Omnia .11 Installation And Operation Manual page 6

1. The Omnia.11 is a large unit so it would be advisable to have the help of an assistant when installing it in the rack. Pull
outward on the outside of each handle until you hear a click and they both securely lock into place. Using the handles,
install the Omnia.11 in the equipment rack using all four rack screws. Once secured to the rack, slide the release pin
(located on the back of each handle at the top) toward you and fold the rack handles back to their normal position.
2. Connect AC power to the unit (there is no power switch!)
3. Connect the audio inputs that are appropriate for your installation. The Omnia.11 accepts balanced professional line-
level analog audio or AES/EBU digital audio on standard XLR connectors. If you have an existing Livewire system,
the single Livewire Ethernet connection is all that is needed for audio I/O (except for the composite MPX outputs).
4. Touch the "Input" icon button near the top-left of the screen to bring up the Input menu and metering.
If the "Basic" tab is not selected, touch it to select it. From the "Input Source" drop-down, select the Analog,
AES/EBU or Livewire input as appropriate for your installation. If your audio source is providing an audio feed you
should then see meter activity on the bargraph meters.
5. While driving the inputs with typical program material at normal operating level, adjust the appropriate "Master"
Input Gain control until the peak-reading input bargraph meters are peaking just "into the yellow" (about –15 to –12
dBFS or so). If the left/right audio levels coming into the Omnia.11 are somewhat unbalanced, you can adjust the
"Right Trim" control to adjust the level of the right channel alone over a limited range.
6. Connect the outputs that are appropriate for your installation.
7. Touch the "Output" icon button at the top-right of the screen to bring up the Output menu and metering. If the
"Basic" tab is not selected, touch it to select it. Touch the "FM Options" button on the left side of the Menu Area and
ensure that the Pre-Emphasis, De-emphasis and BS-412 settings are correct for your system and your location. The
de-emphasis only affects the XLR and Livewire outputs and can be set on/off individually for each output. The
composite MPX outputs are never de-emphasized. All outputs are active simultaneously.
8. Now touch the appropriate button above the "FM Options" button to select the group of output controls you will be
using. Adjust the appropriate control so that the output level is correct for the equipment that follows the Omnia.11.
For access to the composite MPX stereo generator controls, touch the "Composite" button.
9. Touch the "FM" icon button then touch the "Preset" tab to display the list of factory processing presets. Touch the
preset you would like to start with to select and activate it. Note: The same processing "Preset" tab is also available in
the Wide Band, AGC or Limiters menus as well as the FM menu.
We strongly suggest listening to all the factory presets, regardless of their name, to get a feel for their differences. For
each one, be sure to adjust the clipper "Drive" control here in the "FM" menu as low as possible for the loudness
needed. This controls the primary loudness vs. distortion tradeoff.
The Omnia.11 Quick-Start Setup is now complete. Please read the rest of the User Manual to learn about some of
the features that make the Omnia.11 unique, for additional details on proper installation and for full details on the
operation and adjustment of every control function.
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