Omnia Omnia.9 - Quick S Tart S Etup G Uide; Physical I Nstallation

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QuickStartSetupGuide
Weknowthatyou'reprobablyinahurrytogetyournewOmnia.9installedandontheair.Ifyou
havetechnicalexpertiseandpreviousknowledgeofaudioprocessorfundamentals,thisQuickStart
SetupGuidewillgetyouupandrunningasquicklyaspossible.
WesuggesthavinganassistantonhandwhenrackingupOmnia.9tohelpbalancetheunitduring
installation,andstronglyrecommendusingall4rackscrewsforthebestsupport.AlthoughOmnia.9
isfancooled,leavinganemptyrackspacedirectlyaboveandbelowtheunitisadvisable.
PhysicalInstallationandInitialConfiguration
 ConnectACpowertobothoftheinternalpowersupplies.Thereisnopowerswitch.Failure
tousebothpowersuppliesisinterpretedbytheunitasafailureinoneofthesuppliesand
willresultinanaudiblealarm.
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 Connect the audio inputs as appropriate for your installation.  Omnia.9 accepts balanced
professional linelevel analog audio via its Left and Right Inputs in the Main Analog I/O
sectionoftherearpanel,orAES/EBUdigitalaudioonstandardXLRconnectorsviaitsMain
andAESReferenceInputsintheMainDigitalI/OsectionoftherearpanelandAuxDigital
InputintheAuxDigitalI/Osection.
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AWordaboutAESReferenceandSampleRates:IfyouneedtosynctheOmnia.9toanexternal
reference,usetheAESReferenceInputtoensurethattheexternallygeneratedreferencewillbe
usedasthemainclockfortheOmnia.9.However,Omnia.9’smainsamplerateMUSTbesetto
matchtherateoftheexternalreferenceateither44.1or48kHz.Thesesettingsarefoundinthe
System Configuration portion of the System menu. For HD radio, a sample rate of 44.1kHz is
required.  Sample rate converters are present on both the Main Digital In and Aux Digital In
connections,andacceptanyAESsignalfrom32–192kHz.