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REVISION 1.0.10 September 28, 2015

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Table of Contents Section 1 – Getting Started...... 5 Introduction...... 5 Resources...... 8 Computer Configuration...... 10 Section 2 – Bridge Switcher Hardware...... 14 Basic Installation Steps...... 14 Important Installation Notes...... 16 Wiring Basics...... 17 Wiring for Audio...... 19 Wiring for Logic Commands...... 21 Wiring for Satellite Automation...... 22 Connecting the Bridge to the PC...... 24 Troubleshooting “BRIDGE MISSING”...... 25 Bridge Tools Software...... 26 Logic Outputs and Serial Control Commands...... 27 Closure Triggered Hot Keys...... 29 Section 3 – Software Basics...... 30 C:DHD folder & Backup ...... 30 Audio Files...... 32 Arrakis Mass Audio Converter...... 34 Ripping CD's using Windows Media Player...... 39 How to add audio files to DHD...... 42 Naming Audio Files...... 43 Unlocking the DHD Software...... 46 Unlocking the DHD-Tools Software...... 47 Software Updates...... 48 Time Sync...... 48 RDS Setup...... 51 Internet Streaming Setup...... 53 Section 4 – On Air Screen...... 55 Basics...... 55 Setup...... 56 DHD Menu Items...... 58 Play List...... 59 Play List Colors...... 61 How to View Artist & Info in Play List...... 63 2 Play & 3 Play Outputs...... 64 Hot Keys...... 68 Library...... 69 Reports...... 70 Transitioning Between Hours...... 70 Changing the Hour Type...... 71 Game Player...... 73 Digilink-HD Live Mode...... 74

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Section 5 – DHD Tools...... 76 Setup...... 77 Users...... 81 Section 6 – Library Manager...... 83 Basics...... 83 Audio Data...... 85 Cart Rotations...... 88 Start & Kill dates...... 89 Setting EOM & In Time to Voice...... 90 In Time to Voice (Intro) Precedence...... 92 Purchased Music Libraries...... 92 Auto-fill...... 93 Mass Naming Audio Files...... 93 Deleting Audio files...... 95 Tagged Text...... 96 Network Audio Distribution Manager...... 96 Section 7 – Music Categories...... 99 Section 8 – Scheduling...... 101 Basics...... 101 Useful Scheduling Tools...... 101 Events...... 103 Clocks...... 111 Air Schedule...... 113 TOH Effect and Rollover...... 116 How to Setup the Air Schedule...... 118 Importing 3rd party traffic...... 119 Importing 3rd party music...... 123 DHD Music Scheduling...... 126 Satellite Automation...... 128 Liners & ID's...... 129 Live Assist...... 134 Ball Games...... 136 Section 9 – Reports Manager Screen...... 141 Basics...... 141 Section 10 – Production...... 142 Timed Recorder...... 142 Recorder – Editor...... 146 Voice tracking...... 149 Segue Editing...... 154 Section 11 – Internet Streaming Setup...... 156 Section 12 – Remote Control of DHD...... 158 Section 13 – Troubleshooting...... 159 Troubleshooting “BRIDGE MISSING”...... 159 Section 14 – Digilink-Xtreme Vs Digilink-HD...... 160 Section 15 – Radio Terms...... 162

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Introduction

Welcome to Digilink-HD. The Digilink-HD automation system is the culmination of over 25 years of Arrakis leadership in automation systems for the radio industry. Since 1990, Arrakis sold more than 5,000 Digilink Models 2, 3, 4 & Xtreme worldwide and more than 10,000 Digilink software automation systems have been downloaded.

The Digilink-HD product merges the power from Windows PC's and unique Arrakis hardware to create the most powerful radio automation system in the industry. The uniqueness of DHD derives from the fact that it is not a custom PC computer that requires expensive custom parts and specialized service. Instead, the audio sound cards, routing switcher, and control logic reside in the Arrakis ‘Bridge’ hardware so that the PC is a standard off-the-shelf product that requires no customization. The ‘Bridge’ is a broadcast product that is easily installed and serviced by local broadcast engineers while the standard off-the-shelf PC can be easily installed and supported by local PC technicians. Better by design, the DHD automation product is ideal for on air radio automation applications.

COPYRIGHT All software associated with the Digilink-HD product described in this manual is copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Arrakis Systems inc. The name Digilink-HD is a trademark of Arrakis Systems inc. , Loveland, Colorado.

END USER LICENSING AGREEMENT This Product contains software licensed from Arrakis Systems inc. and possibly other software companies. Use of this Product constitutes acceptance of this agreement. Digilink-HD contains intellectual property, i.e., software programs, that are licensed for use by the end user customer (hereinafter “End user”). This is not a sale of such intellectual property. The End User shall not copy, disassemble, or reverse compile the software program. The software programs are provided to the End User “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability and fitness for particular purpose. The entire risk of the quality and performance of the software program is you. Arrakis and its suppliers shall not be held to any liability for any damages suffered or incurred by the end user (including, but not limited to, general, special, consequential or incidental damages including damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information and the like), arising from or in connection with the delivery, use or performance of the software program.

FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE The features and specifications associated with the Arrakis Digilink-HD product will change over time. These changes are determined at the sole discretion of Arrakis Systems inc.

DISCLAIMER Arrakis has reviewed this manual thoroughly in order to make it an easy to use guide. All statements, technical information and recommendations in this guide and in any guides or related documents are believed reliable, but the accuracy and completeness thereof are not guaranteed or warranted, and they are not intended to be, nor should they be understood to be, representations or warranties concerning the products described.

Page 5 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Digilink-HD Solutions program ONLY APPLICABLE FOR MONTHLY & YEARLY PAYMENT PLANS THESE TERMS MAY CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE The Digilink-HD Payment Program 1. Definition: The program provides the use of hardware, software, training, service, and support for on air, radio automation in exchange for a monthly or yearly fee. 2. Fee: $200 per month, per unit. The Digilink-HD program is provided for a monthly fee. The program is not a purchase or a lease. There is no capital expenditure. All hardware and software remains the exclusive property of Arrakis Systems inc. The monthly fee is for the use of hardware, software, and support services for a single PC. 3. Multiple PCs: Multiple On Air PCs are supported through the purchase of an DHD Solutions program for each On Air PC. The first On-Air is $200 per month, each additional On-Air is $100 extra. 2 On-Air systems would be $300, 3 stations would be $400, etc... 4. Monthly Payment Plan includes: Digilink-HD Software, Dell Optiplex, Flatscreen Monitor, 1 Month Service, DHD- Tools License (qty 1), Bridge Switcher Hardware, 2 output sound cards, Customer Support, Software Upgrades. Yearly Payment Plan includes: Digilink-HD Software, Dell Optiplex, Flatscreen Monitor, 1 Year of Service, DHD-Tools License (qty 1), Bridge Switcher Hardware, 2 output sound cards, Customer Support, Software Upgrades. 5. Accessories: There is no option for refund on the PC's purchased from the initial purchase, or any accessories purchased. 6. Product Functionality: The ‘Bridge’ combines a 16 x 3 stereo routing switcher, control logic, and two sound cards in a single compact cabinet. The PC connects to the Bridge by a USB and a RS232 serial cable. The PC runs the Digilink- HD software application which controls the Bridge. Audio stored as data files on the PC may be played through the sound cards in the Bridge, and audio from the routing switcher in the Bridge can be recorded as data files on the PC. The audio and logic connectors on the Bridge interface the PC to the radio station. The software and hardware supports live on air play, live assist play, satellite automation, hard disk automation, manual recording, timed recording, library management, and scheduling. 7. Payment Plan: prepaid monthly fee for products and services. 8. Payment Period: monthly, customer may prepay for 12 months. 9. Payment method: cash, company check, or approved credit card. Payment by credit card requires signature by a corporate officer. Product will ship after payment is confirmed for a credit card or clears the bank for a check. 10. Nonpayment: The ‘Bridge’ hardware requires an unlock code each pay period to continue operating. If valid payment is not received by the payment date, then Arrakis will not send the unlock code for the next period and the system will stop operating. 11. Program start date : the program starts on the date that the product is shipped from Arrakis Systems inc. 12. Fee Increases : evaluated yearly. 13. Term: until terminated by either party. 14. Customer Termination: To terminate the program, the customer must contact the factory in writing with a signature by a corporate officer. Arrakis will then send a shipping box and shipper call tag by ground service to the customer. Shipment of the box to the customer‘s site and then return of the equipment to the Arrakis factory will be at Arrakis’ expense. The program will be terminated and the monthly fee will no longer accrue upon receipt of all hardware and software in good condition at Arrakis‘ Loveland, CO. facility. 15. Malicious Damage: any damage to returned hardware, that is determined in Arrakis’ sole opinion to have been deliberate, will be billed to the customer. 16. Manufacturer Termination: Arrakis Systems may terminate the program with a customer upon receipt of written notice to the address that the product was shipped to. This option will be exercised if, in Arrakis‘ sole opinion, the DHD Solutions program is not appropriate for the customer. If the customer is not on air with the product, termination is immediate upon receipt of written notice. If the product is on air, 90 days written notice will be provided to the customer. The 90 days notice provides the customer adequate time to acquire an alternative automation system. Termination of the program by the manufacturer does not release the customer from his monthly payment responsibilities. 17. Refunds following Termination of the Program : Each month’s fee is prepaid and non-refundable. The customer may terminate the program at any time by returning the hardware and software provided in the program as described under the paragraph titled “Customer Termination.” In basic, the program is terminated upon receipt of the hardware and software at Arrakis‘ facility. Any prepaid fees beyond the termination date will be refunded to the customer.

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18. Geographical boundaries: The program is as described herein in the 48 contiguous states. The program for Hawaii, Alaska, US territories, and Canada is identical except that the customer is required to pay for all shipping expenses to and from the factory. International programs to countries other than Canada are available. Contact the factory for details. 19. Language support: all verbal and written support is in English. 20. Factory Setup of Approved PCs & Networks : This service is free during the period of the program. For approved PCs and networks, Arrakis will configure the PCs with Arrakis software and setup and test the system. Cost of shipping to and from the factory will be at the customer’s expense. Contact the factory for questions concerning your specific PCs and network. PC test software is available from Arrakis to test the PC and operating system. Arrakis recommends a single specific PC model and manufacturer for use by the customer. This PC is recommended by Arrakis because it is used at the factory for test and development. Arrakis can not and does not guarantee the performance of any PC, approved or not approved. 21. Telephone support of Station personnel during installation & setup : This service is free during the period of the program. The factory is available during Arrakis business days and hours to answer questions for station personnel about the Arrakis portion of the system. 22. Ongoing incident based telephone support of Station personnel : This service is free during the period of the program. It is available during Arrakis business days and hours. Following installation and the initial operational training, there will be a need for occasional telephone support to answer new installation, operation, or maintenance questions. 23. Telephone Training of Station personnel: This service is free during the period of the program. It is available during Arrakis business days and hours. Operational training over the telephone of station personnel will be available in fixed 30 minute blocks of time and must be pre-scheduled with the factory. 24. Factory Training of Station personnel : This service is free during the period of the program. Arrakis maintains training studios in its factory facility in Loveland, Colorado. Arrakis will train station personnel at no cost at its facility in Loveland. All travel and other expenses are the responsibility of the customer. Training visits must be prescheduled. Availability is based on plant loading and is during Arrakis business days and hours. 25. On site training at the Customer‘s facility : This service is not covered under this program. On a case by case basis, this service might be scheduled depending on the availability of factory personnel and where the customer pays all expenses. 26. Hardware Phone Support : This service is free during the period of the program. It is available during Arrakis business days and hours. 27. Replacement of defective PC ’Bridge‘ hardware : This service is free during the period of the program. If the PC ’Bridge‘ fails for any reason, it will be replaced. The replacement order will be processed within the next Arrakis business day and shipped if it is in stock. The replacement unit may be new or refurbished. The replacement unit will be shipped 1 day air (at Arrakis’ expense) with a shipper call tag for returning the defective unit (also at Arrakis expense). The customer must return the defective unit in the box the replacement arrived in. The defective unit must arrive at the factory within 2 weeks or the customer will be charged the current list price for the unit. The unit must be considered defective, and not damaged by lightning or other means in order for the exchange to be free. Shipping and repairs may be charged based on Arrakis’ sole opinion. At Arrakis' sole discretion, it may be required to prepay shipping, and a refund will be credited if defects are found. 28. On site labor: this program does not cover any costs or losses associated with labor or materials from customer‘s employees or 3rd party services, or from loss of ad revenue. 29. Software Revisions & Version upgrades : This service is free during the period of the program. New revisions or version upgrades of software products are covered under this program at no additional charge. The software will be available from the factory‘s website for download by the customer. Physical production & shipment of the software to the customer on CDROM may be requested but will be at customer’s expense. 30. DHD-Tools: DHD-Tools is an optional software that works with DHD. When purchased, there is no option of refund available.

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There are numerous resources available to the Digilink-HD user. Here is a list of some of those resources:

INSTRUCTION MANUAL One of the best resources is this instruction manual. This manual contains all the necessary material to comprehensively learn the software and hardware for DHD. The manual may change from time to time without notice, and the latest copy can always be found on our website. It is highly recommended to check the website for the latest version. The version and date is located at the beginning of this manual.

VIDEO TUTORIALS Another exceptional resource is the Video Tutorials that can be found on our website. These videos allow the user to train at their own pace and give visual style training for the software. These are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. New video tutorials will be added on a regular basis.

APPLICATION NOTES & TROUBLESHOOTING Software revision & troubleshooting notes may be found on our website. These will be added throughout the life of the product. We highly recommend checking out the website often to see what additions or changes have been made to the software.

PHONE TRAINING SESSIONS As part of the Digilink-HD program, you are entitled to receive free phone training sessions. These phone training sessions are extremely helpful in getting you acquainted with the different screens within the software and basic operation. They typically last from a half hour to as much as 2 hours, depending on your needs. It is excellent for getting your toes wet and helping you get started with the program. Please visit our website to setup a training time.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT Customer support is available Monday - Friday, 8am to 4:30pm Mountain Standard Time, excluding U.S. holidays. Customer support is available to answer specific questions, provide general training, and help resolve Digilink-HD software and Bridge Docking station hardware issues. A basic understanding of using a PC is a prerequisite for using the automation. Customer support is not able to train on the basics of running a PC or any 3rd party software or equipment. Any issues pertaining to the PC or 3rd party software/hardware must be directed toward the PC/software/hardware manufacturer, not Arrakis Systems customer support.

Contact information for the Arrakis Systems customer support team: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 970-461-0730 extension 311 Fax: 970-663-1010

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FACTORY TRAINING Take a trip to Loveland Colorado and visit us for a training at our factory. Classes are offered regularly and typically require a 1 month advance notice. We only schedule one station at a time, so that we may concentrate on the specific training needs of your station. Trainings are typically scheduled for Tuesday/Wednesday, but can be scheduled for any day Mon-Fri, excluding holidays & weekends. These classes typically go from 9am till 3pm each day. Visit our website to learn more about how to setup a factory training session.

ON SITE TRAINING Schedule a 3 day (minimum) training session with one of our support staff. On-site classes are offered regularly and typically require a 1 month advance notice. Trainings may be scheduled Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays.

Trainings only cover the software portion of the automation systems and wiring/networking must be setup prior to the visit. It also does not cover any 3rd party software or hardware. Visit our website for more information.

PRODUCT & CUSTOMER SUPPORT FEEDBACK Our website includes a product & customer support feedback page. This is excellent for giving your thoughts on possible feature additions for the software/hardware as well as feedback on our customer support. We are always striving to improve your experience, and highly recommend visiting our website and giving us your thoughts.

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It is critical that the On-Air PC meets minimum specs. It is so important for a good customer experience that we require the purchase of a specific PC from the factory that has been tested and fully configured. The PC specifications may change at any time. The current specification information may be found on our website.

These PC's come fully configured and ready go out of the box, but it is important to review the configuration steps that we take, so that you may be able to maintain the settings of the PC and make sure it stays lean and up to specifications.

COMPUTER CONFIGURATION STEPS:

STEP 1 – Connect Cables 1) Connect: power to PC, keyboard, mouse, monitor, USB from Bridge, RS232 from Bridge, power for Bridge. 2) Power up the PC. STEP 2 – Run through PC setup 1) name the PC "*Your Call Letters* On-Air". This step is optional, but helpful for when support staff offer assistance. 2) do not give it a password. STEP 3 – Set www.arrakis-systems.com as homepage 1) open Internet Explorer and in OPTIONS, set www.arrakis-systems.com as the homepage. 2) do not install Bing bar, or any other 3rd party software if it asks you to. STEP 4 – Adobe Reader 1) download and install Adobe Reader. Do not install Google Toolbar, or any other 3rd party software if it gives you the option. STEP 5 – Install DHD software 1) plug in the provided DHD USB drive. 2) double click on the DHD On-Air & DHD-Tools install program.

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STEP 6 – Sound card settings 1) plug in a dummy plug (this can be any plug, such as headphones, etc) into the blue input on the back of the PC. 2) right click on the volume speaker on your task bar, and select Playback devices 3) in the Playback tab, select the PC sound card, then click on Set Default to make the PC sound card your default playback. 4) select the Recording tab 5) select the PC sound card, and click on Set Default to make the PC sound card the default for recording. 6) click OK. These settings should never change and the dummy plug should never be removed.

STEP 7 – Set USB codecs to take exclusive control 1) in the Sound screen, double click on a USB codec. 2) in the Speaker Properties screen, select the Advanced tab. 3) check mark both options: Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device / Give exclusive mode applications priority. 4) repeat the same steps for the other USB codec.

STEP 8 – Remove useless programs It is critical to not install unneeded programs onto the On- Air computer. The less software running on the computer, the more likely it will run without problems or glitches. Therefore, any software added to the On-Air computer should be approved prior to being added to the computer. To view a list of programs already installed on your PC: 1) click on the Windows icon, and type into the search field Programs and Features 2) open the Programs and Features screen 3) this is a list of some of the software running on your PC. Some software is required by Windows, while others may be removed. Only remove software that you know to be safe to remove. Otherwise you may always contact Arrakis Systems support and see what software should or should not be removed.

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STEP 9 – Add Arrakis Mass Audio Converter 1) The Arrakis Mass Audio Converter is contained in its own folder. Simply copy the folder to the C: drive and create a short cut to the application on the desktop to install it. STEP 10 – Clean up the desktop 1) remove all useless shortcuts from the desktop and task bar. You should only have: Digilink-HD, Bridge Tools, Recycle Bin, Computer, Network, Arrakis Mass Audio Converter. 2) add a shortcut for the Import Audio folder onto the desktop. You may find this folder by going to the C: drive, then open the DHD folder. STEP 11 – Change Power settings 1) in Control Panel, go to Power Options. 2) click on Change plan settings for the currently selected plan. 3) change both Turn off display and Put computer to sleep to Never 4) click on the advanced power settings. 5) change Require a password on wakeup setting to No. 6) change Turn off hard disk after, to 00 (Never). 7) change all Sleep options to Never or Off. 8) change USB settings to Disabled for the selective suspend setting. 9) change Display to never turn off. STEP 12 – Network settings 1) go to Computer. 2) right click on the C: drive. 3) select Share with > Advanced sharing. 4) click on the Advanced Sharing button. 5) check mark the option Share this folder. 6) click on Permissions. 7) select Allow for Full Control, Change & Read. Click OK. 8) click on the Security tab in the C: Properties screen. 9) click on Edit. 10) click on Add. 11) enter in the name Everyone into the box titled Enter the object names to select. 12) click OK. 13) for all the different Group or user names, select Allow for the Full control check mark box. 14) click OK for all the messages that will come up. 15) click OK and exit the C: Properties screen. 16) go down to the Windows Icon on the task bar and type into the search field: manage advanced sharing settings and click on that option. 17) under the File sharing connections field, select the option Enable file sharing for devices that use 40- or 56-bit encryption. 18) under the Password protected sharing field, select Turn off password protected sharing .

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STEP 13 – Turn off Automatic Updates & Setup Time Sync 1) go to Windows Update in the Control Panel. 2) click on Change settings, and change it to Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them. 3) setup Time Sync for Windows to update hourly. Instructions are found in the Time Sync section of this manual. STEP 14 – Digilink-HD in Startup 1) go to All Programs and right click and open the Startup folder 2) copy the Digilink-HD shortcut on the desktop and paste it into the Startup folder STEP 15 – Restart the PC 1) restart the PC and verify that the Digilink-HD comes up on reboot. STEP 16 – Verify Bridge connection 1) verify that the connected Bridge is recognized by the Digilink-HD software & Bridge Tools. 2) make sure that no error messages come up in Windows or within the Digilink-HD software. STEP 17 – Create System Restore Point 1) click on the Windows logo, and search for the term Create a restore point 2) select the C: drive under Protection Settings 3) click on Create for the Create a restore point right now for the drives that have system protection turned on. 4) for the name of the Restore point, enter in Arrakis Default Restore Point, then click on the button Create

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The Digilink-HD requires a Bridge Switcher for hardware. The hardware acts as a switcher, as well as provides 2 sounds cards for playback & recording. This hardware is also what unlocks the DHD software to operate. If the hardware isn't connected properly, it will not operate correctly. It is critical to follow these installation instructions exactly and not cut any corners.

Basic Installation Steps

1) Unpack the configured PC. 2) Assemble the PC. 3) Unpack the Bridge. NOTE: SAVE THE PACKING MATERIAL FOR IF YOU EVER NEED TO SHIP THE BRIDGE FOR WARRANTY REPAIR 4) Load ‘Bridge Tools’ software on the PC (supplied with the Bridge on USB). 5) Connect the Bridge to the PC with a USB and Serial cable (supplied with the Bridge). IF your PC does not have a RS232 serial connection, then you are required to purchase the ATEN USB to RS232 adapter. This may be purchased from Arrakis Systems, or from another vender. No other adapters are supported. 6) Connect an amp and speakers to both the Play 1 (PGM) & Play 2 (CUE) outputs on the Bridge (Note: the cue has a 1/8" headphone jack output for headphones or powered computer speakers). 7) Open the ‘Bridge Tools’ software by double-clicking on the icon. Bridge Tools will auto-detect the Bridge and display switcher and audio status. (Note: all of the following tests require that Bridge Tools is properly connecting to the Bridge. If Bridge Tools does not properly detect the Bridge, turn the PC and Bridge off, check all wiring and then power up the Bridge and PC and open the software again.) 8) Play audio: using Bridge Tools, select and play an audio file out of the Play 1 & Play 2 outputs. 9) Record audio: connect an audio source to the switcher and use the Bridge Tools recorder to record an audio file. Play the file back through the Bridge Tools Program player or Cue player. (Note: you may use the test cable supplied with the Bridge to patch the Bridge Cue output into one of the 16 inputs on the switcher. Play an audio file on the Bridge Cue player and then record that audio through the switcher and the Bridge Recorder onto the PC. This tests the recorder without using an external source as first described).

10) Test the Logic inputs: momentarily connect a jumper wire between ground (Pin 9) on one of the

Page 14 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi other Molex pins (1 through 8) to a Logic input pin (SAT LOGIC 1, SAT LOGIC 2, SAT LOGIC 3, LOGIC IN 1, LOGIC IN 2, LOGIC IN 3). You will see the appropriate logic pin displayed in the Bridge Tools software momentarily turn red.

11) Test the Logic Outputs: plug the test cable supplied with Bridge from the ‘LOGIC OUT’ connector to one of the logic input connectors (ie: SAT LOGIC 1). Click on one of the pins in the LOGIC OUT section of Bridge Tools and watch the associated pin connected through the test cable momentarily turn red on the screen. This confirms that the logic output (and associated input) closures are operating. 12) Basic Tests are Completed: at this point, basic Bridge and PC functionality has been tested. Audio quality should be good, without 60 cycle hum or noise. The Bridge and PC are functioning successfully as a standalone device. This is the best performance that the product will provide. Any problems must be solved now. Adding additional sources, logic, etc will add hum and noise to the system. 13) One by One Connect external audio Sources: one by one, connect external audio sources to the switcher and test their audio performance. Any hum or noise in the audio output indicates a ground loop or wiring problem. Remove the ground loop hum from this source before going on to the next source. 14) One by One Connect external logic: one by one, connect external logic to the Bridge from satellite receivers (etc). Any hum or noise in the audio output indicates a ground loop or wiring problem. Remove the ground loop hum from this logic connection before going on to the next one. Bridge Tools software will display and log any closures received from the logic wiring. 15) Connect the Play 1 (PGM) & Play 2 (CUE) outputs to the Studio: with all inputs and logic successfully connected, connect the Program and Cue outputs one at a time into the studio monitors, console, etc. Any hum or noise in the audio output indicates a ground loop or wiring problem. Remove the ground loop hum before going on. 16) Bridge Audio Calibration: refer to the calibration section of this manual 17) System Test Complete: with the Bridge & PC tested as a standalone unit, and then the Bridge wired into the studio and every function retested, Step One of the product installation process is complete. Every single function of the radio station side of the automation system has been tested twice and is known to be operational. If there are any problems in the system they need to be resolved before going on to the next step. 18) The Customer Service Boundary Line: this point in time represents a key customer service boundary line. Installation and hardware problems exist on the Bridge side of the line while

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Scheduling and Operational problems exist on the other side of the line (the Step Two side). This is important because Arrakis customer support is divided into (1)Bridge support, and (2) Operational support. 19) Step Two: is loading the DHD automation software, loading actual audio files, setting up automation schedules, and beginning off-line testing of your new automation system. 20) On Air: once the automation system has been fully tested in parallel with your current on air system, then you are ready to take your new automation system on air.

Important Installation Notes

BRIDGE: UNPACKING Be certain to keep all packing for the Bridge so that it can be returned to the factory if service is required. Carefully look through the packaging for the installation packet, manual, and all other accessory parts.

BRIDGE: PHYSICAL INSTALLATION The Bridge is 12 3/4" wide, 13 1/2" high, and 2" deep (approximately 4" deep when connectors are plugged in). Most of the connectors and all of the trimpots are located on the large flat 12 x 13 inch side. There are also connectors along the bottom edge that add about 3" to the height when installed. The Bridge cabinet is designed to be mounted to a vertical surface (wall of side of pedestal) or to a bottom surface (such as furniture pedestal). The Bridge has two screw holes on mounting flanges located along the top and bottom of the cabinet to be screwed into the surface it is mounted to. The cabinet should be securely attached to the mounting surface because of its weight and the weight of cables attached to it. The cabinet should be located in a well ventilated area at a normal ambient temperature.

BRIDGE: AC POWER The Bridge is powered by an external AC to DC power supply. The supply is approximately 6" x 3" x 1 1/2.“ It comes with a 6 foot AC power cable and an attached 4 foot DC power cable that plugs into the Bridge. The power supply is a CE and UL approved switching power supply rated at 100- 240VAC and 50/60 Hz operation. It supplies +12VDC(2A), -12VDC(0.5A), and 5V(4A)DC. The supply should be located in a well ventilated area at a normal ambient temperature.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure the power supply is constant to the Bridge. If power drops below 90VAC, the Bridge will power down and freeze the Xtreme program. It may be appropriate to use a backup power generator to keep power supplied to the Bridge and other studio equipment in case of power fluctuations and loss.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Connect the Bridge Power Supply to the same Uninterpretable Power Supply that the On-Air PC is connected to. It is critical that the On-Air PC and Bridge Switcher Hardware is connected to the same power outlet. If possible, connect the satellite receiver to this UPS as well.

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BRIDGE: AUDIO WIRING The Bridge features high quality, active, balanced, analog audio inputs and outputs. Inputs are high impedance (>10K ohms). Outputs are low impedance (<100 ohm) for driving typical shielded, twisted pair, audio cable. Audio cables should not be run beside AC power cables (so as not to introduce 60 cycle hum) but should cross them at 90 degrees when required. Standard broadcast facility grounding practices should be employed, such as grounding cables shields at only one end (to avoid ground loops and their associated 60 cycle hum).

BRIDGE: GROUNDING A proper broadcast facility ground system should be used with the Bridge. Because the Bridge is largely a routing switcher with control logic, it is often connected to equipment located in rooms scattered around the facility. This creates a potential problem with ground loops, transients, RF interference, and even damage to equipment. It is therefore essential that a proper facility wide grounding system be used. A discussion of this type of system is beyond the scope of this manual.

VOLUME LEVEL CALIBRATION As set from the factory, all trimpots are adjusted for +4dBu in and +4dBu out balanced. Trimpots can adjust an input range of -20dBu to +8dBu to match a +4dBu output. The wide range in the trimpots makes it an easy matter for an input or output to be badly maladjusted. Whenever possible, the level output of the source device itself should be adjusted for +4dBu out and the switcher trimpot remain untouched. If an unbalanced consumer type source device is being connected to the switcher, it is recommended to adjust the trimpots by applying a tone from a test signal generator set for -10dBu. Then connect the source device and adjust its level to match the calibrated switcher input. In this way, you can plug different -10dBu devices into any switcher channel adjusted to -10dBu without a level mismatch. Avoid the temptation to simply connect a source to a switcher input and then adjust the trimpots with a typical audio signal.

To INCREASE volume on the trimpots - Turn the Trimpot COUNTER CLOCKWISE To DECREASE volume on the trimpots - Turn the Trimpot CLOCKWISE

Adjustments should also be made using ½ turn increments.

IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT connect another automation system logic to the Bridge docking station. This will crash the automation system. Contact Arrakis Systems support for questions related to connecting other automation systems.

Wiring Basics

BRIDGE HARDARE CONNECTION TYPES: The Bridge unit has 7 different types of connections that have various functions: White Molex Connectors: Connections for receiving Channel Audio and Logic Commands from a Satellite Receiver. USB: Connects to the On Air PC for audio to and from the PC and Bridge. RS232 COM: Connects to the On Air PC for logic commands to and from the PC and

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Bridge. HEAD PHN OUT: 1/8” Headphone jack – connection for headphones and plays the Play 2 (CUE) output. PC REC OUT: 1/8” Headphone jack – connects to a PC and plays audio for whichever source is selected on the Recorder screen. PC ONE IN: 1/8” Headphone jack – audio input that sums through to the Program output. PC TWO IN: 1/8” Headphone jack – audio input that sums through to the Cue output.

BRIDGE: LOGIC INPUT WIRING Logic inputs are triggered by grounding the logic line. All inputs should be grounded through an isolation relay to the ground on the Bridge itself. By using an isolation relay, ground loops and their associated 60 cycles hum are avoided.

____ Source -----O O------(X) Logic input on Bridge connector Logic |______(X) Ground on Bridge connector Relay

BRIDGE: LOGIC OUTPUT WIRING Logic outputs are open collector transistor logic to ground. Output current should not exceed 50 milliamps. To avoid ground loops, the output logic should drive a relay whose contacts interface to the external device. 12VDC _____ ) O------(X) External device Bridging Stn ) | 12 VDC Relay being controller by Logic Out (X) _____ ) O------(X) the Logic output

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TOP VIEW BOTTOM Pin Layout – TOP VIEW

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PLAY 1 (PGM) & PLAY 2 (CUE) OUTPUT The Bridge has active balanced audio outputs. The pin out is shown below. Each of the outputs has a trimpot level adjust. Gain is increased by turning the trimpot counterclockwise. Levels are set from the factory for +4dBm input and output. Only a qualified technician with appropriate test equipment should adjust the levels.

IMPORTANT: none of the audio outputs should be grounded. Grounding an audio output will result in the destruction of the audio output driver IC.

Play 1 and Play 2 outputs should be connected to 2 different audio channel inputs on your console. Please note which channels on the console they are connected to for Arrakis customer support.

Some Bridge units will have PGM & CUE printed on the unit. Other units may have Play 1 & Play 2. Functionality is the same, but will be labeled differently. The manual will notate both.

Play 1 (PGM) Output Pin Configuration: Pin 1 – Audio ground Pin 2 – Right + input Pin 3 – Right - input Pin 4 – Start relay to pin 9 (momentary) Pin 5 – Left + input Pin 6 – Left - input Pin 7 – Stop relay to pin 8 (momentary) Pin 8 – Stop relay to pin 7 (momentary) Pin 9 – Start relay to pin 4 (momentary)

Play 2 (CUE) Output Pin Configuration: Pin 1 – Audio ground Pin 2 – Right + input Pin 3 – Right - input Pin 4 – Record R - output Pin 5 – Left + input Pin 6 – Left - input Pin 7 – Record Right + output Pin 8 – Record Left - output Pin 9 – Record Left + output

Pins 4, 7, 8, 9 on the Play 2 (CUE) output are for an balanced audio output of what the Timed Recorder is currently recording. You may also use the PC REC OUT for an unbalanced output of what the Timed Recorder is currently recording. This is excellent for monitoring your timed records.

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CUE OUTPUT The Digilink-HD has the ability to cue or audition audio files without sending it over the air. This can be done from the On-Air screen, Library Manager, Voice Tracking, etc... DHD will automatically select the PC sound card that is selected in the PC playback. To setup the Cue output:

1) Wire the output from your PC, the green output, to either a set of speakers or a channel on your console. 2) On your PC, go to the bottom right of your task bar and right click on the speaker button. 3) Select Playback devices. 4) Find your PC sound card and click on it. In this example it is the Realtek High Definition Audio. Select the PC sound card. Click on Set Default. You should now hear and see levels going out this output if you are cuing an audio file within the Digilink-HD software.

