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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. A3 - 1 Apr il 2005 Edited by Eli Weins tein http://www.a valonrf. com/[...]

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    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 .......................................................................... 2 Figure B – Rear Panel ..........[...]

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    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. Error conditions and Prompts. ............................................................. 1[...]

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    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. The DX404 N TSC model tun ing ran ge is fro m 56MHz to 802.25 MHz The DX404 PAL model tu ning [...]

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    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 cators 2 Antenna Se lect LED 3 IRDT Receive r 4 LCD Displa y 5 Keypad[...]

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    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 2.5) 4 Digital wir eless li nk Antenn a Output (section 2.6) 7, 8 Audio Outp u[...]

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    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). a) The power input c onnecto r is a XLR 4 pin on the rea r panel of the DX604. Pin 1 – Gro und Pin 2 – RS23 2 Interf ace (Tran smit) Pin 3 – RS23 2 Interf ace (Rec eive) Pin 4 - +9Vd c to +16[...]

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    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. The PAL model h as[...]

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    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. The matin g conne ctor is a FGG1B314CLAD6 2 The conn ector pi n-out is : Pin Pin 1 Speaker Left 8 Telemetry 1 2 Micropho ne 9 Te[...]

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    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 8.7” W x 1.9” H x 13.1” D Single DX60 4 (See Figur [...]

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    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 cifications Inches [mm][...]

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    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 1.5G, from[...]

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    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. 3.1.2 Front Panel In dicators (Circles 1,2 on figure A). The DX604 f ront pan el inclu des the followi[...]

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    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. The commo nly used receiv er comma nds are : * Tuning * Frequen cy sca nning * Tuner s [...]

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    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. E.G.: #25<ENTER> tun es a DX404 to cha nnel 25.[...]

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    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. A A/M indica tion is s hown on the LCD d isplay, l ine 2 [...]

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    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 6.5 MHz. The audio sub-ca rrier fr equenci es can be[...]

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    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. The DX50 4 video bandwidt h can be field c hanged from 16MHz to 27 MHz and ba ck. *32 <EN[...]

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    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. Valid only for firm ware ver 6.7 and later This comma nd is us ed in c onjunc[...]

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    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. 4.2 Battery-l ow warni[...]

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    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. 5.1.1 One DX404 or DX5 04 or DX60 4 in a ZIPL OCK ESD bag. The rece iver has one vid e[...]

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    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. Co nsult App endix B f or program ming inst ru[...]

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    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” . Ordering informat ion: Descript ion DX404 DX5 04 DX604 2dbi omnidire ction[...]

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    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 . 5.3.4 Splitters When a s et of fou r anten nas feed s more t han one receive r, it is conven ient to s plit the s ignal fr om each anten[...]

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    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 ANTENNA 3 ANTENNA 4 BACK CHANNEL ANTENNA ANTENNA CABLES (4/5) DX504 or DX6 04 110VAC POWER SUPPLY VIDEO OUT (BNC) AUDI O 1 OUT (XLR3) AUDIO 2 OUT (XLR3) DA[...]

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    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 ANTENNA 4 BACK CHANNEL ANTENNA SPLITTER 1:4 SPLITTER 1:4 SPLITTER 1:4 SPLITTER 1:4 COMBINER 4:1 DX504/DX604 ANTENNA CABLES DX504/DX604 DX504/DX604 DX504/D[...]

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    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) . n (DX504 on[...]

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    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 ch e c k MEM, I2C,KEY NN is the r eceiver EIN (For th e Optiona l remote control) R is a sin gle lette r notify ing: “P” Pr ogram mod e, “R” R[...]

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    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. B.1 Enabling the remo te progr ammi[...]

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    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> c) Frequency s canning step si ze: *92<STEP><C R> d) Tuner Sele ct: *1# < TN><CR> (1 or more tune rs) e) Turning ON or OFF [...]

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    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 1-4 an d combin ations th ereof – the numb ers ind icate whic h tuner s are unlocke d (the u nit need s to be returne d to fact ory for r epairs at t[...]