The Front-Panel Display and Menu Knob ... 7 Headphone Jack ..........7 Rear Panel Connections ........8 Section III - OPERATING THE INOmini 673 Hey, why is the screen flashing? ....... 10 Menu Navigation Basics ........10 Locked Menus ............. 11 Tuning the Receiver ..........
IF Bandwidth: Auto (signal-adaptive) or manual selection of Product Description 110kHz, 84kHz, 60kHz, 40kHz. The INOmini 673 is Inovonics’ second-generation, small Audio Bandwidth: 15kHz, or may be manually restricted in form-factor FM broadcast receiver for station ‘confidence’ steps down to 2kHz.
Register online at: www.inovonicsbroadcast.com/productRegistration Mounting The INOmini 673 FM/RDS Monitor Receiver is packaged in a compact ‘clamshell’ chassis that defines Inovonics’ stand- ardized INOmini module. The unit may simply be set on top of an existing piece of rack-mounted equipment, as long as at least 1U of panel space is left open above the rack- mounted ‘host’...
Battery Operation These are alarm “tally” outputs for re- G R L A The INOmini 673 may optionally be powered by either a wet mote indication of reception problems. or a sealed (gel) 12-volt lead/acid battery. The nominal in- Designations noted on the rear panel...
Menu Navigation Basics By the time you’ve read this, you’ve probably already fig- ured out the INOmini 673 menu for yourself, as intuitive as it is. Quite simply: 1) turn the knob to navigate from one menu to the next, 2) push the knob to enter any menu asso- ciated with setup, 3) turn the knob to make a selection or to —...
Tuning the Receiver (Menu Screen 1) the antenna input in dBµV, and defines a range between When power is applied to the INOmini 673, a ‘splash screen’ 0dBµV (1 microvolt) and 75dBµV (about 5 millivolts). The with the product ID pops up immediately on the LCD. With-...
Low Signal alarm condition. This is monaural broadcasts. most useful when the INOmini 673 is used as a rebroadcast Push the knob and turn ‘translator’ receiver in its FM reception mode. This prevents it to select Blend-St.
when monitoring or relaying a station that never broadcasts modulation. A setting of -10dB will probably suffice for in stereo. nearly any programming format. Be sure to push the knob after making the selection to store the setting in memory. Program Audio Metering (Menu Screen 6) Always consider the dynamics of the broadcast format Menu Screen 6 is a left- and right-channel bargraph presen-...
RT: (RadioText) is a 64-character message sent as a com- plete data block. It is displayed on consumer receivers that have a TEXT or INFO button. The INOmini 673 automatical- ly scrolls the RT: message to display all 64 characters on the front-panel LCD screen.
RT: may be used to present the same artist and title data times used to rebroadcast a station’s program on another commonly scrolled in the PS: field, as shown in the illustra- frequency to fill dead spots in the primary coverage area. tion.
The RDS PI Setting (Menu Screens 19) 15, with an A and a B version within each group. When the INOmini 673 is programmed for a PI error alarm, Push and turn the knob a valid PI code for the received station must be entered on to scroll through the ac- Menu Screen 19.
Backlight Color (Hidden Menu Screen 4) forget functions. From most normal navigational menus, The INOmini 673 has a large, easy-to-read, backlit LCD dis- push and hold-down the knob to access these top-secret play. An RDS Alarm, Low Signal or Audio Loss condition settings.
With that menu selected, push the knob and turn it from No placing the extracted .exe file to Yes. When you then push the knob, the INOmini 673 will on the desktop. reboot with factory defaults. Next, place the INOmini 673 in its ready-state to accept firmware updates.
‘Under the Hood’ The INOmini 673 FM/RDS Radio Monitor Receiver is very compact, utilizing mostly surface-mounted (SMD) compo- nents. Many of these are application-specific and/or pre- programmed at the factory, but all of them are impossibly tiny.
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