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a bypass relay in the AES digital audio loop-through path, es-
sentially removing the JUSTIN 808 from the airchain complete-
ly. Future functions may be assigned to spare GPIs.
Status
The
Status:
area will indicate whether that input is
Active
or
In-
active
at that instant.
General Purpose
Outputs (GPO)
GPOs are for exclusive use as alarm ‘tallies’ and are covered on
Page 31.
BALLGAME MODE
Given the obligatory 8+ seconds of delay required for the HD
Radio system to encode, transmit and decode the digital audio
program, an all-digital play-by-play ballgame broadcast would
not go over well with those listening in the stands. But at least
the corresponding delay necessarily introduced in the analog
FM broadcast channel can be returned to ‘real time.’ There are
a number of options associated with this function, which is a
separate
Ballgame Mode
submenu under
Setup
.
The Ballgame Mode may be activated by one of four means:
1.
Manually from the front panel, under
Setup
/
Ballgame Mode
/
BG Mode On/Off
.
2.
Manually via the Web interface, by clicking
Ballgame Mode
on the screen shown above.
3.
Automatically, if the HD Radio installation includes the req-
uisite metadata with the HD1channel. In that case, simply
check
Follow RX Blend
. When the system issues a com-
mand for receivers NOT to blend from analog to digital (as