3 PLAY OUTPUT Digilink-HD has an optional ability to connect a 3rd Play Output to a 3rd channel on your console. Pricing and information about this option may be found on our website. The option is called the DHD-DAC.

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CHANNEL 1 TO 16 INPUTS The Bridge has active balanced audio inputs to the switcher. The pin out is shown below. Each of the 16 inputs has a trimpot level adjust. Gain is increased by turning the trimpot counterclockwise. Levels are set from the factory for +4dBm input and output. Only a qualified technician with appropriate test equipment should adjust the levels. Routing switcher inputs, selectable to Program, Cue, and Record outputs. Connector is pinned the same as the Switcher inputs on models DL2 and DL3

Channel 1 to Channel 16 Input. Pin Configuration: Pin 1 - Audio ground Pin 2 - Right + input Pin 3 - Right - input Pin 4 - Start relay to pin 9 (momentary) Pin 5 - Left + input Pin 6 - Left - input Pin 7 - Steering logic (sustained ground) Pin 8 - Source Stop (momentray ground) Pin 9 - Start relay to pin 4 (momentary)

Sum In The Bridge has a balanced Sum In input for summing in another audio source.

Sum In Pin Configuration: Pin 1 - Audio ground Pin 2 - Right + input Pin 3 - Right - input Pin 4 - na Pin 5 - Left + input Pin 6 - Left - input Pin 7 - na Pin 8 - na Pin 9 - na

Wiring for Logic Commands

Record Logic The single logic connector on the Bridge is labeled ‘Rec Logic’. The connections are displayed below. All closures are ‘GLOBAL‘ closures and not dependent on the satellite channel selected in the Xtreme automation software. The pins should be wired to the satellite receiver logic. The inputs are triggered on a ground closure transition.

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Rec Logic Pin Configuration: Pin 1 – FUTURE FEATURE Pin 2 – FUTURE FEATURE Pin 3 – Time Sync (global, sets Windows clock to sync time) Pin 4 – FUTURE FEATURE Pin 5 – FUTURE FEATURE Pin 6 – Start Automation. This closure will start the Automation play list. Pin 7 – Stop Automation. Stops the play list, but lets the current file finish. Pin 8 – Stop Automation. Stops the play list, and fades out the currently playing file. Pin 9 – Logic ground

Logic Out The Bridge has one output logic connector. The Bridge Test software displays each of the pins (1-8) on the connector as buttons. Clicking on any software button will cause a one second closure to ground on that pin number. The output logic and input logic of the Bridge can be tested by connecting a one-to-one cable from the ‘Logic Out’ connector to any of the seven ‘Logic In’ connectors. In the Bridge test software, you can then click on any pin in the ‘Logic Out’ connector and the corresponding pin in the ‘Logic In’ connector will momentarily light red in the software.

Logic Out Pin Configuration: Pin 1 - Logic out 1 Pin 2 - Logic out 2 Pin 3 - Logic out 3 Pin 4 - Logic out 4 Pin 5 - Logic out 5 Pin 6 - Logic out 6 Pin 7 - Logic out 7 Pin 8 - Logic out 8 Pin 9 - Logic ground Wiring for Satellite Automation The Digilink-HD allows for the use of Satellite automation. Below are the layouts for a Full Logic, Partial Logic and a Game pin configuration.

Full Logic Pin Partial Logic Pin Game Pin Configuration: Configuration: Configuration: Pin 1 - Commercial Break Pin 1 - Commercial Break Pin 1 - Commercial Break Pin 2 - Station ID Pin 2 - Station ID Pin 2 - Station ID Pin 3 - Liner #1 folder Pin 3 - Commercial Break Pin 3 - Liner #1 folder (Jock 20 folders) Pin 4 - Liner #2 folder Pin 4 - Station ID Pin 4 - Liner #2 folder (Jock 20 folders) Pin 5 - Liner #3 folder Pin 5 - Commercial Break Pin 5 - Rain Delay Pin 6 - Liner #4 folder Pin 6 - Station ID Pin 6 - Return to Game Pin 7 - na Pin 7 - Commercial Break Pin 7 - Start Game Pin 8 – Start Record Pin 8 - Station ID Pin 8 - End Game Pin 9 - Logic Ground Pin 9 - Logic Ground Pin 9 - Logic Ground

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The Bridge acts as a 16 channel switcher and can have up to 16 audio inputs with 6 correlating Logic controls (Sat Logic 1, Sat Logic 2, Sat Logic 3, Logic In 1, Logic In 2, Logic In 3). These logic inputs trigger commercial breaks as well as liners, ID’s and other special functions. You may have to use partial logic configurations since there are only 6 Logic control inputs for 16 audio channels. Listed below are the 4 different combinations of Full Logic and Partial Logic to chose from. Chose the option that best fits the station for what you are using currently and may use in the future. You may choose the number of Full logic in the software by going to the Setup screen and changing the # of Full Logic.

Option 1 Option 2 3 Full Logic / 12 Partial Logic: 4 Full Logic / 8 Partial Logic: Logic Audio Logic Audio Sat Logic 1 (full logic) ------Channel 1 Sat Logic 1 (full logic) ------Channel 1 Sat Logic 2 (full logic) ------Channel 2 Sat Logic 2 (full logic) ------Channel 2 Sat Logic 3 (full logic) ------Channel 3 Sat Logic 3 (full logic) ------Channel 3 Logic In 1 (partial logic) Logic In 1 (full logic) ------Channel 4 Pins 1 – 2 ------Channel 4 Logic In 2 (partial logic) Pins 3 – 4 ------Channel 5 Pins 1 – 2 ------Channel 5 Pins 5 – 6 ------Channel 6 Pins 3 – 4 ------Channel 6 Pins 7 – 8 ------Channel 7 Pins 5 – 6 ------Channel 7 Logic In 2 (partial logic) Pins 7 – 8 ------Channel 8 Pins 1 – 2 ------Channel 8 Logic In 3 (partial logic) Pins 3 – 4 ------Channel 9 Pins 1 – 2 ------Channel 9 Pins 5 – 6 ------Channel 10 Pins 3 – 4 ------Channel 10 Pins 7 – 8 ------Channel 11 Pins 5 – 6 ------Channel 11 Logic In 3 (partial logic) Pins 7 – 8 ------Channel 12 Pins 1 – 2 ------Channel 12 Pins 3 – 4 ------Channel 13 Pins 5 – 6 ------Channel 14 Pins 7 – 8 ------Channel 15

NA ------Channel 16

Option 3 Option 4 5 Full Logic / 4 Partial Logic: 6 Full Logic / 0 Partial Logic: Logic Audio Logic Audio Sat Logic 1 (full logic) ------Channel 1 Sat Logic 1 (full logic) ------Channel 1 Sat Logic 2 (full logic) ------Channel 2 Sat Logic 2 (full logic) ------Channel 2 Sat Logic 3 (full logic) ------Channel 3 Sat Logic 3 (full logic) ------Channel 3 Logic In 1 (full logic) ------Channel 4 Logic In 1 (full logic) ------Channel 4 Logic In 2 (full logic) ------Channel 5 Logic In 2 (full logic) ------Channel 5 Logic In 3 (partial logic) Logic In 3 (full logic) ------Channel 6 Pins 1 – 2 ------Channel 6 Pins 3 – 4 ------Channel 7 Pins 5 – 6 ------Channel 8 Pins 7 – 8 ------Channel 9

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The Bridge has two digital control connections to the host PC. Those are (1) a USB and (2) an RS232 serial port connection. The USB connection provides the audio interconnect for the sound cards. The RS232 Serial port connection provides logic control and interface to the Bridge. Both connections are required for the Bridge to be operated properly.

The USB connection: The Bridge is USB type 1 (one). It may therefore be connected to USB 1 or USB Type 2 (two) PCs and hubs.

The RS232 serial connection: The Bridge communicates with the PC through a standard RS232 serial port (N,8,1, no flow control) at 38,400 baud. No configuration of the PC should be required because the software automatically searches for the Bridge.

RS232 USB Power

IMPORTANT NOTES:

PC serial ports: Where possible, a PC should be used that has a built-in RS232 serial port. However, many PCs no longer have an RS232 serial port. If your PC does not have an RS232 port built in to the PC, then you will be required to purchase a specific RS232 adapter: ATEN USB to Serial RS232 Converter (UC-232A). We require this, and will not support any other model or type of adapter.

Com port Selection: the software will automatically search through com ports 1-20 for the port that the Bridge is attached to. If it finds the Bridge, it uses that port. It searches for the Bridge every time that the software is opened.

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USB hubs: Do not ever use a USB hub or extender for connecting the Bridge to the PC. The USB cable should go directly to the PC with the provided cable. It should never go farther than 15ft.

Troubleshooting “BRIDGE MISSING” If you have lost contact with the Bridge, there will be a message at the top left of the screen indicating Lost Contact with Bridge. This is typically caused by a power outage or spike. It may also be caused by faulty cabling to the Bridge switcher hardware. If you notice this warning message, please follow these steps to re-establish connection:

1) Close the Digilink-HD & DHD-Tools software. Shut down your computer (do not simply restart). 2) Turn power off to the Bridge by unplugging it from the wall or power supply brick. 3) Recheck your USB and RS232 connections between the PC and the Bridge and make sure that they are connected properly. 4) Turn power on to the Bridge by plugging it back into the wall. Make certain that the Bridge is connected to AC power. 5) Turn your PC back on and wait until the PC is waiting at the desktop. This may take a couple of minutes. 6) Start the DHD program and see if the Bridge Missing icon has disappeared, if not, then follow steps 7 and 8. 7) Open the Bridge Tools test software. The Bridge Test software will test the Com port connection to the Bridge and the USB audio connection to the Bridge. If either is missing, then messages will display the problem. If the connections are good, then the Bridge Tools test software will display a message indicating it is ready to be used. 8) If it still does not recognize the Bridge at all, then follow these steps again from 1 - 6. If the Bridge does not recognize the RS232 port, then be sure that it is directly connected into the PC, or that you are using the approved RS232 to USB adapter. 9) If it still does not recognize the Bridge, please call customer support.

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The Bridge Tools Bridge Test software is intended to be used during the installation and wiring of an Arrakis Bridge. It therefore has control over all of the various functions built into a Bridge: (1) routing switcher, (2) control logic, (3) sound cards. For identification of the Bridge, the software also displays the Bridge data such as serial number, call letters, and customer name.

To test the Program (Play 1) Output – click on the Play button for Program, and select an audio file. Audio will now be played out the Program output on the Bridge.

To test the Cue (Play 2) Output – click on the Play button for Cue, and select an audio file. Audio will now be played out the Cue output on the Bridge.

To test audio coming in on a specific channel – In the SWITCHERS box, under the REC column, select a channel number 1- 16. The In on the bottom right of the screen will display audio levels for that channel.

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To test a closure coming in on one of the Logic channels – simply view the LOGIC box. Anything that blinks red from green, means that there is a closure coming in at that time. To test this manually, you may take a jumper cable and connect Pin 9 on Sat Logic 1 on the Bridge to Pin 2 on Sat Logic 1. This would display 2 as red on SAT LGC 1 for as long as those two pins are jumpered.

Logic Outputs and Serial Control Commands

Xtreme currently supports three types of control outputs including; momentary relay closures, sustained logic, and RS232 control. All can be included in your schedules in the DHD software.

These events can be added manually in the DHD scheduling screen or can be scheduled using your third party Traffic software. Applications include: control of satellite receivers, locally triggering satellite liners or IDs locally (i.e. when a network does not provide a rejoin liner closure at the end of a break), and scheduling control of external devices.

TO SCHEDULE A CONTACT CLOSURE FOR CONTROL OF OUTSIDE DEVICES: If you wish to schedule a contact closure to control an outside device, just add an unused audio source channel event into your schedule, and wire the momentary start relay pins from audio channel connector to the device being controlled:

Wiring: 1) select an unused audio channel on the Bridge. This will be used to provide a logic output, either a momentary relay closure or a sustained ground sync that can be used to drive an external control relay. 2) connect the selected AUDIO channel’s Start Relay pin's (#’s 4 and 9) to the device to be triggered. This is a momentary closure.

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TO MANUALLY SCHEDULE THE EVENT: 1) Go into the DHD-Tools software. Select Scheduling then select Edit Schedule. 2) Choose the Day, Hour, and stopset that you wish to add the logic event. 3) Click on Source button in the Events field. 4) Enter the Audio Channel that you have selected for wiring the logic command. 5) Enter in a minimum length of 1 second. 6) Click on Add to add the event into the schedule.

SCHEDULING LOCAL LINERS & ID‘S: If you wish to schedule a rejoin liner at the end of a local break (i.e. if your satellite network does not provide rejoin logic), just add an unused source channel to the end of your local stopset, and wire the sustained logic connector to the Liner or ID pin on the active Satellite Channel’s Sat Logic (or Logic In) connector. I.e. To schedule a locally trigger rejoin liner with network rejoin under the last few seconds of the liner:

WIRING: 1) decide which unused audio channel on the Bridge will be used to provide a logic output. This will be used to provide a logic output, either a momentary relay closure or a sustained ground sync that can be used to drive an external control relay 2) connect the selected AUDIO channel‘s Pin #7 (Steering Logic, Sustained Ground) to the active Satellite Source channel’s Logic connector‘s pin for the appropriate Liner or ID pin To manually schedule the event:

TO MANUALLY SCHEDULE THE EVENT: 1) Go into the DHD-Tools software. Select Scheduling then select Edit Schedule. 2) Choose the Day, Hour, and stopset that you wish to add the logic event. 3) Click on Source button in the Events field. 4) Enter the Audio Channel that you have selected for wiring the logic command. 5) Enter the length of time that you want to wait before the network rejoins under the liner. For example. If you are scheduling a 7 second liner and want the network to rejoin under the last 3 seconds, schedule the source channel for 4 seconds. Note: The minimum allowable length is 1 second. 6) Click on Add to add the event into the schedule.

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You may setup the Digilink-HD to trigger and play Hot Keys by closure. This is especially useful for remotes.

SETUP STEPS: 1) Wire the Bridge. The system uses LOGIC IN 3 for receiving the closures. Take whatever device you have for sending the closures and connect to the appropriate pins. Pin 1 - 1st Hot Key (F1) Pin 2 - 2nd Hot Key (F2) Pin 3 - 3rd Hot Key (F3) Pin 4 - 4th Hot Key (F4) Pin 5 - 5th Hot Key (F5) Pin 6 - 6th Hot Key (F6) Pin 7 - 7th Hot Key (F7) Pin 8 - 8th Hot Key (F8) Pin 9 - Ground

2) Enable the setting in the On-Air software. Go to File. Select Setup. 3) Choose Closure Triggered Hot Keys 1-8 (are disabled) to enable.

Once setup, when you send a closure to Pin 1 it will then play Hot Key 1 from whatever Hot Key page is currently selected. In this example, it would play “Simply Brilliant.”

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C:DHD folder & Backup For simplicity of use and redundancy, every single file related to the Digilink-HD automation software is contained in the C:DHD folder. This includes the Digilink-HD software, all of your audio files (spots, music, liners, etc), your schedules, settings, ball game schedules, user information, etc. To find this folder, simply go to Computer, and then open the C: drive. Inside the C: drive will be the DHD folder.

Inside this folder will be various settings folders and programs. These files and folders should never be altered, unless an Arrakis support staff member has given explicit permission.

BACKING UP THE DHD AUTOMATION SYSTEM:

There are three different ways to backup your system.

OPTION 1 – Server (Best)

With Digilink-HD you have the option of purchasing a configured server. This is an add-on service that is optional. Please see our website for more details.

With the Server system, the server will automatically backup every PC that has been setup. This process is done daily and is comprehensive. More information on operation can be found in the server manual.

OPTION 2 – Full Manual Backup (Better)

If a server is unavailable, then the second option is to do a manual backup. We highly recommend backing up the DHD folder often. This can be once a week or once a month. This backup should be put on another computer within the station, as well as on an external hard drive that is stored somewhere safe. This other computer should be easily accessible in case it needs to be used to replace the On-Air computer for if some reason that it fails.

These are the basic steps to backing up the DHD folder. Since the DHD folder contains all of your

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1) Open the C: drive. 2) Right click on the DHD folder and select Copy. 3) Now open the backup computer or external hard drive. 4) Right click inside the backup computer C: drive folder, or anywhere within the external hard drive, and select Paste.

IMPORTANT NOTE: if the DHD folder is large in size (mostly due to the audio library size), it may be a good idea to perform this backup operation while another audio source is playing over the air. Otherwise you may experience audio glitching on the system while it is copying the folder.

OPTION 3 – Backup of Settings and Schedules only (Good)

Digilink-HD is capable of creating a backup of all the major files in the DHD folder, excluding the audio Library folder. The files that are copied are Clocks, Schedules, Reports, Games, Hot Keys, Traffic, Setup, etc. This is useful if you don't want to take the extended time to backup the entire audio library, but want a backup of all the other major components of the system.

Backups are automatically created every time you close the software. The backup can be found by: 1) Open the C: drive. 2) Open the DHD folder. 3) Inside here will be a Archived Back Ups folder.

TO MANUALLY START A BACKUP: 1) Within the DHD software, click on File. 2) Select Backup and Restore. 3) Select Create a Backup Zip File and select Yes. This will create the backup zip file.

IMPORTANT NOTE: the backup process may cause audio glitching. It is best to manually backup the system when the automation can be taken off-air.

TO RESTORE TO A PREVIOUS BACKUP: 1) Within the DHD software, click on File. 2) Select Backup and Restore. 3) Select Restore from a Backup Zip file and select Yes. 4) A dialogue box will open pointing to the C:DHD\Archived Back Ups folder. Select the desired dated file and select Open. This will put your settings back to the restore point.

IMPORTANT NOTE: this process will write over the current files or install as new files if current files are missing. Keep in mind that the current files will be erased. Before restoring your files, you may want to make a backup of your current files.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT use an automated backup software with the Digilink-HD program. It is likely to crash your system and cause significant problems. All backup should either be done with our server system, or manually using the instructions.

Audio Files

The Digilink-HD works with any MP3, MP2 or WAV format audio file. All of these files must be contained within the C:DHD\Library folder. There cannot be any sub directory/folder within the Library folder. To find this folder, go to the C: drive, open the DHD folder, and then open the Library folder.

MP3 – Digilink-HD works with any .mp3 format audio file. This is one of the most common formats since it has high audio quality and requires less hard drive space. It also typically has tag data associated with it, and saves time for labeling Title & Artist information.

Every MP3 should be recorded at a quality bit rate of 256kbps. This ensures high quality and reliability. This means that if the files are being ripped from CD's, that the ripper settings need to be set to record at 256kbps. It also means that if you have existing audio files that are another bit rate, that you should convert these files to the proper 256kbps bit rate. The Arrakis Mass Audio Converter can do this for you.

MP2 – DHD works with any .mp2 format audio file. This format isn't as common, but has the same rules as an .mp3 audio file.

WAV – DHD works with any .wav format audio file. This format is uncompressed, and as such, has the highest audio quality. For Radio and Internet Streaming purposes, there is not a significant difference between a high quality .mp3 and a .wav format file; and most listeners could not recognize the difference. It is also common for .wav files to not have tag data appended to them, and therefore requires more time for labeling the Title and Artist information.

OTHER FORMAT – If your audio file is in a format other than a .mp3, .mp2 or .wav, then you must use a 3rd party software that can convert the file to the correct format. One such program is made by NCH and is called Switch. We do not provide support or training for any 3rd party programs.

IMPORTANT NOTE: AUDIO FILE PRODUCTION Audio files added to DHD should be high quality post production files. You may use any 3rd party audio editing software to perform most, if not all functions to make the audio file a high quality post production file. The 3 main things to do to audio files are: 1) Trim Silence – Audio files will often have silence at the beginning and end of the file. This needs to trimmed off prior to adding to the Digilink-HD program. Some songs may require trimming off long intros or extros as well.

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2) Normalize – Every audio file will have volume levels different from each other. The normalize function should even out the volume levels so that each file should be relatively close in average volume. 3) Time Adjust – Spot files are typically 30 to 60 seconds in length. Satellite broadcasts will typically require exact length breaks, and it is therefore important to make spots close to 30 to 60 seconds in length. DHD does include a Time Squeeze feature that will either shrink or expand Spot files to the 30 or 60 second length. It must be within +/- 4% of the desired length, and therefore will only work with files between 29 to 31 seconds, as well as 58 to 62 second length files. Any other length will play as is.

Other artifacts, such as clicks or pops can typically be removed using 3rd party production software as well. 3rd party CD rippers, as well as conversion programs, such as Switch, have the ability to Trim and Normalize. We do not provide any support for 3rd party software.

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As mentioned in the previous section, all audio files should either be MP3, MP2 or WAV format files. Every MP3 file should be recorded at 256kbps and every audio file should have its silence trimmed at the beginning and end of file, along with being normalized. The Arrakis Mass Audio Converter can help with these processes.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This program is not necessary if all of your audio files come prepared properly. Almost every 3rd party software or audio provider will allow you to pick what settings your audio file will be saved as. For example, Adobe Audition will have settings to save the audio file as an MP3 at 256kbps. You can also make sure that the audio file is trimmed and normalized prior to adding it to the system. Changing these settings for all of your 3rd party software and or audio providers, will save hours of time, and make it unnecessary to use the Arrakis Mass Audio Converter (AMAC).

Another example may be a satellite service that sends audio files to you via FTP. You often have the ability to ask them to send their files in a specific format. If not, then the AMAC may be necessary.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Arrakis Mass Audio Converter does NOT convert from other formats such as MP4, WMA or format other than MP3, MP2 or WAV. To do this, you will be required to use a 3rd party converter such as NCH Switch. We do not support or provide training for any 3rd party program.

This program is designed to prepare an existing audio library for use with Digilink-HD. It will normalize the audio level of the files, trim silence from the beginning and end of the files, and then compress the files to a standard compression type that you have selected for the audio library.

NOTE: This software is installed and configured onto every On-Air computer. Follow these setup steps to install onto a computer other than the On-Air.

INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE The Arrakis Mass Audio Converter (AMAC) comes in a folder (inside the C:\DHD folder) with: -Arrakis Mass Audio Covert.exe -mmmpeg32.dll -Notes on operation To install the software, simply copy this folder to the desired computer. Place this folder in your C:\DHD folder and create a shortcut to the application on your desktop. The 'mmmpeg32.dll' file is required for the software to open and to function.

GETTING STARTED – SETUP The first steps after installation is to create a directory (folder) for files that have not been converted yet. 1) Right click on the desktop and select New > Folder. 2) Name this folder Original Audio and place an audio file inside this folder.

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3) Open the AMAC software. 4) Click on Select Directory on the top right of the software. 5) Find the Original Audio folder on the desktop and double click on an audio file inside this folder set it as the desired Source Audio Directory.

OPERATION To operate the Arrakis Mass Audio Converter (AMAC): 1) Add all audio files that you want to be converted to the Original Audio folder that is located on your desktop. 2) Open the AMAC software. 3) Select Format then select Yes to the next question. For Format, choose MPEG Layer-3 (contact DHD customer support if this is not an option). Then choose 256kBit/s, 44.100 for the Attributes. 4) Select the desired files to convert from the Source Audio Directory on the top of the screen. Do not select any file if you want to convert the entire folder. 5) Click on Start to begin converting the files. 6) The converted files will now be sent to the C:\CF folder. You may find this folder by opening the C: drive, and then opening the CF folder. Create a short cut to this folder on the desktop for easy access. 7) You may now add these audio files to Digilink-HD by moving the converted files to the C:\DHD\Import Audio folder. More information on this can be found later in this manual in the HOW TO ADD AUDIO FILES TO DHD.

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IMPORTANT NOTES ON AMAC

The Conversion Process When the conversion process has started, the files will be copied and converted one at a time. The conversion speed is almost entirely determined by the speed of your PC and the speed of your MPEG compression software. On average, it takes about 45 seconds to convert a 3-4 minute, stereo file to MP3. Converting a thousand files can take several hours. Timers and Process windows display data about the process and an estimated total encode time. This can also be very process intensive and it is recommended to convert files on a PC other than the On-Air machine.

This Software creates a Copy The original library is not changed, but a copy of the library is created with the new audio file parameters on each audio file. This feature converts the audio itself and does not change or add radio specific data (such as cart number, kill date, etc) to the filename.

Normalization The copied audio files will have their level adjusted (normalized) so that the largest peak in the audio file will be set to maximum digital level. In this way, all audio files in the library will be at the same level for playback in the automation system. Note that this does not mean that all audio files will play with the same subjective loudness, as that is determined by the audio processing of the original file and the dynamic range of the composition.

Silence Trim The copied audio files will have the silence trimmed from the front and rear of the audio file. The silence trim level is set by the Silence edit box (in dB). The default is 60dB below max level. Changing this number will affect where it will trim the silence at the beginning and end of the file.

Filename The copied files will have the same name as the original audio files with an extension appropriate for the new compression format.

Source Directory The original library that will be copied and converted is selected by the Select Directory button. Only files with a .wav, .mp2, or .mp3 extension will be converted. The selected directory will be saved and used when the software is reopened. To choose a new directory simply use the Select Directory button again. The directory path is saved in C:\DHD\Setup\Mass Convert Path.txt. For simplicity and working with Arrakis support staff, we recommend using the folder on the desktop named Original Audio.

Selecting Files in the Source Directory for Conversion If no line in the directory is selected, then this software will convert all audio files in the directory. If it is desired to only convert certain files in the directory, then select those files

Page 36 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi and click on the Start button. Multiple files can be selected in the list by dragging the cursor across multiple lines in the list. To select non-contiguous files, click on the desired lines while holding down the Control key (Ctrl). To select a large portion of the directory, click on a line, hold down the Shift key, scroll down the directory, and then click on another line.

Destination Directory The files are copied into a directory that is selected by the Change Directory button in the Destination Audio Directory section of the screen. A default destination directory will be created at C:\CF. To select a different destination click on the Change Directory button. For simplicity and working with Arrakis support staff, we recommend leaving the Destination Directory with the default destination.

IMPORTANT: Please note that the maximum path length for each audio file in the Destination Directory is 129 characters. This is the complete file path. Example: 'C:\CF\Audio file name.mp3'. For this reason, the length of the filename for the Destination Directory should be very short. Example: 'C:\CF'. If the filelength is too long, this software will warn you when you start conversion so that you can stop conversion and create a shorter Destination Directory.

Supported Compression Formats Arrakis automation products support uncompressed .WAV (PCM), MP2, and MP3 types of compression. The compression format of the copied files is set by clicking on the Select Format button. A Windows Audio Compression Manager selection window will pop up allowing the user to select any compression format available to Windows.

PCM Compression Format PCM is the uncompressed .WAV audio format found on CDs. If you would prefer uncompressed WAV format, then we recommend 44.100kHz sample rate, 16 Bit sample size, and Stereo.

MP3 Compression Format (MPEG Layer-3) If you choose to use a compressed MP3 fomat, then we recommend 44100 Hz sample rate, 256kbps bitrate, Constant bitrate (CBR), and Stereo. This compresses a CD quality audio file by approximately 6 times and therefore takes about 1/6th of the hard drive storage as uncompressed PCM.

Audio Storage and Hard Disk Size An uncompressed, CD quality audio file requires about 10MB (megabyte) per minute of storage. 5000 three minute songs takes up about 150GB (gigabyte) of hard disk storage space. A 256kbps MP3 compressed audio file requires about 2MB (megabyte) per minute of storage. 5000 three minute songs takes up about 30GB (gigabyte) of hard disk storage space.

Choosing between PCM and MP3 Standard inexpensive PCs today usually come with a minimum of 250GB of hard disk

Page 37 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi storage space. This easily supports PCM or MP3 audio libraries. MP3 is the choice however because it is often necessary to network transfer an audio file between different studios in the radio station. The smaller size of the MP3 audio files dramatically reduces network transfer times.

Choosing an MP3 Encoder Many PCs do not come with MP3 encoder software, and it will be necessary for you to acquire the MP3 encoder software if you want to compress your audio with MP3. Some audio software comes with MP3 encoder software so you may have the encoder if you have installed that software. The easiest way to see what encoders that you have in your PC, open our software and click on the Format button. A dialog will ask if you want to change the compression format. Select Yes. A window will pop up displaying all of the compression options that Windows has available to its Audio Compression Manager (ACM). You can see in this list if an MPEG encoder is available on your PC.

Deleting Converted Files The Destination Directory can have a single line or multiple lines selected. Select the audio files to be deleted then click on the Delete Files button. A message will confirm that you wish to delete the selected files before deleting them. Note that there is no undelete from the Recycle Bin for these files.

Convert Errors An error log can be displayed by clicking on the View Log button. If an error occurs during the convert process, then Windows will be holding the audio file open and it can not be deleted until this software is closed and then reopened.

Playing Audio Files Files in the Source and Destination directories can be played. Select a file in the list and click on the Play button to play it. Click again to stop play. Click on the Play button with the right mouse button to play the last five seconds of the file to listen to the end trim. The audio will play from the default Windows sound card.

Uninstalling this Software To uninstall this software, simply delete the application (.exe) file and the associated 'mmmpeg32.dll' that is in the same folder as the application.

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It is sometimes necessary to copy audio from CD's to your computer. This process is called 'ripping' a CD. Every Windows PC has the ability to use the 3rd party software Windows Media Player to rip CD's (so long as you have a CD drive that is capable of ripping). Most PC's will have this software already installed. If you do not have this installed, then you may find a copy of the free software on the Microsoft website.

We do not provide training or support for this 3rd party software, but for your convenience we provide basic instructions on how to use the software. These instructions are derived from the Windows Media Player version 12. Since this software updates on regular basis, and without notice, these instructions may become obsolete. To find up to date instructions, please visit the help section within the Windows Media Player software.

These instructions are useful primarily to provide basic principles and guidelines.

GETTING STARTED – SETUP The record format must be set within the Windows Media Player software. These settings should be put to MP3 at 256kbps. 1) Open Windows Media Player. 2) Click on the Organize button on the top left of the screen. 3) Select Options... 4) Click on the Rip Music tab. 5) For Format, select MP3. 6) For Audio quality:, select 256kbps. 7) Create a folder on the desktop and name it Original Audio. This folder may exist already if you followed the instructions for the AMAC. 8) In the Rip music to this location section, click on Change... 9) Select the Original Audio folder that is located on your desktop. 10) In the Rip music to this location section, click on File Name... 11) Check mark the options: Artist, Album and Song Title. Select . (Dot) as the Separator. And click OK. 12) Click on Apply and then OK to exit the Options screen.

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OPERATION To Rip a CD onto your PC and add into DHD, please follow these steps: 1) Open the Windows Media Player software. 2) Put a CD into your CD ROM drive and close the drive. 3) On the left side, select the CD drive. In this example it named the drive after the Album title. 4) If you are connected to the internet, then Windows Media Player may be able to automatically recognize the CD with the Artist and Title information if it is a published CD. If it is a mix CD, it will not recognize the Title and Artist information, and it must manually be added to the tracks. Additional information for this is explained later. 5) Select which songs or audio files that you want to rip by check marking the box next to the audio file. 6) Click on Rip CD and all the audio files will now be saved to your desktop in the Original Audio folder. 7) These audio files will not have been trimmed or normalized. To do this, use the Arrakis Mass Audio Converter (AMAC) software. 8) Add the finished files to the DHD software.

TO ADD OR EDIT MEDIA INFORMATION 1) Connect to the Internet. If media information is missing because you weren't connected to the Internet during ripping, the media information typically will appear for the newly ripped tracks soon after you connect to the Internet. If it doesn't, or if the information isn't correct, continue with the following steps to add or edit the information. If you don't have Internet access, you can manually edit the media information. 2) Open Windows Media Player. 3) In the Player Library, browse to the album you just ripped. 4) Right-click the album, and then click Find album info. 5) If you get an error message that says you must change your privacy settings, do the following: 1. Click Organize, click Options, and then click the Privacy tab.

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2. Select the Update music files by retrieving media info from the Internet check box. 3. Repeat steps 3 and 4. 6) Do one of the following: 1. If the correct album or artist information appears in the search results, select the correct entry, and then follow the instructions on the page to automatically update the album art and media information. 2. If the correct album doesn't appear in the search results, follow the instructions on the page to search again using different search criteria or to add the media information manually.

TO MANUALLY ENTER INFORMATION 1) Right click on the desired audio file. 2) Select Edit. 3) Enter in the correct information into the field. The Title and Artist information is the most important.

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All audio files must reside inside the C:\DHD\Library folder. In addition, there cannot be any sub- directories inside the C:\DHD\Library folder.

There are 2 ways to add audio files to Digilink-HD:

OPTION 1 – Import Audio folder This option is what should be most commonly used. Any audio file added to this folder will get moved into the C:\DHD\Library folder every 15 to 30 seconds.

To find this folder: 1) Open the C: drive. 2) Open the DHD folder. 3) Inside here is the Import Audio folder. You may create a shortcut to this folder by right clicking on the folder and select Send To: Desktop (create shortcut)

With this option, there are 2 rules: 1) Files will only be loaded in 30 at a time. This can be time consuming if you have a large amount of files. 2) The DHD software must be running

OPTION 2 – Library folder

This option should only be used if you are adding a large amount of audio files at one time.

