Inovonics HD Radio SiteStreamer+ SOFIA 568, Installation & User Manual

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The ‘responsive’ design of the SOFIA 568 Web interface pro-
vides an optimal viewing experience across a wide range of de-
vices, such as desktop computers, tablets, and mobile phones.
SOFIA 568 Webpages feature the unabridged Main Menu on the
left-hand side of the screen. This columnar list appears on eve-
ry Web interface screen. It is a substantial expansion of the
front-panel Main Menu and a testament to the many features
and their setup options that can only be addressed using the
Web interface.
The remainder of this manual section will be devoted to indi-
vidual explanations of each left-column menu item, discussed
in listed order.
NOW PLAYING
The SOFIA 568 offers an array of OLED and Web interface me-
ters and data readouts useful for setup and for monitoring
program-associated metadata and certain important signal pa-
rameters.
Remote
Listening
Click the loudspeaker icon at the top-right of the
screen to listen to the off-air audio program through
your Web browser. What you hear will be predicated
on two ‘what’ and ‘how’ settings.
The monitored audio source, or ‘what’ you hear, is selected
manually, either from the front panel under the Tuner menu, or
on this same
Now Playing
Web interface page. Scroll down the
page, and under the
Tuner
heading, click on any of the active
(not grayed-out)
Program:
but-
tons to select either the analog-
FM transmission or any of the
active HD Radio channels.
NOTE: This
Program:
selection will be the same for ‘casual’
(Web listening) audio streaming, the separate AoIP-streaming
utility, and the rear-panel analog and AES-digital program line
outputs. Whatever choice you make here will be heard on all
audio monitor functions.
‘How’ you hear the streamed audio is dictated by settings under
Setup / A
UDIO
O
UTPUTS
/ Stream
. Briefly navigate to that page and
check the default settings. You will find that the streaming
Format:
,
Bitrate:
and
Sample Rate:
may be changed from the de-
fault settings as may be required to accommodate inconsistent
network quality. In addition, a preset
Audio Latency
(delay) may
be purposely introduced to add intentional buffering for a
smoother program delivery.
As many as ten Web-streaming listeners can be accommodated
with the SOFIA 568’s stream-listening utility. The maximum
number can be preselected with the
Max Listeners:
slider.