25-Seven Systems Precision Delay for Broadcast (AES In/Out)

Equipped with AES/EBU input and output.

Broadcasters have been looking for a sophisticated solution to the “blending” problem that is created when mobile receivers need to switch between HD Radio and analog due to signal degradation. Using the precise measurements provided by industry leading modulation monitors such as Belar’s FMHD1 and Audemat’s Golden Eagle, Precision Delay allows a station to set, and adjust when necessary, the exact delay required on their analog chain to ensure a smooth transition in and out of HD Radio reception.

Once again, 25-Seven has listened to its customers and addressed their most pressing concerns. And once again, 25-Seven has used its expertise in audio algorithms and simple-to-understand user interface design to create a product that fits perfectly into the contemporary broadcast station. Precision Delay allows a station to adjust to sample level accuracy delays ranging from fractional seconds required for broadcast repeater synchronization to multiple hours for time zone management of program distribution. Use of flash drives means no “crashing” hard drive concerns.

Saving Time, Managing Time
For nearly a decade, 25-Seven Systems has been helping you solve your station’s time management problems. Now we've got something for your toughest challenges. Precision Delay, our fourth specialized product, addresses applications such as drift between analog and HD Radio transmission signals and broadcast repeater synchronization.

Precision Delay offers sample-accurate delay times adjustable in fractions of a second; seamless watermark-protecting builds and exits; synchronized data streams; network accessible control; and 25-Seven quality and support.

Keeping HD Radio in Sync with Analog
With more and more vehicles equipped with HD Radio receivers, stations can’t afford confusing listener experiences due to blending out-of-sync analog and HD Radio signals.

Precision Delay lets you precisely set offset measurements by querying and retrieving them over IP from your BELAR FMHD1 or AUDEMAT Golden Eagle modulation monitor.

Take Precision Delay Out to the Ballgame
When sports fans listen to radio play-by-play at the stadium, they may not know if they are in the right ballpark when HD Radio diversity delay is running. Getting your station into “ball-game mode” means switching the HD Radio signal on and off without annoying listeners or impacting ratings. Precision Delay lets you smoothly build in and out of delay.

Watermark Friendly
Protecting the integrity of ratings watermark codes during delay builds and exits presents special challenges. Precision Delay’s unique Watermark Safe Mode helps accommodate the time-based structure of watermark encoding. Our algorithms never alter pitch, so unlike other time manipulation processes, they never undermine the critical frequencies upon which watermarking depends.

Small Delays: Keep Boosters In Sync
Proper time alignment is critical to keeping main signals in sync with boosters or other transmitters relaying on the same frequency. Precision Delay lets you adjust delays by increments as small as a single sample.

Large Delays: Shift Across Time Zones
For facilities that need to delay content by several minutes to as much as four hours, Precision Delay provides a flexible solution with no spinning hard drives and no complicated programming. With “set and run” simplicity and solid-state reliability.

Delay Data & GPIO
Precision delay supports up to 3 independent data delays. Serial data over IP or RS-232 such as “now playing” metadata can be delayed in sync with audio — even when delay time is in transition. Contact closures can also be delayed on input so that they trigger against the appropriate audio on output.

AES, Balanced Analog and Livewire IP Audio
AES digital, balanced analog and Livewire IP audio are standard. Whether you already have an IP audio system or you want to keep your plant IP-capable, Precision Delay matches your signal path today and for years to come.

Control Precision Delay from Anywhere
In addition to controlling Precision Delay using GPIO (contract closures), Precision Delay offers complete configuration and control over a LAN or WAN using a common web browser. Navigating though parameters is a breeze with our internal password-protected web server. The server gives you five separate pages for complete and convenient control over your PD. The network interface also lets you remotely install software updates. Whether your unit is located in your main equipment room or at the transmitter, control is probably right where you're sitting now.

Front Panel
An Adobe Flash-based application replicates PD's front panel on your web browser, so every button and display is present and functions just like the real front panel. Through careful client-server communications management, round-trip latency is almost imperceptible, creating a seamless user experience. You can even control PD from multiple computers. Just open a web browser interface on each, and anything you do on one computer will be reflected on the others, as well as on PD's physical front panel.

Configuration
Tired of learning hieroglyphics just to configure a delay? Navigating though “set and forget” parameters is a breeze with the PD's Configuration page. You'll find obvious control with all your settings on one simple screen, so you don’t waste time entering data though an ill-suited LCD interface.