To find this folder: 1) Open the C: drive. 2) Open the DHD folder. 3) Inside here is the Library folder.

With this option, there are 2 rules: 1) You must restart the DHD software in order for it to recognize the additions/changes. 2) You may add and change as many files as you like with this method.

Page 42 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Naming Audio Files There is specific information stored with every audio file added to the DHD system. This information is stored with tag data appended to the audio file, or can be stored with the filename. This information includes: Cart Number, Title, Artist/Text, Voice, EOM, Type, Start Date, Kill Date, Runtime, Year, etc... All this information can be seen in the Library Manager within DHD-Tools.

IMPORTANT NOTE: To save on time, it is recommended to use the MP3 format for all music added to the system. If it has an ID3 tag, DHD will automatically recognize the Title, Artist, Album and Year for the audio file when you add it into the system. This can save hours of effort so that you don't have to manually add the information. If an audio file added to DHD doesn't have the Artist and Title information automatically added, then it doesn't have an ID3 tag.

If the file has tag data associated with it, such as with an .mp3, then it will read the tag data and the information will then be visible in the Library Manager. For example, if you added a file with tag data, and is named:

Thriller Michael Jackson.mp3

When you add it to the DHD Import Audio folder, then within the Library Manager, it will read information such as: Cart Number – 90000 (The default cart number starts at 90000) Title – Thriller Artist – Michael Jackson Album – Thriller Year – 1982

ADDING A CART NUMBER PRIOR TO ADDING TO DHD If you would like to assign a cart number prior to adding it to the system, then you may add it to the filename with the + sign as the delimiter. For example, lets say you want Thriller Michael Jackson.mp3 to have the cart number 100, then you would change the filename to:

100+Thriller Michael Jackson.mp3

When you add the audio file to the DHD Import Audio folder, then it will automatically add the cart number 100 as well as the other information in the ID3 tag.

HOW TO EDIT INFORMATION AFTER AUDIO HAS BEEN ADDED Once an audio file has been added to the system, you may edit all of its information within the Library Manager in DHD-Tools. Changing the file info inside the Library Manager is the most effective and easiest method. More information about the Library Manager may be found in the Library Manager section of this manual.

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ADDING AN AUDIO FILE WITHOUT TAG DATA

When adding audio files to the DHD Import Audio folder, it will default to give it a 90000 cart number. If it doesn't have title and artist info appended to the tag, then it will also default to using the filename for the Title field. For example, if you added a file with no tag data, and is named:

Beatles(Yellow Submarine).wav

When you add it to the DHD Import Audio folder, then it will give the file this information inside the Library Manager: Cart Number – 90000 (The default cart number starts at 90000) Title – Beatles (Yellow Submarine) Artist – Artist - Text Album – Year –

NAMING AN AUDIO FILE USING ITS FILENAME You may add pertinent information to the filename of an audio file prior to adding to DHD, and it will recognize this information.

The filename system that it uses is delimited by the '+' sign and follows this convention:

CART NUMBER+TITLE+ARTIST/TEXT+VOICE+EOM +TYPE+START DATE+KILL DATE+0+RUNTIME+.MP3

CART NUMBER – 2 to 8 digits in length. Can be Alpha or Numeric. Do not use symbols. The '-' sign is reserved for the cart rotation function. TITLE – Up to 30 digits in length. Can be Alpha or Numeric. Do not use symbols. ARTIST or TEXT – Up to 30 digits in length. Can be Alpha or Numeric. Do not use symbols. VOICE – This is the time for when the vocals, or when the user feels a live voice track should not overlap. This is helpful for when a DJ is doing a live voice track and does not want to overstep a point at the beginning of the song. EOM – This is the overlap time used at the end of the song. This time is the length of time it takes at the end of the song for when it starts to audibly fade out. TYPE – Files can have a type designated for them. Alpha only. Some types are specifically assigned, while others can be assigned at the discretion of the user. The designated types are: M = Music S = Spot A = Autofill X = Default Any other letter can be used, and doesn't have any special function. START DATE – Used with the start & kill date function, this is the start date. MO_DY_YEAR KILL DATE – Used with the start & kill date function, this is the end date.

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MO_DY_YEAR RUNTIME – Length of audio file. FILE EXTENSION – Can be any .mp3, .mp2 or .wav file.

An example would be: M100+The Yellow Submarine+The Beatles+07.3+04.2+M+12_31_2000+12_31_2099+0+03_13_8+.mp3

Another way to name the file prior to adding it to the DHD Import Audio folder, is to use the filename system. For example, if you added a file with the filename (you don't need to use the entire filename to add the important information):

MCR100+McRonalds+Weekday+S+.mp3

When you add it to the DHD Import Audio folder, then it will assign the file this information:

Cart Number – MCR100 Title – McRonalds Text – Weekday Type – S (spot)

Another example would be:

MCR110+McRonalds+Weekday+S+05_21_2013+12_24_2013+.mp3

When you add it to the DHD Import Audio folder, it with then give it the filename: Cart Number – MCR110 Title – McRonalds Text – Weekday Type – S (spot) Start date – May 21st 2013 Kill (End) date – December 24th 2013

Once the audio file is added to the DHD Library, the information can also be edited within the DHD software itself from the Library Manager.

MP3 TAG DATA Every .mp3 file has a tag attached to the file. Whether it has information in the tag, is dependent on how the file was created and whether the information was added. Most software such as CD rippers will append the tag data to the .mp3 file.

This tag data is often referred to as metadata. Metadata is all of the data (such as album, title or eom time) which is tagged to the audio file. The metadata is stored in a short 128 character data tag at the back of the audio file. These data fields are the radio specific data that is used by the software to

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Unlocking the DHD Software

The Bridge Switcher hardware is what unlocks the DHD On-Air software. Therefore, it is necessary to connect the Bridge to the On-Air computer (USB & RS232 cables). Once the Bridge is connected, it will then unlock the full version of the software.

Buyout vs. Monthly Fee

The buyout option has Bridge hardware that is permanently unlocked. As long as the Bridge is connected to the On-Air PC, it will operate and function in its complete form.

The monthly/yearly fee option requires that the Bridge get unlocked either monthly or yearly, based on your payment plan.

How to Unlock for Monthly/Yearly users

If you are on the monthly or yearly plan, then it is required to update the code after a payment has been made. If you are a monthly user, then we will charge your credit card on file the week that your payment is due. We will then update the code on our end, and your system can then be updated.

If you are a yearly user, we will do the same process but instead only yearly. To check and see when your system is due: 1) Open the DHD On-Air software. 2) Click on Air-Tools on the top left. 3) Select Open Bridge Status Panel. 4) The Bridge Status Panel will now appear on the top right of the screen. It will display if it is Authorized and the expiration date of the software.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Payment must be made prior to the expiration date. It is the responsibility of the customer to keep a valid credit card on file, and make sure that the code gets entered before the system automatically shuts off. If payment has NOT been made, or the code has NOT been entered, then the system will shut off and only operate one hour at a time. If this has happened, please call the Arrakis Accounting Department: 970-461-0730 x308.

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There are 3 different ways to update the code:

1) AUTOMATIC – If you have a reliable internet connection to the On-Air computer (the PC connected to your Bridge), then the system will look to the internet and automatically update your code after payment has been made. 2) AUTO FTP – To force the system to look for a code, you will need the On-Air computer to be connected to the internet. Then: 1. Open Digilink-HD (On-Air software). 2. Click on Bridge on the top left of the screen. 3. Select Auto-FTP Authorize the Bridge. 4. Click on Get Code. It will now go to the internet and look for the latest code. If your payment has been made, then your system will now update. 3) MANUALLY ENTER CODE – If you do not have internet access to the On-Air PC, then you may manually enter the code by: 1. Retrieve the code by going to our website. This is in the Unlocking Software section of our website. 2. Open the Digilink-HD (On-Air software). 3. Click on Bridge on the top left of the screen. 4. Select Manually Authorize the Bridge. 5. Enter in the given code. 6. Click on Save Code.

Unlocking the DHD-Tools Software

DHD-Tools is automatically authorized on the On-Air computer by the Bridge hardware. For use on other networked computers, it is necessary to have a purchased license for each PC using the DHD- Tools software.

For each purchased license of DHD-Tools, the user will receive an unlock USB stick that unlocks the software. This USB stick must be connected to the computer at all times for the software to run.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If the USB key is damaged, lost or stolen, it will require the purchase of another DHD-Tools software license at full price.

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Free software updates are included with the monthly and yearly plans. Updates are included for free for the first year of the buyout option. It is an option to purchase software updates after the initial year.

Software updates may be found on the Arrakis Systems website in the Software Updates section. Please follow the instructions on the website to update the software.

Time Sync It is critical to setup your DHD On Air system to Time Sync on an hourly schedule. Every PC has a built-in hardware and software clock.

INFORMATION ON PC CLOCKS Excerpt taken from Michael Lombardi Time and Frequency Division National Institute of Standards and Technology http://tf.nist.gov/service/pdf/computertime.pdf, Page 2

“The software clock is a poor timekeeper. Its timing uncertainty is limited by the stability of the interrupt requests. Any change in the interrupt request rate causes the clock to gain or lose time. If you leave your computer turned on for long periods, the software clock might be off by large amounts, perhaps a minute or more for every day that the computer was left turned on. It's also possible for an ill-behaved software program to use the timer-counter for another purpose and change its interrupt rate. This could cause the clock to rapidly gain or lose time.

The single biggest drawback of the software clock, however, is that when the computer is turned off, the clock stops running and loses all of its time-of-day information. For this reason, a hardware clock is also necessary. When the computer is turned off, the hardware clock runs off batteries. When the computer is turned back on, the software clock starts running again and sets itself (within 1 second) to the hardware clock.

Although the hardware and software clocks are synchronized at power-up, they run at different rates and will gain or lose time relative to each other while the computer is running. The hardware clock is updated once per second and cannot display fractions of a second. Its timing uncertainty is determined by the quality of the crystal oscillator it uses as its time base. These crystals offer only marginal timekeeping performance. They are sensitive to temperature and other factors and their frequency uncertainty is not likely to be better than 1 x 10-5 (about 1 second per day). "

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For these reasons it is necessary to update the PC clock hourly. There are 3 ways to update the PC clock:

OPTION 1 – Satellite Time Sync Closure (Best) This option is preferable if you have any satellite content and have a satellite receiver. By syncing using the satellite receiver, you are essentially syncing to the satellite provider. Therefore, your system will sound cleaner if it syncs to the satellite receiver. To set this up:

1) Connect the Time Sync Relay found on the Satellite Receiver to REC LOGIC Pin 3 on the Bridge Switcher hardware. 2) The satellite relay closure will be sent every hour at the same time. This depends on the satellite provider and will generally be noted on their clocks (show schedule). This time needs to be entered in the DHD system. 3) Open the DHD-Tools software. 4) Click on File. 5) Select Setup (you may need to read the Setup section to learn how to access this screen). 6) Select Satellite Setup. 7) In the Satellite Setup screen on the bottom right, you can enter in the Minute and Seconds that the Time Sync relay closure comes in at. For example, if your closure comes at 59:50 every hour, then you would enter 59 for the minutes and 50 for the seconds. Whenever a closure is received, the system will know that it should set the PC to this time. 8) Restart the Digilink-HD on-air software. 9) Put the Digilink-HD software to run in Admin mode: 1. Go to the C: drive and open the DHD folder. 2. Find the Digilink-HD red icon and right click on it. 3. Select Properties. 4. Select the Compatibility tab. 5. Click on the Change settings for all users. 6. Check mark the option, Run this program as an administrator. 10) Turn off the Windows warning message: 1. In the Windows search option, type in User Account Control Settings and select. 2. Move the marker to Never notify. Click on OK.

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OPTION 2 – Windows Internet Time Sync (Better) This options is preferable if you do not have a satellite receiver, but this option does require internet access. To set this up (these steps have already been taken with the purchase of the On-Air PC):

1) Go to the Start menu in Windows. 2) In the search box, type in regedit.exe, click enter. The registry editor will now open. 3) On your keyboard, select CTRL + F to open the Find box. 4) In the Find what: enter SpecialPollInterval. 5) Double click on the SpecialPollInterval. 6) Select Decimal for the Base. 7) In the Value data: section, enter in 3600 for it to update hourly. Click OK. 8) Right click on the clock on the task bar (on the bottom right). 9) Select Adjust date/time. 10) Click on the Internet Time tab and click on Change settings... 11) Check mark the box Synchronize with an Internet time server. 12) Click on Update now to check if the function is operating.

OPTION 3 – 3rd Party Software (Good) It is an option to use 3rd party time sync software to keep your PC up to date. This is not preferable since it is an additional program running on the On-Air computer that can cause problems with the system. It is impossible for Arrakis Systems to test each 3rd party Time Sync software, so we are unable to provide a list of software that is compatible. If you have an internet connection, we recommend using OPTION 2 which is free, and built-in to Windows.

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To access the RDS Setup screen: 1) Open the Digilink-HD On-Air software. 2) Click on File. 3) Select Setup (you may need to read the Setup section to learn how to access this screen). 4) Select Com Ports.

PORT NUMBER Windows assigns a com port number such as 1,2,3, etc to each RS232 communications device. The Windows list of available ports is displayed in the list above. Because the port is in the list does not mean that it has not already been assigned to a resource such as a modem. Enter the com number (1,2,3... etc) into the RDS or Streaming Com# box.

BAUD RATE This is the speed of the connection and determined by the speed of the RDS encoder or setup on the other PC for the streaming software. The baud rate must be the same for both sides of the connection for communications to operate at all.

TESTING THE CONNECTION The RDS and Streaming comport each have a 'Test Text' box. Type a message (or leave Test Text to Send) in the box and click on the SEND button. That text will be sent to the RDS encoder or streaming service PC.

SCROLLING PS HEADER Your RDS encoder will have a definition for the header text that should be sent to the encoder to identify the text being sent from DigilinkHD to the encoder.

CALL LETTERS Enter the default message that you would like to appear in the RDS display on the radio when it is not displaying music. This might be call letters or a slogan.

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MORE ABOUT RDS AND STREAMING DATA...

RDS ENCODER INTERFACING RDS capable car radios can display data on the receiver front panel. This can be station call letters, title and artist for music, or other data. The data is injected from the automation system into the audio stream before the transmitter by an RDS Encoder unit. DigilinkHD interfaces with (1) Inovonics, (2) Broadcast Electonics (BE), and (3) Audemat RDS encoders.

The DigilinkHD PC must be connected to the encoder unit by an RS232 serial cable. The comport and baud rate for the DigilinkHD PC must be selected. The baud rate must be the same as the baud rate of the RDS encoder unit. Most new PCs do not have a built in RS232 port. A USB to RS232 converter must be used (such as the IOGEAR - GUC232A - USB to Serial RS-232 Adapter for about $30).

Your RDS encoder will have a definition for the 'Scrolling PS Header' text that should be sent to the encoder to identify the text being sent from DigilinkHD to the encoder. Common Header text (refer to your RDS encoder manual for current settings) Inovonics = 'DPS=', BE = 'XPSD=' ('XTXT=' for RT), Audemat = 'ps_text='

DigilinkHD has a setup option for entering the station's call letters (or short slogan). If the audio file being played by DigilinkHD is a type 'M' music file then the title and srtist for the song is sent to the RDS encoder (preceeded by the header text). If the audio file being played is not a type 'M' song, then the station's call letters (or short slogan) will be sent to the RDS encoder.

The comport output is 'RDS header' + 'title' + 'artist' + #13

For general purpose RDS applications, DigilinkHD writes a text file to: 'C:\DHD\Streaming Service\RDS Text (64).txt'. The file contains the currently playing 'title artist' for a type 'M' song or the station's call letters (or short slogan) if not playing a type 'M' audio file.

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Digilink-HD works with the majority of major internet streaming services. There are two components to connecting to your internet streaming service.

PART 1 - Get your audio to your internet streaming provider.

Every major streaming provider has their own encoder software. This software will take your audio feed and then distribute it to all your internet radio listeners. Typically the encoder software will be ran on a different PC other than the computer running Digilink-HD. This isn't required though. Regardless, it will require a dedicated sound card.

STEP 1 – A common setup would be to take the output(s) of the Bridge (which is your Digilink-HD audio feed) and run that to the console channel input(s) on your console.

STEP 2 – You would then run the output of your console to the soundcard input for the PC running your encoder software.

STEP 3 – Follow the instructions provided by your streaming service on how to setup the encoder.

STEP 4 – Your streaming service will provide a internet streaming player that you can add to your website. Once you have added the player to your website, you should be able to listen to your station online now.

PART 2 – Get your Title & Artist (Metadata) information to your streaming service.

The second part is to get your title and artist information sent to your internet streaming service so that they can put that information on your internet streaming player.

Every internet streaming service uses their own method for capturing the title and artist metadata.

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As a result, there are multiple sets of instructions, based on your streaming service, that are provided on our website. Please visit our website to get detailed instructions, and a list of compatible partners: www.arrakis-systems.com.

METADATA VIA SERIAL COMPORT Most streaming services point a data capture software (DCS) to a specific file in our DHD software. Some however use the RS232 comport. This section explains how to set this up.

A couple of the RS232 output options are for: BE TRE SurferNETWORK Triton Orban Format 1 Format 2 Format 3 Format 7

To setup the comport output: 1) In the Digilink-HD software, go to File, then Setup (you may have to enter the password 1234). 2) Go to Com Ports. 3) For Streaming Com port, select the Com # (port number) and Baud Rate that you have setup for your streaming service RS232 connection on your PC. 4) For Streaming Service, select the streaming services you are using. 5) Click Save. 6) Restart the DHD software. You can send test strings from the Com Ports screen as well.

The COM # and Baud Rate boxes must be filled to communicate with PCs running streaming software that requires a serial RS232 port connection to another PC. Windows assigns a com port number such as 1,2,3, etc to each RS232 communications device. The Windows list of available ports is displayed in the List of Available Windows Com Ports list box. Because the port is in the list does not mean that it has not already been assigned to a resource such as a modem. Enter the com number (1,2,3... etc) into the Com # box that connects to the Streaming PC. The 'Baud Rate' is the speed of the connection and is determined by the speed of the software on the Streaming PC. Refer to your streaming service software documentation. The baud rate must be the same for both sides of the connection for communications to operate.

TESTING THE CONNECTION The Streaming comport each have a 'Test Text' box. Type a message (or leave 'Test Text to Send') in the box and click on the SEND button. That text will be sent to the RDS encoder or streaming service PC.

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Basics The Digilink-HD On Air screen is the main screen for the Digilink-HD program. This is where you will find the playlist, hotkeys and all useful items for live assist. This also displays what is currently playing over the air.

Digilink-HD 1.0

Digilink-HD 1.0 features a fixed on air screen that is designed for ease of use. All of the key on-air functions are visible on the screen at the same time: Playlist on the left, Hot keys on the right, Audio Library on the bottom left, Play Log and Games player on the bottom right.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Monitor Resolution – Digilink-HD 1.0 is designed for a 16 x 9 monitor form factor with a minimum resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels. A high definition resolution of 1920 x 1080 is ideal.

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Digilink-HD 1.0 has a number of setup configurations located under the File > Setup menu item. Most setup is performed using DHD-Tools mapped to this PC. A Setup help window is available under the Setup menu item.

PASSWORD PROTECTED Entering Setup requires a password. The password is intended to only restrict casual access because serious access control is primarily a Windows Network Security setup to restrict read-write file access. The default password is 1234. Once into Setup, you can set another password for access to setup.

TO ACCESS THE SETUP SCREEN 1) Click on File. 2) Select Enter Setup Password. 3) Type in 1234. 4) Go back to File, and select the Setup menu items.

SETUP MENU ITEMS Station Contact Information – This data is used on various reports and for customer service contact information with the factory.

PC a) Get PC Profile: this menu item opens a window displaying information about the PC's operating system, speed, memory, etc. b) Configure PC: this menu item opens a window that displays CPU usage (performance) and a set of buttons providing easy access to many Windows control panels.

Sound Cards a) Display Bridge Sound Card Assignments: opens a window to display what number in the Windows list that the Bridge sound cards are assigned to. b) Display Windows Sound Cards: open a window displaying all of the PC's play and record sound cards. Also, has a button to allow a tone to be played through each Windows play sound card to identify the speaker assigned to that sound card resource. c) Open Windows Sound Manager: opens the Windows 'Sound' control panel for selecting default sound cards, seltting up the sound card in Windows, etc. d) Open Windows Audio Mixer: opens the Windows audio 'Mixer' control panel for setting audio levels. e) Find Bridge Sound Cards: auto-tests for the Bridge by sending a tone through the Arrakis sound cards and selects the Program and Record sound cards for Digilink-HD.

Com Ports – Opens a window to setup the RS232 communications ports for setting the parameters for an RDS com port and a Streaming com port to a second PC for streaming.

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Start-Kill Dates – click on this menu item to turn this feature off and on.

Cart Rotations – click on this menu item to turn this feature off and on.

F-keys – Turn the Function keys on or off for playing Hot Keys from the keyboard F-keys.

Satellite Setup a) Enter a name for each of the 16 satellite source switcher channels. An example might be 'CBS News.' This feature makes it easier to select a channel for play by assigning an easily recognized name. b) # of Full Logic Channels: usually set to 7 channels. If you are connected to 7 or fewer satellite sources, then simply set it to '7'. For more than 7 satellite sources, refer to the manual. c) Time Sync: set the minute and second that a time sync closure will be received from a satellite service to sync the PC time to the network time.

Switcher Source Names – Enter a name for the 16 source switcher channels on the Bridge.

Play List Clock (Dead Air Autofill) – If in an Automation type hour and there are no events in the play list, then the Play list will by default play a Jingle (Type J) followed by three songs (Type M) repeatedly. If a list of audio file types (S-spot, J-jingle, M-music) are placed into the text box in the Play List Clock window, then a custom Clock (series of audio files) will be played. As an example, enter 'JSSMMM' and then a Jingle(J), followed by two Spots(S), followed by three songs(M) will be repeatedly played. The audio events for each type are placed in a list, shuffled, and then played sequentially until the list has all played. The list is shuffled again and the process repeated. In this way, a maximum separation between events is maintained. If a number 1-9 is entered instead of a letter, then the song category 1-9 will be played. In this way, a complex music schedule can be created. The Clock resets to the first event in the Clock at the top of each hour to remain in sync with a consistent sound.

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Bridge Get Bridge ID Data: opens a window displaying the Bridge Serial Number, authorization code, and other data.

Open Terminal Window: opens a window for bidirectional text communication with the Bridge. This feature is typically used by Arrakis customer support personnel.

Find Bridge Com Port: starts an automatic test to find and set the PC com port to match the Bridge com port. The Bridge status window will open and display the contact status. Air-Tools: Open Timer Panel To facilitate timing programs, DHD features an UP-down timer at the top of the screen. The Up-down timer is opened under the 'Air-Tools' menu item. If the MAN button is active (meaning MANual mode), then the timer is started by clicking on the START button. If the AUTO button is active, then the timer will start whenever a HOT KEY is clicked. The timer is normally in the UP timer mode which will count up from zero. To use the down timer mode, click on the DOWN button. It is preset to 60 minutes. To set the time to another down time, click on the SET button

Recorder-editor This menu item opens an audio Recorder editor application. Audio files can be recorded, level adjusted, trimmed, and more. Refer to the Recorder- Editor section of this manual (Production Section).

Open Bridge Status Panel This menu item opens the Bridge status panel at the top right of the screen. It displays authorization status, switcher status, and more. Log This menu item opens a log window that displays the full log of On Air application events. This includes audio file play, closures, error events, etc.

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The play list is located at the left side of the screen. It is a list of events that can be manually loaded or loaded automatically from the Schedule for play on air. This is typically the main on air player. Events from the play list can be played automatically by clicking on the green Automate play button, or events can be placed into the the Manual Play Cart players for playing out multiple sound cards to separate console fader channels.

The play list schedule is primarily created within DHD-Tools in the Play Schedule screen.

BUTTON & SCREEN FUNCTIONS

Adds audio file to cue player and begins Play Automation Playlist. Playing.

Stop Automation Playlist. Move selected file up or down in list.

Next – Fades out the current audio Clear – Deletes selected file from file and starts the next in the playlist. playlist.

Fade – Fades out the current audio Cue – Plays selected file from the PC file and stops the playlist. sound card.

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Cart Players

Audio Level Meter Countdown Timer Time of Day / Date Displays the audio level of what This timer counts down what is Displays the current time, is playing over the air. It will currently playing from the day of week and date. combine all audio currently automation player. playing on the automation player as well as the cart players. Hour type: Displays hour type as Scheduled in the Air Schedule.

HOW TO ADD AUDIO FILES TO THE PLAY LIST There are 2 ways to add audio to the play list: 1) Add it to the Scheduler. This is accomplished in the DHD-Tools software: 1. Go to Scheduling. 2. Then select Edit Schedule. The current hour schedule and the next hour will be visible in the play list. Any changes to the current hour or next hour in the Play Schedule screen will immediately update the play list. 2) The second way is to make changes directly into the play list. To do this: 1. Select a line in the play list for where you want the file added to. It will add the file above the line you have selected. 2. Find an audio file in the Library screen below the play list. 3. Click on the desired file, holding the left click on the mouse and drag it up to the play list. If you double click on the audio file in the Library then it will add it to the bottom of the play list.

HOW TO EDIT THE PLAY LIST To move an event, click on a line in the list and then click on the red arrow buttons to move the event up or down in the list. To delete an event in the play list, select a line in the list and click on the red Clear button.

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STANDARD AUTOMATION PLAYLIST MODE In this mode, DHD will play whatever is currently in the play list. All audio will be going out the Play 1 output from the Bridge.

To start automated playback of the play list, click on the green Automate button with the triangular play symbol at the top left. If nothing is playing in a Cart player, then the cart players will disappear and a single window will open displaying the playing event. The green Automate button turns to a red button with a square Stop symbol.

STOP AUTOMATION To stop automation, click on the red Stop symbol button. The Automate button will turn to a blue Stop symbol button and the currently playing file will play all of the way through.

To fade out of the currently playing file before it has finished, click on the Blue stop button.

HOW TO CUE AN AUDIO FILE To cue an audio file in the play list, simply select a line in the play list, and then click on the Cue button located to the bottom right of the play list. The smaller Cue button below it located in the Library screen will play what is selected in the Library screen.

Play List Colors

You may choose to color the On-Air play list to help in identifying the different types of events in the list. The Play list Event Color Selector setup window is used to assign colors to event types displayed in the On Air Play list. This feature makes the on air play list more readable.

TO ACCESS THE PLAY LIST EVENT COLOR SELECTOR 1) Click on File. Enable the Setup screen. Then click on Play List Event Colors option in Setup.

EVENT TYPES Each event in the Play list has a specific event 'type' which is determined by a single uppercase character. Examples are 'M' for music, 'S' for spots, 'V' for voice tracks, etc. Voice tracks are autoassigned this event type when created. Command events such as 'Break' are also autoassigned an event type. Audio events are user assigned an event type in the 'Library' screen in DHD-tools.

FIXED EVENT TYPES Some event types can not be changed because they trigger certain actions within DHD. 'M' for music, 'S' for spots, 'V' for voice tracks are fixed event types.

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CHOOSING COLORS When selecting a color, choose a light color that a black font will display well in. For ease of viewing, DHD uses only a black font in the Play list. Font colors are not selectable.

ASSIGNING COLORS TO AN EVENT TYPE To assign a color, simply click on the 'Selected Color' box. A window will open and you can select a complex color in the window. The selected color is displayed in the box. Next select a line from the 'List of Event Types'. Last, click on the yellow 'Save Color to Selected Event' button. The new color will be displayed in the Event Type list.

CHANGING THE 'EVENT TYPE' DESCRIPTION First click on an event in the list. If a description exists, then it will be displayed in the text edit box beneath the list. Enter a short text description for the event type. Click on the yellow 'Save' button to save the new description to the list. These descriptions are used in this screen to simply choice of colors.

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The play list displays the Start time, Trigger, Cart #, Title, whether it has tagged text, Type, file Length, Intro, and whether the Segue is custom or not. You may display other valuable information as well.

HOW TO DISPLAY ARTIST INFORMATION You may display the Artist information for a file in the play list by left clicking on the desired file. It will then display the Artist field at the bottom of the screen.

HOW TO DISPLAY ALL INFORMATION You may display all relevant information of an audio file by right clicking on the file in the play list. This will then display every piece of information that is contained in the Library Manager.

Page 63 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi 2 Play & 3 Play Outputs Digilink-HD comes standard with the ability to have 2 outputs from the Bridge go to 2 different faders on a console. It is an optional purchase to get a 3rd player output so that you may use 3 faders on your console. View our website for information on pricing on the 3rd output.

2 PLAY OUTPUT CART PLAYER The default is to have 2 outputs from the Bridge go to 2 different channels on your console. This allows the DJ to manually adjust the volume on the console for each output.

When the Automation player is not playing, you have the option of playing carts specifically from 1 channel or the other.

You will see displayed 2 channels, Channel One and Channel 2.

When you play an audio file on Channel 1, it will go out the Play 1 output on the Bridge. When you play an audio file on Channel 2, it will play out the Play 2 output on the Bridge. It is recommended to label the console with which channel is which, preferably with Channel 1 and Channel 2.

PLAY CARTS FROM THE CART PLAYERS There are 4 ways to manually play an event in the cart player. 1) Double click on a line in the Playlist. The event will load to the first available cart player (left to right) and begin to play. 2) Click on the blue button with the triangular Play symbol to the left of the desired line. The event will load to the first available cart player (left to right) and begin to play. 3) Drag a line from the Playlist to the cart player. The file will load to the cart player. Begin play by clicking on the triangular Play button in the cart player. 4) Drag a line from the Library to the cart player. The file will load to the cart player. Begin play by clicking on the triangular Play button in the cart player.

OPERATION EXAMPLES SONG 1 > MUSIC BED > SONG 2 With a song playing on Channel 1 (Yellow Player), and when the song is towards the end, the DJ can bring the volume down on the console for his Channel 1. The DJ may then perform their voice track, and play a music bed on Channel 2 (Red Player) underneath their voice track. The DJ may also have the music bed on a lower volume using the console, and then fade out the music bed

Page 64 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi completely while starting the second song on Channel 1 (Yellow Player). Once the voice track is complete, the DJ can then bring the volume up completely on Channel 1 for the second song. Here are the simple steps for the example: 1) Play music on Channel 1 (Yellow Player). 2) Add a music bed to Channel 2 (Red Player) so that it is ready to play. Do not press play yet. 3) When the song on Channel 1 is about to end, bring the volume down on Channel 1. 4) At the same time as bringing down the volume on Channel 1, press play for Channel 2 and slowly bring up the volume on your console for Channel 2 for the music bed. 5) Begin performing your voice track. 6) Load the next song into Channel 1. When you are ready, press play on Channel 1 with the volume low. 7) Bring the volume down on the Music Bed on Channel 2 and finish your voice track. 8) As you are finishing your voice track, begin bringing up the volume on Channel 1 for your second song. Be sure to use the Voice countdown to know when to finish your voice track. 9) You may continue this operation and manually adding carts to the cart players, or you can have the playlist continue playing (after Song 2 ends) by clicking on the Green Play button and selecting Yes.

SONG 1 > SONG 2 Another example is if the DJ doesn't want to use a music bed, but would rather simply transition from one song to the next. In this case, the DJ will bring the volume down on the console for the first song as it is ending (playing on Channel 1). The DJ then begins performing their voice track and with the second song loaded in Channel 2 (Red Player), the DJ begins play and brings the volume up as they finish the voice track. Here are the simple steps for the example: 1) Load and play a song in Channel 1 (Yellow Player) and load a song into Channel 2 (Red Player). 2) When the song on Channel 1 is about to end, slowly bring the volume down on Channel 1. 3) Begin your voice track. 4) When you are ready, start the second song on Channel 2. Be sure to use the Voice countdown to know when to finish your voice track. 5) You may continue this operation and manually adding carts to the cart players, or you can have the playlist continue playing (after Song 2 ends) by clicking on the Green Play button and selecting Yes.

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TRANSITIONING FROM THE CART PLAYER TO THE PLAYLIST When using the cart player you must manually add and play carts one by one. Thus requiring the DJ to constantly be adding audio to the system. This is excellent for doing custom voice tracks and adjusting the volume levels on the different tracks. But when the DJ is done adding carts and ready to begin playing the playlist again, they need to transition to the playlist. To do this: 1) As a cart is playing one of the cart players, click on the Green Automate play button. 2) It will now come up with a message, “Question: start automation at the end of the currently Playing event?” Select Yes. You will notice a Red message the states Delaying Automation Start, and the message will disappear after the file playing in the cart player finishes. 3) The currently playing event in the cart player will finish, and then the playlist will continue after it is finished. 4) IF you select No, then it will interrupt the cart player and begin the playlist immediately. This is not recommended.

