Telex tr-1 manual

T elex Op er ating In struc tions RadioCom ™ BTR-1, TR-1 Pro fes sional W ire less In ter com Sys tem[...]

T a ble of Con tents Sec tion 1 In tr o duc tion .............................................. 1-1 Gen eral De scrip tion .......................................................................... 1 -1 Sys tem Fea tures ............................................................................. 1-1 BTR-1 Block Di a gram .........................[...]

T a ble of Con tents (con tin ued) Sec tion 7 TR-1 Op er a tio n ............................................ 7-1 Ba sic Op er a tional De sc rip tion .................................................................. 7-1 Sys tem Quick Start ....................................................................... 7-1 Bat tery Installation ..........[...]

1-1 Sec tion 1 In tro duc tion Gen eral De scri p tion The T elex RadioCom ™ BTR-1 UH F wire less in ter com sys - - tems is the ul ti mate in re li able, high per for mance, en crypted full du plex com m u ni ca tions. The BTR-1 syst em in cludes the BTR -1 fre quency ag ile bas e sta tion and a TR-1 fre quency ag ile bel tpack. The BTR-1 system[...]

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1-3 LISTEN 1A LISTEN 1B LISTEN 2B LISTEN 3A LISTEN 3B LISTEN 4A LISTEN 4B LISTEN 5A LISTEN 6A LISTEN 5B INPUT 1 OUTPUT 1 LISTEN 2A OUTPUT 2 INPUT 4 OUTPUT 4 INPUT 3 OUTPUT 3 INPUT 5 OUTPUT 5 INTERCOM PORT 1 INTERCOM PORT 2 INTERCOM PORT 3 INTERCOM PORT 4 INTERCOM PORT 5 INTERCOM PORT 6 INPUT 6 4W IN 4 WIRE 4W OUT 2W 4W 4W BTR-1 BLOCK DIAGRAM HEADSE[...]

1-4 D/A DSP RECEIVER TRANSMITTER A/D DE EMPHASIS EXP ANDER PRE EMPHASIS COMPRESSOR SQUARING AMP LOW P ASS FIL TER RX AUDIO GA TE ELECTRET/ DYNAMIC DETECT TX 1 2 3 4 VOLUME MIC GAIN Fig ur e 1-2 TR-1 Block Diagr am[...]

Sec tion 2 BTR-1 Base S ta tion Con tr ols and Con nec tions - Fr ont Panel 1. On/Off Switch: T urns the base sta tion on/off 2. [Menu] and [Set] but tons: Used to se lect menus and set op tions on the LCD. 3. Backlit LCD w/ Con trast Ad just: Ad just the le vel of con trast to the LCD . 4. [Up] and [Down] but tons: Used to se lect menus and set op[...]

Con tr ols and Con nec tions - Rear Panel 12. Re lay Con tacts: Nor mally Open. When ac ti vated it will close. 13. Re ceive An ten na Con n ec tor: TNC Fe male con nec tor. The color dot near t he con nec tor must matc h the color of the an tenna. 14. Aux il iary Connector: RJ-1 1 con nec tor used to con nect balanced a ux il iary au dio into and [...]

Sec tion 3 TR-1 Beltpack Con tr ols and Con nec tions - T op Panel Fig ur e 3-1 TR-1 T op Panel 1. On/Off & V ol ume Con trol: T urns the belt pack power on and con trols head set vol ume. 2. BA T/O.M . Light: 3. T alk Light: LED is on when t he talk but ton is ac tive. 4. T alk but ton: Press to en able the au dio pat h from the head set. 5. A[...]

Con tr ols and Con nec tions - Rear Panel Fig ur e 3-2 TR-1 Rear Panel/Con ne c tor/An ten nas 9. [MENU] and [SET] but tons: Used to se lect menus and set op tions on the LCD. 10. LCD (Liq uid C rys tal Dis play ) 11 . [UP] and [DOWN] but tons: Used to se lect beltpack op - tions on the LCD. 12. Push-to-T alk/Push-to-T ransmit Switch: Push-to-T alk[...]

Sec tion 4 Spec i fi ca tion s 4-1 BTR-1 Spec i fi ca tions Over all RF Fre quency Range .................................. 482 - 608 MHz, 614 - 746 MHz in 18 MHz TX and RX bands Power Re quire ments ............................................................ 12-15 V olts AC/DC @ 1 Amp T em per a ture Range ........................................[...]

