis and archiving of these data may be downloaded from
the Inovonics Website.
NETWORK PORT
A standard RJ-45 network jack is used to connect the AARON
650 to a Local Area Network (LAN) or to the Internet. Full re-
mote control and off-air monitoring of the receiver is afforded
via the internal Webpage interface. Networking setup and Web-
based operation is explained in Sections IV and V.