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Preliminary 8-2002 RSHD Smartcaster Installation Manual

Mutual's "bee-doops" must have been introduced in the early 1970's. CBS/Westwood (the

current owner of what was called Mutual) still "bee-doops" on its feeds of CNN news and

"Westwood" programs on what used to be satellite channels of what was formerly known

as the Mutual Broadcasting System. There were several frequency sequences of "bee-

doop"-ing. Sometimes, between two feeds, in the ten seconds of silence, you'd hear a

whole series of "bee-doops" of varying frequencies!

The STARGUIDE does not use these tones, and the SMARTCASTER will not use them

either. Look at the documentation that comes with you syndicated programs to see if any

tone decoding equipment is needed for that format.

Building and Using Satellite Clocks

A satellite clock helps keep the Smartcaster in pace with the information given by the

satellite companies to their affiliates. That way, if a closure is missed sometime during

the day, the satellite clock isn't off until someone fixes it. This way the computer keeps

up with the satellite service provider.

Also, this way the computer knows how much fill material to pull during an under

programmed break.

When should I use a clock?

As a general rule of thumb, any satellite show that is an hour or more should have a

clock. However, some shows simply cannot have a clock, such as ballgames, or talk

shows in which the breaks drift more than ten minutes.

How to Build a Satellite Clock

First exit out of the Smartcaster program by going to quit

and picking "YES." This will either take you to a command

prompt or to the Supermenu itself. If you get out to a

command prompt, type "go" and press ENTER. That will take

you to the Supermenu. Using the arrow keys, navigate to

button labeled "Clock," and press ENTER.

Now let say for the sake of our demonstration that we are

using the Loud Noise Network. Loud Noise has a three-

minute optional break after the news, which goes until four

minutes after the hour. The next break at twenty after, is a

two-minute mandatory. After that there are two more

optionals, a one minute break at forty past, and another two

minute break at fifty after.

If you are new to satellite services, you might not know what

a mandatory break or an optional break is. A mandatory

break is a break not covered by the network. During these

breaks, you had better play something because they are not.

An optional is a break covered by the network. If you don't

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