New Receivers Not Yet Ready for On-Air Production

As a follow-up to our system message on Dec. 9, which stated that stations are not receiving appropriate tuning commands in the new SFX 4104 Pro Audio receivers, we would like to report that the tuning system has returned to operation. We are still in the process, however, of deducing the exact cause of the problems experienced last week.

As a result, we would like to once again remind all stations that the new SFX 4104 Pro Audio receivers should not yet be used for on-air production. While we have concluded our beta-testing of the units, there remains additional work we must perform before we can officially transition from the legacy equipment (the IDC SR 2000pro stream decoders and SFX 2100 file receivers) to the SFX 4104s.

Until you have received official word from the PRSS, please keep your legacy equipment connected as your primary live-production units. In 2012, the PRSS will send multiple communications to the system as we progress through the Adoption Phase, and there will be plenty of notice before we ask stations to move their on-air production to the new SFX 4104 Pro Audio receivers.

If you have any questions, please contact the PRSS Help Desk at 800.971.7677 or prsshelp@npr.org.