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1/16 XT1 ® XT1 AM FM RDS / RBDS Tuner User Manual www.xa ntech .com[...]
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2/16 XT1[...]
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3/16 XT1 Thank you for purchasing the XT1 Tuner. We t ake great pride in the design and manufacturing quality products, and are confi dent that your new XT1 will prov ide you with many years of enjoyable and trouble-free s ervice. Should you ever have any need to call upon our servi ces, please feel free to contact us at the address shown at the en[...]
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4/16 XT1 FM Antenna Power Su pp l y GND Serial cable to 3rd party dev ice 3.5mm Mono jack to 3rd party IR output AM Antenna Each XT1 package contains - XT1 AM/FM Tuner with RDS/RBDS - IR cable: 3.5mm mono so cket - 3.5mm s t ereo jack - Serial cable: DB9 female - RJ45 male - Audio Cable: L/R RCA mal e to 3.5mm st er eo female jack - Audio Cable: L/[...]
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5/16 XT1 1 2 3 4 5 Front Panel Controls (1) M EN U Pressing this bu tton allow s you ac cess to the follo wing func tions: - AM /FM ban d sel ec tion - Auto/Man ual tuning selection - Scan the pr eset st ations - Memorize a stati on - Set the IR Code. (2) E NT ER (Pow er ) When plugging in the power transformer the first time, the tuner will automa[...]
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6/16 XT1 Tuner Operation MA K E AM/FM BAND SELECTION 1. Press and release the MENU button unti l either the ENTER and MHz charact ers flash , or the ENTER and kHz characters flash. 2. Press the ENTER butt on until either MHz or kHz stops flashing. 3 . P re s s e i t h e r U P o r D O W N b u t t o n t o o b ta i n M H z o r k H z . ( note – MHz i[...]
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7/16 XT1 TO PRESET MEMORIES 1. Select a desired station. 2. Press and r elease MENU button until MEM and ENTER characters flash. 3. Press ENTER button. 4. Select desir ed PRESET number by pressi ng UP or DOWN button. 5. Press ENTER button. EZ Steps: 1. Select desire d station 2. Press MENU four times 3. Press UP or Down 4. Press ENTER button RDS/RB[...]
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8/16 XT1 Xantech Limited Warranty Xantech Corporation ("Xantech") warrants t o the hold er of a valid proof of purchase as the first end-user purchaser ("You"), its products to be fr ee from defects i n materi als and workmanship for the periods specified below from the date of purchase. This limit ed warranty extends only to Yo[...]
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9/16 XT1 Xantech products (go to xantech.c om/warranty for model numbers) Warranty Duration IR Receivers and IR emitters Limited lifetime Remote Control Switchers Limited lifetime Modules and Connecting Blocks Limited lifetime Accessories Limited lifetime Speakers Limited lifetime Volume Controls and Speaker Sel ectors 5 year limited MRC, BX, ZPR a[...]
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10/16 XT1 Appendix 1 RS232 Protocol I n t e r f a c e Baud Rate : 9600 Stop Bit: 1 Data Bits : 8 Parity Bit: none T r a n s m i s s i o n : I n A S C I I c o d e s Format <ZoneID><_><ProductID><_><Tuner ID>_<Comma nd><_><Parameter1><_><Pa r ameter2><_><CR> <Zone ID> Is nu[...]
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11/16 XT1 5 Auto Memory 1 Start scan from the current frequency and write each station i nto pr eset sequentially 2 Start scan from FM 87.5MHZ to 107.95 t hen AM 530 to 1690, write each st ati on into preset sequentially. 6 RS232 Output 1 Outputs feedback one by one (i.e. on demand) 2 Outputs feedback every 0.5 seconds 3 Outputs feedba ck every 1 s[...]
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12/16 XT1 15 Program XT1 Zone ID 888 Program XT1 Zone ID "number" 00..99 222 Return XT1 Zone ID 666 Program XT1 Tuner ID "number" 444 Return XT1 Tuner I D 00..99 Examples: 01_10_00_1_1 Instruct Zone 1 XT1 to power off 01_10_06_1_2 Instruct Zone 1 Tuner 6 XT1 to power on 01_10_00_1_3 Instruc t zone 1 X T1 to power on if it is off[...]
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13/16 XT1 Pin Layout RJ45 DB9-Male DB9-Female Circuit Item Pin 1 3 2 TX Pin 2 2 3 RX Pin 4 5 5 GND CN12 5 9 4 8 3 7 2 6 1 10 RX TX[...]
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14/16 XT1 Appendix 2 Discrete IR HEX Codes The carrier frequency: 38KHz. Key HEX Code IR Co de AM/FM 90 0000 006D 0000 0021 0156 00AB 0015 00 15 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 00 40 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 00 40 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0040 0015 0015 0015 001[...]
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15/16 XT1 0 78 0000 006D 0000 0021 0156 00AB 0015 00 15 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 00 40 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 00 15 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0040 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 00 40 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0015 0040 0015 0[...]
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16/16 XT1 ® Xantech Corpora tion 13100 Telfai r Ave., Sylmar CA 9134 2 | Xantech.com Installa t ion Ins tructions, XT1, XT1E © 2009 X antech Corporation Document # 089 05219B This document is copyright protected. No part of this manual may be copied or reproduced in any form without prior writte n cons ent from Xantech Corporation. Xan t ech Corp[...]