4-2 TR-1 Spec i fi ca tions RF Fre quency Range ....................... 482 - 608 MHz, 614-746 MHz in 18 M Hz TX and RX bands Power Re quire ments ........................................ 6 “A A” Cells Al ka line ( NiMH op tion al) Cur rent Draw ................................................... 190 mA (Push-to-T alk, T alk On) T em per a ture[...]

Sec tion 5 Ini tial Equip ment Set-Up Un pack ing Un pack your Ra dioCom ™ sys tem. Be low are the items that should com e with your ba se sta tion and each belt pac k. Con - - tact the shi p per or your dealer im me di ately if any thing is dam - - aged or miss ing. BTR-1 TR-1 5-1 Quantity Description 1 BTR-1 Base Station 1 Operating Instruction[...]

Rack Mount ing The rack m ount ing brack ets come wit h each BTR-1. These brack ets may be used to mount a sin gle base st a tion in a 19" wide rack or m ount two base sta tions side by side in a rack. Fig ure 5-1 shows the three brack ets that com e with a base sta - - tion. Rack Mount ing a Sin gle Base S ta tion 1. Re move the four pan head[...]

An tenna Con nec tion The base st a tion is sup plied with t wo (2) an ten nas. One 1/2-wave an tenna for T rans mit and one 1/2-wave for Re ceive. The an ten nas have TNC male con nec tors. The fre quency range of the an ten nas should match the r e ceiver and trans m it ter of the base sta tion. Match the col or code on the an tenna with the c ol[...]

Keep the dis tance be tween the base sta tion and the beltpacks as short as pos si ble. The g reater the dis tance, the weaker the sig nal. Make su re the “sig nal paths” b e tween the b ase sta tion and beltpac ks are un ob structed. Y ou should be able to vi s i bly lo cate the base sta tion an ten nas at all times for best per for - - mance.[...]

Fig ur e 5-1 1 An tenna Placement 5-5 CH 1 CH 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 RadioCom IC-100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE 4 LINE 5 LINE 6 Telex â 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 [...]

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Sec tion 6 BTR-1 Op er a tion Ba sic Op er a tional De scrip tion The BTR-1 i s a full du plex (si mul ta neous talk and li s ten) base sta tion that works in c on junc tion with a TR -1 beltpack. The base st a tion, via the belt pack, al lows com mu ni ca tion with other wire less or wir ed us ers. T he A, B and C but tons on beltpack a re as sign[...]

Fig ur e 6-1 Ex am ple of a BTR-1 T en Pack Sys tem Be ing Used by a Foot ball T eam 6-2 ACS-101 X Y AUDIO CHANNEL 1 = MAIN OFFENSE AUDIO CHANNEL 2 = PRIV A TE OFFENSE AUDIO CHANNEL 3 = MAIN DEFENSE AUDIO CHANNEL 4 = PRIV A TE DEFENSE X Y BTR-1 COAXIALCABLE T elex T elex RX ANTENNA TX ANTENNA AUDIOCOM POWER SUPPL Y AUDIO CH 1 AUDIO CH 2 PRESS BOX 2[...]

Fig ur e 6-2 BTR-1 Rear Con nec tors In ter fac ing to the BTR-1 TX / RX An ten nas The TNC jack marked “RCV” is fo r the re ceive an tenna. The TNC jack marked “ TRAN ” is for the trans mit an tenna. The base sta tion will come with two ½ wave an ten nas. Al ways matc h the color dot on the base sta tion with the col ored band on the an t[...]

4W In ter com Ports The base station can con nect to a 4-wire sys tems via the RJ-1 1 jack la beled “4 W IRE”. The pinout f or this jack may be seen in fig ure 6-4. For a de scrip tion of how to se t up the 4 W ire Jack re fer to in ter com set tings in this s ec tion. Th e 4 W ire jack is for bal ance in put and out put sig nals. Fig ur e 6-4 [...]

Fig ur e 6-9 Front Con trols and Con nec tor Lo cal Head set The lo cal base sta tion head set al ways fol low ing the au dio se - - lec tion of the beltpack. It ca n not be set to in de pend ently select in ter com chan nels. V ol ume Con trol T urn con trol clock wise to increa se the head phone vol ume. T alk But ton Press to en able au dio pat [...]

