Linear Acoustic UMPAX v4 User Manual Download Page 1

UPMAX v4 Surroundfield Controller

User Guide

Release Date: 

January

 201

9

Software Version: 

0.0.20 and later

Linear Acoustic Inc.

Phone: 717-735-3611 
FAX: 717-735-3612
Web: 

TelosAlliance.com/Linear

Summary of Contents for UMPAX v4

Page 1: ...UPMAX v4 Surroundfield Controller User Guide Release Date January 2019 Software Version 0 0 20 and later Linear Acoustic Inc Phone 717 735 3611 FAX 717 735 3612 Web TelosAlliance com Linear...

Page 2: ...Warranty Information For the latest Telos Alliance warranty visit telosalliance com warranty...

Page 3: ...To reduce the risk of fire replace only with fuses of the same type and rating Exposed portions of the power supply assembly are electrically hot In order to reduce the risk of electrical shock the p...

Page 4: ...are eventuali rischi di scossa lettrica o d incendio vanno osservate le seguenti misure di sicurezza Assicurarsi che il selettore di cambio tensione sia posizionato sul valore corretto Assicurarsi che...

Page 5: ...connected to a power source 1 Open the fuse compartment door in the AC power input housing with a small flat blade screwdriver Figure 1 Carefully pull out the fuse carrier 2 Check that the replacement...

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Page 7: ...9 2 3 Rear Panel 10 2 3 1 Connection Ports 10 2 4 Quick Setup Notes 11 Chapter 3 Applications 13 3 1 Typical Scenarios 13 3 1 1 General Notes 14 3 1 2 Two Channel Interstitial Programming 14 3 1 3 Sp...

Page 8: ...Level 20 4 5 11 Downmix Surround Level 20 4 5 12 Downmix LFE Level 21 4 5 13 7 8 in Channel Mode 21 4 5 14 SRC Bypass 21 4 5 15 Headphone Boost 21 4 5 16 Clock Source Type 21 4 5 17 Clock Source 21 4...

Page 9: ...bration Analog Outputs 24 4 10 1 Main Channel SPL Adjustment 25 4 10 2 Subwoofer SPL Adjustment 26 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 27 5 1 Problems and Possible Causes 27 5 1 1 Unit won t power on 27 5 1 2 O...

Page 10: ...Linear Acoustic AERO 100 User Guide x...

Page 11: ...Linear Acoustic UPMAX v4 User Guide xi List of Figures 1 1 Audio Block Diagram 6 2 1 Rear Panel 10 6 1 Electrical 29...

Page 12: ...Linear Acoustic UPMAX v4 User Guide xii...

Page 13: ...mixing to enable discrete 5 1 channel audio to pass untouched or mixing of external and upmixed content Built in independent LoRo LtRt encoder Relay bypassed I O for mission critical broadcast applica...

Page 14: ...Linear Acoustic UPMAX v4 User Guide Introduction 6 Figure 1 1 Audio Block Diagram...

Page 15: ...Linear Acoustic UPMAX v4 User Guide Introduction 7 1 2 Warranty For the latest Telos Alliance warranty visit telosalliance com warranty...

Page 16: ...wer cords style matches country of order USB stick with this manual Spare fuses and a handy black pen Warranty information Please fill out and return the warranty card to Linear Acoustic to ensure you...

Page 17: ...ures for the duration of the desired function Status of GPI will be reflected on the corresponding GPO pin ETHERNET Used for software upgrades and SNMP monitoring Main Audio Input Connect the 48kHz PC...

Page 18: ...you should see activity on some or all of the first six meters Upmixed audio will be output from the Main Out 1 6 AES outputs in the following format 1 2 Left Front Right Front 3 4 Center LFE 5 6 Lef...

Page 19: ...ther creating a 5 1 channel version of a program when few or no other elements exist and also for creating a solid foundation for a true discrete multichannel mix This chapter discusses several applic...

Page 20: ...es the commercials are simply transmitted on the Left and Right channels of a 5 1 channel program The net result is that during the program dialogue comes from the center speaker but at commer cial or...