TRANSITIONING FROM THE PLAYLIST TO THE CART PLAYERS When the playlist is playing, and you are ready to use the cart players, all you need to do is: 1) Press the Red Stop Automate button. The currently playing file will continue playing till it finishes. 2) The countdown timer at the top will continue to countdown to the end of the audio file from the playlist. 3) When you are ready, you may then add audio files to the different cart players. 4) Once the playlist file is done, you may then begin playing the carts from the cart players.

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3 PLAY OUTPUT CART PLAYER The third play simply adds a third cart play option. This makes transitioning carts easier since you can have up to 3 carts already loaded and ready to play. A good example would be from our first example: SONG 1 > MUSIC BED > SONG 2 With a song playing on Channel 1 (Yellow Player), the DJ can load their music bed into Channel 2 (Red Player), and the next song (song 2) into Channel 3 (Blue Player). Once the song on Channel 1 finishes, the DJ will bring the volume down on Channel 1 and start the music bed and bring its volume up. When the DJ is ready, they can start Song 2 on Channel 3 and transition the volume. The DJ then has the entire length of the 2nd song to load audio into the other 2 players and start the process over again. Here are the simple steps for that example: 1) Load and play a song in Channel 1 (Yellow Player). 2) Load a music bed into Channel 2 (Red Player) and load the second song into Channel 3 (Blue Player). 3) When the song on Channel 1 is about to end, slowly bring the volume down on Channel 1. 4) At the same time as bringing down the volume on Channel 1, press play for Channel 2 and slowly bring up the volume on your console for Channel 2 for the music bed. 5) Begin performing your voice track. 6) Bring the volume down on the Music Bed on Channel 2 as you are finishing your voice track. 7) As you are finishing your voice track, begin bringing up the volume on Channel 3 for your second song. Be sure to use the Voice countdown to know when to finish your voice track. 8) You may continue this operation and manually adding carts to the cart players, or you can have the playlist continue playing (after Song 2 ends) by clicking on the Green Play button and selecting Yes.

Page 67 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Hot Keys The Hot Keys function is extremely useful for Live Assist. It gives a custom array of audio files for quick and easy access. You can create any number of named pages of 24 Hot Keys for instant playback. They are also useful for creating a group of audio files that are repeatedly used in scheduled programs such as news, traffic, weather, sports, etc. Up to 3 Hot Keys can be played at the same time and can even be played from different Hot Key pages. All 3 Hot Keys will be played out the Play 1 output on the Bridge.

FEATURES: -The Hot Keys player is an array of 24 buttons that can be assigned to an audio file. -Any number of 24 button Hot Key pages can be created and named. -Hot Keys on multiple pages can be played at the same time. -Up to 3 Hot Keys may be played at the same time. -Twelve Keyboard function keys (F-keys) can be assigned to Hot Keys

HOW TO CREATE A HOT KEY PAGE To create and name a new Hot Key page: 1) Click on the Edit Hot Keys button. 2) Click on Create New Set of Hot Keys. Add a name and then click on Save New Set. 3) To assign audio files to Hot Keys, drag an audio file from the Library to the desired Hot Key button. Assign any audio file to any hot key position. 4) The assignment is saved automatically. Once finished, click on the Exit Edit Hot Keys button.

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HOW TO DELETE A HOT KEY To delete a Hot Key assignment: 1) Click on Edit and select the desired Hot Key page. 2) Right-click on the key and select Yes. 3) To delete an entire Hot Key page, click on the Delete All Hot Keys button and select Yes.

HOW TO ENABLE F-KEY FUNCTIONALITY You may use F-Keys to play the Hot Keys. By default this feature is disabled. To enable this feature: 1) In the On-Air software, click on File and select Enter Setup Password. Enter the password (1,2,3,4). 2) Go back to File and select Setup. 3) Choose F-keys (are disabled). This will enable the feature and you will now see F-keys on the Hot Keys. To use this, simply click on an F-key that has an assigned file. To stop, select the F-key again. Library The Library panel at the bottom left of the screen displays all of the audio files in the DHD library. The files can be sorted by: Cart number, Title, Text / Artist, audio type (such as M for music), and run Time. A left string search box can be used to search for a specific file.

All audio files in the library can be dragged and dropped into the playlist or hot keys.

EVENTS The Library panel has an Events button. If the button is selected, then the library list will display a manual BREAK event and the 16 switcher SOURCE channels. A Source switcher Off event can also be added to the playlist to stop a satellite source and return to the automation playlist.

Events can be dragged and dropped into the Play List for play on air.

Page 69 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Reports CURRENT PLAY LOG The Current Play Log window at the center bottom of the screen displays a list of the recent audio files played in the Play List or Hot Keys since the software was opened. It displays a maximum of 300 audio files. The latest played file is at the top of the list.

LOG On the top of the screen is a menu item named Log. This menu item opens a log window that displays the full log of On Air application events. This includes audio file play, closures, error events, etc. Transitioning Between Hours Going from a Live show to an Automated or Satellite show has some critical elements to it. The key rule to remember for any DJ is that if the playlist is stopped, then Digilink-HD assumes that you do not want the automation to play. Therefore, if you want the automation to play, you must then click on the Green Automate play button to start the automation playlist.

UNDER SCHEDULED HOUR If an hour is under scheduled during a Live/Manual hour, it will assume you know what you are doing and will have dead air until the next hour. If the next hour is an Automated hour, and the automation player is playing, then it will continue with the Automated hour when the next hour starts.

If an Automated hour is under scheduled, then it will automatically play audio files from the audio library. It will by default play a Jingle (Type J) followed by three songs (Type M) repeatedly. You may change this pattern using the Play List Clock found in Setup.

If it is an issue of not ever wanting dead air, such as in an under scheduled Live hour, then it is recommended to set the hour as Automated in the Air Schedule screen.

Page 70 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Changing the Hour Type Typically the type of hour (Live, Manual, Automation, Satellite) will be determined in the Air Schedule screen, and will not change often (more information about the Air Schedule and types of hours can be found in the Scheduling section of this manual). You may also create a schedule that allows part of hours to be different types, such as Automated the first half of the hour, then Satellite feed the rest of the hour. This is explained in the Scheduling section.

But, if you need to make you need to make a temporary change on the fly, then you do have the ability to manually switch modes (hour types) from the On-Air screen.

HOW TO SWITCH TO A MANUAL MODE If the hour is setup as an Automated hour, and you would like to temporarily switch to manual mode, then: 1) On the top of the On-Air screen, it will show the current Hour type, click on it. 2) This will bring a drop down menu with the option to enter Manual mode. Select Manual mode. 3) This will put you in a permanent Manual mode. The auto-fill function will now not function, and starting and stopping the play list will not jump in time placement as it would in an Automated hour. 4) To go back to the regular schedule, simply reopen the drop down box, and select Clear mode... return to Schedule.

HOW TO SWITCH TO AN AUTOMATION MODE To switch to an Automation type hour so that the auto-fill function is active: 1) On the top of the On-Air screen, it will show the current Hour type, click on it. 2) This will brign a drop down menu with the option to enter Automation mode. Select Automation mode. 3) This will put you in a permanent Automation mode until you return back. This will enable the auto-fill feature and will jump to the correct time and place of the schedule. 4) To go back to the regular schedule, simply reopen the drop down box, and select Clear mode... return to Schedule.

HOW TO PLAY A SATELLITE SOURCE If you want to play a satellite source (a channel from the Bridge), but not include Liners, ID's or Floating Breaks (strictly just audio): 1) On the bottom left of the On-Air screen is the Library section. Click on the Events button. 2) In this tab, there are multiple Events, including Switcher Source Events. Select the satellite channel that you want to broadcast. For example, Switcher Source Channel 2 will turn on Channel 2 from the Bridge.

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3) Select a line in the play list, in which you want the Source channel change will occur. Then drag the Switcher Source event into the play list. Once it hits the top of the play list, it will begin to play the source channel, for up to 60 minutes. It will switch to the regular Air Schedule at the beginning of the next hour. 4) To end the Source channel, simply click on Next to go to the next even in the play list.

HOW TO SWITCH TO A SATELLITE BROADCAST If you would like to manually switch temporarily to a true satellite broadcast, which includes Liners, ID's and Floating Breaks, then: 1) Go to the DHD-Tools software. 2) Select Scheduling, and then select Edit Schedule. 3) It will be looking at the current day and hour. In the Events section, select the Satellite button. Enter a Source channel and Jock folder and then press Add, or Insert to add to the Schedule. When it gets to that point in the play list, it will then switch to the satellite channel.

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The Game Player plays a Game playlist of audio files that is assembled in DHD-Tools. The Game playlist will be a series of audio files broken up by FBREAK events. When an Fbreak event is encountered in the list, audio play will stop, the satellite source will play, then wait for a Break closure or a manual click on the Break button. The Game player can be automatically started from the Playlist or manually started from the screen.

Game Source Click to expand Channel game playlist screen

ADDING AN EVENT TO THE GAME PLAYLIST Once a playlist has been loaded to the screen, events can be added by dragging and dropping them from the Library panel.

REMOVING AN EVENT FROM THE GAME PLAYLIST To remove a line from the game play list, right-click on the desired line in the list. A dialog will ask you if you wish to delete the line. Select Yes.

OPERATION To select a Game to play manually: 1) Click on the yellow Select button. 2) A Windows find file box will open ('C:\DHD\Games'). Select a Game from the list. Playlists can be generated and saved using DHD-Tools. 3) The Game list will be displayed. A message will ask you to set the Source switcher channel for the Game. Select the desired source channel. Default is channel 01.

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OPERATION BUTTONS START – The Start button starts the game after a playlist and source channel has been selected. END – The End button stops the game. LINER – The Liner button will play a station liner. NEXT – The Next button will fade out of the currently playing event and play the next event in the list. BREAK – The Break button simulates a Game Break closure and will start play if the game is sitting stopped at a Break event.

Digilink-HD Live Mode

An extremely useful feature added to the DHD software 1/30/2014 or newer, is the DHD Live Mode. This feature allows the user to fully test and become accustomed to the DHD Live On-Air interface. This is a useful tool for new staff who want to learn how to use the On-Air software without being on-air. This is also helpful for Schools who want to let their students learn the software without having to use the On-Air machine.

The DHD-Tools USB key unlocks this software. If the DHD On-Air software is started on a computer, NOT connected to the Bridge, but has a DHD-Tools key connected, then it will automatically open the DHD-live mode.

This mode gives you access to the On-Air screen, and you can play an entire hour worth of schedule.

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You may also use the DHD-Tools program to create an entire week's worth of schedule. In the DHD-Live mode it will play from this schedule, an hour at a time. At the top of the hour it will stop playing and wait for the user to click play again.

Features enabled in this DHD-live mode are: The On-Air play list: You may add, remove, shuffle and play the play list as normal. The only exception is that with Live mode, it only supports a single sound card. This means you cannot use the other cart players.

Hot Keys: This function is fully operational. All audio will be sent out the PC Playback sound card.

Library: This is fully functional and will see audio files in the C:\DHD\Library folder.

DHD-Tools: You may use almost every function within DHD-Tools for the Local DHD. The Library manager, Scheduling and Production are fully operational. The Reports function is the only function that will not operate for the Local DHD. You may however use the Reports function for the DHD system connected to the Bridge.

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There are two main sections of Digilink-HD. There is the On-Air portion of DHD, which controls all the basics for Live Assist and displays what is currently playing. The second section is DHD Tools, which includes the Library Manager, Scheduling screens, Music Scheduling Setup, Reports, etc... DHD Tools can be ran from the On-Air computer, or from any networked Production, or Traffic computer.

The multi component design is specifically for redundancy as well as to help separate the software for use with different employee responsibilities. Some staff are only responsible for production work and the audio library. Other staff are responsible for doing voice tracks. By separating the software, it is easy for staff to perform their duties, without interrupting what is happening on-air.

Main components of the two software are:

On Air DHD Tools Playlist Library Manager Hot Keys Audio Distribution Manager Bridge Status Music Manager Recorder Edit Schedule Game Player Import Schedules Games Scheduler Clock creator & assigning Reports (Spot Logs / Music Report) Production Voice tracking Timed Records Recorder-editor Segue Editor

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To access the Setup screens in DHD Tools, go to File on the top left of the screen, and select Setup. In the Setup field, there are a number of different setup options:

SET NETWORK PATHS – In order to see the schedules and audio library, it is necessary to path DHD Tools to the appropriate On-Air machines. It is critical that the steps outlined in the Computer Configuration section of this manual has already been followed. You may encounter problems if the proper folders have not been set to shared, and security privileges have not been set. To do this: 1) Go to File. 2) Select Setup. 3) Select Set Network Paths. 4) This will bring up a screen in which you can set paths to connect to multiple studios. Choose the studio that you want to path. 5) It will ask you if you would like to setup the path, select Yes. 6) Create a name for this studio and click Save. 7) You will now need to path DHD Tools to the Click on this File to set a Network Path.txt file that is contained in the C:DHD folder. To do this, go to the C: drive of the On-Air machine that you want to path to. 8) Open the DHD folder. 9) Double click on the Click on this File to set a Network Path.txt file. You are now pathed to the machine. 10) To create a path to another studio, simply follow instructions 1 – 9 again.

STATION CONTACT INFORMATION – This section is used for entering your contact information. Any contact information here will be forwarded on to the Arrakis Systems Customer support team, and therefore making it easier for the Arrakis support team to contact you with important updates and information. It is very important to keep this information up to date, and complete. To add contact information: 1) Go to File. 2) Select Setup. 3) Select Station Contact Information. 4) Enter in all the applicable information into the different fields. 5) The information will be saved upon exiting the screen.

PC – This section allows the user to get the PC profile, configure the PC to run optimally for DHD and compress the working memory for DHD. This is very valuable for keeping the PC running lean,

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To access these screens, go to File, Setup and select PC.

PC PROFILE: This displays pertinent information about the PC. It will display information about the Operating System, CPU processor, RAM and C: drive. CONFIGURE PC: This screen gives you direct access to major functionality within the Windows Operating System. You may access the Control Panel, Device Manager, and other important screens within Windows. This screen is useful when following the PC configuration steps. COMPRESS WORKING MEMORY: All programs within the Windows Operating System will increase in size over time. There are operations that each program takes to shrink its size down. DHD will also shrink its size on a regular basis. The user can also manually shrink the size of DHD with this feature.

To keep the On-Air machine running optimally, it is recommended to review the Computer Configuration steps on a routine basis.

START-KILL DATES – By clicking on this option, you will enable the Start and Kill date feature within DHD. This feature is turned off by default. More information on Start and Kill dates can be found in the Library Manager section.

CART ROTATIONS – By clicking on this option, you will enable the Cart Rotation feature within DHD. This feature is turned off by default. More information on Cart Rotations can be found in the Library Manager section.

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SATELLITE SETUP – From this screen you can change important settings for the satellite feature in DHD.

JOCK NAMES: Quality satellite broadcasts will include different sets of Liners for each satellite show. In DHD, this is referred to as Jock Names. There are 40 sets of Jock folders that the user can utilize. In the Satellite Setup screen, the user can create different names for these sets. In the Jock Names screen, add the desired name in the different fields, and then click Save to add the information.

# OF FULL LOGIC CHANNELS: This is where the engineer designates how many full logic channels will be used with the Bridge. More information about Full and Partial logic is contained in the Bridge Switcher Hardware chapter of this manual.

TIME SYNC: If a Time Sync relay is connected from the satellite receiver to the Bridge Switcher hardware on REC logic pin 3, then you may use the Time Sync feature. If for instance, you receive a closure at 59:50 every hour, and this closure is wired to the Bridge REC logic pin 3, then you will setup the Time Sync to be 59 for the min, and 50 for the sec. This would mean that the DHD software will sync every hour at 59:50, according to the satellite receiver closure.

SWITCHER SOURCE NAMES – In this screen, you may assign a source name for all the satellite channel audio sources. If you have a News source coming in on Channel 1, then you could rename this source to “News.” To rename a source, simply type into the desired field, and the information will be saved upon exiting the screen.

PLAY LIST CLOCK – The Play List Clock is the pattern of audio that will play in an automated hour if nothing is scheduled, or if there are missing parts for an hour. As part of the never dead air feature within DHD, the program will compensate in Automation hours if parts or all of the schedule is missing. By default it will follow a pattern of MMMJ, referring to the type of audio file. M-for music, J-for jingle. The rules are, IF: 1) It is designated as an Automated hour in the Air Schedule. 2) Part, or all of the schedule is missing or not scheduled in the hour. This includes if there are files scheduled that are out of kill date, or do not exist. THEN, it will play that MMMJ pattern to fill the gap in time.

An example may be, Sunday at 4pm is an automated hour. It only has 40 minutes scheduled in the hour, and therefore is missing 20 minutes of time. Usually this would result in 20 minutes of dead

Page 79 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi air. Instead, what would happen is it would fill in the 20 minute gap with a pattern of 3 songs and a jingle. Instead of using the default MMMJ, you can change the pattern in the Play List Clock. To do this: 1) In DHD-Tools, go to File. 2) Go to Setup. 3) Select Play List Clock. 4) Type in a desired pattern using the Type field, and Music categories. Such as IMM3332SSJ456. In this example, it would play a Type 'I' file, then 2 Type 'M' files, then three category 3 files, a category 2 file, 2 Type 'S' Spot files, a Type 'J' file, then categories 4, 5 & 6. Once it reaches the end of the pattern, it will start back at Type 'I'.

Page 80 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Users DHD-Tools is designed to be used in auxiliary studios such as Traffic or Production. Various station personnel may use these studios for a wide variety of purposes. One person may do voice tracking only while another may do only traffic and reporting. It can be very confusing to have access to all of the features of DHD-Tools. For this reason, the software can be configured to display only the needed features for each specific User.

HOW TO CREATE A USER By default, DHD-Tools will open without a User and with all five screens available. To create users with custom access: 1) Open the DHD-Tools software. 2) Select File on the top left of the screen. 3) Select Setup. 4) Select Users. 5) Select Enter User Names. 6) In the Enter User Names box, simply enter in all the user names that you want. Exit the screen and it will save these users. 7) You may access these users by clicking on the name located on the top right corner of the main DHD-Tools screen. It will initially display User: Default User.

HOW TO MANAGE USER PRIVILEGES 1) After creating the user, select which user you would like to manage. This can be done by selecting the user in the top right corner of the main DHD- Tools screen. 2) Go to File. 3) Select Setup. 4) Select Users. 5) Select Setup Manager Access. Check mark every main screen that you want the user to have access to. The selected screens will be visible from the DHD-Tools screen for the selected user. 6) Exiting this screen will save the settings.

STUDIO ONLY CONFIGURATION It is possible to create a profile for just the studio itself, and not for specific users. An example would be a traffic studio that only needs access to Scheduling and Reports. In this case, do not create any users. Simply go to the main menu: 1) Choose File. 2) Select Setup. 3) Select Set Default Manager Access and choose any or all of the five Managers for use in the studio. Only the selected Managers will be displayed when the software is opened. This

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option is available only if there are no users named.

PASSWORD PROTECTION It may be desirable to password protect access to features on a person by person basis. As an example, perhaps only certain people should have access to change the On Air schedule. DHD- Tools can therefore be configured to require a password for each User profile. Passwords are designed primarily for ease of use, not for comprehensive security. True PC and network security requires an on site IT professional to configure Windows and network security to limit access to the Windows operating systems itself.

To enable passwords: 1) Open the DHD-Tools software. 2) Go to File. 3) Select Setup. 4) Select Users. 5) Select Password Disabled (click to Enable). Enter in the default password: 1234 6) Now passwords are enabled and users may choose to enter their own personal password.

To enter or edit a password for a user: 1) Choose the user you want to enter or edit a password for. This is located on the top right of the main DHD- Tools screen. 2) Go to File. 3) Select Setup. 4) Select Users. 5) Select Setup Manager Access. 6) Type a password in the Password box.

FORGOT YOUR USER PASSWORD? Again, passwords are designed for ease of use, not for comprehensive security. If you have forgotten a password, then the simplest answer for the user is to: 1) Create a new user name. 2) Enter in a new password for the user. 3) To retrieve a password for the old user account, please email: [email protected]

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Basics

The Library Manager is where you may access your audio library and all the appended information. This is where you will want to edit information for your audio files, as well as perform operations such as deleting audio files from the system.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Files should never be deleted or altered from the C:/DHD/Library folder. Any changes to an audio file should be made within the software, or it will not recognize the changes until the software has been restarted.

To add audio files into the system, please refer to the Audio Files section of this manual.

To access the Library Manager screen: 1) Open the Digilink-HD Tools software. 2) Select the On-Air library that you want to work with. 3) Click on Library. 4) Select Manage Library. This will bring up the Audio Library Manager screen.

LIBRARY OPTIONS There are different features and options available in the Library Manager. This section will review the different menu features located at the top left of the main Library Manager screen.

Load Library – You may re-load the library to refresh what DHD sees in the C:DHD/Library folder. This process may cause audio glitches if audio is being played from the PC when you are performing this operation. This process should never be necessary if you use the Import Audio folder, and edit all information within the DHD-Tools software. To do this: 1) Go to the Audio Library Manager screen. 2) Click on the Library option on the top left. 3) Select Load Library. This will refresh what DHD sees as the Library.

View Library – You may access the C:DHD/Library folder within the software. You should never alter any information within this folder. 1) Go to the Audio Library Manager screen. 2) Click on the Library option on the top left. 3) Select View Library Folder.

Reports – There are various reports about the audio library that you may access, or may be requested to access from the customer support team. Click on Reports in the Audio Library Manager screen to access these reports: Basic Report – Displays a simple report of all audio files within the system you are viewing.

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It includes valuable information such as cart number, title, artist/text, type, runtime, and start and kill dates. Click on Save to File to save this report as a text file. Report with File Type Data – This report shows important information such as the file type your audio files are, and what bit rate they are recorded at. Click on Save to File to save this report as a text file. Report with Non-standard File Types – Select this report to view all audio files that are not recorded at 192kbps or 256kbps. Click on Save to File to save this report as a text file.

SORTING THE AUDIO LIBRARY You may sort the audio library by Cart Number, Title, Text (or Artist), Type, Time (length of audio file) or >Kill (carts that are passed kill date).

Simply click on the button that you want to sort by, and then type in the search information into the find box.

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Every audio file inside the DHD system has data associated with it. To view the data associated with the audio files, go to the Audio Library Manager screen. When you select a file, it will display the data associated with the file. All of this information is stored in the audio file tag, and some of this information is stored in the filename of the audio file. This data includes:

CART NUMBER – 2 to 8 digits in length. Can be Alpha or Numeric. Do not use symbols. The '-' sign is reserved for the cart rotation function. Do not create a cart that starts with the letter 'V' or 'VT' as this is reserved for the voice track feature. Otherwise the audio file will automatically delete after being played. Do not use the 90000 cart series. This is the default cart number and the files should be moved out of this series.

This field is for adding a cart number to your specific audio file. The primary function of the cart number is for sorting and finding audio files. It is because of this that we recommend to create your own cart number system. Some stations choose to have all Christmas music as 40000 cart numbers, or have all spots start with an S, such as S100.

This field can be alpha or numeric and may not contain any symbols. It has a maximum length of 8 digits and requires a minimum of 2 digits. This field also allows you to create cart rotations. Please review the cart rotations section of this manual to learn more. TAG TEXT - This function allows you to enter in custom notes about a specific song track that can be used later for voice tracking. TYPE – Files can have a type designated for them. Alpha only. Some types are specifically assigned, while others can be assigned at the discretion of the user. The designated types are:

M = Music X = Default S or C = Spot O = Not yet produced. Will not show up in A = Autofill the Test Carts function in Scheduling.

Any other letter can be used, and doesn't have any special function. TITLE – Up to 30 digits in length. Can be Alpha or Numeric. Do not use symbols. This field is the title of the audio file. TEXT (or ARTIST) – Up to 30 digits in length. Can be Alpha or Numeric. Do not use symbols. This is an additional field that can be used for sorting. For music files, it would be your Artist field. For all other types, it may be an additional sorting field. Such as if you have 4 spots for Johns Auto Body, then you could put Johns Auto Body in the Text field for the 4 spots. TTL LENGTH – This is the length of the audio file as seen in the Digilink-HD software. If this length is different than the actual length of the audio file, then it may be a variable bit rate, which needs to be converted to a constant bit rate.

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START DATE-HR – Used with the start & kill date function, this is the start date. MO_DY_YEAR - HR STOP DATE-HR – Used with the start & kill date function, this is the end date. MO_DY_YEAR - HR START TIME – This is a custom time for the audio file to start. Instead of having to edit the audio file to remove audio, or silence; you can simply change the start time for the song. The system will now play at the delayed start time every time it is scheduled. This can also be custom set each time using the Segue Editor or Voice Track function. END TIME – This is the custom stop time for the audio file. Instead of trimming silence, or if you want it to stop at a different point in the song, then you may set this custom end time. VOICE – This field typically marks the time at the beginning of an audio file when an announcer should not be speaking. On a song, this is typically the time when the vocal portion of the song begins. In the DHD on air screen, a timer will count down to this time when the audio file is played so that a live announcer will know how long he can talk over the audio file. EOM – This is the overlap time at the end of the song. This should be set at an appropriate time for the next song to begin. This should be based on an audio level since the next song will begin at this point. Any audio file can have an EOM set. VOLUME – This will set the volume of the audio file for every time that it will play. This is useful if you have a music bed that you want to exclusively play at a lower volume. FADE IN – This is a custom fade time that can be set to 0 – 15 seconds. FADE OUT – This is a custom fade out time that can be set to 0 – 15 seconds. CATEGORY – Music categories. This allows you to categorize your music to a specific category. That when scheduled, it will play the song from that category. Type M Audio Files only

THE MUSIC SONG CARD DATA FIELDS

Type 'M' audio files are music and store additional data fields for Music scheduling in the 'Song Card' panel. The song Category is the primary music scheduling data associated with a song. A song category can be placed into the play schedule (such as 'SONG01') and DHD will choose a song from that category for play based on its scheduling rules. The other data fields (Gender, Tempo, Texture, Mood, and Sound) can have minimum separation rules assigned in the Music Manager screen to control your format's sound.

GENDER – Choose Male (M), Female (F), or Duet (D) TEMPO – Choose Slow (S), Medium (M), or Fast (F) FADE – Choose Cold (C) meaning that the song ends abruptly and does not fade out, or Fade (F) meaning that the song fades out. TEXTURE, MOOD, SOUND – Choose Values from 0-7. If names for the fields have been created, they will be displayed in the Comment line at the bottom of the window to make this field easier to use. Zero is the default which indicates no value set.

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These fields (1-7) can be named by creating a text file (names 1-7 in sequential order in the file) in the network studio DHD 'Setup' folder. To view the exact path to this setup file, place the mouse over the entry box and view the path in the Comment line at the bottom of the screen. YEAR – Enter the year that the song was introduced. This field will be filled from the CD rippers ID3 tag if the data exists there. Zero is the default which indicates no value set. RANK – Enter the hit rank for the song (typically 1-100) . Zero is the default which indicates no value set.

AUDIO FORMAT This displays the format of the selected audio file and its bit rate. It also displays the last time the audio file was edited.

METADATA There are five tag lights at the bottom right of the 'Selected File' panel. They display the types of metadata tags attached to the audio file. 1) ID3V1 tag: this is a metadata tag that is often created by CD rippers with the title, artist, album information 2) ID3V2 tag: the software tests for and uses the ID3V2 tag which is also often created by CD rippers. 3) DHD tag: this is the Arrakis metadata tag that should be on every file. 4) FREE tag: this indicates that the filename for the audio file is in Arrakis Digilink format which has cart number, title, etc with a '+' character separating the fields. 5) ERR light: this lights if there is an error decoding the data from the audio file.

SCHEDULE ? Click on this button to display the different days and times that this particular file is scheduled to play.

DELETE FILE Click on this to delete the audio file from the Library folder, as well as from the PC. It will ask you to confirm that you do want to delete the audio file.

AUTO-EDIT This function will do 3 things: 1) Trim the silence from the beginning and end of the song. 2) Normalize (maximize) the audio level so that it will have a consistent audio level with other normalized songs. 3) Re-encode it to the format you have selected. To change the format, in the Audio Library Manager screen, go to File, then select Set Encode Format. Select the desired format. Not all PC's have the ability to encode in .mp3, and you may have to choose a .wav format. We recommend PCM, 44.100kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo. This may cause audio glitching if the file is large.

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PLAY This will audition the audio file out the Cue output. The Cue output is always set to your PC output. To hear this audio, you must plug in a set of speakers to the PC output, and then select in Windows the PC sound card for Playback.

This will play the audio with the custom start and end times as well as with the custom fade in and out.

WINDOWS SOUND MANAGER

This opens the PC volume control for the sound card that has been selected for the PC Playback.

SAVE CHANGES This will save all changes made to the audio file. It is critical that you save every time you make a change. Cart Rotations

The Cart Rotation function is a very useful tool within the Digilink-HD program. It allows you to group audio files together for scheduling, such as Spots, Liners, Jingles, ID's, etc...

HOW TO CREATE A CART ROTATION The Cart Number field is where you create a cart rotation. If the cart number has the same base cart number, followed by a '-' sign and a number, it will then act as a cart rotation. For example, lets say you have 4 different Bob's Carwash spots that you want to play in a cart rotation. You can set them up with the same base cart number of "Bob" and then assign the '-' and 01:

Cart Number: Bob-01 Bob-02 Bob-03 Bob-04

The base portion of the cart rotation can be Alpha or Numeric, but it must be the same base cart number in order for it to recognize it as a cart rotation. Other cart rotation cart number examples may be: 1000-01 M4504-01 Jerry-01 ID-01 1000-02 M4504-02 Jerry-02 ID-02 1000-03 M4504-03 Jerry-03 ID-03 M4505-04 Jerry-04 M4505-05

IMPORTANT NOTE: The max amount of audio files in a cart rotation is 99. It is also important to make sure that the Cart Rotations function is turned on in the Setup screen. It will not function if it is disabled.

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HOW TO SCHEDULE A CART ROTATION To schedule a cart rotation to play as a cart rotation, you will only select the base portion of the cart number. In the first example, you would schedule "Bob" and it will then act as a cart rotation. If you are using a traffic system, you will only schedule the base portion of the cart number, such as "Bob".

If you are scheduling it directly from the DHD Scheduler screen, you simply select one of the files from the cart rotation in the Library, and then add it to your schedule. It will then ask you if you would like to schedule it as a cart rotation. Select Yes.

If you want a specific file from the cart rotation to play, then you may schedule the whole cart number, such as Bob-03. In that case, it won't act as a cart rotation, and will then play the specific cart (in this example, it would play Bob-03).

When using the Cart Rotation function, it will play each file sequentially starting with Bob-01, then Bob-02, and so on. Once it finishes, it will then come back to the first and start over.

If you would like one of the files in the cart rotation to play more often than others, then you will need to copy the desired audio file and place it in the cart rotation multiple times. That way it will play more often since it exists in the cart rotation more often.

HOW CART ROTATIONS ARE SELECTED TO PLAY There are a couple ways that cart rotations are setup to play. The rules for selection are: 1) Type 'S' spots: are always sequential. This means that it will play in order from lowest number to highest and then start over at the end of the rotation. 2) Type 'M' music events: are always random. This is a completely random selection, which means it can play the same song, or same artist back to back. Therefore it is not recommended to use cart rotations for your music scheduling. Instead, we recommend using the music categories to schedule. 3) For all other types: Each individual cart rotation can be set to be either (1) Random, or (2) Sequential. This is done in the Library screen. The first cart in the rotation will have this data stored with the file. In the Library screen, select the first cart in the rotation which must have a suffix of '-1' or '-01'.

Example: 1002-01. In the data panel at the bottom of the Library two buttons will become visible. 'R' and 'S'. 'R' is for random and 'S' is for sequential. Click on the desired button and then click on the 'Save' button to save the data to the file. Start & Kill dates

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Start and Kill dates can be used with any type of audio file. It allows you to make audio files play at only certain times of the year as well as start or stop at a specific hour. This is excellent for Spots, Music, or Jingles that should only play at certain times of the year, such as a holiday or a special promotion.

The Start & Kill date function must first be enabled within the DHD software. This can be enabled by: 1) Go to File. 2) Go to Setup. 3) Select Start-Kill dates. 4) A message will now pop up and ask you if you want to enable, or disable the option. Select Yes if you would like to enable the option.

To change the start or kill date for an audio file, go to the Audio Library Manager screen. Select the file to edit, and then change the start or kill date to the desired date. You may also select a desired time using the military format 0-24.

The file will then be allowed to play on the start date, up to and including the kill date. For example, if a file had a start date of 4 Mar, 2013 and a kill date of 7 Mar, 2013, it will be able to play on the 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th of March in 2013.

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Audio overlaps are critical for hard disc automation, especially for music. It makes it sound more professional and cleaner. It can also make your station sound poor if the overlap times are not properly set. This section explains how to use the overlap functions for audio files.

Any audio file has the ability to have an EOM set. So when it reaches the EOM time in the audio file, it will then start the next audio file.

This EOM time should be based on the audio level since the next audio file will begin at this point and both files will be playing at the same time. So it is best to set it to a time when the audio is quiet enough so that another song playing at the same time will sound well. The overlap is strictly based on the EOM of the first file, NOT the Voice of the next. So it is best to adjust EOM's to not overlap the Voice of the next audio file.

