25-Seven Program Delay Manager
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Flexible, powerful serial language for custom, bi-directional control and status
reports. Language can be supported by many automation systems and custom
applications.
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Network cues can be automatically delayed to match program audio.
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Automatic synchronization to local or Network Time Server.
For more details on what PDM does and its special features, read the rest of this
manual.
Basic Operation
PDM’s flexibility doesn’t get in the way of easy operation
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. These functions are also ex-
plained graphically, starting on page 11.
To begin a program segment …
…press the green
BUILD
button. It will flash while the delay is building up.
Talent should start talking immediately. Depending on how your system is set up
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PDM will either:
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Build a delay by expanding: PDM will send the incoming audio to the trans-
mitter. But it’ll be subtly slowed down, taking more time until the delay mem-
ory is filled.
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Build a delay by playing a station jingle, ID, or other fill material from PDM’s
internal memory.
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Build a delay by Pre-rolling: PDM mutes its output while you play material
from another source, or while PDM signals your automation or cart replace-
ment system to play audio.
While the delay is building, the LCD will look like this:
Building Speed:10 “‘
‘
Target Delay: 10 {}
}
Delay 3.4s Menu
The
“ ‘ { }
and
symbols mean you can use front panel
buttons to change parameters or access PDM’s menus.
More about this on page 19.
The horizontal bar will fill, and
Delay
on the bottom line of the display will count how
many seconds of audio are in PDM’s delay memory.
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These examples assume a normal installation: the console program output is routed through PDM be-
fore it goes to the transmitter or network feed; talent and producer are listening to the console’s program
output, not to the PDM’s delayed output. Other installation possibilities are covered later in this manual.
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You can change which mode gets activated easily, at any time, from the front panel LCD or remotely
from a Web browser. See page 22.
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