OPTIMOD SURROUND PROCESSOR INSTALLATION
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cal time, OFFSET, and TIME SERVER to reflect the Windows settings in the machine
running PC Remote software. See Synchronizing Optimod to a Network Time-
server on page 2-59. If you are planning to set your Optimod’s time via PC Re-
mote and/or the Internet, skip to step (C).
A) L
OCATE to SYSTEM SETUP > PLACE > DATE > TIME.
B) L
OCATE to the TIME AND DATE screen.
a) Choose T
IME FORMAT as desired (either 24-hour time or AM/PM-style time).
b) Set hours, minutes, and seconds, in that order.
Seconds will stop advancing when you set hours and minutes. So set sec-
onds last.
c) Choose the desired date format.
d) Set today’s date.
e) If you want the clock to automatically reset itself to conform to Daylight
Saving Time (Summer Time), use the D
AYLIGHT SAVING MONTH/WEEK and the
STANDARD TIME MONTH/WEEK fields to specify when Daylight Saving Time
begins and ends in your area. If you do not wish to use this feature, leave
these controls set O
FF.
C) (Optional) > L
OCATE to the STATION IDENTIFIER screen to specify your station’s
identifier (call sign or call letters).
2. Locate to System Setup > Automation.
3. If the far left button reads “Disabled,” choose it and press Enter to en-
able automation.
This button lets you enable or disable all automation events easily with-
out having to edit individual automation events.
4. To add an automation event:
A) Select A
DD.
B) You can program an event that occurs only once or an event that occurs in a
weekly preset pattern. Highlight either S
ET BY WEEK or SET BY DATE and press
the E
NTER button.
C) For S
ET BY WEEK:
a) L
OCATE to the each day of the week in turn; then use the knob to turn the
day on or off.
You can program the event to occur on as many days as you wish.
b) LOCATE to the Event Time field and set the hour, minute, and second when
the automation event is to occur.
Automation events have a “start” time but no “stop” time. The 8685 will
stay in the state specified by an existing automation event indefinitely,
until its state is changed by another automation event or by another ac-