Examples: Lets say that Song 1 has a EOM of 5 seconds, and Song 2 has a Voice of 10 seconds. When Song 1 is finishing, it will start Song 2 at the last 5 seconds of Song 1.

Another example would be if Song 1 has an EOM of 10 seconds, and Song 2 has a Voice of 6 seconds. Then Song 2 will start at the last 10 seconds of Song 1 and will overlap the Voice for 4 seconds. This may sound poor, and should be adjusted using the Segue Editor.

Overlap Field Options: START TIME – This is a custom time for the audio file to start. Instead of having to edit the audio file to remove audio, or silence; you can simply change the start time for the song. The system will now play at the delayed start time every time it is scheduled. This can also be custom set each time using the Segue Editor or Voice Track function. END TIME – This is the custom stop time for the audio file. Instead of trimming silence, or if you want it to stop at a different point in the song, then you may set this custom end time. VOICE – This field typically marks the time at the beginning of an audio file when an announcer should not be speaking. On a song, this is typically the time when the vocal portion of the song begins. In the DHD on air screen, a timer will count down to this time when the audio file is played so that a live announcer will know how long he can talk over the audio file. EOM – This is the overlap time at the end of the song. This should be set at an appropriate time for the next song to begin. This should be based on an appropriate audio level since the next song will begin at this point. VOLUME – This will set the volume of the audio file for every time that it will play. This is useful if you have a music bed that you want to exclusively play at a lower volume. FADE IN – This is a custom fade in time that can be set to 0 – 15 seconds. FADE OUT – This is a custom fade out time that can be set to 0 – 15 seconds.

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Start time, End time, Voice and EOM each have their own cue player. This will play out the PC playback sound card. Start time and Voice will both start from the beginning of the audio file, and EOM and End time will both start at the last 10 seconds of the audio file.

You may manually enter in the desired time, or you may first cue the file, then click on Mark to set the time.

TIME SAVING NOTE: The EOM button will automatically set the EOM based on a decibel level, and can be extremely useful for saving time.

In Time to Voice (Intro) Precedence

By default, Digilink-HD will overlap based on the EOM time of the first song. This may allow the end of the first song to overlap the Intro of the incoming song. This is how most automation systems function. For example:

Yellow Submarine is finishing its song with a 15 second EOM. The next song, Happy Together has an Intro of 5 seconds. By default the Yellow submarine will overlap Happy Together by 15 seconds. And thus overlap the Intro of Happy Together.

But it may be desired that the Intro take precedence and never get overlapped. In which case, from the example, it would only overlap each other by 5 seconds.

TO ENABLE THIS FEATURE: 1) In the On-Air screen, click on File. 2) Select Setup and choose Automation Overlap Setup. 3) Choose EOM-Intro based Overlaps.

Once enabled, the system will always overlap by the shortest of the two times. If the EOM is shorter, then it will use the EOM time of the first song. If the Intro is shorter, then it will use the Intro of the second song for overlap time.

SOME KEY POINTS TO KNOW 1) If the 2nd audio file has 00.0 for an Intro, then it will default to use the EOM of the 1st audio file for overlap. 2) If you do not want a file to overlap the 2nd audio file, then be sure to give it a 00.1 Intro. This will make the system use the 00.1 Intro time for the overlap.

Page 92 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Purchased Music Libraries Arrakis Systems sells pre-configured music libraries that have in time to voice and EOM times already set. This can save weeks worth of time and effort. It is an optional purchase and more details can be found on our website. Be sure to email [email protected] for a custom quote.

You may also use libraries purchased from TM Century. DHD will recognize the information from these libraries so long as they are in the TM Century Gold Drive MP2 format. DHD will NOT recognize their Gold.wav format. TM Century is in no way related to Arrakis Systems, and their information may change at any time without notice.

Auto-fill The Digilink-HD has a built-in Auto-fill function that protects the user from dead-air. The auto-fill function will work in Automated and Satellite hours. It will auto-fill if an audio file either does not exist in the Library (not contained in the C:DHD\Library folder), or if it is out of kill.

If a file does not exist, or is out of kill, it will then look for a Type 'A' audio file that is within 10% of the length. If it finds a file that meets that criteria, then it will replace the file. If it does not find a file that meets that criteria, then it will choose completely randomly to replace the file.

It is critical to have a wide selection of Type 'A' audio files that can match the criteria. For example, you may assign a 30 second PSA as a Type 'A' audio file, and every time a spot that is 30 seconds is out of kill, it will then replace it with a PSA, preventing dead air.

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Digilink-HD has the ability to assign information to audio files in mass. This feature is a great alternative to naming files one by one. When naming files in mass, you can add information such as: 1) Type – (M) Music, (S) Spot, (A) Autofill, etc... 2) Music Category – Only applies to type M files. 3) Start & Stop Date. 4) In time to Voice & EOM.

To perform this function: 1) Go to the Audio Library Manager screen. 2) Highlight a selection of files to append the information to. Note, you can sort by Cart, Title, Text, Type, Time and Kill date. This makes it easy to select a large number of applicable files to name in mass. Hold the Shift key on your keyboard to select the first file, then go down to the last desired file and click on it. This will highlight all within the selection. You can also use the Ctrl key on your keyboard to select files individually. 3) Each category of information can now be selected to be applied to the selected files. The Off/On buttons below each category allow you to select which will be applied and which won't. To apply a Type to all of these files, select On under the Type box. Do this for all the fields that you want applied to the selected files. 4) Once the files have been selected, and the information has been added, click on the Save All button to apply the changes.

Note: to add a Music category to the selected files, you must first turn on the Type naming function, and assign it to 'M'. Once this has been done, it will allow you to assign a music category.

TIME SAVING NOTE: As previously mentioned, you can sort the Library screen by Cart, Title, Text, Type, Time & Kill date. Therefore, if you know that you have a group of files that you want to have the same music category, then it is advisable to use the same group of cart numbers. This way you can sort by cart number and then assign all of the desired files to the music category.

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For example, lets say you have a collection of Christmas music that you want to assign as the Christmas music category. It would save time by adding all of your Christmas music at one time. This way they will all have back to back cart numbers similar to each other. Once the music has been added, you can sort by cart number and then mass assign the music category.

ASSIGNING CART NUMBERS IN MASS The Auto-assign cart numbers feature is used to auto-rename all of the cart numbers of the files selected in the Audio Library. The auto-renamed cart numbers will be numeric only (no letters) with the 'Starting Cart Number' being the number that you place in the entry box (example: 30,000).

The rename will check the directory and not use any currently used cart numbers. A maximum of 1,000 audio files can be renamed at one time. This feature is useful for renaming a specific group of files (such as all Jingles) to a new cart number range (such as from 1000 to 3000).

It is also useful for renaming a group of unnamed files that have been auto-assigned the 90000 cart number range.

IMPORTANT NOTE: It is designed to be used on a group of audio files when it is first entered into the Library. The rename feature does NOT update the schedule, clocks, music categories, etc. with the new cart numbers. Also, the rename ignores cart rotations.

To use this function: 1) Go to the Library screen. 2) Highlight the selection of files to assign the cart numbers to. 3) Click on the Cart Numbers button. 4) It will now ask you what you want to assign the selected carts to start with. You may manually type in a starting number, or select from the drop down menu. 5) Click on Assign All and then select Yes on the following message. It will now assign the selected carts to rename in that category of cart numbers.

Deleting Audio files

It is critical to NOT delete audio files from the C:\DHD\Library folder. If you delete audio files directly from the Library folder, the system will not recognize the changes until you restart the software. All audio files need to be deleted within the software.

Audio files can be deleted from the Library Manager screen within the DHD software. Files can be deleted one at a time, or in mass. To delete a file one at a time: 1) Go to the Library Manager screen within the DHD software. 2) Select a file that you want to delete. 3) Click on Delete File, and say Yes to the next question.

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To delete multiple files at once: 1) Go to the Library Manager screen 2) Highlight a selection of files that you want to delete. Note, you can sort by Cart, Title, Text, Type, Time and Kill date. This makes it easy to select a large number of applicable files to delete. 3) Click on the Delete All button and say Yes to the next question.

Tagged Text Digilink-HD allows you to append text to a specific audio file. These notes can then be used when creating voice tracks. You may append a tag to any type of file such as Music, Spot, Liner, etc.

To create a Tag Text for an audio file: 1) Find a desired type 'M' audio file. 2) Click on Tag Text on the bottom left of the Audio Library Manager screen. 3) The Tagged Text box will now come up. Enter in the desired text about the audio file and click on Save Changes. The Tag Text box will now be highlighted yellow to show that there is text for the audio file.

Once the audio file has the added text, you can now see this text from the bottom left of the Voice Tracking screen.

You can also view the tagged text on the On-Air screen as well.

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The Distribution Manager is for distributing audio files to multiple studios. This is extremely useful if you have an audio file or files that need to not just go to one station, but multiple stations.

To access the Distribution Manager: 1) On the main DHD-Tools screen, click on Library. 2) Select Distribute.

This will take you to the Network Audio Distribution Manager. The Network Audio Distribution Manager (NADM) is used in non-On Air studios to copy audio files to one or more On Air studios located on the station's computer network. These files may have been received from other locations or produced on the local PC. Multiple audio files can be copied in mass to any combination of On Air studios. Once transferred, the original files can then be automatically deleted, archived, or manually handled. The other purpose of the NADM is to add radio specific data to the files before transfer, such as cart number, title, kill dates, etc.

ADDING AUDIO TO THE DISTRIBUTION MANAGER To add audio to the Distribution Manager: 1) Go to the local C: drive. 2) Open the DHD folder. 3) Open the Distribute Audio folder. You may want to put a shortcut to this folder onto the desktop. 4) Add all audio files to this folder. You may set your production software to save to this folder for ease of use. Make sure it saves as a .mp3, .mp2 or .wav format, and that it doesn't use it as a temporary folder.

Once you have added audio files to the C:\DHD\Distribute Audio folder, then you will see it in the Local view. NOTE: You may have to toggle which directory you are looking at to refresh the screen. Such as

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HOW TO DISTRIBUTE AUDIO FILES You will first want to have the audio files ready to distribute. You will want to add all information such as cart number, title, text, type, etc, so that the files are distributed as a finished product. If they are sent unnamed, then it will take whatever information is appended to the audio tag, such as a .mp3 tag and then default to give it a 90000 cart number. It is highly recommended to add all pertinent information to the audio file prior to distributing it.

1) Select the directory where your audio is located. Local (C:DHD\Distribute Audio), Archive (C:DHD\Audio Archives), Browse (select any directory of your choice). 2) Add any information to the audio files that you want to distribute. This can be done in the Selected File section at the bottom of the NADM. You may use the Mass Rename Function as well. Simply select multiple audio files. 3) Select whether you want to Archive (create a copy and send to the Archive folder), No Change (copied file remains in directory), Delete (copied files will be deleted after copy is complete). 4) Select which Network Studios you will distribute to. You may hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard to select multiple stations. 5) On the left side, select which audio files you want to distribute. You may hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard to select or deselect multiple audio files. 6) Click on the Copy button to copy the audio files to the selected Network Studios.

When sent, the selected files in the Originating directory will be copied to the selected On Air studio directories named 'C:\DHD\Import Audio'. The On Air software in each studio will then process the audio file (if needed) and import it into the Library for play.

IMPORTANT NOTE: CART NUMBER CONFLICTS. The most important data associated with an audio file is its Cart Number. That is the single thing that is used to identify an audio file for playback. Once a file is copied to the Destination Directory, the On Air software will import the new file into the Library. If the cart number of the imported file exists in the destination library, then the old file will be deleted and the newly imported file will replace it. To check for conflicts, select a Network Studio from the list and then click on the View button. A window will open displaying the selected library.

If more than one audio file that is selected for copying has the same cart number, NADM will display a message when you try to send them and not allow the Copy process to go forward. You are required to rename the carts with unique cart numbers before the copy process can be actuated.

USING THE ARCHIVE DIRECTORY The default directory that audio files are moved to after they are copied is 'C:\DHD\Audio Archive'. This provides an archive on each local PC. It is possible to set the Archive to any directory on the network by:

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1) On the top of the NADM, select Setup. 2) Select Setup Archive. 3) Select Set Archive Location. 4) Browse to the desired folder that you want to set as the Archive folder. Double click on an audio file to set as the Archive folder.

When using the Archive feature, the original audio files are automatically moved to the selected Audio Archive directory. This process will write over any file with an identical filename in the archive directory. There can however be multiple files with the same cart number if other data is different.

REMOVING SILENCE AND LEVEL ADJUSTING AUDIO FILES The 'Auto-Edit' button in NADM will automatically trim silence from the front and back of an audio file, adjust the audio level to maximum, and compress the audio file to a standard compression format. This makes the audio files in your libraries uniform. The process takes about one minute per 5 minute song. The operation is performed on ALL of the files in the directory, not on selected files.

CLEANING UP THE ARCHIVE DIRECTORY The Archive directory will get larger over time as audio files are copied. Each station will have different archival needs, so deleting files from the Archive is a manual operation that should be routinely scheduled.

Section 7 – Music Categories

The Digilink-HD has the ability to assign music categories to every type 'M' music file. You may create up to 21 different categories of music. The Music screen displays the different categories and gives you the ability to name each category with a unique title. It also displays the number of songs assigned to each category along with the average length for that category.

To view the Music screen: 1) Go to the main DHD-Tools screen. 2) Click on the Music button.

TWO PRINCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND There are two critical principles to understand when using the music category system within DHD. 1) You must assign music to a category BEFORE you schedule the category to play. Otherwise the system will default to play any type M audio file. 2) The less amount of music in a category, the more likely it will play the same song. It is important that if you want a wider variety of songs to play, that you add a sufficient number of files to the category.

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To name the music categories: 1) Go to the Music screen. 2) Click on the Change Names button. 3) Select the desired category box and enter in a desired name. 4) Once finished, click on the Change Names button again to save your changes.

To assign music to a category: 1) Go to the Audio Library Manager screen. 2) Highlight the desired files. You may do more than one at a time by using the Mass Naming feature. 3) Select the Music Category drop down box and select a music category from the list. If you are naming the music category in mass, you will need to turn on the Type category field, then give it a Type 'M'. After that, you will need to turn on the Music Category field and assign the desired category. 4) Click on the Save Changes, or the Save All button.

MUSIC REPORTS There are 3 reports that you may use from the Music screen. MUSIC BY CART# REPORT – Displays a list of Type M files, sorted by cart #. You may save this as a text document by clicking on Save to File. MUSIC BY ARTIST REPORT – Displays a list of Type M files, sorted by Artist. You may save this as a text document by clicking on Save to File. MUSIC CATEGORY REPORT – Displays a report of Type M files and is sorted by Music Category. You may save this as a text document by clicking on Save to File.

SEPARATION RULES The separation types are: Artist, Gender, Tempo, Texture, Mood, and Sound. The default is an Artist separation of 2 with no separation for the other types. This is because artist data will exist automatically for most songs. The other separation data must be hand entered song by song in the 'Library Manager'. If that data is entered then these other separation types should be set to an appropriate value for your format.

ABOUT MUSIC SCHEDULING IN DIGILINK-HD When a song in a category is first played in the play list, all of the songs in the list are randomly shuffled, the songs are then played sequentially until all songs in the list are played, then the list is randomly shuffled again. During the shuffle process, the separation rules (such as Artist separation) are considered. If the number of songs or the song mix in the category is not large enough to maintain separation, then the Music scheduler will 'maximize' separation. In this way, all songs are played and a consistent sound is maintained within the category.

SONG CATEGORY PLACEMENT IN THE SCHEDULE Schedules in DHD are typically built around format Clocks. A typical clock will have several spotset breaks with several songs in a row between each break. The mix of categories in that music set determines your station's music format. For example, you might come out of the break with a

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'Hit' category followed by several different music categories that fit your format. Because all of the songs in a music category are played before the category is reshuffled, placing back to back categories in a music set will retain maximum same song separation. Because a song can be placed into only one category, a music set with different categories will also retain maximum same song separation.

CATEGORY TO CATEGORY SEPARATION RULES IN THE SCHEDULE Because a song can be placed into only one category, a music set with different categories will also retain maximum same song separation. The separation rules (such as Artist) are not considered when two different categories are sequential in the schedule.

WHEN ARE SONGS SELECTED FROM THE CATEGORY? SONGN events in the schedule will be selected either (1) when explicitly 'Rotated' in the 'Schedule Manager' or (2) when played in the play list. A station will normally operate in one of those two ways. If the station voice tracks its schedule, then the songs are rotated before the voice tracking is performed. If no voice tracking is done, then it is simplest to allow the software to select the song from the category when it is played on air.

Section 8 – Scheduling

Basics The Digilink-HD On-Air playlist plays whatever is scheduled in the Play Schedule screen.

There are 2 main ways to schedule in Digilink-HD. Either directly within the system, or using a 3rd party scheduling software.

Scheduling changes can be made either directly on the On-Air machine using DHD-Tools, or it can be made over the network. Any change made will instantly update the On-Air machine with the revised schedule.

To change a schedule: 1) Go to the main DHD-Tools screen. 2) Select which studio you want to make changes for. 3) Click on the Scheduling button. 4) Select Edit Schedule.

F-KEYS There are a handful of F keys available in the scheduler screens to make adding Events or Audio Files quick and easy. Simply click on the designated F key on your keyboard to perform the specific function.

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VIEW AVAILS BY DAY – If Non-existing carts are added to the play list with the title AVAILABLE, then this report will display a list of those carts. It is useful for creating schedules with placeholders for spots in breaks that can then be easily found using this report.

VIEW SPOTS BY DAY – Displays a list of all schedule type 'S' spots by day.

VIEW SPOTS BY CART NUMBER – Displays a list of carts sorted by cart number. This is useful for finding spots for specific customers.

VIEW ALL BY DAY – Displays all scheduled cart types by day.

VIEW ALL BY CART NUMBER – Displays all scheduled cart types by cart number. TEST CARTS This feature is extremely useful. It is used to find carts that are scheduled but not yet existing or out of date. You can create a report by day or for the whole week. The report can be saved to file for later printing. It is important to note that any scheduled Type O cart will not show up in this report. COPY & PASTE FUNCTION To save on time, there is a copy and paste function for both copying hour schedules as well as day schedules. To use this feature: 1) Select the hour or day that you want to copy. 2) Select Copy for either Hour (Green buttons - to copy the selected hour) or Day (Blue buttons - to copy the selected day). It will now display what hour or day has been copied. 3) Select the hour or day that you want to paste to, and click on the respective Paste button. 4) TIME SAVING TIP – click on the next day or hour and click on Enter on your keyboard to repeat the paste process. SAVE HOUR TO FILE & LOAD HOUR FROM FILE The save button saves the currently selected hour as a template. The Load hour can be used to load the desired hour to the currently selected hour.

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The Digilink-HD scheduling system requires the use of basic commands. These commands have different functions and are used in different scheduling situations. Understanding the purpose and function of these commands is critical for the proper use of the automation system.

These Events can be viewed and used in the Clocks function, as well as in the Play Schedule screen. To access the Play Schedule screen: 1) Go to the main DHD-Tools screen. 2) Select which studio you want to make changes for. 3) Click on the Scheduling button. 4) Select Edit Schedule.

Start Time: Float vs Timed You may select for any event to either start as Float or Timed. Enter in the start time in this box MM:SS.

Floating – means that it will play in the order that it is scheduled. Here's a good example of using a Floating event: 03:00 – Joe's carwash – 30 sec 03:30 – Bob's video rental – 30 sec 04:00 – Source Switcher Event (Floating) – 60 sec 05:00 – The magic show with Bill

The Source Switcher event is scheduled as a Floating event, and will play in the order that it is scheduled. In this example it will play after 'Bob's video rental' finishes playing at 4 minutes after the top of the hour.

You must be careful when using Floating in hours that aren't completely filled, such as satellite hours. A bad example for using Floating is: 00:00 – TOH News – 6 min 06:00 – Joe's carwash – 30 sec 06:30 – Bob's video rental – 30 sec 30:00 – Source Switcher Event (Floating) – 60 sec

In this example, the Source Switcher Event will actually start playing at 07:00 instead of 30:00 past the hour since it is a Floating Event. It is by design that it will play as the next event in the list.

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Timed – means that it will play at a designated time and interrupt whatever may be currently playing. Here's a good example of using Timed: 00:00 – TOH News – 6 min 06:00 – Joe's carwash – 30 sec 06:30 – Bob's video rental – 30 sec 30:00 – Source Switcher Event (Timed) – 60 sec

In this example, since the Source Switcher Event is Timed, it will play at 30:00 after the top of the hour as scheduled. This is commonly used in satellite hours. So in this case, 'Bob's video rental' will finish at 07:00 after, it will then go to the satellite broadcast, and play the Source Switcher Event at 30:00 after the hour.

Here's a bad example of using Timed: 03:00 – Joe's carwash – 30 sec 03:30 – Bob's video rental – 30 sec 03:45 – Source Switcher Event (Timed) – 60 sec 04:45 – The magic show wil Bill

The Source Switcher event is scheduled as a Timed event, and will interrupt the 'Bob's video rental' at 3:45 past the hour, even though it has 15 seconds left to play.

Source – Source Switcher Event Most commonly used for top of hour news, the source switcher event is used to play a channel on the Bridge for a set period of time. This can be for an audio source that comes into any of the 16 audio channel inputs on the Bridge docking station. To operate (on the Scheduler screen): 1) click on the Source button. 2) enter in the desired audio channel in the number entry box next to the Source button. This can be for any of the channels on the Bridge, 1 through 16. 3) enter in the desired length for the channel to play. HR:MM:SS 4) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 5) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Source Switcher Events are AUDIO ONLY. It doesn't utilize closure commands such as Liners, ID's or Commercial Breaks.

Song – Music Song Category This is the ability to schedule a music category. Type M music files can be categorized into 1 of 21 different music categories in the Library screen. Once files have been categorized, they can then be scheduled using the Song button. To schedule a category: 1) click on the Song button. 2) enter in a category number (1 through 21). 3) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed.

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4) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Only schedule music categories that have music already assigned to them. Any category that does not have music assigned should never be scheduled.

Break – Manual Break (Live Assist ONLY) This command is useful in Live Assist hours. When scheduled, it will stop the automation playlist, and hold the events following the Break in cue until you click on Start Automation again. For example: 03:00 – News – 60 sec 04:00 – Jerry's Furniture – 30 sec 04:30 – Break (Manual Break) 04:30 – Song 1 – 3 min 07:30 – Song 2 – 4 min

In this example, the News will play, then Jerry's Furniture. Once Jerry's Furniture finishes playing, it will hit the Manual Break and stop the automation playlist. At that point, Song 1 & Song 2 will sit in the playlist waiting for the user to click on Start Automation to start the playlist again.

This is useful for when a DJ is live and wants to have the automation automatically stop the playlist at specific spots for speaking live.

Since this command stops the playlist, it can only be used during Live Assist hours, and requires an operator present during that hour. To enter a Break: 1) click on the Break button. 2) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 3) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

Fbreak – Floating Break (Satellite ONLY) This command is to be used in a Satellite hour for commercial breaks. When the Bridge is wired to a satellite receiver, it has the capability of receiving closures to trigger commercial breaks. Floating Breaks are the commands to enter into the schedule for these types of closures.

For example, a typical satellite clock will list local breaks at certain times in the hour. They may say that these breaks will come around :15, :30, :45 & :55 after the hour. These closures will then be received with in + or – 5 minutes of the designated time. So the :15 break can happen at :12 after, or it can happen at :18 after. These breaks are Floating in their start times. These Floating Breaks will work with these types of satellite breaks.

Floating Breaks need to be scheduled to start before the expected start time.

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Here's an example of a satellite hour using Floating Breaks (this is for a satellite hour that has a :15, :30, & :45 break schedule): 00:00 – News – 5 min 05:00 – Jerry's Furniture – 30 sec 05:30 – Mary's car wash – 30 sec 10:30 – Floating Break 10:30 – Bob's video rental – 1 min 11:30 – Harry's cats – 1 min 12:30 – Samantha's trucks – 1 min 20:00 – Floating Break 20:00 – Drink Cola – 1 min 21:00 – Public Message 35:00 – Floating Break 35:00 – Bob's video rental – 1 min 36:00 – Harry's cats – 1 min 37:00 – Samantha's trucks – 1 min

OPTIONAL VS. MANDATORY Satellite schedules will often designate a local break as either Optional or a Mandatory Fill. Optional breaks will either have network spots or audio playing in the background if for some reason you did not sell that ad space and scheduled in the break. Mandatory Fill breaks will usually have nothing in the background and will cause you to have dead air if there is not a break scheduled.

Floating Breaks have the ability to be set as Opt or Fill. Opt is an optional break, and means that it won't use the auto-fill function if the break is scheduled short. Fill means that it will attempt to use the auto-fill function to fill the designated break length. For example, lets say that you have a 3 minute mandatory break. You setup the Floating Break as Fill, and you give it a length of 3 minutes. But lets say you only schedule 2 minutes worth of spots. DHD will then try to use an autofill type 'A' file that is 60 seconds in length and fill that break for you. This does require you to have a 60 second type 'A' autofill audio file for this function to work. Otherwise you will still have dead air.

Floating Breaks can be used ONLY for satellite automation hours. To enter a Floating Break into the schedule: 1) click on the Fbreak button. 2) enter in the length of how long the break should be. 3) select Opt or Fill. 4) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 5) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

NOTE: If for some reason the commercial break closure isn't received by the end of the hour, it will then drop the Floating Break and spots from the playlist and start the next hour schedule. Floating Breaks will only play if a specific closure is received.

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Tbreak – Timed Break Timed break events can be used to force the automation system to play a series of events at a specific time. The Timed break command acts in the same manner as a Timed event. When the Timed Break's start time is reached, it will fade out whatever is currently playing, and then begin playing whatever is scheduled after it in the list.

A good example of using the Tbreak command is: 00:00 – TOH News – 6 min 06:00 – Joe's carwash – 30 sec 06:30 – Bob's video rental – 30 sec 30:00 – Tbreak – Timed Break 30:00 – Source Switcher Event – 60 sec

In this example, since the Source Switcher Event has a Tbreak scheduled prior, it will play at 30:00 after the top of the hour as scheduled. This is commonly used in satellite hours. So in this case, Bob's video rental will finish at 07:00 after, it will then go to the satellite broadcast for 23 minutes, and play the Source Switcher Event at 30:00 after the hour.

Here's a bad example of using the Timed Break command: 03:00 – Joe's carwash – 30 sec 03:30 – Bob's video rental – 30 sec 03:45 – Tbreak – Timed Break 03:45 – Source Switcher Event – 60 sec 04:45 – The magic show wil Bill

The Timed Break will interrupt the Bob's video rental at 3:45 past the hour, even though it has 15 seconds left to play. It will then start the 60 second Source Switcher Event.

Timed Breaks are commonly used during satellite hours, while Timed Drops will be used in hard disc hours.

To enter a Timed Break into the schedule: 1) click on the Tbreak button. 2) enter in the length of how long the break should be. 3) select Opt or Fill. 4) enter in a Start Time MM:SS. 5) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

Manual – Manual Play Mode Every hour has the ability to be assigned as a Satellite, Automation, Live Assist & Manual type hours. This is done in the Air Schedule screen. Each has their own function and special rules.

The Manual Play Mode event gives you the ability to set it to change to Manual mode at a designated time or point in the playlist. This is useful if part of the hour is another type (and is setup

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To enter a Manual mode into the schedule: 1) click on the Manual button. 2) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 3) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

Assist – Live Assist Play Mode Every hour has the ability to be assigned as a Satellite, Automation, Live Assist & Manual type hours. This is done in the Air Schedule screen. Each has their own function and special rules.

The Live Assist Mode event gives you the ability to set it to change to Live Assist mode at a designated time or point in the playlist. This is useful if part of the hour is another type (and is setup in the Air Schedule as such), and the other part of the hour needs to operate in Live Assist Mode.

To enter a Live Assist mode into the schedule: 1) click on the Assist button. 2) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 3) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

Automate – Automation Play Mode Every hour has the ability to be assigned as a Satellite, Automation, Live Assist & Manual type hours. This is done in the Air Schedule screen. Each has their own function and special rules.

The Automation Mode event gives you the ability to set it to change to Automation mode at a designated time or point in the playlist. This is useful if part of the hour is another type (and is setup in the Air Schedule as such), and the other part of the hour needs to operate in Automation Mode.

To enter a Automation mode into the schedule: 1) click on the Automate button. 2) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 3) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

Satellite – Satellite Play Mode Every hour has the ability to be assigned as a Satellite, Automation, Live Assist & Manual type hours. This is done in the Air Schedule screen. Each has their own function and special rules.

The Satellite Mode event gives you the ability to set it to change to Satellite mode at a designated time or point in the playlist. This is useful if part of the hour is another type (and is setup in the Air Schedule as such), and the other part of the hour needs to operate in Satellite Mode.

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Satellite mode is different than a Source Switcher event in that it is able to accept and utilize closures for things like commercial breaks, station ID's, & Liners.

To enter a Satellite mode into the schedule: 1) click on the Satellite button. 2) select the source channel to play. 3) select the jock folders to play from. 4) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 5) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

Game – Ball Game This operation allows you to schedule a ball game to start at a designated time.

To enter a Game start command: 1) click on the Game button. 2) Select the source channel that the game will play on. 3) Enter the EXACT name of the ball game file that was created previously. If it says that the game file doesn't exist, then the filename is incorrect.

More information can be found in the Scheduling section of the manual on how to create and operate the Ball Game feature.

End Game – End Ball Game This event, when scheduled, will end the game at a designated time. More information about the use of ball games can be found in the Ball Games section of this manual.

To enter an End Game command: 1) click on the End Game button. 2) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 3) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

Note The Note function can be used for placing a custom note into the Scheduler, and therefore the playlist. This may be useful for giving a Live DJ a cue or note about what to say at a designated time. An example may be for the DJ to read a specific spot or promo at the given break.

To enter a Note: 1) click on the Note button. 2) enter in the custom text in the Note box. 3) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 4) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

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Drop – Timed Drop The Drop button is a command typically used in Automation, or Music hours. It is an alternative to the Timed Break command. When scheduled, it will let the currently playing audio file finish playing, and then drop the extra audio files that were scheduled beyond the Timed Drop.

The Drop function is useful for music hours since music hours need to be overscheduled by approximately 5 to 8 minutes.

For example:

02:55:00 – Song 1 – 3 min 2pm hour 02:58:00 – Song 2 – 3 min 03:01:00 – Song 3 – 3 min 03:04:00 – Song 4 – 3 min 03:07:00 – Song 5 – 4 min 03:00:00 – Drop (Timed Drop) 3pm hour 03:00:00 – Station ID – 10 sec 03:00:10 – Song 6 – 3:50 min 03:04:00 – Song 7 – 4 min

In this example, the 2pm hour is overscheduled by 11 minutes. With the Timed Drop scheduled in the 3pm hour at 3:00:00, it will allow Song 2 to finish playing since it was currently playing at the start time of the Timed Drop. It will also drop Songs 3, 4 & 5 off the playlist, and then start the next event which is the Station ID. In a music on hard disc hour, the Drop command has a much more professional sound than a Timed Break since it lets the currently playing audio file to finish and then start the next event.

In the example, the Station ID will in fact play after Song 2 has finished, and have an actual start time at 03:04:00. If for some reason this is not acceptable, and you require the event to start at an exact time, then a Timed Break may be more appropriate.

Command – RS232 Command This command allows the user to send a serial command from the On-Air PC to another device. More specific information on how to setup and use the funciton can be found in the Logic Outputs and Serial Control Commands portion of the Bridge Switcher Hardware section in this manual.

Non-exist – Non-Existing Audio File It is sometimes necessary to schedule an audio file to play, but the audio file does not yet exist in the DHD system. An example would be a news report that is scheduled to play later in the day, but the news report hasn't been created yet. It is critical that the audio file that is scheduled has a cart number that matches the cart number of the file that will be created. Otherwise it will skip the scheduled file.

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To enter a Non Existing Audio File into the schedule: 1) click on the Non-exist button. 2) add a cart number to the cartnum box. 3) enter in a length for which the audio file will have once it is recorded. It isn't important to have an exact time, this time is to help gauge how full the hour has been scheduled. 4) enter in a title. 5) enter in a type for the file in the last box. 6) enter in a Start Time MM:SS, and whether you want it to Float or be Timed. 7) click on Add to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour.

Clocks

PLAY SCHEDULE SCREEN VS CLOCKS FUNCTION

The Play Schedule screen displays the current week long schedule. It displays each individual hour, in which you can select which day and hour to look at. You may schedule a full week schedule in the Play Schedule screen using the Events functions and the Audio Library. What you see scheduled in the Play Schedule, is what will play over the air.

The Clock function in DHD gives the user the ability to create a reusable template. Clocks are also required for using 3rd party Traffic or 3rd party Music schedules. Therefore, it is necessary to build clocks to use for your Play Schedule.

Clocks will typically contain all the Events (commands) and content (such as music). While Traffic files will typically only contain Spots.

