Monitoring - Bryston SP4 Owner's Manual

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Monitoring

If you have purchased the Theater Acoustic
Diagnostic Kit and have installed the monitoring
license that comes with it, you have access to
the Monitoring page which provides detailed
information about the operation of the SP4.
1. Product Information
Model, serial number, IP address and firmware
version information are listed.
2. Basic Status
Indiicator and control over On/Standby, Mute,
and system restart as well as malfunction
indicator.
3. Temperature / Fan Speed
Two indicators show the current temerature
(black line) and rear fan speed. Orange markers
indicate current settings for system warning and
critical high temperature. These thresholds can
be changed in Monitoring settings by clicking
the gear icon. Default is 55c and 60c.
To view items 4-6, click the VU Meter button to
expand the page.
4. Decoder
Visualize the realtime level of audio channels
being received by the decoder. For example, if
2 channel PCM is being received, you will see
activity on LF and RF.
5. Outputs
Visualize real time audio output of each output
channel on the rear panel. For instance, if 5.1
audio is being received and the current upmix
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is Native, you will see activity on LF, CF, RF, SUB,
LS and RS channels. Useful for verifying if audio
should be present on an output.
6. HDMI/DOWNMIX
Visualize audio output on the HDMI outputs and
XLR downmix outputs.
7. Logging
Logging is a useful feature to help identify
strange behavior with potential problems
caused by heat. Click the graph button to show
a line chart of either temperature or fan speed
over time. Use the options in the popup to
choose timeframe, zoom or move around the
plot or export the image.
8. Details
Click to expand a window showing detailed
information about audio and video coming into
the player including format, resolution, color
space, copy protection and more. Important
information about the video transmission is
also detailed. Compare this information against
the compatibilities of connected hardware to
diagnose errors in picture or sound. Further, it
shows real time health of various power supplies
in the unit which power specific modules. This
can be a useful tool to diagnose features that
are malfunctioning.
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