Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DX504 Digital Antenna
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Avalon RF, I nc. • 34 4 Coogan Way • El Cajon, CA 92 020 Phone: (6 19) 401 -1969 • Fax: (61 9) 401-1 971 • Ema il: sales @avalo nrf.com DX404 / DX50 4 / DX6 04 Four A ntenn a Dive rsity Recei vers User's Guide & Operating Manual AV010220/1-000 REV.
AVALON RF, INC. Page ii DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Table of Content s 1. General ................................................................................................. 1 Figure A – Front Panel ............
AVALON RF, INC. Page iii DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Adding the audio sub- carriers to the video output ........ ............. ...... 1 5 Assignin g an EIN (Elec tronic Ide ntification Numb er) ................... .... 16 4.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 1 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 1. General The DX404/D X504/DX604 are rug ged 4-a ntenna ‘ true’ div ersity v ideo and aud io rece ivers in tended f or deman ding hig h end v ideo applica tions.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 2 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Figure A – Front Panel DX404/DX504 /DX604 Con trols, In dicators and Con nectors 1 Signal Qua lity Indi cator.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 3 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Figure B – Rea r Panel DX404/DX504 /DX604 Con trols, In dicators and Con nectors 1, 2, 5, 6 Antenna I nputs (Se ction 2. 2) 3 Digital Wir eless L ink Inte rface Con nector (section 2.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 4 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 2. S pecifications 2.1 Power Inpu t (Circle 9 on re ar pane l).
AVALON RF, INC. Page 5 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 2.2 Antenna I nputs, t otal of 4 (Circles 1,2,5,6 on rear panel). a) DX404: The tuning f requenc y range is 56MHz -802/860 MHz, AM/VSB modulat ed. The a ntenna c onnecto rs of th e NTSC model are “F” ty pe with a 75 Ω (oh m) impeda nce.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 6 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 2.5 Digital Wir eless L ink Data Input. The digita l wireles s link in put con nector i s a LEMO ty pe ECG1B3147CL L or equ ivalent.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 7 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 2.7 Size The DX404/D X504/DX604 are ava ilable in two conf iguratio ns: Configur ation Dimension s Without Re movable Hood 8.5” W x 1.75” H x 12.125 ” D 216mm x 4 5mm x 30 8mm With Remov able Hoo d 8.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 8 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Figure F – DX60 4 Mechanica l Specific ations Inches [mm] Figure G – DX60 4 (Option R) Me chanical Spe cifi.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 9 of 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 2.9 Environmental Condit ions. The DX604 i s desig ned to me et the fo llowing e nvironme ntal conditio ns: a) Operating tempera ture -4 ° to 12 2 ° F (-20 ° to 50 ° C) b) Storage t emperatu re -13 ° to 1 50 ° F (-25 ° to 65 ° C) c) Vibration 1.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 10 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 3. Operating Instructions 3.1 Human Interfa ce. 3.1.1 Front Panel Key pad (Circ le 5 on figure A) All manual setup f unctions are en tered vi a the ke ypad. 3.1.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 11 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 3.1.4 Front Panel In terface The DX604 h as an o ptional IRDT serial interfac e, capab le of communic ating with a PDA at a distance up to 3 feet. 3.2 Operating the DX604.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 12 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l #<CHANNEL> <ENTER> tun es in to the des ired cha nnel (DX4 04 only). The valid channe ls for th e DX404 NTSC m odel are 2-69. The valid channe ls for th e DX404 PAL model ar e 2-12 a nd 21-7 0.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 13 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l *1#12 <ENTER> eliminate s tuners 3 and 4 from the divers ity *1#123 <ENTER> eliminat es tuner 4 from th e diver sity *1 <ENTER> incl udes all four tun ers in t he diver sity pro cess.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 14 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 3.3 Setup. 3.3.1 Tuning the a udio sub -carrie r freque ncies ( DX504/DX604 only). The Audio1 sub-ca rrier fr equency is facto ry pres et to 6 M Hz. The Audio2 sub-ca rrier fr equency is facto ry pres et to 6.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 15 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 3.3.3 Changing the video bandwidth (DX504 o nly). The DX404 v ideo ba ndwidth i s factor y prese t to 5MHz. The DX604 video b andwidth is facto ry prese t to 16 M Hz.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 16 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l NOTE Displayin g video that ha s the au dio subc arriers on it will show vis ible noise o n the pic ture. 3.3.6 Assigning an EIN (Electr onic Ide ntificati on Number ) to the DX604.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 17 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 4. Error conditions and Prompts. 4.1 Power faul t indica tor. The power fault in dicator ( Circle 10 on the rear pa nel) illu minates when the input vo ltage ex ceeds 24V, or wh en the in put volt age is hooked up in re verse p olarity.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 18 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 5. Ordering Information DX404 – Ba sic System DX504 – Ba sic System DX604 – Ba sic System Every DX60 4 comes with the f ollowing s tandard feature s and access ories.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 19 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 5.2 Optional feat ures: Option 00 European versio n. Include s a 230VAC power ad apter an d calibr ation for PAL. Option 01 Remote pr ogrammin g. The RS232 i nterface is inst alled on the power in put conn ector.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 20 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 5.3 Optional acc essories 5.3.1 Antennas. Each rec eiver re quires f our (4) antenna s. Higher antenn a gain y ields longer r ange with limitatio ns on r eception “viewing angle” .
AVALON RF, INC. Page 21 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l 5.3.3 Antenna cables for the Digital Wireless Link (DWL) The DWL an tenna c able is a BNC to BNC ca ble with RG5 8 cable .
AVALON RF, INC. Page 22 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Figure H – Block Diagram of Basic System with a Single DX404/DX504/DX604 Receiver ANTENNA 1 ANTENNA 2 ANTEN.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 23 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Figure J – Block Diagram of System with Four DX404/DX504/DX604 Receivers ANTENNA 1 ANTENNA 2 ANTENNA 3 ANTE.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 24 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Appendix A – LCD format DX404 LCD fo rmat First line Second li ne DX404 LCD fo rmat # 2 DX504/DX604 LCD forma t A.1 The forma t of the f irst line is: FFFF.FF is the c arrier fr equenc y SSSS (DX404 on ly) is th e video standar d (PAL or NTSC) .
AVALON RF, INC. Page 25 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l A.2 The format of the second li ne is: MMMMMMMM is a war ning pro mpt: INVALID = wrong en try BIT = sys te m .
AVALON RF, INC. Page 26 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Appendix B – Remote Programming Opt ion The DX404/D X504/DX604 can be remotely program med via a : • RS232C inte rface The data rate is s et for 9 600 Baud , 8 bits, no parit y, 1 sto p bit and no handsh aking si gnals.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 27 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l B.3 List of Co mmands a) Frequenc y tuning : <FREQ><CR> b) Channel tuning: # <FREQ><CR&g.
AVALON RF, INC. Page 28 o f 28 DX404/DX504 /DX604 Use r’s Guide & Operati ng Manua l Appendix C – BIT Codes BIT 0 - memory error (u nit is us eable b ut will no t retain stored s etting) BIT 1.
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