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To access the Create and Edit Clocks screen, on the main DHD-Tools screen, select Scheduling, then select the Create Clocks.

TO CREATE A NEW CLOCK 1) Click on the New Clock button. 2) Add Events and/or Audio Library files to the Clock Event List. 3) Once the hourly clock is created, enter in a name for the clock and click on Save Clock.

TO EDIT A CLOCK 1) Click on the Edit Clock button. 2) Change the desired Events and/or Audio Library files in the Clock Event List. 3) Click on Save Clock.

TO DELETE A CLOCK 1) Click on the Edit Clock button. 2) Select the desired clock. 3) Click on the Delete Clock button.

Applying the clock to the Play Schedule is done from the Air Schedule Screen. More is explained in the Air Schedule section of this manual. After the Clock(s) have been assigned to the appropriate hours in the Air Schedule, you can then apply the clock to the Play Schedule.

In order to create a functional Clock or Play Schedule, it is critical to understand what the Events functions are and how they work. Additional information for how satellite or music hours should be setup is discussed more in depth later in this manual.

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Each hour of the week can be assigned an 'Air Schedule' type which is used by the Automation player to determine how it operates. It is MANDATORY to setup an Air Schedule in order for the automation to function properly.

The default Air Schedule type is 'Manual' for every hour in the week.

The four types are:

1) Manual Hour This type of hour assumes an operator is present and active in the studio. It assumes that the Hot Keys are being played or the automation play list is being manually assembled for use. It will allow dead air, assuming that the operator is on air in some other way such as live from the console. When started mid-hour, it will not find the mid-hour start time and start from there. It treats the hour as a play list and will always start at the first event in the hour schedule.

2) Live Assist hour This type of hour assumes an operator is present and active in the studio. It assumes that the operator is choosing the program material and the play list automation system is only being used for preprogrammed 'Live Assist' Stop sets. The schedule must be a series of files broken up with 'BREAK' events. When the automation reaches a BREAK event, it will sit at the break event with a 60 minute countdown time waiting for the operator to trigger the 'NEXT' event to play. When started mid-hour, it will find the event with the closest start time (referring to the last event played history also). The auto-fill function at the end of the hour and during the hour will not function. IF you are not using the BREAK function in the schedule, but would prefer to manually start and stop the play list, then it is recommended to use a Manual type of hour.

3) Automation Hour An automation hour is designed for unattended operation. If it sees dead air such as an under- scheduled hour, it will automatically fill the dead air based on certain scheduling rules. It ignores break events that would interrupt audio such as satellite FBREAK or live assist BREAK events. It does support TIMED and TBREAK events but will fill dead air before these events if necessary. When started mid-hour, it will find the event with the closest start time (referring to the last event played history also). It will also auto-fill any file that is out of kill date, or does not exist. KEY RULES: 1) Will auto-fill the end of the hour if under scheduled. Uses the Play List Clock setting for choosing what it will auto-fill with. 2) Will auto-fill files that are either out of kill date, or do not exist in the Library. It will first attempt to auto-fill with a Type 'A' audio file that is within 10% of length of the file. IF there are no files that meet that criteria, then it will choose at completely random. To prevent the need of the auto-fill be sure to use the Test Carts function in the Scheduling section. 3) Deletes FBREAKS from the schedule. 4) Will join in the play list at the point that it should be in the schedule. So if it is :15

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minutes past the hour, it will go to the point in the schedule that is :15 past the hour. As a result, it Automated hours should never be used for Live hours.

4) Satellite Hour A satellite hour is designed for satellite automation where the system is being fed audio from a satellite receiver and audio events (such as breaks and liners) are triggered by relay closures from the receiver. The hour is setup with a switcher source channel (1-16) and a jock number (1-40). A network 'jock' is the network announcer. Satellite hours respond to 'FBREAK' floating break events which are triggered by satellite receiver relay closures. When started mid-hour, it will find the event with the closest start time (referring to the last event played history also).

Satellite hours for the Air Schedule is a little different than other types. It requires you to choose the Source Channel & Jock #.

SOURCE CH When you choose the number for Source CH, it is selecting which Audio Source Channel to use for the hour. The Source Channels are found on the Bridge Docking station. There are 16 channels to choose from. The Source CH you choose here depends on what audio channel you want to play from the Bridge during that hour. You may need to consult with the engineer that wired the Bridge for which source channels correlate to which satellite receiver.

JOCK # This is selecting the Jock folders that will play when liner closures are received from the satellite receiver for that particular hour. If you go to the C:\DHD\Liners folder, you will find 40 subsets of Liners. For example, Jock3ID, Jock3Liner1, Jock3Liner2, Jock3Liner3 & Jock3Liner4.

This feature allows you to have custom sets of liners for your satellite shows. For example, you may have a set of Glenn Beck liners that say “You're listening to Glenn Beck on KROC.” If your Glenn Beck liners & ID are placed in the Jock3 subset of folders, then you will schedule in the Air Schedule Jock# 03 for the hours Glenn Beck is scheduled to play.

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WHERE TO PLACE YOUR STATION ID & LINER AUDIO FILES

Jock##ID folder – The ID folder is meant for your station ID's. This should contain all the station ID's that you want to play. It should be the same length, and is typically 10 seconds long. Whenever the satellite receiver sends a station ID closure (Sat Logic Pin 2), it will play randomly from what is contained in this folder.

Jock##Liner1 / Jock##Liner2 / Jock##Liner3 / Jock##Liner4 – The Liner folders are meant for different length Liner files.

For example, you may place all of your 3 second liners in the Jock1Liner1 folder, 5 second liners in the Jock1Liner2 folder, & 10 second liners in the Jock1Liner3 folder. The length in each folder is determined by the satellite clock you are using and how you have the Bridge wired from the receiver.

For example, whenever a closure is received on Sat Logic Pin 4, it will play at random from the Jock1Liner2 folder which is your 5 second liners.

To determine what length of liners need to go in which folders, you will need to consult with your engineer with which closures went to which pin.

The wiring on the Bridge is as follows:

Full Logic Pin Configuration: Pin 1 - Commercial Break Pin 2 - Station ID Pin 3 - Liner #1 folder Pin 4 - Liner #2 folder Pin 5 - Liner #3 folder Pin 6 - Liner #4 folder Pin 7 - na Pin 8 - na Pin 9 - Logic Ground

IMPORTANT NOTE: When assigning your Air Schedule, it is important to note that the Type (Satellite, Automation, etc...) Source Ch & Jock # isn't assigned until you click on the hour to select. These steps to do this are listed next.

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There will be rare circumstances where the user does not want the events to be dropped from the schedule, and have it carry over to the next hour. For example, lets say that the Charles Dickens show runs for 4 consecutive hours. Each hour has 4 breaks for a total of 16 breaks during the show. Typically satellite shows will play those 4 breaks sometime during each hour, but there may be some shows (some worse than others) where the talent will miss a break in the first hour and play extra to make it up in the next. For example, Charles Dickens could play 4 breaks the first hour, 3 the next, 5 the next and then 4 in the last hour.

CURRENT HOUR PUSH OVER TO NEXT HOUR (^) To manually override the Drop event at the top of the hour, the user can create a specialized clock that will carry over any excess scheduled items to the next hour. This should be used only in special circumstances, and it is recommended to speak with a DHD support specialist before using this feature.

To create the specialized clock, you need to only include a ^ character at the beginning of the Clock's name. The '^' character may be found by pressing Shift and then the number 6 on the keyboard.

For example, for the Charles Dickens show, you would name his clock as: ^Charles Dickens show

Following the example, when you assign the Air Schedule, you would only use the specialized no Drop hour in the first 3 hours of his show, and then use a normal clock in the 4th hour. This ensures that no excess is spilled into an hour that shouldn't. So if the Charles Dickens show ran 8am to noon, the Air schedule would be assigned as:

08am - ^Charles Dickens show 09am - ^Charles Dickens show 10am - ^Charles Dickens show 11am - Charles Dickens show

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NEXT HOUR PULL FORWARD (~) There are other rare situations where you would want the next hour to pull forward into the current hour if the current hour is under scheduled. This is only useful if there are no Timed events in the next hour. This also runs the risk of hours running short and causing dead air.

To override the DROP at the beginning of the next hour, and allow the next hour to pull forward into the current hour, you can create a special clock. This also uses a symbol. If a clock starts with a '~' symbol and the play list is short, then the playlist will pull events from the next hour (one at a time) to play in the underscheduled hour until the top of the hour is reached.

Then it will move onto the next hour. It will not pull any form of Timed Event across the top of the hour because that event must remain in the hour it is scheduled to play in. If it reaches a timed event then the Play List will stop with an appropriate Break event inserted to hold place. This feature creates all of the complexities and is not recommended for normal operation.

PUSH AND PULL HOURS (&) If a clock starts with a '&' symbol, then BOTH Play List features will operate (^ and ~). There will be no drop if there are extra events at the end of the hour, and the play list will pull events from the next hour if it is underscheduled.

Digilink-Xtreme users will be most comfortable with this type of setup. Again, we do not recommend this for normal operation as it is likely to cause problems. Problems can include under scheduled hours filled with dead air, or over scheduled hours that push you farther and farther off schedule. If you are to use this feature, you will have to pay close attention to the hour length and make sure it comes as close as possible to an hour length.

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TO EDIT THE AIR SCHEDULE & APPEND A CLOCK TO AN HOUR 1) From the main DHD-Tools screen, select Scheduling, then select Assign Clocks. This will bring up the Air Schedule screen. 2) Every hour of every day in the week needs to have an assignment. Click on the Assign Hours button. 3) Select the desired Hour Type (Manual, Live Assist, Automation or Satellite). For Satellite hours, you must select the Source Channel that it will play from the Bridge, and what set of Jock Liner folders it will play from. 4) Select which Clock you will apply to the hour from the List of Clocks box. 5) Click on the hour that you want to append the Hour Type & Clock to. You will notice that the hour will now change color to reflect which Hour Type has been selected. 1. Blue – Manual 2. Red – Live Assist 3. Green – Automation 4. Yellow – Satellite It is the same instructions for changing an hour type to another hour type or clock.

TO COPY/PASTE A DAY AIR SCHEDULE 1) Select the desired day to copy. 2) Click on the Copy from the Copy Day buttons. 3) Select the desired day to paste to. 4) Click on the Paste button from the Copy Day buttons.

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TO UNASSIGN HOURS 1) Click on the UNASSIGN HOURS button. 2) Select the desired hour to unassign. 3) Click on the Unassign Hour button. Click on Unassign All to remove every assignment from the week.

Importing 3rd party traffic

THE BASICS OF IMPORTING A SCHEDULE Arrakis automation products can be internally scheduled. However, third party scheduling software is available for creating (1) Traffic Schedules, (2) Music Schedules, and (3) Combined Schedules that include all types of events such as traffic, music, news, sports, etc. Traffic schedulers are the most common as they keep track of customers and billing. Music schedulers with sophisticated scheduling rules to control a station's sound are also common.

All major 3rd party scheduling software providers have an export in the Arrakis Digilink import format. The Arrakis Digilink Import format is a text file that can be opened in Notepad or other word processors for viewing. Each line represents an event and has the cart number, title, start date, and start time in exact columns in the text lines. A typical Traffic Import will look like this: 02 TBREAK Optional timed break 0000 09 06 12 17 00 00 02 SOURCE01 routing switcher input 0060 09 06 12 17 00 00 02 70001 Pizza House 0060 09 06 12 17 15 00 02 70002 Nick at Day 0061 09 06 12 17 16 00 02 70003 Winharts Al 0060 09 06 12 17 17 01 02 70004 Planters Bank 0059 09 06 12 17 30 00 02 70005 Carnation Cola 0060 09 06 12 17 30 59 02 70006 Mariners Football 0061 09 06 12 17 31 59 02 60041 Weather Jingle 0017 09 06 12 17 45 00 02 70007 Yellowpapers 0060 09 06 12 17 45 17

Type | Cart Number | Title | Run Time | MO | DY | YR | HR | MM | SS

The 3rd party traffic file must be in this EXACT format, or it will not import properly. The columns are space delineated.

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The exact definition for the spacing and fields are as follows:

FIELD COL SIZE TYPE DESCRIPTION Record type 1 2 numeric 02-traffic, 03-music Cart # 4 8 alpha-numeric Title 13 24 alpha-numeric Runtime 38 4 numeric 0-3600 seconds na 43 1 na Air month 45 2 numeric 1-12 Air day 48 2 numeric 1-31 Air year 51 2 numeric 0-99 Air hour 54 2 numeric 0-23 Air minute 57 2 numeric 0-59 Air second 60 2 numeric 0-59 na 63 2 na na 66 2 na na 69 2 na Cross in time 72 2 numeric 0-9 (not used) Cross out time 75 2 numeric 0-9 (not used) na 78 1 na na 80 8 na na 89 8 na na 9 8 20 na Played hour 119 2 numeric 0-23 Played minute 122 2 numeric 0-59 Played second 125 2 numeric 0-59 CRLF 127 1 CRLF

Notes: a) Each record is 128 bytes long beginning with column 1. b) Records must be in sequential order by date and time c) Time is 24 hour format d) All fields are ASCII characters e) Unused fields and columns must be blank f) Alpha-numeric fields must be left justified g) The ‘Air’ date and time are the scheduled date and time for playback h) The ‘Played’ times are the actual times that the audio file played i) Several cart numbers are restricted to be used by Xtreme. They are: TIMED or TIMD, DROP, BREAK or BRK, TBREAK or TBRK, FBREAK or FBRK, NOTE, SOURCE or SO … followed by a two digit number, BSAT and ESAT. Others may be added at a later date.

If for some reason the traffic file is not imported in this format, it will not function.

WEEK, DAY, AND HOUR BASED Arrakis automation scheduling is hour based. Each hour may contain up to 100 events. The schedule itself is a one week rotating schedule of 24 hours and seven days. When a 3rd party schedule is imported, the automation software converts the date into a day of the week to import into the schedule. Schedule imports are typically for an entire day or sometimes just one hour.

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HOW TO IMPORT A TRAFFIC FILE 1) A Clock must be created to match the traffic file. For example, a typical satellite hour will have Timed Breaks, Source Switcher events & Floating Breaks scheduled in the clock.

Here is an example of a satellite schedule:

The top of the hour has 6 minutes that needs to be filled. It also has floating breaks at around 18 after, 30 after, 46 after and 58:50 after.

Liners, and typically ID's, do not need to be scheduled. They are typically, when wired appropriately, triggered and played as a result of receiving a closure.

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Here's an example of a clock scheduled in the Digilink-HD software (based on the previous image of the satellite schedule), and a Traffic File that is imported into Digilink-HD:

Clock Traffic File 00:00 TBreak (6 min) 03:00 Bob's video rental (1 min) 00:00 Source Switcher Event News(3 min) 04:00 Harry's cats (1 min) 14:00 Floating Break (2 min) 05:00 Samantha's trucks (1 min) 25:00 Floating Break (5 min) 14:00 Mary's car wash (1 min) 25:00 Bottom Hour News (1 min) 15:00 Jerry's Furniture (1 min) 44:00 Floating Break (3 min) 26:00 Drink Cola (1 min) 58:00 Floating Break (1:00 min) 27:00 Local Weather (30 sec) 59:00 Station ID (10 sec) 27:30 Public Message (30 sec) 28:00 Bob's video rental (1 min) NOTE: Floating Breaks must start prior to when 29:00 Harry's Cats (1 min) the closure is to be received. 44:00 Samantha's Trucks (1 min) 45:00 Public Message (1 min) Notice how the clock start times for Floating 46:00 Traffic Report (1 min) Breaks match up to the Traffic file start times. 58:00 Jim's Autobody (1 min) The Drink Cola ad at 26:00 after matches up with the 25:00 after Floating Break after the news had played, etc. The import will not function properly if the times don't match each other. NOTE: this is not the typical traffic file format. It is an example to illustrate The clock will typically contain all of the Events the timing of the Traffic file and clock. (commands) as well as content (such as music), while the Traffic file will typically only include Spots.

1) Apply the clocks to the appropriate hours using the Air Schedule. There needs to be a clock for every hour that your Traffic file covers. If your Traffic file is for all of Thursday, then you will need your clocks assigned in the Air Schedule for every hour of Thursday. 2) From the main DHD-Tools screen, select Scheduling, and then select Import. 3) Click on Find Import File, or select the Traffic import file from the List of Import Files. 4) Click on Clear Schedule and Import File. This will clear out anything in the play schedule and import the selected Import schedule.

UPDATING A TRAFFIC FILE & REIMPORTING A TRAFFIC FILE With the DHD clock system, you are able to update the traffic as often as you want without affecting the clock. Simply re-import your updated traffic file(s) as needed. If the clock needs to be altered, then the clock should be edited and reassigned to the Air Schedule. There are 2 methods to reimporting the traffic file: 1) Click on the Clear Schedule and Import File, to clear out what is currently scheduled in the hour and reimport the traffic file with the clock. 2) OR, you may use the Merge File into Schedule button to not alter what is currently scheduled in the hour, but only replace the traffic portions of the schedule. This is excellent for if you made changes to the schedule and not the clock, and want to keep the changes.

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The Digilink-HD works with all major 3rd party music scheduling software. You may merge the Music schedule file to a Traffic file, or you can use the Digilink-HD to schedule your spots manually. Music files are Type 03.

A typical Music Import will look like this:

03 50008 I Put a Spell on You 0268 05 31 13 15 03 00 03 50021 Turn! Turn! Turn! 0223 05 31 13 15 07 24 03 50023 The Times They Are A-Cha 0185 05 31 13 15 11 01 03 50001 Girl, You'll Be A Woman 0174 05 31 13 15 14 09 03 50024 Happy Together 0259 05 31 13 15 18 00 03 50025 Thriller 0355 05 31 13 15 22 16 03 80027 Hero 0190 05 31 13 15 28 09 03 80019 Head is a Flame 0212 05 31 13 15 33 00 03 80010 Gold on the ceiling 0225 05 31 13 15 36 23 03 80015 Blackout 0210 05 31 13 15 40 03 03 80021 Stubborn Love 0272 05 31 13 15 43 31 03 80008 Too Close 0223 05 31 13 15 48 00 03 80009 Madness 0280 05 31 13 15 51 40 03 80007 Radioactive 0185 05 31 13 15 56 19 03 80002 Cracks 0281 05 31 13 15 59 23 03 80001 Colours 0253 05 31 13 15 03 58

Type | Cart Number | Title | Run Time | MO | DY | YR | HR | MM | SS

HOW TO MERGE A TRAFFIC & MUSIC FILE TOGETHER STEP 1 – The first step would be to create a Clock in the DHD-Tools software. This clock will include Events, ID's, Liners, etc (everything except the Music and the Spots).

An example clock would look like: Clock 00:00 Drop (NA) 00:00 Station ID (10 sec) 00:10 News (50 sec) 15:00 Floating Break (3:10 min) 18:00 Liner (10 sec) 30:00 Floating Break (3:05 min) 30:00 Bottom Hour Weather (1 min) 33:00 Liner (5 sec) 45:00 Floating Break (3:10 min) 45:00 Liner (10 sec)

The clock then needs to be assigned to each hour that the traffic file and music file will cover. If you

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STEP 2 – The next step is to create a Traffic file that matches the Fbreaks, and appropriate start times. For example: Traffic 01:00 Bob's video rental (1 min) 02:00 Harry's cats (1 min) 15:00 Samantha's trucks (30 sec) 15:30 Mary's car wash (1 min) NOTE: this is not the typical traffic file 16:30 Jerry's Furniture (30 sec) format. It is an example to illustrate 17:00 Drink Cola (1 min) the timing of the Traffic file and clock. 31:00 Bob's video rental (1 min) 32:00 Harry's Cats (1 min) 45:10 Samantha's trucks (1 min) 46:10 Jim's Autobody (1 min) 47:10 Public Message (1 min)

STEP 3 – The third step is to create a music schedule using your 3rd party music scheduler.

Continuing the example: Music 03:00 I put a spell on you (4:45 min) 07:45 Turn, Turn, Turn (3:15 min) 11:00 The times are a changing (3 min) 14:00 Girl, you'll be a woman (2:45 min) 18:10 Happy Together (3:50 min) NOTE: this is not the typical music file 22:00 Thriller (5:30 min) format. It is an example to illustrate 27:30 Hero (3 min) the timing of the music file and clock. 33:05 Head is a Flame (3:10 min) 36:15 Gold on the ceiling (3:45 min) 40:00 Blackout (4 min) 44:00 Stubborn Love (2:30 min) 48:10 Too close (4:50 min) 53:00 Madness (3:30 min) 56:30 Radioactive (2:30 min) 59:00 Cracks (3 min) 62:00 Colours (2 min)

Checklist for merging 3rd party Traffic & Music files together:  Create an applicable clock for each hour that will be imported.  Assign the appropriate clock to the applicable hours.  Create a 3rd party traffic file and export to the C:\DHD\Traffic Import Files folder.  Create a 3rd party music file and export to the C:\DHD\Traffic Import Files folder.

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If you have a Traffic file and a Music file to import, it will then be necessary to merge the two files together. To do this: MERGED SCHEDULE 1) From the main DHD-Tools screen, select Scheduling, and then select Import. 00:00 Drop (NA) 2) Click on Find Import File, or select the 00:00 Station ID (10 sec) Traffic import file from the List of 00:10 News (50 sec) Import Files. 01:00 Bob's video rental (1 min) 3) Click on Clear Schedule and Import 02:00 Harry's cats (1 min) File. This will clear out anything in the 03:00 I put a spell on you (4:45 min) play schedule and import the selected 07:45 Turn, Turn, Turn (3:15 min) Import schedule. 11:00 The times are a changing (3 min) 4) Click on Find Import File, and find the 14:00 Girl, you'll be a woman (2:45 min) Music import file. 15:00 Floating Break (3:10 min) 5) Click on the Merge File into Schedule. 15:00 Samantha's trucks (30 sec) The imported events will now merge 15:30 Mary's car wash (1 min) based on the clock into the Play 16:30 Jerry's Furniture (30 sec) Schedule. 17:00 Drink Cola (1 min) NOTE: you may add the Traffic or Music file in 18:00 Liner (10 sec) any order that you prefer. It doesn't matter which 18:10 Happy Together (3:50 min) one is added first. The start times must match in 22:00 Thriller (5:30 min) order for the process to work properly. 27:30 Hero (3 min) 30:00 Floating Break (3:05 min) After the Clock, and the Traffic / Music files 30:00 Bottom Hour Weather (1 min) have been merged together, you will see the final 31:00 Bob's video rental (1 min) product. The example would look like: 32:00 Harry's Cats (1 min) 33:00 Liner (5 sec) 33:05 Head is a Flame (3:10 min) 36:15 Gold on the ceiling (3:45 min) 40:00 Blackout (4 min) 44:00 Stubborn Love (2:30 min) 45:00 Floating Break (3:10 min) 45:00 Liner (10 sec) 45:10 Samantha's trucks (1 min) 46:10 Jim's Autobody (1 min) 47:10 Public Message (1 min) 48:10 Too close (4:50 min) 53:00 Madness (3:30 min) 56:30 Radioactive (2:30 min) 59:00 Cracks (3 min) 62:00 Colours (2 min)

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HOW TO ADD A MUSIC SCHEDULE FILE WITHOUT TRAFFIC You may add a music file to the schedule without using a 3rd party traffic file. To do this: 1) Create and apply the clocks to the desired hours in the Air Schedule. 2) From the main DHD-Tools screen, select Scheduling, and then select Import. 3) Click on Find Import File, or select the Music import file from the List of Import Files. 4) Click on Clear Schedule and Import File. This will clear out anything in the play schedule and import the selected Import schedule. You may also add spots directly to the Play Schedule screen as well.

DHD Music Scheduling

There are two ways to schedule music within the Digilink-HD system. The first method is to use a 3rd party music scheduling software and import it into the schedule. More information on this method is discussed in the Importing 3rd Party Music section of this manual.

The second method for music scheduling is built-in to the DHD software. In the Music Categories section of this manual, it discussed how to create and apply music categories to the audio files. Once this has been done, you may schedule music categories to play.

TWO PRINCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND There are two critical principles to understand when using the music category system within DHD. 1) You must assign music to a category BEFORE you schedule the category to play. Otherwise the system will default to play any type M audio file. 2) The less amount of music in a category, the more likely it will play the same song. It is important that if you want a wider variety of songs to play, that you add a sufficient amount of files to the category.

The clock creation system is important for scheduling music categories to play. So when you are building a music schedule, you will likely want to build your schedule in the clock screen so that you may use the schedule again and again.

HOW TO CREATE A MUSIC CLOCK SCHEDULE Once your music library has been categorized, you may now schedule these categories to play. 1) From the main DHD-Tools screen, select Scheduling, and then select Create Clocks. 2) Click on the New Clock button. 3) To add a song category, click on the Song button. 4) Enter in which category you want to play (1 through 21). 5) Click on Add button to add it to the end of the hour, or Insert to insert it into the selected line in the hour. 6) Once the hourly clock is created, enter in a name for the clock and click on Save Clock.

HOW TO CREATE A MUSIC CLOCK FOR USING WITH A TRAFFIC FILE In order to merge a 3rd party Traffic schedule file, it is necessary to create holes in the Music clock so that the Traffic file will fill the gaps. The start times for both the Clock and Traffic file must sync

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The following example clock has breaks at 0, 15, 30, and 45 minutes. Each break is 3 minutes long. Each break is started with an FBREAK event as a time place holder for importing Traffic into the clock. In an automation hour the FBREAK event will be ignored and the following events will start at the eom time of the previous event. Notice that the main program events are SONGnn category events. SONG01 might be a top 40 'Currents' category. SONG02 might be an older 'Recurrents' category. SONG03 might be a much older 'Oldies' category. Note that the schedule should be longer than 1 hour in case of non-existing or out of date events. Clock Traffic File 00:00 TBREAK (3 min) 01:00 Bob's video rental (1 min) 00:00 SOURCE (1 min) 02:00 Harry's cats (1 min) 03:00 SONG01 (4 min) 15:00 Samantha's trucks (1 min) 07:00 SONG02 (4 min) 16:00 Mary's car wash (1 min) 11:00 SONG03 (4 min) 17:00 Jerry's Furniture (1 min) 15:00 FBREAK (3 min) 30:00 Drink Cola (1 min) 18:00 SONG01 (4 min) 31:00 Local Weather (30 sec) 22:00 SONG02 (4 min) 31:30 Public Message (30 sec) 26:00 SONG03 (4 min) 32:00 Bob's video rental (1 min) 30:00 FBREAK (3 min) 45:00 Harry's Cats (1 min) 33:00 SONG01 (4 min) 46:00 Bottom Hour News (1 min) 37:00 SONG02 (4 min) 47:00 Samantha's Trucks (1 min) 41:00 SONG03 (4 min) 45:00 FBREAK (3 min) Notice how the start times from the Traffic file 48:00 SONG01 (4 min) matches the start times of the FBREAK in the clock. 52:00 SONG02 (4 min) The merge function will not work properly if the 56:00 SONG03 (4 min) times are off. 60:00 SONG04 (4 min)

Traffic files should typically be reserved to include only spots. While Events (commands) and content (such as music) will fill the Clock.

HOW MUSIC IS ROTATED When you schedule a Song category, and it comes time to play, it will select a song from that category at random. For every time that that Song category is scheduled, it will play a different song from that category. Once all the music from that Song category has been played, it will then shuffle the order from which it played before, and then start playing from that Song category. For example, if you had 10 songs scheduled in a category, it would play something similar to this:

4 – 7 – 2 – 3 – 9 – 5 – 6 – 10 – 1 – 8

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Once all 10 songs had played, it will shuffle, and not allow the 5 most recently played to play in the first 5 spots (this is true no matter what size category):

9 – 2 – 7 – 4 – 3 – 10 – 1 – 8 – 6 – 5

This method ensures that you don't hear the same songs back to back, or near each other. The best way to create variety in a Song category is to have more music in that particular category. HOW TO SEE WHAT MUSIC WILL PLAY FROM A SONG CATEGORY Once you have created a Music Clock, it may be necessary to know what exact songs will play during a given hour, such as for voice tracking. First you must assign the clocks to the given hours in the Air Schedule. Once the clocks are assigned, you may continue to the next steps: 1) Click on Scheduling, and select Edit Schedule to go to the Play Schedule Screen. 2) Select the desired Day and Hour. 3) You may add the Clock to the schedule by either merging it to your Traffic file (mentioned earlier); or you may click on Clock, and then Place, to add the Clock to the schedule. 4) If a SONG category is now in the Scheduled hour, you will now have the option of clicking on the Rotate button. This will assign songs from the given categories. NOTE: If there aren't any Type 'M' music files assigned to the song category, it will pick at random from any Type 'M' audio file. So you may hear Christmas music in July if you make this mistake.

Satellite Automation

The Digilink-HD has the ability to do satellite automation. The Bridge Docking Station is a 16 channel switcher that can be programmed to play specific channels at certain times of the day. It can also receive closures to play station ID's, Liners and Ball Game functions.

To start, it is important to have the wiring from the Bridge to the Satellite Receiver connected (more information on wiring is contained in the Bridge Switcher Hardware section of this manual). Things that you will need to know from the engineer are: 1) What audio channel is the satellite feed(s) connected to on the Bridge. This is important for scheduling the Air Schedule, or setting up a Source Switcher Event. 2) How did the engineer wire the liner & ID relays on the Bridge. This will be important to know for putting the correct length liners & ID into the proper folders.

CHECK LIST FOR SETTING UP SATELLITE AUTOMATION These are the basic steps for setting up satellite automation: [ ] - Wire the Bridge Switcher Hardware to the Satellite Receiver. The Audio and Logic (relays or closures) need to be wired. [ ] - Setup the Air Schedule to the appropriate satellite channel, and jock (liner) folders. [ ] - Create a schedule either in the Clocks or Play Schedule. [ ] - Add Liners & Station ID's to the appropriate Liners folders.

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HOW TO SETUP STATION ID'S AND LINERS TO PLAY The first step is to wire the appropriate satellite receiver relays to the correct pins on the Bridge Switcher Hardware.

Here are the pin-outs on the Bridge:

Full Logic Pin Partial Logic Pin Game Pin Configuration: Configuration: Configuration: Pin 1 - Commercial Break Pin 1 - Commercial Break Pin 1 - Commercial Break Pin 2 - Station ID Pin 2 - Station ID Pin 2 - Station ID Pin 3 - Liner #1 folder Pin 3 - Commercial Break Pin 3 - Liner #1 folder (Jock 20 folders) Pin 4 - Liner #2 folder Pin 4 - Station ID Pin 4 - Liner #2 folder (Jock 20 folders) Pin 5 - Liner #3 folder Pin 5 - Commercial Break Pin 5 - Rain Delay Pin 6 - Liner #4 folder Pin 6 - Station ID Pin 6 - Return to Game Pin 7 - na Pin 7 - Commercial Break Pin 7 - na Pin 8 - na Pin 8 - Station ID Pin 8 - End Game Pin 9 - Logic Ground Pin 9 - Logic Ground Pin 9 - Logic Ground

With a Full Logic Pin Configuration, you will have access to an ID folder, as well as 4 different liner folders. The different liner folders are for the different length liners that may be played through out the hour. For example, you may have a 3, 5, 7 & 10 second liners. Each length will have their own folder.

If you go to the C:DHD\Liners folder, you will notice that you have 40 sets of jock folders to choose from. You choose which subset jock folder you are using within the Air Schedule. Then the Liner folder is determined by how you have it wired.

For example, lets say that you have the 3 second liner relay wired to Pin #3 on the Bridge. This means that you need to put your 3 second liners inside the Liner #1 folder. Then lets say that you have your 5 second liners wired to go to Pin 4; then that means you will put all of your 5 second liners into the Liner #2 folder, etc.

The Station ID will always be in the Station ID folder.

If you are using the Partial Logic Pin Configuration, because the specific satellite show doesn't use any Liners, then you will only have the ability to play commercial breaks and the Station ID.

More information may be found in the Air Schedule section of this manual.

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SATELLITE EXAMPLE

To help illustrate how to setup a satellite schedule, we will use the following satellite schedule:

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In this example, lets say that we are running the satellite feed to Channel 2 on the Bridge. This means that the Air Schedule should be set to Channel 2 for Monday through Friday 9am to 12pm EST. Lets also set these hours as Jock 3 in the Air Schedule.

Looking at the clock, we see that there are 6 Relays. Since we are using Channel 2, that means we would connect the relays from the Satellite Receiver to SAT LOGIC 2 on the Bridge. The wiring would be setup as follows:

Satellite Receiver Bridge Relay 1 (Station ID 10 sec) Pin 2 (Station ID) Relay 2 (Rejoin Liner 5 sec) Pin 3 (Liner #1 Folder) Relay 3 (Liner 7 sec) Pin 4 (Liner #2 Folder) Relay 4 (Bottom of Hour 10 sec) Pin 5 (Liner #3 Folder) Relay 5 (Local Break) Pin 1 (Commercial Break) Relay 6 (End Local Break) NA – Not needed

Since the Digilink-HD defaults to the satellite feed during the hour, the End Local Break closure is not necessary.

