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enced people who make these trade-offs every day have mastered these. The 8400 pro-
vides enormous flexibility to get the bass sound you want, but this flexibility comes at a
price—you have to familiarize yourself with the relevant controls and truly understand
what you are doing. This manual is there to help, and it’s worthwhile to reserve some
time with if you want to become an 8400 bass expert.
Using the 8400 PC Remote Control Software
Optimod-FM 8400 must be upgraded to version 1.0 or greater prior to using
8400PC.
CAUTION: We recommend that you do not change your 8400’s pre-emphasis by using
the PC Remote program. Only change pre-emphasis locally from the 8400’s front panel.
(Usually, you will only set pre-emphasis once: when you first install your 8400.)
Your 8400 PC Remote control software is easy to use because it looks like the 8400’s
front panel. The menus and other features are organized the same way as they are in the
8400. The principal extra feature is the ability to archive user presets on your computer’s
storage devices (hard drives, floppy drives, etc.) and to restore them as user presets in
your 8400.
The 8400 PC Remote software can be connected to your 8400 via modem, direct serial
cable connection, or Ethernet network. It communicates with your 8400 via the TCP/IP
protocol, regardless of how it is connected to your 8400. (Networking requires a network
card to be installed in the 8400’s rear-panel PC Card slot. See “Networking” in Section 2
of this manual for instructions on how to set up 8400 networking.)
To start using 8400 PC Remote software, first establish a connection from the client
computer to the 8400 through a Windows Direct Cable Connection (Windows 2000 and
XP), a RAS null modem connection (Windows 98), a Dial-Up Modem connection, or a
TCP/IP Ethernet connection. If you are running version 2.1 software or higher, you must
enter an “All Screens” passcode to initiate the network connection. When a network con-
nection has been established, launch 8400_PC.exe to start the software.
Before running 8400 PC Remote, you must have installed the appropriate Windows com-
munications services on your computer. Because procedures and instructions for connect-
ing to a PC are subject to development and change, we have placed these instructions in a
file called 8400_Vxxx_installion.pdf (where xxx represents the version number
of the software). You can access this file from the Orban/Optimod 8400 folder in your
computer’s Start Menu after you have run Orban’s PC Remote installer software or ver-
sion 1.0 or greater of Orban’s 8400 software update software. You can use Adobe’s .pdf
reader application to open and read this file. If you do not have the .pdf reader, it is avail-
able for free download from www.adobe.com
.
By default, the installer installs a shortcut (labeled “Optimod 8400 PC Remote”) to
8400_PC.exe on your desktop and in your Start Menu under Orban\Optimod 8400.
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