ADS Technologies RDX-155-EF User manual

Brand: ADS Technologies

Model: RDX-155-EF

Type: User manual

This manual is also suitable for

Instant Radio

ADS Technologies RDX-155-EF is a professional-grade digital signal processor with several input/output configurations and built-in presets. The device features a 24-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter and a 32-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter for optimum conversion quality. It can operate at sampling rates up to 192 kHz and has a dynamic range of 114 dB. The RDX-155-EF has eight analog inputs and eight analog outputs, all of which can be independently configured for various levels.

Instant

Radio

FM Radio application

User Guide

Introduction

The Instant Radio application has been designed to fully integrate with your Instant

FM Music device. The Instant Radio application was designed to be a small, simple

interface for tuning and recording of FM radio stations.

Instant Radio offers the same features you’ll  nd in home and auto receiver systems

such as 8 station presets, digital tuning, seek and scan functions and RDS/RBDS

display.

The guide will cover all of the functions of the Instant Radio software application.

Installation and Setup

To Install Instant Radio, double click on the  le named -

InstantRadioSetup.exe

and follow the installation steps.

An Instant Radio icon will be placed on your desktop. Double click this icon to run Instant Radio.

Set Region and Record Path

When you run Instant Radio for the  rst time you will

see the Country/Region select screen. Choose the

country or part of the world you are located. This will

set the proper tuning method for your region.

You can also see the default path for FM radio show

recordings. If you want to change the location of your

recordings, you can click the Browse button and select a different location.

You can change any of these settings by clicking on the “Options” button on the Instant Radio

interface.

Disable Snaptune One recording

If you have previously installed Snaptune and set up a recording schedule you will see the

following screen pop up when you start Instant Radio.

Snaptune and Instant Radio cannot run at the same time. If you wish to run the Instant Radio application to tune FM radio stations,

you need to select “Shut down Snaptune One Now”. This will interrupt any recordings you have scheduled. Notice that you can

enable Snaptune One record engine to re-start when ever you exit the Instant Radio application. This makes it easy to temporarily

switch from Snaptune to Instant Radio and back again.

The Instant Radio Interface

Display Area

The display area will provide the following information:

a.)

Current tuned frequency (large text = no RDS signal present)

b.)

Stereo, Mono or Mute

c.)

Signal Strength indicator bars

d.)

Station preset number

e.)

RDS/RBDS information

Station Call Letters or slogan up to 8 characters such as The Wave or K-Mozart

Radio Text – up to 64 characters (32 at a time) of text which can display station slogans, artist name and song title or

any textual information the radio station wants to transmit.

Buttons and functions

1.)

Tune

– Use the (+) and (-) buttons to tune up or down the FM radio band. You can hold down the button to quickly tune to the

desired frequency.

2.)

Seek

- Use the (+) and (-) buttons to Seek up or down the FM radio band. You can set a seek signal threshold level in the

Options screen so you automatically bypass weaker stations.

3.)

Scan

– Click the Scan button to Scan up the FM band. Instant Radio will scan to the next found station, play for several

seconds then move to the next found frequency. You can set the scan hold time on the Options screen.

4.)

Presets

– Set the station presets by tuning to the desired frequency then press and hold a preset number until you hear a tone.

The radio will mute for a second, then un-mute and the preset number will appear in the display area. Let your mouse hover

over the preset numbers to see the frequency of each preset button.

5.)

Preset Scan

– Click on the (<<) or (>>) buttons in the preset area to scan up or down through your station presets.

6.)

Record

– Click the Record button to instantly begin recording FM radio. Once the record button is pressed, the button becomes

a “STOP” button. Press “STOP” to stop recording.

7.)

File Name

– Once you have stopped recording a  le name will appear in the  le list box such as FM Music-000.wav. Auto

Naming is selected by default. If you want to create your own  le names, uncheck Auto Naming and type in your desired  le

name in the  le name box. The  le name you enter will be used on the next recording.

8.)

Play

– To play back a recording, click on the  le name then click the “Play” button. This will launch Windows Media Player or

your default audio playback software player.

Instant Radio will automatically be muted

so you don’t have FM radio playing while

you are listening back to a recording. Once you are  nished with recording playback, you need to click the mute button to un-

mute Instant Radio.

9.)

Stereo/Mono switch

– Click the Stereo/Mono button to switch from stereo to mono audio. You can see the mode in the display

area.

10.) Mute

– Click the “Mute” button to mute audio.

11.) Volume Slider

– Use the volume slider to adjust the audio level of FM Radio. Instant FM Music has a built in audio ampli er,

11.) Volume Slider – Use the volume slider to adjust the audio level of FM Radio. Instant FM Music has a built in audio ampli er, 11.) Volume Slider

so the volume level you select is in the FM Music hardware. Adjust Instant FM volume in conjunction with your PC sound card

audio levels to get the best audio level for your environment.

12.) Options

– click the “Options” button to bring up the options screen.

Here you can change your country/region settings, recording location as well as make other adjustments.

Tray Options:

1.) Show in Tray – this will put the FM radio icon in the tray

icon. You can right click the tray to tune presets, seek up or

down and bring up the options screen.

2.) Always on Top – set to keep Instant Radio on top of all your

applications.

Startup Audio:

1.)

Mute on Startup – select if you want no audio when you

start Instant Radio

2.)

Force Mono – don’t know why you’d want to do this, but

hey – it’s a feature!

Seek Threshold:

Set the threshold level so you seek to all the stations you want,

but skip the weaker stations. Or set to a high level to be sure

you  nd every station even if it comes in weak.

Scan Time:

Scanning will seek through the FM radio band and pause on

every station found for a few seconds. You can shorten or

lengthen this pause time by adjusting the scan time slider.

ADS Technologies RDX-155-EF User manual

Brand: ADS Technologies

Model: RDX-155-EF

Type: User manual

This manual is also suitable for

Instant Radio

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