LINERS & ID Since we decided to put the show on Jock 3 in the Air Schedule, we will need to add the appropriate liners & ID to the correct folders. To do this: 1) Open the C: drive 2) Open the DHD folder 3) Open the Liners folder 4) Inside here there will be 40 sets of Jock folders. For this example, since we chose Jock 3 in the Air Schedule, we will use the Jock3ID / Jock3Liner1 / Jock3Liner2 / Jock3Liner3 / Jock3Liner4 folders. 5) Place 10 second ID's into the Jock3ID folder. 6) Place 5 second Liners into the Jock3Liner1 folder. 7) Place 7 second Liners into the Jock3Liner2 folder. 8) Place 10 second Liners into the Jock3Liner3 folder. In this example we are only using 3 of the 4 liner folders, so nothing needs to be placed in the Jock3Liner4 folder.

Liners & ID's will be played at random from these folders.

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SCHEDULING Now that the Bridge and Satellite Receiver are wired together, and the Liners/IDs are all setup, it is time to schedule the Local segments of the satellite clock.

Scheduling can be handled directly in the Play Schedule, but you will likely want to create Clocks so that you can reuse the schedule, as well as merge with 3rd party Traffic files. More information may be found in the Clocks section of this manual.

In this example, we see that there is a 6 min Local Break at the top of the hour. This is fairly common for satellite automation, and can be used for a variety of things. In this example, we want to play 3 minutes worth of news that is coming in on a different channel on the Bridge (for this example, we'll say that it is coming in on Channel 7). For the rest of the 6 min Local Break, we will schedule 3 minutes worth of spots.

In a scenario like this, we will always start the hour schedule with a Timed Break. This makes it so that the first event in the hour starts at the correct time. Here's how the Schedule should start for this example:

(Starting in the 9am hour) 9:00:00 – TBreak (6 min) 9:00:00 – Source Switcher Event (Channel 7) – 3 min 9:03:00 – Joe's Auto body – 1 min 9:04:00 – Carries Drive Thru Food – 1 min 9:05:00 – Samantha's Trucks – 1 min

This will take care of the first 6 minutes for the Local at the beginning of the hour.

Since Liner's and ID's are wired, we don't need to do any scheduling for those. The only thing we need to do now is schedule the 4 Local Breaks for the hour.

To schedule commercial breaks to play during satellite hours, we will use the Floating Break command. The start time for a Floating Break should be prior to when the break is expected to fire. The Floating Break will wait up to an hour and then drop the next hour if a closure is not received.

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With each break you will schedule a Floating Break (Fbreak) as well as the appropriate amount of spots or content such as Weather updates or news. Here's what the rest of the hour may look like:

9:00:00 – TBreak (6 min) 9:00:00 – Source Switcher Event (Channel 7) – 3 min 9:03:00 – Joe's Auto body – 1 min 9:04:00 – Carries Drive Thru Food – 1 min 9:05:00 – Samantha's Trucks – 1 min 9:11:00 – Fbreak (2 min) 9:11:00 – Drink Cola (1 min) 9:12:00 – Fly Worldwide Airlines (30 sec) 9:12:30 – Public Message (30 sec) 9:25:00 – Fbreak (5 min) 9:25:00 – Sports News (2 min) 9:28:00 – Weather (1 min) 9:29:00 – Harry's cats (30 sec) 9:29:30 – Bike Colorado (30 sec) 9:30:00 – School Specials at Falmart (1 min) 9:41:00 – Fbreak (3 min) 9:41:00 – Bob's Video Rental (1 min) 9:41:00 – Mary's car wash (1 min) 9:42:00 – Jerry's Furniture (1 min) 9:58:50 – Fbreak (1 min) 9:58:50 – Katie's Barbershop (1 min)

A basic clock without all the spots would look like: 9:00:00 – TBreak (6 min) 9:00:00 – Source Switcher Event (Channel 7) – 3 min 9:11:00 – Fbreak (2 min) 9:25:00 – Fbreak (5 min) 9:25:00 – Sports News (2 min) 9:28:00 – Weather (1 min) 9:41:00 – Fbreak (3 min) 9:58:50 – Fbreak (1 min)

There are scenarios where breaks may come at an exact time, such as at the bottom of the hour. These breaks could theoretically be scheduled using Tbreaks as opposed to Fbreaks. It is our recommendation, that if there is a relay or closure for the break, that you use Fbreaks as opposed to the Tbreak. If there isn't an option of receiving a relay/closure, then the Tbreak will be necessary.

SCHEDULING PART OF AN HOUR AS SATELLITE (SATELLITE MODE) Typically the entire hour will be scheduled as a satellite hour. Therefore you will setup the entire hour to be a satellite hour in the Air Schedule. It is sometimes necessary to play satellite in only part of an hour, such as half of an hour.

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An example may be that you want to play music from the computer during the first half of the hour (which makes it an Automation hour in the Air Schedule), and then play satellite the second half of the hour. In this case, you will: 1) Setup the Air Schedule so that it is an Automation hour. 2) You will then schedule the Satellite mode at the second half of the hour. This is done by selecting the Satellite event in the Clocks or Play Schedule screen, and selecting the proper source and Jock folders.

Satellite mode is different than a Source Switcher event in that it is able to accept and utilize closures for things like commercial breaks, station ID's, & Liners.

SCHEDULING ONLY AUDIO FROM A SATELLITE SOURCE (SOURCE) Often times it is needed to play a satellite channel for a short period of time and not take any ID's or Liners. An example may be to play the News from Channel 3 for 3 minutes at the top of the hour. In this case, you will schedule a Source Switcher Event for channel 3 and a length of 3 minutes.

Live Assist Depending on your preference, you may create a schedule for Live Assist hours, or it can be left blank if the DJ would like to create a custom playlist each time. A typical Live Assist hour will consist of scheduling audio files, such as spots, music, ID's or liners; and events such as Break commands or Notes.

BREAK COMMAND The Break command has the ability to stop the playlist for when it has reached the point in the playlist. This is useful for live operators to remind them that this is a time for them to take control and speak over a designated portion of their show. When they are ready to play from the Automation again, they simply press the Green Automate play button and the playlist will continue. The next Break command will then stop the playlist again until the DJ is ready to start the playlist.

Manual Break commands can only be used in Live hours (assigned in the Air Schedule) since it is assumed that a Live operator will be present to start the automation back up again.

NOTE The note function is a very useful tool for either sending notices or reminders to the DJ. It can be something as simple as Bill's Carwash promo, and when the DJ sees the note, they will remember to recite the Bill's Carwash live promo.

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When a note is scheduled, it will go onto the playlist, and once it hits the player it will then be deleted and continue with what is next in the playlist. A basic Live hour may look like:

9:00:00 – TBreak (6 min) 9:00:00 – Source Switcher Event (Channel 7) – 3 min 9:03:00 – Joe's Auto body – 1 min 9:04:00 – Carries Drive Thru Food – 1 min 9:05:00 – Samantha's Trucks – 1 min 9:06:00 – REJOIN LINER – 1 min 9:11:00 – Break 9:11:00 – Note – Memorial Day promo 9:11:00 – LINER – 1 min 9:12:00 – Drink Cola (1 min) 9:13:00 – Fly Worldwide Airlines (30 sec) 9:13:30 – Public Message (30 sec) 9:25:00 – Break 9:25:00 – Note – Pete's Auto-body 9:25:00 – Sports News (2 min) 9:28:00 – Weather (1 min) 9:29:00 – Harry's cats (30 sec) 9:29:30 – Bike Colorado (30 sec) 9:30:00 – School Specials at Falmart (1 min) 9:31:00 – REJOIN LINER – 1 min 9:41:00 – Break 9:41:00 – Bob's Video Rental (1 min) 9:41:00 – Mary's car wash (1 min) 9:42:00 – Jerry's Furniture (1 min) 9:58:50 – Break 9:58:50 – Katie's Barbershop (1 min)

In this example, the DJ would have all his Spots and Liners ready to play and they may manually enter in the music or content in the playlist to fill the gaps between the breaks. Note that the start time for the Break commands won't wait for the designated time, but rather fire when it hits the top of the playlist. The start times can be used more as a reference to the DJ to know how much music to schedule in between the Breaks.

You may even schedule music for the DJ and they can then modify the playlist from the On-Air screen as well. It is up to you to decide how much to have pre-scheduled.

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Digilink-HD has the ability to play fully automated ball games.

CHECK LIST FOR SETTING UP A BALL GAME [ ] - Wire the proper audio and logic to the Bridge. [ ] - Create a Ball Game Schedule (playlist). [ ] - Schedule a Ball Game to Start. [ ] - Setup the Ball Game to End properly.

The Games feature requires a satellite audio feed going to one of the audio channels on the Bridge, with relay closures to trigger stopset breaks, liners, delay of game events, and stop game events. The wiring for ball games are as follows:

Game Pin Configuration: Pin 1 - Commercial Break Pin 2 - Station ID Pin 3 - Liner #1 folder (Jock 20 folders) Pin 4 - Liner #2 folder (Jock 20 folders) Pin 5 - Rain Delay Pin 6 - Return to Game Pin 7 - Start Game Pin 8 - End Game Pin 9 - Logic Ground

Once the wiring has been completed you can begin scheduling a game to play. More wiring information is in the Bridge Switcher Hardware section of this manual.

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HOW TO CREATE A BALL GAME SCHEDULE To create a ball game schedule: 1) Go to the main DHD-Tools screen. 2) Select Scheduling. 3) Select Games. 4) Add events to the Game Event List. The only events you need to add are Fbreak, spots & possibly an End Game command. 5) Enter in a name in the Enter Name of New Game box. It may be any name of your choice, but should be kept simple so that it is easy to remember for when you schedule it. 6) Click on Save Game.

The Game schedule itself is simply a list of stopsets with FBREAK events as the first event in the break. The stopset breaks are sequential, not timed.

Usually the game provider will let you know how many breaks you will be allotted for the specific game. So if an NFL game gave you 10 breaks in the game, all at 1 minute long, then you would schedule 10 FBREAK events with 1 minute worth of spots for each break.

When the game plays, they will send a Commercial Break closure that is wired to the Bridge and it will start the break. It will stop the commercial break and return to the satellite game feed when it hits the next FBREAK.

Example Game Schedule: FBREAK SPOT 1 (30 seconds) SPOT 2 (30 seconds) FBREAK SPOT 3 (1 minute) FBREAK SPOT 1 (30 seconds) SPOT 2 (30 seconds) FBREAK SPOT 3 (1 minute) ..... ENDGAME

THE FIRST EVENT IN THE GAME SCHEDULE If the first events in the Game schedule are audio events, then when a game starts, the audio events will play until they reach an FBREAK event. The FBREAK event will have a 60 minute count down time and wait for a break closure from the satellite receiver. If the first event in the game schedule is an FBREAK event, then nothing will play and the playlist will wait for 60 minutes for a break closure.

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HOW TO SCHEDULE A BALL GAME TO START This step is critical for the ball game to start. To schedule a ball game: 1) From the main DHD-Tools screen, select Scheduling. 2) Select Edit Schedule. 3) Select the desired day and hour for the start of the ball game. Be sure to add the Game event to the correct time in the playlist. You will likely need to use a Timed Break to schedule an exact start time for the ball game. 4) In the Events section, select Game. 5) Enter in the source channel that the game will play on. 6) Enter the name that you assigned for the game playlist that you created previously. It must be the exact name in order for the system to recognize the game playlist. Click on Add (F5) to add the game event to the playlist.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you type the incorrect name for the ball game playlist, or the game playlist doesn't exist yet, then it will display an error message: this Game does NOT exist. Do you want to add it anyway? If you do add it, then it will not play properly unless you do create a game playlist that matches the scheduled name.

HOW TO END A BALL GAME There are 3 different ways to end a ball game. Depending on what game you are setting up for, it may be appropriate to do one way over another. Each have their benefits and drawbacks.

Method 1 – End the game via closure. Some ball games will end the game by sending a closure. This relay must be wired to the satellite logic for pin 8. Method 2 – End the game by placing an End Game command at the end of the Ball Game Schedule. This is when the game provider will tell you that the game will have a specific number of breaks, and that it will end after the last break. In which case the game playlist schedule should include an End Game command at the end of the playlist. Method 3 – Add an End Game command in the Play Schedule. In the Play Schedule you can schedule a game to end at a specific time. This is valuable if you have games that overlap and the 2nd game takes precedence.

When the game ends, it will rejoin the original programming contained in the Play Schedule screen.

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MANUAL CONTROL OF GAMES The Game Player on the On-Air screen plays a Game playlist of audio files that is assembled in DHD-Tools. The Game playlist will be a series of audio files broken up by FBREAK events. When an Fbreak event is encountered in the list, audio play will stop, the satellite source will play, then wait for a break closure or a manual click on the Break button. The Game player can be automatically started from the Playlist or manually started from the screen.

Game Source Click to expand Channel game playlist screen

ADDING AN EVENT TO THE GAME PLAYLIST Once a playlist has been loaded to the screen, events can be added by dragging and dropping them from the Library panel.

REMOVING AN EVENT FROM THE GAME PLAYLIST To remove a line from the game play list, right-click on the desired line in the list. A dialog will ask you if you wish to delete the line. Select Yes.

OPERATION To select a Game to play manually: 1) Click on the yellow Select button. 2) A Windows find file box will open ('C:\DHD\Games'). Select a Game from the list. Playlists can be generated and saved using DHD-Tools. 3) The Game list will be displayed. A message will ask you to set the Source switcher channel for the Game. Select the desired source channel. Default is channel 01.

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OPERATION BUTTONS START – The Start button starts the game after a playlist and source channel has been selected. END – The End button stops the game. LINER – The Liner button will play a station liner. NEXT – The Next button will fade out of the currently playing event and play the next event in the list. BREAK – The Break button simulates a Game Break closure and will start play if the game is sitting stopped at a Break event.

BALL GAME FEATURES CART ROTATIONS – The game player supports cart rotations START-KILL DATES – The game player supports start and kill dates AUTOFILL – If a cart is out of date or does not exist, the software will replace the file in the play list with another file from the same audio category (such as 'S' for spot).

GAME DELAY While a Game is playing, the normal automation playlist programming scheduled during the game time will still be operating, muted in the background. If a Game Delay relay closure is received during a game, then the game satellite feed will be muted and the automation output will be returned to the automation playlist in progress. When a Return from Game closure is received, then the game satellite source is re-started again at the paused place in the game schedule.

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Basics The Reports Manager screen displays a comprehensive set of reports for spot & music reconciliation. It also creates other reports that are very valuable.

SORT BY You may sort the reports by showing All, Spots (only displays when Type S or C audio files have played), Music (only displays when Type M audio files have played) and Digilink (same as Spots, but it is displayed in the Digilink Export Format for traffic reconciliation).

ADDITIONAL SORTING You may also sort the report by Date, Play Time, Cart Number, Title, Artist/Text, Album and Type by clicking on one of the blue buttons at the top. This is very useful for finding specific spots for a client and reporting when it played back.

You may also sort by date by adding a Start date and an End date at the bottom right of the screen.

HOW TO CREATE A SPOT LOG You may create a spot log for personal use by: 1) Go to the Reports screen. 2) Click on the Spots option under Sort by. 3) Highlight the desired selection and click on View Selection. 4) Click on Save to File.

You may also create a spot log for reconciliation with a traffic software: 1) Go to the Reports screen. 2) Click on the Digilink option under Sort by. 3) Highlight the desired selection and click on View Selection. 4) Click on Save to File. You may take this text file and reconcile it with your 3rd party traffic system.

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HOW TO CREATE A PLAYED MUSIC REPORT It is often necessary to create a report of music played during a given date range. To do this: 1) Go to the Reports screen. 2) Click on the Music option under Sort by. 3) Highlight the desired selection and click on View Selection. 4) Click on Save to File. This text file can be used to report your music played.

DHD LOG The log is located at C:\DHD\Logs\Combined Play Log.dig on the selected network PC. The log contains the log information for all players. The log grows with each played event. When it reaches 15,000 events (about 2 weeks), it writes out 7,500 events into a dated backup log in the 'Logs' folder and retains the last 7500 events (about a week).

VIEWING OLDER LOGS Older dated logs that have been archived can be opened for viewing or creating reports by clicking on the LOAD PLAY LOG FROM FILE button. Logs can be sorted by start and end date. You can select a range of files in the list by clicking and dragging the mouse over multiple lines. Once selected, click on the yellow VIEW SELECTION button to display the selected files in the list. The SAVE TO FILE button opens a Windows Save dialog box to save the list to a file for use in reporting or reconciling to 3rd party traffic software.

Section 10 – Production

With DHD-Tools you can perform all of your production taks over a networked PC. This is extremely convenient if you need to change your scheduling or do production from a PC other than the On-Air.

In the Production section of Digilink-HD, you can setup Timed Records, use a Manual Recorder, create extremely customizable Voice Tracks and Segue Edit your schedule.

Timed Recorder Digilink-HD has the ability to create a custom recording schedule for the 16 different audio inputs on the Bridge Switcher Hardware. The Timed Recorder Network Scheduler (TRNS) can create, view, and edit the timed record schedule for each of the On Air studios. The TRNS screen closely resembles the Timed Recorder application used in the On Air studio that performs the actual recordings and TRNS displays a time to the next scheduled recording. The TRNS only performs scheduling and does not record.

TIMED RECORDER HARDWARE Each On Air Digilink-HD system has an Arrakis 'Bridge' routing switcher. The Bridge has 16 stereo inputs that can be switched to select an input for recording.

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BASIC OPERATION

A Bridge recorder performs a single recording at a time. A one week looping schedule of record events is created to trigger recordings. Each record event must have a cart number, title, cart type (such as 'S' for Spot), trigger, Bridge source switcher channel (01-16), and trigger time. HOW TO CREATE A TIMED RECORD EVENT 1) Go to the DHD-Tools main screen. 2) Select Production. 3) Click on Timed Recorder. 4) On the bottom of the screen, enter in the desired Day, Hour, Minute, Second for when the recording should start. 5) Select the Source channel that the recording will come in on. Source 00 is the PC sound card. 6) Select the type of Trigger. Timed (for an exact time), Closure (if there is a closure that will start the recording, must be wired), Timed with Audio (at a designated time it will listen for audio and begin recording when audio is received), or Timed with Closure (it will listen for audio after receiving a closure). 7) Enter the Length the recording should record for. 8) Enter the desired Cart # you would like to use for the specific recording. As well as a Title and Type. 9) Click on Add Event to add the event.

TIME SAVING TIP: If the event repeats every hour, and you want to use the same information from

Page 143 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi all the other fields, then: 1) After step 9 in the previous instructions, select a different Hour. 2) Click on Add Event. 3) Hit the down arrow key on your keyboard, and you will notice the Hour field will change to the next hour. 4) Click on Add Event and repeat steps 3 & 4 till you have completed the entire day. Now you can use the Copy Day and Paste Day function to quickly setup your entire week!

HOW TO COPY DAYS OR HOURS Once an hour or day of events has been created you can copy it and paste it into another day or hour. To copy a day or hour: 1) Select a line in the list with the correct day or hour to copy. 2) Click on the Copy Hour or Day button. 3) In the Paste to drop down boxes choose the day and/or hour to copy to. 4) Click on the Paste button to complete the copy process. 5) To paste to another day or hour, select another Paste to, and click on Paste again. 6) Hit the down arrow key on your keyboard and click on Paste.

HOW TO DELETE A DAY, HOUR, OR SINGLE EVENT 1) Select a line in the list with the correct event, day, or hour to delete. 2) Then click on the Delete Day, Delete Hour, or Delete Event button. Those events will be immediately deleted from the schedule. If you have made a deletion in error, click on the UNDO button to undo your change.

UNDO BUTTON The TRNS has a 100 event undo memory. To undo a change in the schedule, click on the UNDO button as required.

HOW TO SET THE RECORD FORMAT The actual timed recording is performed on the On Air PC. Therefore the record codec can not be selected in TRNS, but must be selected in the Timed Recorder application on the on air PC. To do this: 1) Open the Digilink-HD On Air software. 2) Click on Recorder at the top of the screen. This will bring up the Recorder Manager. 3) Click on Select Format. Click OK. 4) Select the Format, and Attributes. We recommend PCM for the Format and 44.100kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo for the Attributes.

IMPORTANT NOTES: WAITING FOR AUDIO OR CLOSURE – If the trigger is set to wait for audio or for a closure, the timed recorder will wait for that trigger until the receipt of that trigger would conflict with the next timed record event in the schedule. At that point, it drops the previous event as not being received and goes to the next event. OVERWRITING EXISTING EVENTS – In many cases, timed record events (such as News) are replacing existing timed record events. The timed recorder therefore

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overwrites an existing audio file in the library with the same cart number. SIMULTANEOUS PLAY WHILE RECORDING – It is possible to record a timed recording, and play back instantaneously. There are 2 things that must be done to enable this feature: 1) You must record in MP3 format. WAV format does not allow for playback while recording. 2) It is necessary to record the initial recording once before having the ability to play while simultaneously recording. After the audio file exists in the system, you may set it up to playback at the same time that it is recording. TIMED RECORDINGS DO NOT AUTO-TRIM SILENCE – Because timed recordings are scheduled as exact times and files such as newscasts are often rerecorded, the timed recorder always records the file based on the scheduled event length. RECORDING LOG – The main menu at the top of the screen has a 'Log' menu item. Click on this to open a log window that displays the timed recorder operations log for the selected network On Air studio.

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To access the Recorder – Editor: 1) Go to the main DHD-Tools page. 2) Select Production. 3) Select Record / Edit.

MAIN FEATURES -Record an audio file or select an existing audio file. -Select a begin and end mark for the audio file (single block edit). -Auto-level the file to its maximum volume. -Compress the audio file to the station standard format. -Save the edited file to the Library Manager, Network Audio Distribution screen.

SETTING THE ENCODE FORMAT FOR SAVING FILES The encode audio format is the format that the audio will be saved as: .wav, .mp2, or .mp3. To set this: 1) Go to the top menu and select Setup. 2) Select Set Encode Format. A window will open displaying the Windows Audio Compression Manager (ACM) codecs available for use. In some cases, your PC may not

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have the MP3 ACM codec that you want to use and you will have to acquire and install it. 3) Select a codec and encoding parameters. This compression format is saved and reused throughout Digilink-Tools after it has been set once. This will be your station wide encode format for use in all studios.

CHOOSING THE RECORD SOURCE The record source will be the Windows default record codec set in the Windows Sound Manager. To set this 1) Go to the Recorder – Editor screen. 2) Go to Setup. 3) Select Set Record Source. 4) Choose which sound card you would like to record from and click on Set Default. And then click on OK.

RECORDING A FILE To start recording simply click on the red Record button (circle). To stop recording click on the red Stop record button (rectangle). The recording will then be displayed in the edit window. The record source will be the Windows default record codec set in the Windows Sound Manager. The record quality will be CD quality (16 bit, 44.1kHz sample rate, stereo).

OPEN AN EXISTING AUDIO FILE The Find File menu item at the top left of the screen is used to select an existing audio file for editing. It will open a Windows Find File dialog to select a .wav, .mp2, or .mp3 audio file. Once selected, a copy of the audio file will be decompressed and displayed on the screen for editing. The original file is not modified in any way.

DISPLAY SIZE Three buttons on the right side under the waveform display select the size of the graphic waveform display window:

Displays entire file as waveform | Closeup of exact waveform | Only marked portion of waveform.

MARKING A BLOCK SELECTING A BEGIN MARK: To select the begin mark in the edit simply left click with the mouse on the waveform graphic itself. SELECTING AN END MARK: To select the end mark RIGHT click with the mouse on the waveform graphic anywhere AFTER the begin mark LOOP SCRUBBING THE MARKS: Once a mark has been set, click on the <<| to loop scrub backwards and click on the >>| button to loop scrub forwards. The marks move in hundred millsecond increments.

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VISUALLY MARKING THE BLOCK: Select 1:1 for a display size which displays the actual waveform. Move to a begin or end mark. Left or right mouse click on the waveform at the zero crossing point for the audio. Move this point as desired to effect the desired edit. RESETTING THE MARKS: To reset the begin and end marks, click on the 'Reset Marks' button.

AUTO-LEVEL The Auto-level button will automatically adjust the audio file to the maximum digital level without distortion. This is useful for creating a consistent audio level for all files in the Library

AUTO-TRIM This feature will trim silence from the start and end of the audio file. It can not determine the difference between an audio artifact and noise so it may be necessary to manually set a Begin or End mark to trim the file to the desired points.

VOLUME (Speaker symbol) This button opens the Windows Sound Mixer for controlling the play level when auditioning the file. It does not change the file itself in any way.

SAVING CHANGES Click on the main menu Save, Save for Distribution submenu item. A window will pop up to enter cart number, title, text, etc. Once entered, click on the yellow Save button. The new audio file will be named, compressed, and saved to the Library Manager, Network Audio Distribution screen. The compression format is the format selected under 'Setup' in the main menu at the top of the screen. This compression format is saved and reused after it has been set once.

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Stop VT Cue VT Stop Record VT Post VT to 2nd track playback Record VT Start 2nd track Auto-duck 2nd track

Quick Voice Tracks For quick voice tracks, simply: 1) Go to the main DHD-Tools screen and select the desired studio for voice tracking. 2) Select Production and select Voice Track. 3) Select the desired day and hour. Then select the desired line in the schedule. 4) Click Record and record your voice track. 5) Click the EOM button to start the second track. 6) Lastly, click Stop record. The voice track will be auto-named and saved in the schedule. You will have heard the end of the previous track and beginning of the next track during the recording process so the voice track sounds perfect. If desired, the advanced voice track features can then be used to manually or auto-adjust overlaps, add a bed, and duck the last track under the voice track.

VOICE TRACK RECORDING PROCESS When you start a voice track, the end of the 1st track will begin playing and a timer will count down to the EOM time for that track. The recording will not begin until the EOM time is reached.

The voice track EOM button is enabled when the recording starts. During the recording, click on the EOM button to set the voice track EOM and begin play of the 2nd track. When finished speaking, click on the Stop record button. The voice track is auto-named and inserted into the schedule.

AUTO-DELETE OF VOICE TRACKS After a voice track has played, it will automatically be deleted from the audio library the next time the software is opened. This feature may be shut off by: Go to File, then Setup menu and select Auto-delete voice tracks (is enabled). It will then switch to say disabled.

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LISTENING TO THE VOICE TRACK You can listen to the finished voice track along with the overlaps by selecting the voice track in the schedule, and then click on the red Play button.

TO LISTEN TO INDIVIDUAL AUDIO FILES To listen to an audio file all by itself and not hear the overlaps, click on the Cue button on the bottom right of the screen. Click on Cue again to stop the cuing of the audio file.

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Advanced Voice Tracks

ADDING A MUSIC BED It is sometimes desirable to add a bed beneath a voice track, particularly if the voice track is long enough that it has no other audio beneath it. To add a bed beneath the voice track: 1) Select a Bed from the Beds list. 2) Next, click on the gray bed bar display in the edit window. A dialog will pop up asking if you wish to assign this bed. 3) Select Yes. (Note: the audio files in the Beds list are audio files that have a type 'B' assigned to them).

SETTING THE BED LEVEL When a Bed has been selected, a volume box will appear allowing volume to be adjusted from 10%-100% for the bed. Choose a level and then play the Bed to test the level. Repeat the process until an appropriate level has been set.

HOW THE BED WILL PLAY The bed will begin play when the voice track starts and will play until the voice track EOM time starts play of the third event. The voice track will autofade at the voice track EOM time to create a clean transition into the third event.

USING THE AUTO-POST FEATURE The intro time (Time to Voice) of the 2nd track in the transition is displayed as a blue bar in the 2nd track. Typically, it is not desirable for the voice track to continue after the end of the Intro time because the voice track will play over the desired start time of the third event. Therefore the voice track should end prior to the Time to Voice of the 2nd track. Here's an example of a voice track that has gone past the Time to Voice:

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This can be adjusted and fixed manually. However, once the recording is complete, a button labeled POST is enabled. Click on this button for the voice track EOM time to automatically be set to the length of the Intro time of the last overlapping event. This example displays the Voice Track after the Post feature has been utilized:

MANUALLY ADJUSTING EOM TIMES To manually change the EOM time of the first event or the Voice track: 1) Click on the red EOM graphic in the display. 2) The graphic will turn green to indicate that it has been selected and a slider bar will appear. Drag the slider bar (or click on the bar) to change the selected EOM time.

You may also change the EOM of the voice track by selecting the red portion of it.

DUCKING THE SECOND TRACK Depending on the audio level during the beginning of the 2nd song/track, it may be desired for the third event to duck beneath the voice track. Once the recording is complete, a DUCK button will be enabled.

To automatically duck the third event under the voice track, click on the Duck button. A level box (10%-100%) will appear allowing the amount of ducking to be set. At the end of the overlap, the ducked level will automatically fade up to full level to create a clean transition. To remove the Duck, click on the Duck button a second time.

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RE-RECORDING A VOICE TRACK To re-record a voice track, select the voice track in the schedule list. The voice track will be displayed. Click on the red Clear button and delete the voice track from the list. Next, record a new voice track and edit it as desired.

RECORDING A SCHEDULED VOICE TRACK The schedule may include non-existing voice tracks to indicate position in the schedule where they should be placed. In this case, use the Clear button to delete the non-existing voice track and then record a voice track into that position in the list.

TAG TEXT Digilink-HD allows you to append text to a specific audio file. These notes can then be used when creating voice tracks.

To create a Tag Text for an audio file: 1) Find a desired type 'M' audio file. 2) Click on Tag Text on the bottom left of the Audio Library Manager screen. 3) The Tagged Text box will now come up. Enter in the desired text about the audio file and click on Save Changes. The Tag Text box will now be highlighted yellow to show that there is text for the audio file.

Once the audio file has the added text, you can now see this text from the bottom left of the Voice Tracking screen.

You can also view the tagged text on the On-Air screen as well.

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CREATING A CUSTOM EOM TIME 1) Go to the main DHD-Tools screen. Select Production. 2) Select Segue Edit. 3) Choose a desired day and hour to change in the schedule. 4) Select a line in the list. A custom segue will be created between that event and the following event. 5) Click on the Play and Stop buttons to play the default segue. Five seconds will be played before the start of the segue and after the end of the segue. 6) As the segue is playing, click on the Mark button at the time that you want the custom segue to start. Play will stop, the custom segue will be saved to the schedule, and the new custom segue will be displayed. 7) Play the segue and adjust the overlap time until the desired sound is achieved. To remove the custom segue and return to the default overlap, click on the Default button.

DEFAULT EOM TIME By default, the overlap is set by the EOM time of the first audio file in the segue. This EOM time is set in the Library Manager and is tagged to the audio file itself.

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CUSTOM EOM TIMES IN SCHEDULE The segue editor can manually adjust the file's EOM time to create a custom EOM time for that file which is saved in the schedule. The custom time is not tagged to the audio file and is specific to that event and time in the schedule. If that event is removed from the schedule then that custom EOM time is discarded.

DISPLAYING A CUSTOM EOM TIME It is possible to see if a custom EOM time (custom segue) has been created by viewing that schedule hour in the Schedule Manager. If a custom segue has been made, then a text tag will be visible at the end of that line in the schedule hour with the text 'SEG'.

SEGUE EDITING AND VOICE TRACKS Because a voice track can be a complex segue with a tagged bed, duck, etc., the segue editor can not adjust the segue in or out of a voice track. When selecting an event that would interact with a voice track, a message is displayed and the editor is disabled.

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Digilink-HD works with the majority of major internet streaming services. There are two components to connecting to your internet streaming service.

PART 1 - Get your audio to your internet streaming provider.

Every major streaming provider has their own encoder software. This software will take your audio feed and then distribute it to all your internet radio listeners. Typically the encoder software will be ran on a different PC other than the computer running Digilink-HD. This isn't required though. Regardless, it will require a dedicated sound card.

STEP 1 – A common setup would be to take the output(s) of the Bridge (which is your Digilink-HD audio feed) and run that to the console channel input(s) on your console.

STEP 2 – You would then run the output of your console to the soundcard input for the PC running your encoder software.

STEP 3 – Follow the instructions provided by your streaming service on how to setup the encoder.

STEP 4 – Your streaming service will provide a internet streaming player that you can add to your website. Once you have added the player to your website, you should be able to listen to your station online now.

PART 2 – Get your Title & Artist (Metadata) information to your streaming service.

The second part is to get your title and artist information sent to your internet streaming service so that they can put that information on your internet streaming player.

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Every internet streaming service uses their own method for capturing the title and artist metadata. As a result, there are multiple sets of instructions, based on your streaming service, that are provided on our website. Please visit our website to get detailed instructions, and a list of compatible partners: www.arrakis-systems.com.

METADATA VIA SERIAL COMPORT Most streaming services point a data capture software (DCS) to a specific file in our DHD software. Some however use the RS232 comport. This section explains how to set this up.

A couple of the RS232 output options are for: BE TRE SurferNETWORK Triton Orban Format 1 Format 2 Format 3 Format 7

To setup the comport output: 7) In the Digilink-HD software, go to File, then Setup (you may have to enter the password 1234). 8) Go to Com Ports. 9) For Streaming Com port, select the Com # (port number) and Baud Rate that you have setup for your streaming service RS232 connection on your PC. 10) For Streaming Service, select the streaming services you are using. 11) Click Save. 12) Restart the DHD software. You can send test strings from the Com Ports screen as well.