The sta tus screen may be changed to an al ter nate dis play by press ing <MENU> for 3 sec onds. The al ter nate dis play shows the base nam e and num ber in dou ble wide and dou ble tall char ac ters. It also in di cates the sys tem's band and fre quen cies in nor mal char ac ters. Pres s ing <MENU> for 3 sec onds again will re ve[...]

In ter com T ype The base sta tion has th e abil ity to in ter face to a va ri ety of wired in ter com sys tems. These in clude T elex (AudioCom ), R TS 2W , ClearCo m â , Four W ire System s and oth ers. Aux il iary Line The aux il iary line may b e set to lo cal or global. Lo cal = Any au dio placed into the a ux il iary in put port is routed on[...]

When ever the group, chan nels or fre quen cies are change d at the base, it will d is play the fo l low ing scre en: This will oc cur re gard less of a belt pack com mu ni ca tion to the base st a tion or not. It is a broadca st type of mes sage. If a beltpac k is com mu ni ca tion with the base st a tion, then two soft ware menu func tions in the[...]

5. If talk is se lected the u ser will be as ked to set th e in ter - com in and out lev els. I f Lis ten is se lected the u ser will be asked to set the lis ten level. Use th e <UP>/<DOWN> ar row but tons to ad just the lev els, then press <SET> to ac cept the lev els. NOTE: In verted char ac ter for the in ter com / lis ten lev [...]

= In ter fer ence found on the re ceive chan nel dur ing the scan or no re ceive fre quency in that re ceive chan nel po si - - tion. Af ter a chan nel is de cided upon, press <S ET> to se lect that chan nel ClearScan ™ Band This op tion con tin u ously scans the whole re ceive band un - - til user in ter ven tion. The scan starts a t the b[...]

Sec tion 7 TR-1 Op er a tion Fig ur e 7-1 Con trols and Con nec tions Ba sic Op er a tional De scrip tion The TR-1 is a ful l du plex (si mul ta neous talk and lis ten) beltpack t hat works in con junc tion with a BTR-1 ba se sta tion. The beltpack al lows a u ser , via a head set at tached to the beltpack, t o com mu ni cate with other wire less o[...]

Bat tery In stal la tion En sure that the On/Off vol ume con trol knob is turned off. Press down and hold down the bat tery re lease latc h, slide the bat tery pack about 1/8 inch ba ck, to ward the la tch, un ti l it stops. Th en lift bat tery p ack out. Re place bat ter ies as f ol lows: Fig ur e 7-2 Bat tery In stal la tion W ARN ING: Do not pla[...]

TR-1 Fig ur e 7-3 TR-1 Con trols T rans mit Modes (PT T ALK, PT TX) The rear panel has a slide switch that can be set to the fol low - - ing two m odes: PT T ALK (Push-to-T alk) – The trans mit ter is a l ways on. No au dio is sent un less the tal k but ton is ac tive. Rec om - mended po si tion. PT TX (Push-to-T rans mit) – The trans mit ter a[...]

TR-1 T op Panel Fig ur e 7-4 TR-1 T op Panel Contr ols On / Off V ol ume Con tr ol T urn con trol clock wise to t urn the beltpack on and ad just the head phone vol ume. BA T/O.M. Light This light has two func tions. It in di cates over mod u la tion (too strong of in put au dio) and low bat tery . T alk But ton Press to en able au dio path from th[...]

Gr oup and Chan nels The first LCD screen the beltpack d is plays af ter power-up is the group / chan nels scre en. This scr een shows the cur rently se lected group fol lowed by the receive and tr ansmit chan nels where the un it is set. Ed it ing Group / Chan nels 1. Push <SET> to edi t the group. The group num ber will be gin flash ing. 2.[...]

Re ceive Fre quency This screen dis plays the fre quency in MHz of the bel tpack re - - ceiver . The fre quency is not chan ge able in fac tory de fined groups. The fre quency is change able in user groups. Ed it ing the RX Fre quency (Us er Gr oups Only) 1. Set the uni t to the de sire user de fined group and chan - nels. See Groups and C han nels[...]

Mi cr o phone Gain This screen dis plays the set ting of the mi cro phone gain of the beltpack. T here are 16 pos si ble set tings. The num ber 0 in di - - cates no m i cro phone gain, the num ber 15 is m ax i mum gain. Each step is a bout 3 dB of au dio. Ad just ing the Mi cro phone Gain 1. Push <SET> at t he mi cro phone gain screen. The nu[...]