Page 21: ...take much to produce a decent effect around 10 is good Too much can become problematic during certain downmixes so use with care 3 2 Factory Presets To get users up and running as quickly as possible...

Page 22: ...Center Width at 33 time aligns and mixes audio on channel 3 with the resulting upmixed audio Cen ter Detect is set to Off so that 3 channel audio will not trigger automatic upmixing Note that any dis...

Page 23: ...It also acts as an Enter control when adjusting parameters Pressing the joystick up or down navigates through a particular menu or submenu cat egory Turning the joystick allows adjustment of parameter...

Page 24: ...back to front panning of the Surround output of the up mixer where 100 equals full signal from the Left Surround and Right Surround Main Outputs and 0 equals surround fully mixed back into the LCR out...

Page 25: ...tor directly below it Note that this is a crash switch and will likely produce disturbances to down stream equipment It will activate automatically in case of unit failure and manual control is includ...

Page 26: ...n using the upmixer and downmixer together The upmixer will always mute these inputs and this setting allows the same thing to happen for the downmixer When using the downmixer for a separate program...

Page 27: ...t audio Unless the input and output audio are known to synchronous SRC Bypass should be set to OFF SRCs in the path 4 5 15 Headphone Boost Enables or disables a 10 dB boost at the headphone output 4 5...

Page 28: ...adata Source Selects between the RS 485 serial metadata input and metadata ex tracted from the Vertical Ancillary VANC of an applied HD SDI signal For VANC metadata there are several other settings VA...

Page 29: ...d Loss of Refer ence 4 5 24 GPO Threshold 1 4 Adjusts the threshold for GPO functions such as LKFS Over Threshold and LKFS Un der Threshold 4 5 25 GPO On Delay 1 4 Sets a delay on triggering the GPO T...

Page 30: ...e a listening environ ment after first adjusting power amplifiers or powered speakers see below Analog Mute Left through RoRt Allows individual muting of output channels This is useful for troubleshoo...

Page 31: ...enced set to NOT upmix pass through and volume and channel trims at 0dB apply pink noise at plant reference such as 20dBFS to one channel at a time starting with the Center channel This is best accomp...

Page 32: ...de with a real time analyzer RTA due to constraints of frequency response of typical SPL meters The procedure is simple after calibrating the main channels apply pink noise to the Center channel and n...

Page 33: ...ly 5 1 1 Unit won t power on Check to make sure that the unit is connected to a live outlet it happens If proper AC voltage is being applied to the unit remove power and check the fuse the IEC inlet m...

Page 34: ...f upmix is on but the unit is still is not upmixing make sure that the unit is not in Master Bypass relay bypass under the I O menu 5 1 4 Cannot Manually Control Upmixing The unit may be set to respon...

Page 35: ...o 600 Ohms 0dBFS Dynamic Range Greater than 85dB Connector DB25 F pinout below Digital I O Digital Audio I O All inputs are unbalanced 75 with internal termination 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 use BNC F connectors...

Page 36: ...paths Dimensions 1RU H 1 75 in 45 mm W 19 in 483 mm D 11 5 in 293 mm Net Weight 6 lb 2 72 kg approximate Environmental Operating 0 50 C Non operating 20 70 C Power Requirements Dual redundant auto sen...

Page 37: ...utput of 24dBu into 600 ohms Pin Function Pin Function 1 Ch 8 Ro Rt Out 14 Ch 8 Ro Rt Out 2 Ch 8 Ro Rt Gnd 15 Ch 7 Lo Lt Out 3 Ch 7 Lo Lt Out 16 Ch 7 Lo Lt Gnd 4 Ch 6 Rs Out 17 Ch 6 RS Out 5 Ch 6 Rs G...

Page 38: ...level controls active Low GPIs require a momentary contact closure to activate their assigned function The 5 V output for external GPO indicators is limited by a self resetting fuse Pin Connection 1 S...

Page 39: ...r a class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules CFR Designed for U S and Canadian listing with UL Europe Designed to comply with the requirements of Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and...

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