The COM # and Baud Rate boxes must be filled to communicate with PCs running streaming software that requires a serial RS232 port connection to another PC. Windows assigns a com port number such as 1,2,3, etc to each RS232 communications device. The Windows list of available ports is displayed in the List of Available Windows Com Ports list box. Because the port is in the list does not mean that it has not already been assigned to a resource such as a modem. Enter the com number (1,2,3... etc) into the Com # box that connects to the Streaming PC. The 'Baud Rate' is the speed of the connection and is determined by the speed of the software on the Streaming PC. Refer to your streaming service software documentation. The baud rate must be the same for both sides of the connection for communications to operate.

TESTING THE CONNECTION The Streaming comport each have a 'Test Text' box. Type a message (or leave 'Test Text to Send') in the box and click on the SEND button. That text will be sent to the RDS encoder or streaming service PC.

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It is possible to remotely control your Digilink-HD automation system. This is an optional feature for Digilink-HD and more information and pricing can be found on our website.

There are 2 main options for remote access: Gateway to Gateway and Remote Access Server.

With Remote access, you can: -Control and operate your On-Air machine. -Voice track remotely. -Manage your audio library. -Change your schedules. -Generate reports. -Remote production. -Remote access anywhere there is an internet connection. -Automatic backup.

With DHD remote access, you have complete control of your automation, with comprehensive security.

Specific instructions for operating the remote access functionality may be found with their respective manuals.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You may use GoToMyPC (3rd party service, unaffiliated with Arrakis Systems) with Digilink-HD. However, it is prohibited to use other 3rd party remote access software such as LogMeIn, or VNC Viewer. These software will cause crashes that will take your station off-air. Contact Arrakis Systems customer support with questions.

Page 158 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Section 13 – Troubleshooting This section contains solutions to possible issues with Digilink-HD. A more complete and up to date list of solutions may be found on our website in the Troubleshooting section. Troubleshooting “BRIDGE MISSING”

When power loss or a power spike occur, it may crash the Digilink-HD software. In which case, the Digilink-HD likely cannot find the Bridge. A message on the top right of the On-Air screen will display that it has Lost Contact with Bridge. If this happens, then follow these steps, in the order that they are listed:

1) Close the Digilink-HD & DHD-Tools software. Shut down your computer (do not simply restart). 2) Turn power off to the Bridge by unplugging it from the wall or power supply brick. 3) Recheck your USB and RS232 connections between the PC and the Bridge and make sure that they are connected properly. 4) Turn power on to the Bridge by plugging it back into the wall. Make certain that the Bridge is connected to AC power. 5) Turn your PC back on and wait until the PC is waiting at the desktop. This may take a couple of minutes. 6) Start the DHD program and see if the Bridge Missing icon has disappeared, if not, then follow steps 7 and 8. 7) Open the Bridge Tools test software. The Bridge Test software will test the Com port connection to the Bridge and the USB audio connection to the Bridge. If either is missing, then messages will display the problem. If the connections are good, then the Bridge Tools test software will display a message indicating it is ready to be used. 8) If it still does not recognize the Bridge at all, then follow these steps again from 1 - 6. If the Bridge does not recognize the RS232 port, then be sure that it is directly connected into the PC, or that you are using the approved RS232 to USB adapter. 9) If it still does not recognize the Bridge, please call customer support.

Page 159 Arrakis Systems – 6604 Powell St. Loveland, CO 80538 – 970.461.0730 f Digi Section 14 – Digilink-Xtreme Vs Digilink-HD This section lists the main differences between Digilink-Xtreme and Digilink-HD Networkable -DHD-Tools allows you to connect up to 10 studios from one PC. These paths are saved for quick and easy access. -Manage all audio library information easily. -Distribution manager allows you to distribute audio to any studio, as well as backup the audio to a separate drive. -Complete access to the schedule, and voice tracking. -Custom User access allows you to create user profiles that have access to only certain screens. This is also password protected. Voice Track & Segue Editor -Significantly more powerful Voice tracks. -Adjust overlaps of both songs and VT. -Post VT to the in time to voice. -Duck the incoming song to any desired db. -Add a Music Bed, and adjust Music Bed volume. -Audition the entire VT including audio from tracks. -Tagged Text is very easy to read. -Segue Editor allows you to set custom segues (overlaps) for your entire schedule. -Quick VT are still an option and just as fast. 2 & 3 Play output -2 play output comes standard. This allows you to put 2 outputs to the console. The DJ may then adjust the volume of the current song and the next as he/she does a Live VT. -Optional 3 play output ($500). This gives you a 3rd output to take to the console. Typically used for a music bed in the middle of 2 songs as a Live VT is performed. This includes the DHD-DAC hardware.

Library Manager -Set custom start time and end times to songs. This allows you to not have to edit the audio file, but instead set custom start and end times. -EOM auto-set. This feature will automatically set your EOM time based on the decibel level. -Custom volume. This allows you to set a custom volume level for the audio file for every time it plays. Great for music beds. -Fade in/out (15 sec max). This allows you to set a custom fade for every audio file. -Mass rename is easier to manage. -Mass trim silence and normalize audio files. -Mass add EOM times to an audio library.

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-Mass rename a Scott SS32 audio library for use in Xtreme or DHD. Program -More redundant. On-Air is separate from the rest of the program. -Up / Down timer. -Dual monitor compatible. Get a lot more done on 2 different screens. -Extremely effective and easy to use recorder-editor. -F-Keys give you quick scheduling buttons. -Drag and drop. -Never have dead air. Automation will auto-fill schedules, and auto-add Drops to the top of each hour. -On-Air playlist is instantly updated when the schedule is changed. -Timed Recorder is extremely easy and quick to setup. -Loading the software is significantly faster. -Unlimited Hot Keys. -Games are easier to setup. -Auto-backup of schedules and settings every time the system closes. -Multiple players for redundancy. -Uses ID3V1 & V2 tags for comprehensive use of MP3 tag data. -Xtreme stores data in the filename, while DHD stores it in a custom ID3V1 tag. DHD doesn't change the file name, it will always add it to the tag. Music Categories -Only one music category per track. -Better music scheduling. Handles small libraries better. -TONS faster to setup and maintain. Clocks -Create clocks that merge with traffic files, or music files. -More power to the user for scheduling music. Before traffic dictated how the music was added. Now you can give priority to either music or traffic. -Reimport Traffic, or Music and it won't affect what was previously scheduled. Xtreme requires that the schedule gets wiped first, and then imported.

This is a short list of the main feature differences between Xtreme and DHD. There are tons more. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

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A.A.A.A. – American Association of Advertising Agencies.

A.B.C. – The American Broadcasting System

AC Adult – A radio program format known as Adult Contemporary music, featuring rock and roll and pop music.

Acoustics – How clearly the sound is heard in a room; the quality of sound in a given area.

ADAT –Audio Digital Tape, used in digital systems.

Actives – Radio listeners who actively contact radio stations for requests or contests. Passive listeners, however, are those people who do not generally interact with the radio stations.

Actuality – A term historically used in broadcasting that is now referred to as a sound byte.

Adjacencies – Programs following or preceding a certain time period; commercials that are purchased to be specifically aired immediately before or immediately after a feature or program such as a sportscast or news program.

Ad-libbing – Words, music, or actions uttered, performed, or carried out extemporaneously in one’s own words, without a give script.

Advertising agency – A service business that helps create, plan and place advertising, or ads, and promotions for radio and TV as well as print advertising. Agencies often handle overall branding and marketing.

AFTRA – An association or union known as the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, for members who are broadcast professionals.

Aircheck – Copy of a broadcast that is recorded on magnetic tape or digitally.

Air shift – The length of time that a DJ works on the air at any given time. Average air shifts are four hours but could be up to six hours long.

Airwaves – The medium through which radio or television signals are transmitted. Airwaves are also known by the terms spectrum or the electromagnetic spectrum. Airwave signals travel through the air, unlike the signals transmitted by telephone or cable wires. Almost every American household has a television that receives free programming, which is sent over the airwaves by local TV or radio stations.

Album Oriented Rock (AOR) – Also known as Adult-oriented rock, AOR was originally an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. It popularized the repertoire of music that is currently associated with classic rock.

A.M. – The amplitude modulation, A.M. broadcasting signals, considered the standard radio band; meaning the amplitude of a carrier wave which is varied according to certain characteristics of a modulating signal.

Amplifier – The ability to amplify or make sound louder or softer through an electronic devise that is adjustable.

Analog – A type of waveform signal with characteristics that are continuous as opposed to pulsed, containing data or information such as voice, data or image. Analog was standard broadcasting or the way old record players worked before the onset of CD's. It is the storage or transmission of information by a variable physical means, such as a shift in voltage sent through the electromagnetic spectrum or the vibrations of against patterns inside the grooves of a vinyl disc, to create physical (analogous) patterns of pictures or sounds. Analog signals have unpredictable height, or amplitude, and width, frequency, and can vary infinitely over a given range.

Announcer – An on-air talent personality who is the person with the job to read scripts or announcements on radio or television. (Sick jockey, news anchor, sports announcer, etc.)

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Arbitron (ARB) – A company providing an industry accepted standard for audience measurement of radio programming. Arbitron also refers to the company’s Arbitron radio market survey and report that is published four times per year.

Ascertainment – A process to determine what a community needs and wants, so that a radio station can try to serve its community better.

ASCAP – The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, an organization.

Audio production – Recording of sound and reproduction is the mechanical or electrical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, typically used for the voice or for music. The two basic classes of sound recording include analog and digital recording.

Audio consoles – Mixing consoles or a digital mixing console or audio mixer, also called a sound board or soundboard, is an electronic device for combining, or mixing, routing, and changing the level, timbre the dynamics of audio signals. A mixer can mix analog or digital signals depending on the type of mixer.

Audition tape formats – A recorded program or a radio show, news, sports, commercials, etc. to show and have heard for employment.

Automated radio – Radios that can be automated or controlled by electronic devices requiring very little human intervention.

Automatic Equipment – Equipment that enables a radio or TV station to operate automatically.

Average quarter – A term used in the industry describing audience measurements according to Arbitron. For example, the average number of persons listening to a particular station for at least five minutes during a 15-minute period of time.

Backsell – A term for a technique used by DJs where the deejay announces the title or the artist of the song he just played.

Backtiming –Calculating the intro time on a song before its vocal begins and starting the audio source or CD along with that song so when the preceding audio ends, the vocal on the song that has been back timed begins right at the end of the previous audio.

Band – Broadcasting range, or wave lengths of sound.

Bed – Refers to a production element, such as instrumental music and/or a continuous sound effect such as the ocean or wind, used as a background element for a promotional announcement.

Billboard – The opening of a radio or TV show; a brief announcement identifying a sponsor at the beginning or the end of another programming element such as the news or traffic.

BMI –Broadcast Music Incorporated, owned by a variety of stations and networks.

Board – The console that is used for controlling the audio mix and output during a live broadcast or studio recorded sources.

Board Op – the person physically operating a console in the radio studio who makes sure that a live program runs smoothly or that a recorded program airs properly.

Bonus Station – A network or local radio or TV station that airs a program with commercials free of charge.

Book – Slang for an Arbitron rating period such as fall, winter, spring or summer.

Bring it up – Increase the level of volume control.

Broadcast – A presentation of a recorded or live program on the radio or TV, commercial or otherwise.

Broadcasting – The transmission of electromagnetic signals through the airwaves over a wide area, as in television or radio is known as broadcasting. These signals may also be transmitted point-to-point, as in microwave transmission, and are referred to as narrowcasting. A broadcast may also be synonymous with a TV or radio program. Broadcasting is also referred to as the radio and television broadcast industry. Typically, broadcasters work in the industry. To broadcast is to participate in a radio or television (TV) program.

Broadcast journalism – Encompassing radio, television and online forms of media, broadcast journalism is a discipline of writing

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Bumper – An audio segment that is prerecorded, typically consisting of voice over music, that acts as a transition to or from a stop set of commercials or other content.

Bumper music –Music clips that are used to transition between one programming element into another such as when a local affiliate station inserts local commercials, it often plays music during the transition to avoid dead air or empty pauses.

Call letters – The I.D. or official legal name of a radio station, such as KROC-FM.

Campaign ads – Commercials in a series that have the same theme.

Cans – A slang term for headphones.

Cart – Used to store recorded sound before the advent of digital technology, a cart is similar to an 8-track cartridge and is made of analog tape that loops back to the beginning after it plays.

Cartridge machine – Machines that use tapes in a cartridge, which looks similar to an 8-track tape; you can play back or record on cart machines.

CBS – The Columbia Broadcasting Station.

Channels –The Federal Communications Commission designates a channel, otherwise known as a spectrum frequency on the band of the radio or TV dial, for a radio or television station to ensure that the stations do not interfere with each others signal. Channels are known to viewers as the numbers on TV dials corresponding with individual local stations. Channel assignments vary widely by market.

Clear channel station – A broadcast station whose operation covers a very wide area.

CHR – Contemporary Hit Radio formatting, formerly known as Top 40.

Churban – A hybrid radio format mixing contemporary hit radio (CHR) with urban music, including hip hop or R&B.

Clear channel – a radio station operating at maximum power (50,000 watts) on an exclusive frequency that is designed to serve large areas. This also refers to any radio station owned by "Clear Channel Communications," the largest radio company in the United States.

Closed circuit – A transmission through direct telephone lines or cable wires to receive the broadcast signal. It is not broadcast with the transmitter of a radio or TV station.

Clutter – An excessive number of commercials or other non-program elements appearing one right after the other.

Color Announcer -- The second banana, or sidekick, to the play by play announcer doing a broadcast of a sporting event. For example, on Monday Night Football, Al Michaels is the play by play announcer, John Madden is the color announcer of color commentator.

Commercials – Business’s advertising messages, they are recorded or live. Lengths are usually 15, 30 or 60 seconds, and sometimes 2 minutes.

Commercial copy – The written commercial message.

Console –a Board used for controlling the audio mix and output from a live studio broadcast or other recorded sources.

Consolidation – A trend in the radio industry where larger companies buy up smaller companies. After 1996, when deregulation was approved, single ownership and small group ownership of radio stations has decreased.

Contest pig – Listeners who listens to many station just for the purpose of calling in and trying to win contests.

Copy – Content or written material for commercials, promotional or public service announcements, or any other worded information that will be read by a DJ.

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Copywriter – Individual who scripts and writes radio and TV commercials.

Credits – The people involved in the actual program, everyone including back stage hands.

Crossfade – The control board operator uses this technique -- mixing sound between two sources by fading one down while at the same time raising the volume of the second source. As the second source becomes prominent, the first source is faded away entirely.

Cue –A signal to begin and go on with talking, introducing records, etc.

Cue Burn – Historically, when DJs used to use vinyl recordings such as 33 or 45 rpm to play songs, they placed the needle on the record and then hand-turned the turntable until the needle played the beginning of the song. The DJ would rock the turntable back- and-forth a couple of times to make sure the needle was at the very beginning so that when the turntable was turned on, the recording would start immediately. This act of rocking the needle back-and-forth created physical indentations in the vinyl over time, eventually creating a bit of white noise sounding like "chhhhh" when the record started.

Cume – A radio station's cume is an abbreviation for cumulative audience, or the unduplicated households listening during a specified period of time.

DAT – Digital Audio Tape, used in digital systems.

Data Transmission – The sending of data, such as audio or video messages, by breaking the information down into the smallest bit units that a computer understands.

Daypart – A portion of a radio station's broadcast day, usually split into Morning: 6-10am, Midday: 10-2pm, Afternoon: 2-6pm, Evening: 6-12 Midnight, etc.

Dead air – Silence on the radio when there is no audible transmission that can be due to either operator error, computer error or an act of nature.

Decibel – The unit that measures the volume of sound.

DeeJay (DJ) – Radio personality, or disc-jockey – a “jock.”

Delayed broadcast – The program is pre-recorded, or not live. To be broadcast at another time.

Delivery – The style that an announcer uses when announcing a commercial, or reading a script.

Deregulation – The loosening of Federal regulation over radio stations either by decree from the FCC or through law by Congress. The Communication Act of 1996 offered new deregulation for radio.

Diaphragmatic breathing – Sometimes known as 7 to 11 breathing because of the counting when performing this technique, this breathing technique requires a breath in to a count of 7, then a breath out to a count of 11. The out breath must last longer than the in breath.

Digital Audio Tape (DAT or R-DAT) – A signal recording and playback medium that was developed by Sony in the mid ‘80s. It appears similar to a compact audio cassette and uses 4 mm magnetic tape enclosed in a protective shell, but it is half the size at 73 mm × 54 mm × 10.5 mm.

Director – The individual responsible for controlling the program on radio or TV.

Disc – A phonograph record or a CD.

Digital radio – Technology that concerns the transmitting of digital audio and data signals alongside existing AM and FM analog signals, which allows listeners to enjoy CD-quality sound, eliminating the static and hiss associated with analog broadcasts. It also provides a platform for new wireless data services that, combined with display screens on HD Radio-enabled receivers, will deliver a variety of additional information such as song titles, artist names, traffic updates, weather forecasts, sports scores, etc.

Disc-jockey – a deejay (DJ) or person who plays songs on the radio, and provides information and other content to listeners.

Drive Time – Known as the time periods between 6-10am (Morning Drive) and 2-6pm (Afternoon Drive) when radio stations typically have their highest listenership.

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Drops – Sound bites that have been lifted from movies, television programs or other sources to be used by DJs to accentuate programming.

Dub – To make a copy of a tape or an audio or TV segment or a commercial.

Engineer – the technician responsible for maintaining and fixing the radio station's equipment such as consoles, microphones and transmitters.

(E) Ethnic Radio – Ethnic radio programs typically broadcast in different languages from major metropolitan areas across the U.S. They are produced locally and cater to the cities with the highest concentration of the respective ethnic communities.

Eavesdropping – is the act of surreptitiously listening to a private conversation. Federal law makes interception, or eavesdropping, of any communication a crime unless done by or with the consent of one of the parties to the conversation. Criminal interception is punishable by five years in prison or $10k.

EAS Test – An Emergency Alert System is a real-time test of the system to insure the audio link between each station works properly. This replaced the old Emergency Broadcast System (EBS.) EAS is an electronic system which uses the radio infrastructure to alert the general public to emergency situations including weather, safety and homeland security. It requires certain smaller, less important radio stations to give their programming over to larger, more important stations for the purpose of information dissemination.

Emergency Broadcast System – was an emergency warning system in the United States, used from 1963 to 1997, when it was replaced by the Emergency Alert System.

Edit – To delete or add on a recording, tape or video.

Farm reports – The National Farm Report can be heard weekly on radios across the country weekly and updates crop conditions affected by weather.

F.C.C. – The Federal Communications Commission is the federal agency that is responsible for issuing licenses, rules and regulations overseeing all radio-telephone and television originated signals.

Feed – To transmit a telecast from one station to other stations or networks.

Feedback – An annoying sound caused by amplifying the speaker to the microphone.

FM – A method of impressing data onto an alternating-current (AC) wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave.

FM Blanketing – A form of interference to the reception of other broadcast stations, caused by the presence of an FM broadcast signal of 115 dB (562 mV/m) or greater signal strength in the area adjacent to the antenna of the transmitting station.

Format – The program element; example: A.O.R. M.O.R. Country Western, Jazz, Rock, etc.

Format Clock – A circular diagram like a clock, divided up like a pie, where each piece represents both a radio programming element and its length in a typical hour. This includes songs, commercials, talk time, etc. Directors often use a format clock to create the hour-to-hour flow of radio station’s programming.

Freedom of information – Over seventy countries around the world have implemented some form of freedom of information legislation.

Freeform radio – A specific radio show format approved by a station’s management in which the DJ of the station has complete freedom or control over program content and a tendency to play music that is not usually heard.

Freelance – An individual who is self-employed and not employed by a station.

Frequency – Technically this is an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared. When used in a programming context, it means the number of times the target audience will be exposed to a message.

Front sell – The introduction of a song that has just started to play, or the on-air personality stating the name of the radio station as the very first thing said. For example, the announcer may front sell the call letters, and then introduce the next song.

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Gain – A term for volume.

Gore Commission – During mid-1997, President Clinton appointed a 22-member Advisory Committee on the Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters, which became known as The Gore Commission. The Commission's primary task was to recommend obligations for the nation's 1,544 television stations and its report was submitted mid-December 1998 to President Clinton.

Headphones – Headsets or earphones used to hear whatever you are recording, or broadcasting, at each given moment.

Hit the post – Deejays often use this term to describe talking up to the point when the lyrics begin without stepping on the beginning of the vocals. It also refers to talking up to the point where the instrumental of a song begins or ramps up.

High Definition Radio or HD Radio – This is when technology transmits digital audio and data alongside existing AM and FM analog signals. Liquity, the developer of this technology, says HD Radio offers FM Multicasting, or the ability to broadcast multiple program streams over a single FM frequency, with static-free, crystal-clear reception and a variety of data services including text- based information.

Hook – This is the part of a song that is unique in the listener's ear, such as the portion of the song the listener usually likes and remembers the most.

Hour – An industry term that refers to audience measurement. For example, according to Arbitron it means the average number of persons listening to a particular station for at least five minutes during a 15-minute period.

I.D. – A station’s legal identification, usually given at the top of the hour.

Inflection –The blending of the voice that carries us from one pitch to another.

Interference – Static caused from another radio or TV station due to being broadcast over the same band.

Imaging – The type of promos (Fifties Rock) or how one positions a radio station within the marketplace which defines the station so that the listener knows what he/she will get when they tune in.

Jingle – A programming element such as an anthem or musical song produced by professional studio singers for commercials or radio station promotional announcements.

K - The first letter in the call sign for United State based radio broadcast stations located west of the Mississippi. W is used for stations east of the river and X for stations broadcasting from Mexico.

Level – The volume level that controls the broadcast.

Liner – A written phrase that stand by themselves and are meant to communicate concise imaging. Typically, a DJ says a “liner” over an intro of a record or during a commercial break between songs and spots.

Live assist – This describes how a DJ creates a radio show by interacting with a computerized system. The DJ provides live talk, chat, liners, and then activates the computer system which automatically runs commercial spots, jingles, promos or songs. When it is time for the DJ to talk again, he/she deactivates the automation and goes live again.

Log – The written record of what transpires at the radio station, including: music, commercial content and transmitting specifications. A music log is a list of the songs played for the day, a commercial log shows which commercials were played and when and an engineering log show the status of a transmitter's specifications during the course of a day.

Lotteries – FC regulation generally prohibit the broadcast of information on lotteries, and makes the broadcast of such a crime; one exception is state conducted lotteries. A contest that requires a purchase to play, or where a winner is chosen by random selection (a chance drawing) is usually a lottery.

Major market – A large city radio or TV station. The top 20 cities in the U.S. (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc.)

Man on the street –A type of interview.

MBS – The Mutual Broadcast System.

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Media – Any type of advertising service – radio, TV, newspaper, etc.

Medium market – A city in the country which is medium in size, maybe up to 500,000 people.

MIKE – Abbreviation for the microphone.

Microphone – The device that converts the sound waves into electrical energy.

Miscue – A situation when the audio element begins too soon so the end result is two audio sources playing at the same time.

Mixing –Used in sound recording, audio editing, and sound systems, mixing balances the relative volume, frequency, and dynamical content of a number of sound sources for the different musical instruments in a band or vocalists, the sections of an orchestra, announcers and journalists, crowd noises, etc.

Moderator –The leader in a discussion of any group which is broadcast.

Monitor –To listen or view a program, with radio or TV. Also a speaker, as in a speaker used to monitor what goes is being broadcast or what is being cued up for subsequent play.

(MOR) Middle of the Road –A radio format that appeals to the 35-60 year old age group.

Multicasting/multiplexing – The practice by which TV stations split a single digital signal into six or more different regular channels. TV stations generate increased revenue by using some channels for all of video transmission, voice mail, paging, data transmission and Internet service.

Music Director – The person at a radio station responsible for interacting with record company representatives, auditioning new music, and making decisions in conjunction with the program director, about which songs get airplay, how much and when. The music director devises rotations for songs and programs the daily music through specialized software.

NAB – The National Association of Broadcasters, which is a trade group for radio and television license holders.

NAL – A Notice of Apparent Liability and Order notice is issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) when it finds a station or radio company liable for a fine under legislated laws or agency regulations. The station or company issued the NAL is permitted 30 days either to pay the proposed fine or to respond in writing.

Narrator – The individual who announces during the course of a broadcast program.

NBC – National Broadcasting Company.

NCS – Nielsen Coverage Study, used in radio and TV ratings.

On demand audio – The act of streaming or turning audio into digital data and transmitting it over the Internet.

On the beach – A radio industry term for being unemployed.

Open mike – A mike which is live, on at the given moment.

Obscene language – A term that is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. It can simply be used to mean profanity, or it can mean anything taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting. (Latin: obscenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable.)

Payola – The Payola Scandal came to a head in the 1960s when DJ Alan Freed, the man who coined the term, Rock and Roll and eight other DJs were accused of taking money in exchange for record airplay. Today, technically, it is legal to accept money for playing a record on the radio as long as the DJ or station publicly discloses it.

P.D. – Abbreviation fro Program Director; the individual who controls the radio or TV station’s format or programs that are broadcast.

Phase shift – A change in the phase of a broadcast signal. Phase can also be defined as a periodic and varying phenomenon.

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Phone interface – An electronic device allowing on-air performers easy access to telephone lines. It allows the audio signal from a microphone to be heard by a caller and takes the caller's audio and directs it into a radio studio console or recording device.

Pitch – The actual tone or sound of one’s voice.

Player – A software application that can receive audio streams over the Internet and convert the digital data back into sound. For example music, talk, etc.

Playlist – The official list of songs that a radio station plays during any given day or week. Playlists are important since they are submitted to trade newspapers and magazines and compiled to reflect national airplay and trends.

Play-by-play announcing – The main sports announcer on a sports event broadcast. Responsible for describing the plays as they happen. Usually works with a color announcer who supplies descriptions, anecdotes and background information during pauses in play.

POT – An abbreviation for the word potentiometer, a round control which increases or decreases the volume sent to a channel on a radio console or audio mixing board.

Podcast – An audio file in a concise form, like an .mp3, created in the form of a radio show with a way to subscribe to it so it is automatically downloaded and delivered to a personal audio device, such as an iPod.

PJ – A slang term that means a Pod-Jockey or a PJ for a Podcaster one who hosts a podcast containing music.

Primary coverage – The area where the reception of a broadcast is at its best; an excellent locality and area. Often times considered grade A in broadcast.

Producer – The person at a radio station who conducts the day-to-day business for a radio show, from lining up guests to acting as a liaison between management and talent.

Production Director – The person at a radio station responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of commercial content, promotional announcements and any other audio element that must be created for broadcast.

Production Manager – The person who is in charge of producing the commercial announcements.

Production element – An audio element such as music, a sound effect, or an audio effect, including a reverb or echo, used in creating a final audio mix such as a commercial, promotional announcement, or even a humorous skit.

Programming – The output or product of a radio station that is presented either in long form or short form styles. An example of long form programming is when a station presents a topic in extended length, such as public radio does. Short form programming is when a station maintains a constant format, such as a style of music where the programming includes smaller modules strung together.

Program Director – The employee at a radio station who is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the audio output of a radio station with the goal of attracting a listening audience from a target demographic.

Promo – An announcement, live or pre-recorded, promoting upcoming events or the radio station’s image, promotes the results of a past event or promotes any other event which benefits a station's activities.

Promotions Director – the individual who is responsible for creating, planning and carrying out the logistics of both sales and programming oriented promotions.

PSA – Another term for Public Service Announcement, a free non-profit organization or business spot announcement.

Public Interest – Refers to a concept suggesting that in return for using the public airwaves free of charge, a broadcaster is obligated to act as a trustee of public property and do what is best for the public good. The “public” refers to the local community to which broadcasters are licensed to serve, while “interest” means to benefit the public, as distinct from programs the public is interested in. Public interest obligations are those specific actions broadcasters undertake in exchange for their free license to repay the public for using the broadcast spectrum of public airwaves.

Public Service Announcements (PSA's) – Known as PSA’s, these are announcements providing advice on an issue of importance,

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Queue -- a number of cuts or commercials that are waiting to be played back in a specific, predetermined manner as in a station break.

RAB –Radio Advertising Bureau.

Radio – Telecommunication by modulation and radiation of electromagnetic waves.

Ramp – The instrumental beginning of a song leading up to the vocals, also known as the intro.

Ratings – An estimate of the size of an audience shown as a percent of a total group of people surveyed.

R&B – Rhythm and Blues radio format.

RDS – An abbreviation for Radio Data system, this technology allows stations to transmit additional types of information via encoded digital signals that can be received and displayed by the user's radio. An RDS-capable radio can display the title and artist or current song playing, local traffic information, an advertiser's phone number while a commercial is playing.

Regional Network – A network of stations that covers only a certain region or area such as North, West, South or East areas.

Religious (R) Radio – A spiritual or religious radio format.

Reel-to-reel analog machines – Reel-to-reel, open reel tape recording is a form of magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording medium is held on a reel.

Remote – This refers to a broadcast that originates live on location, outside the station’s studio where the broadcast would normally originate.

R.P.M. – Revolutions per minute, used in recording.

Sales Manager – A radio station employee who is responsible for the department which sells radio commercials and other radio products.

SDARS or Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service – XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio.

Segue (Pronounced seg-way) – moving from one musical selection to another without any announcing or interruption.

Share – The number of persons who listened to a station during a given time period, expressed as a percent of all persons who listened to radio during that time period.

Shell transmitter – The source or generator of any signal on a transmission medium.

Shock jock – a radio personality who typically uses controversial and/or what could be considered obscene contest by some, in order to attract more attention in the pursuit of higher ratings.

Shortwave – The band of frequencies approximately between 3 MHz and 30 MHz, shortwave is also known as radio wave deflection and it permits a broadcast to travel thousands of miles without interference from mountains or other obstacles.

Sideline Reporter - Used to describe a sports reporter who roams the sidelines of a sporting events. The sideline reporter often conducts interviews with coaches, players and fans during breaks in the action as well as providing injury updates.

Sign-on – The time in which a radio or TV station begins its broadcast day.

Simulcast – The broadcast of the same or simultaneous show or telecast on different stations.

Skype – A free Internet telephony used by many podcasters to conduct interviews and other business.

Small Market Station – A radio or TV station located in a small city or town.

Sound byte – A snippet of audio usually culled from an interview and used in conjunction with a news story. Its length may vary

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Spot – Another word for a radio commercial.

Sports Broadcasting – The broadcast, usually live, of a sporting event or occassion. Also used to describe the portion of a newscast devoted to sports news.

Stager – a musical effect that establishes and holds; good for dramatic emphasis.

Station IDs - Legal announcement broadcast at the top of the hour identifying the radio station by its legal call letters.

Station log - A journal listing every song and commercial played and the time they were played.

Stinger – A technique often used by radio DJs that is a sound or musical effect punctuating or emphasizing a thought.

Stop set – This refers to the place where commercials are played during a typical broadcast hour. There may be several scattered throughout a typical 60 minute period.

Streaming – The act of turning audio into digital data and transmitting it over the Internet.

Stream jockey – What a DJ is called on satellite radio or a DJ on a webcast.

Syndicated – a radio program offered by a network or an independent organization that is for sale or on a barter basis to radio stations.

Sweeper – A recorded element, such as a voice, voice over music or sound effects, that bridges two songs together or creates a transition from commercials back to music.

TAG – A short addition which is added to a radio or TV commercial message.

(T) Talk radio format – A type of radio format where listeners call in and talk to the DJ.

Teletype – A news receiver, usually Associated Press (AP) or United Press International (UPI), which is fed into stations by a telephone line and converted into typewritten messages.

Tower array – The physical configuration of several radio antenna towers. Some radio signals are confined and restricted in the pattern they may be broadcast, which is done to protect other radio broadcasts in other geographic areas that also use the same frequency.

Transmitter – The source or generator of any signal on a transmission medium.

Transducers and compressors – An electronic or photonic device that converts one type of energy or physical attribute to another for various purposes including measurement or information transfer.

Turntable – The circular platform which revolves used to place a phonograph record on to begin transmitting.

UHF– Very high frequency waves, channels on the TV which are 14 to 83.

UPI – United Press International, a national news wire service.

Voiceovers –A production technique using a disembodied voice as broadcast live or pre-recorded in radio, television, film, theater or in a presentation; spoken by someone who also appears on-screen in other segments, voiceovers can also be commonly referred to as an off camera commentary.

Voice Track – A pre-recorded voice of a radio personality or DJ that is recorded and stored in a computer to be played at a specific time in a pre-programmed sequence such as at the beginning or end of a song.

Vocal/Voice exercises – Exercises that help prepare the breath to support the voice.

Voice and speech training – Classes for speech and voice improvement for professional and public speaking, foreign accent reduction, and communication etiquette.

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VU Meter – A device which measures, in units, the strength of an audio signal

X - The first letter in the call sign for radio stations broadcasting south of the border in Mexico. Many times these stations have sales and corporate headquarters in the United States.

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