SCANNER MASTER
SportSync
™
SR-202
AM/FM DSP Radio with SportSync Audio Delay
www.sportscyncradio.com
Feature Diagram & Function Indication
1.
Power On/Off
2.
Reset Button
3.
Power indicator
4.
External Antenna/Auxiliary in jack
5.
Ext. Antenna/Aux in switch 6.
Tone high/low
7.
Earphone Jack
8.
DC Jack
9.
Lock
10. Scan
11. Band switch
12. Memory/Alarm
13. Down Tuning
14. Up Tuning
15.
Audio Delay Slider
16. /-
17. Volume control
USING THE SPORTSYNC RADIO
This second-generation SportSync Radio is an AM/FM digital portable
radio with a very special feature - Audio Time Delay. This lets you watch
sports events on TV with the sound down and listen to the radio
broadcast on your SportSync synchronized with what you see on TV.
Many people prefer listening to the local radio announcers broadcast the
action of their favorite pro or college sport, especially when national TV
announcers are covering a game. For years radio announcers told their
listeners who were watching at home, work, a restaurant or pub that they
should turn the sound down on their TV and turn up their radio. With the
advent of the seven-second “bad language” delay and with the natural
delays built in to satellite and cable TV that no longer was possible as it
used to be in years past with over-the-air TV broadcasts. Unlike TV,
radio broadcasts are generally all in “real-time” as so many people bring
radios to sports events and also there’s no need for cable and satellite
uplinks and delays. Therefore, now, it’s not possible to simply turn the
TV sound down and the radio sound up because the radio broadcast
audio will be well ahead of what you’re watching on TV.
With SportSync you can delay the radio audio to match what you’re
seeing on TV and once again listen to the informative and colorful local
radio play-by-play broadcasts of auto racing, Pro and College baseball,
football, basketball, soccer, hockey and more.
Limitations: Occasionally, particularly with certain satellite broadcasts in
HD, the delay will be longer than 16 seconds. This may vary from game
to game. Also, occasionally, the radio broadcasts will be delayed longer
than the TV broadcast. This is very unusual and it also might vary from
game to game but in this case you can sync the TV and radio audio by
using a DVR box to delay the TV signal slightly. Scanner Master is not
responsible for the delay lengths imposed by broadcasters.
Basic Instructions
INSTALL BATTERIES
- Insert four fresh AA batteries into the battery
compartment on the back of the radio. Be sure to insert them as shown
by the picture next to the compartment. You may use regular alkaline or
re-chargeable batteries which must be re-charged outside of the radio.
TURN OFF AUDIO DELAY
- Slide the Audio Delay Slider (15) all the
way to the left. This turns off audio delay and allows standard radio
operation.
TURN ON THE RADIO
- Turn on the radio with On/Off button (1).
SELECT AM OR FM
- You may select either the AM or FM band as
desired by the Bands button (11).
ADJUST VOLUME
– Slide the Volume Control (17) up or down.
TUNE IN A STATION
- Tune the radio to the station desired with the
Up/Down tuning button (13/14):
a.
Short-press to move one frequency step
b.
Press for two seconds and release to auto-tune to the next radio
station in your area
c.
Keep-pressing to continue tuning up or down and release the up or
down button to stop
The exclusive SportSync feature lets you synchronize the sound
from the radio with televised sports events. To understand this
feature,
be sure to read the section below.
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SportSync Audio Delay Operation
It is easy for you to match the radio play-by-play call with what you’re
watching on TV. First tune in a radio station that’s broadcasting the
game. Often a team has a network of stations, so you may have a choice
of several. Sports broadcasts may be on AM or FM depending on the
team and city. Radio networks broadcast games on a variety of station
throughout suburban and rural areas. Check your team web site for a list
of stations.
Once you have the game on the radio, turn on your TV. Almost always
the action on the TV will run a few to many seconds behind real time and
what you are hearing on the radio. Now, to make the radio sound match
the TV picture, all you have to do is move the audio Delay Slider (15) to
the right place. This control delays the radio sound by up to 16 seconds.
The number of seconds is shown just above the slider and on the radio
display.
Generally you need to watch a play or two to match up the audio just
right. In a football or basketball game you might hear a referee’s whistle
on both the TV and radio which will help you zero the radio right into the
TV. In baseball you may hear on the radio, “The windup and the pitch…”
and you can adjust the slider to exactly match that moment to what
you’re seeing on the TV. When you’ve found the right delay setting then
you can turn the sound down on your TV and you’re set to enjoy the
game!
Note that you probably won’t have to make any more adjustments during
that game. For the next game you watch the delay could be different,
but you should be able to find the correct setting quickly. The 16 seconds
of delay is almost always enough. But it is possible that technical factors
affecting some game broadcasts can exceed this capability.
Instant Replay
Within its limits you can also use the SportSync Radio to create an
Instant Replay of a great play or simply to repeat a few seconds of any
audio you missed. Quickly move the delay slider all the way to the right
to get the maximum delay of replay. (Note that if you already have the
delay slider set at six seconds, for example, you’ll hear only ten seconds
of replay by moving the slider all the way to the right as soon as the
play/radio call ends.)
TURN ON BEEPS –
When you are not using the delay feature it is a
good idea to set the Delay Slider to zero, otherwise you may find it
confusing when you try to tune the radio after first turning it on. If the
slider is not at zero when you turn on the radio then the radio beeps for
the same number of seconds for which the radio slider is set as the delay
memory fills. If the slider is set to eight seconds for example (and the
display will also indicate 8 in this case), then the radio will beep eight
times as it fills with eight seconds of radio audio before beginning to play
out the delayed audio through the radio speakers.
