Quick setup tab, Clipper drive and auto sense – Omnia Audio Omnia.11 User Manual

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To see more presets, touch the PAGE UP or

PAGE DOWN buttons. The presets are arranged

alphabetically in 2 groups. The first group contains

the factory presets. The second group contains

your user presets and is located below the factory

presets.

Start by trying the various factory presets while

listening to your typical program material and

taking note of their differences. Then try to decide

on one to start with and listen to it on as many

different types of radios as you can.

Unlocked Preset Tab

Quick Setup Tab

It is important to adjust a few basic controls for each preset that you try. This will adapt them to your ears and your

market. These controls are now conveniently grouped together in the Quick Setup tab (shown below).

Clipper Drive and Auto Sense

The first important control to adjust is the Clipper Drive. This appears both here in the Quick Setup tab and in the

Basic tab of the FM menu.

Since every air chain and market is different, this control should always be adjusted to as low a setting as possible

for the level of loudness needed. You can think of this control as adjusting the primary “loudness vs. distortion”

tradeoff.

We suggest that each time you try a new factory

preset, you adjust the Clip Drive as follows: Start

by turning the Auto Sense control all the way

down to 0.0. Adjust the Clipper Drive control

down in 0.5dB steps until the loudness just falls

off too much and then bring it up a bit from

there. Finally, turn up the Auto Sense until about

0.5 to 1.0 dB of activity can be seen on the Auto

Sense meter.

That is the correct setting for you for the

currently selected preset. On some presets, you

may need to turn it up instead of down. This is

OK too. Adjust it up in the same 0.5db steps until

you achieve the loudness required or the sound

becomes too distorted, whichever comes first. If

the distortion comes first, you probably need to

start with a more aggressive preset.

Quick Setup Tab

NOTE: If you are turning up the Clip Drive to increase loudness and you reach a point where the loudness and

distortion do not seem to be increasing as you would expect, you have likely run into the Auto Sense ceiling. Try

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