ProDAB Quick Start Guide Initial Configuration Getting Started: ProDAB takes approximately 35 seconds to boot up, during this time the power LED will flash. Press to select: DAB/DAB+ Web (Internet Radio) When the OLED display is not in screen saver mode (Pressing any of the “Nav”...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide Press and hold Preset button to save currently selected service, station, MP3 track or Web link. Pressing whilst the preset directory is shown will cycle through the available presets, including those not available by direct access buttons –...
ProDAB Quick Start Guide OLED DAB Display screens Press Info button to cycle through available display screens Basic screen with Service Name, program information, bit rate & mode Information about selected MUX, audio algorithm, CID & SID, allocated Consumers Units. Technical information for both tuners Oscilloscope display to help with setting change over parameters...
ProDAB Quick Start Guide Network set-up Setting up IP address mask & default gateway. Press then select SYSTEM with then Select NETWORK MENU with then Choose between STATIC & DHCP using keys Then press Next Menu ...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide to save settings Next Menu And to re-boot Operating System Units are shipped with the network set to Static (192.168.0.7). To upload MP3 files use a SFTP client such as Filezilla, but, note that we use non- standard port for SSH &...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide DAB Scan Press then select DAB SCAN with then Choose between Radio A & B using keys Then to go to next menu option Choose between NEW SCAN which will clear current station list or RE-SCAN to append to ...
ProDAB Quick Start Guide System Menu Then to go to next menu option to access, option time before unit will automatically lockout front panel keys. Press and hold Unlock/Clr key to unlock. to access sub-menu, this sets the MUX range for DAB Scan options: UK Range 10B to 13A EU Range 05A to 13F...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide to access sub-menu options: DISABLED ENABLED to access sub-menu options: NONE (Disabled) Unit will return to previous setting when powered up Select Preset which should be used on power up. to access sub-menu ...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide to access Network sub-menu, see Network setup section on previous pages to access sub-menu to access sub-menu, manage copy/delete stored MP3 files Audio & Design...
ProDAB Quick Start Guide Change Over ProDAB can automatically play out a stored MP3 or switch to Internet radio when audio silence is detected or when RF signal level drops below a set threshold. From version 160/160 Change Over is implemented as a separate software module that is “hard coded”...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide Change over parameters can be optimized for audio threshold/rf RSSI along with delay, attack and decay times. Other options – SMOOTH MUSIC, POP MUSIC, SPEECH, CLASSIC MUSIC & RSSI LEVEL Change Over, Disabled or detection on audio silence or low RSSI MP3 Repeat options: STOP AT END –...
ProDAB Quick Start Guide PK is the peak value of the above, and modified by the attack and decay constants settable by the change over menu, "pk" is shown as a number (0..255) and as a time plot. GT is the raw gate logic level generated by the value PK threshold by constant value TH which is also settable from the changeover menu and displayed as a number (0..255) EG Is the extended (smoothed) gate version of GT by adding extra lead and lag times to avoid glitches.
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide key takes you to next menu level key takes you to next menu Set AES 3 parameters such as sampling frequency. Press to edit, then to change key takes you to next menu ...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide DAB (and FM, select FM mode first) chipset firmware versions DAB - 6.04 FM - 4.0C key takes you to next menu Select source for Icecast compatible IP stream output. Either follows the selected “Tuner” (Front panel or web GUI), or fixed to the output of Tuner 1 ...
Note that the web interface has been tested with the following browsers: Firefox, Chrome & Internet Explorer version 10 onwards The Summary screen shows information about both tuners on Dual units and Tuner 1 on ProDAB-1 Plus. Audio & Design...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide Click here to play audio for currently selected tuner. Note: that when option “STREAMER SOURCE” is set to “Tuner 1 Only” in Engineering menu you can only listen to Tuner 1. Click here to turn off audio monitor stream. This is the user you are currently sign in as.
System Block Diagrams Analogue OP 1 L&R DAB/FM Tuner OP 1 Player Output 1 Streaming Output Internet Output 2 Radio Signal Processing OP 2 DAB/FM Tuner Analogue OP 2 ProDAB-2 Dual L&R Independent Mode Analogue OP 1 L&R DAB/FM Tuner OP 1 DAB/FM Tuner...
10 Rear Panel Analogue balanced audio outputs, gain adjustable from 0dBU to +20dBU. Pin 1 = GND Pin 2 = + output Pin 3 = - output AES3 digital output, sampling rate adjustable via menu to 48Kbps or 96Kbps Pin 1 = GND Pin 2 = + output Pin 3 = - output Antenna input for DAB &...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide RJ45 LAN connector 10/100 auto negotiation MDX USB Can be used for additional MP3 storage. IEC Mains inlet – Fuse T3.15A 90/240VAC Provision for IEC retaining clip and M4 Earth tag Audio & Design...
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ProDAB Quick Start Guide Audio & Design Reading Ltd. Hereby confirm that the ProDAB1 conforms to the requirements of EN50081-1 & EN60950 Provided it is used as described in this manual and in the sections below: To comply with the EMC Directive EN50081-1 (generic), it is recommended that all-digital input and output cabling be of Belden type 1696A or its exact equivalent.
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