Se rial Num ber Code The base se rial num ber is re quired to be in put to the beltpack to al low com mu ni ca tion with that base sta tion. The num ber , like the en cryp tion code, is com posed of four hexidecimal di g - - its. This ex tra se cu rity along with the e n cryp tion code m eans there is over 4 bi l lion pos si ble code com bi na tion[...]

En ter ing ClearScan ä 1. Press and hold < MENU> + <S ET> for 3 sec onds. The fol low ing screen will ap pear: Fig ur e 7-8 ClearScan Menus 2. Use the <DOWN > ar row but ton to se lect the type of ClearScan de sired. 3. Push <SET> to start the ClearScan. 4. Scan Groups a. Af ter the scan is done t he group icon will be flas[...]

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Sec tion 8 TR-1 Menu S truc ture 8-1 Fig ur e 8-1 TR-1 Menu S truc ture[...]

Sec tion 9 BTR-1 Menu S truc tur e 9-1 Fig ur e 9-1 BTR-1 Menu S truc ture[...]

Sec tion 10 Fr e quency Bands Fr e quency Bands The BTR-1 sys tem op er ates in TV chan nels 16 to 36 and 38 to 59. This is the f re quency range of 482 to 608 MHz and 614 MHz to 746 MHz. The band, TV chan nels and fre quen cies are shown in T a ble 2. Most bands are 18 MHz wide, how ever band 7 is 24 MHz wide . Bands F to E are al ways base tran s[...]

Fac tory Gr oup Plan There are 50 fac tory de fined groups in a base sta tion and beltpac k. These group are or ga nized in dif fer ent ways to pro vide flex i bil ity to the user on se lect ing fre quen cies. A group is com - - posed of interm odulation free fre quen cies, but a group is also or ga nize d to be com posed of fre quen cies in dif fe[...]

Sec tion 11 T rou b le shoot ing Re read the sec tions of this man ual to make sure y ou have com pleted sys tem set-up prop erly . If you are un able to solve the prob lem, con tact the dealer from whom you pur chased the sys tem for as sis tance. 11-1 PROBLEM SOLUTION DIS TOR TION - Sys tem’s au dio qual ity seems di s torted at me dium to high[...]

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Sec tion 12 Bat tery In for ma tion Im pro per bat tery se lec tion, use, in stal la tion and care are the cause of nu mer ous wire less sys tem fail ures. Al ka line Bat ter ies: Al ka line bat ter ies such as Mallor y’ s DURACELL ® or Eveready’ s EN ER GIZER ® pro vide the most re li able op er a tion in wire less trans ceiv ers. The use of[...]

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Sec tion 13 2-W ire Sys tems Spec i fi ca tion s 13-1 2 COMMON 1 3 A UDIO 1 PLUS PO WER A UDIO 2 MALE AudioCom /T elex In put Im ped ance: .............................................................. 300 W Out put Level: ................................................. 1.0 Vr m s nom i nal Bridg ing Im ped ance: .................................[...]

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Sec tion 14 FCC Informat ion 14-1 FCC LI CENS ING The T elex BTR-1 and the TR-1 Trans mit ter/Re ceiv er are T ype A c cepted un der United States Fed eral Com mu ni - ca tions Com mis sion P art 74. Li cens ing of T elex equip m ent is the User’ s re spon si bil ity and licensibility de pends on the user’ s clas si fi ca tion, us ers ap pli ca[...]

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Sec tion 15 Soft war e Li cense 15-1 End-User Li cense Agree ment fo r T elex ® Soft war e IM POR T ANT - Please red thi s doc u ment care fully be fore us ing this prod uct. THIS DOC U MENT ST A TES THE TERMS AND CON DI TIONS UPON WHICH TELEX COM MU NI CA - TIONS, INC. (the “COM P ANY”) OF FERS TO LI CENSE THE IN ST ALLED SOFT W ARE OR PR O G[...]

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Sec tion 16 Accessories and Re place ment Parts ALP-600 480-800 MHz Bi -Di rec tional Log Pe ri odic An tenna In - - cludes m ount ing hard ware and 10 feet (3 me ters) of co ax ial ca ble with TNC Con nec tors P N. 878896 ALP-450 450-900 MHz Log Pe ri odic An tenna In cludes mount i ng hard ware an d 10 feet (3 me ters) co ax ial ca ble with TNC c[...]

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TELEX COM MU NI CA TIONS, INC. • 12000 Port land A ve. South, Burnsvil le, MN 55337. PN 803959 REV B March 2005 Made in U.S.A.[...]