High Sierra Alert/IFlows VHF Data Receiver manual

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    Model 4500 ALE RT/IFLOWS VHF Dat a Receiver Inst ru cti on M anual 60-4500- 01(A ) T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1.0 In trod uction .......................................................................................................1 1.1 Gene ral Desc r iptio n: .....................................................................................1 1.2 Rec[...]

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    If any of the items are received i n damaged condi tion, i mmediatel y notify the carrier and request an i nspection. You mu st notify the carr ie r w ithi n 15 d ay s of sh ipme nt . If a c laim is no t m ade wit hin th at t ime perio d, th en t he carrie r will no t acknowledge any claim for t he lost o r damaged goods. 1.3 Specifica tions: Recei[...]

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    floa t ch arge r will keep t he batt ery c harg ed. NOTE: it is impor tant not to re vers e polarit y wh en conn ectin g pow er to the Mod el 4500 Recei ver. In areas subject to electrical storms it is advi sable to use a li ghtning protection devi ce i n the an tenna tra nsmissi on cab le to p rotect the recei ver fr om dama ge d ue to "near [...]

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    5.0 MAINTENAN CE The Model 4500 AL ERT/IFLOWS VHF Data Receiver is a mai ntenance-free uni t. Howe ver if a n ext erna l bat tery is us ed th en it sh ou ld be perio dica lly te st ed with a batt ery charger-dis charger sim ilar to t he High Si erra E lect ron ics Model 5605. 5.0 T ROUB LESHOOTI NG The majority of fai lures are due to faulty connec[...]

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    6.0 RE TURNS If y ou need to retur n thi s prod uct for any r eason, cal l H ig h S ierra E l ect roni cs at (530) 273- 2080 between 8:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m. Paci fic Coast time. Ask for a return Aut ho riza tio n Num ber (R A# ) to be as sign ed to yo ur u nit . Care fully p ack the un it s o th at it will no t be furt her da mage d in s hipm ent[...]

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    DATE: DRAWN BY: FILE NAME: SHEET: SCALE = DO NOT SCALE APPROVED BY: MODEL NO.: DRAWING NO.: TITLE: REV.: High Sierra Electronics 13355 Grass Valley Avenue, Grass Valley CA 95945 Phone: (530) 273-2080 Fax: (530) 273-2089 REVISIONS REV. ECO# DESCRIPTION DATE ALERT DATA RECEIVER / Maxon Radio 4500 06-4500-02 C 9-11-00 61-4500-81 Jeanie Alvey GD Append[...]

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    Frequency Select Maxon Radio T op Board DATE: DRAWN BY: FILE NAME: SHEET: SCALE = DO NOT SCALE APPROVED BY: MODEL NO.: DRAWING NO.: TITLE: REV.: High Sierra Electronics 13355 Grass Valley Avenue, Grass Valley CA 95945 Phone: (530) 273-2080 Fax: (530) 273-2089 REVISIONS REV. ECO# DESCRIPTION DATE MAXON Radio Settings 4500 61-4500-82 C 4/19/04 61-450[...]

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    Red: 12V+ Black: GND Black: GND Red: 12V+ Coaxial cable to antenna T o battery or wall power supply -+ + - RS 232 Data Out Audio Out 12 VDC Antenna T o Computer Serial Port Audio interconnect cable 12VDC Audio In Model 4500 ALERT Data Receiver Model 1000 ALERT Data Decoder DB-25 to DB-9 cable Receiver-Decoder interconnect 12209 APRIL 19, 1995 A1220[...]