Ramsey Electronics RR1 manual

RR1 • 1 Ramsey Electr onics Model N o. RR1 Have you ever been s o frustrated with the r ange of y our rem ote that you go to the extrem e of rearrangin g your ent ertainm ent room just to make it wor k? Tired of h aving to bou nce your IR rem ote off of ceilings and wall s? Do you want to run your system from anoth er room? Here is the ans wer to[...]

RR1 • 2 RAMSEY TRANSMITTER KITS • FM100B Professio nal FM St ereo Transmitter • FM25B Sy nthesized Stereo FM Transmitter • MR6 Model Roc ket Trackin g Transmitter • TV6 Television Trans mitter • RR1 Wired Remote Repeated • RRW1 Wireless Remote Repeater RAMSEY RECEIVER KITS • FR1 FM Broad cast Receive r • AR1 Air craft Band Receive[...]

RR1 • 3 RR1 REMOTE REPEA TER KIT Ram sey Public atio n No. M R R 1 Pri ce $5 .00 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduct ion ........................................... 4 Theor y of Operation .............................. 5 Learn As You Bu ild Stra tegy ................. 7 Parts List ............................................... 9 Assem bly Instructions .[...]

RR1 • 4 RR1 INTRODUCT ION W elcome to the RR1 k it (an d if you d on’t have the tim e, the wired and teste d versio n). Let’s tak e a m oment to he lp you under stand the basic workings of IR rem ote controls an d how the RR1 work s. This will be tter hel p you under stand what you ar e about t o build . As sim ple as it m ay look , the RR1 i[...]

RR1 • 5 RR1 THEORY OF OPER AT ION The RR1 m ay look s imple but t here is actuall y quite a lot being done insid e each one of the parts . Many ind ividual com ponents are pac ked insi de of the IR receiver part (U2) itself; so m any in fact that if it was built up with discrete components , it wou ld never fit in t his litt le kit cas e. Inside [...]

RR1 • 6 of the one s econd tim e fr ame ( 0.60 seconds tot al of the e ntire sec ond). F or a logical zero, th e LED wil l still be s witched on and of f at a rate of 38 k Hz, but this tim e only for 3 0% of the tot al tim e (0.30 sec onds t otal of the entire sec - ond). W hen the IR detector “sees” a 38 k Hz IR s ignal, the ou tput of the d[...]

RR1 • 7 RAMSEY “LE ARN-AS-YOU-BUILD” A SSEM BLY STRATEGY Be sure to read thr ough all of the steps and ch eck the boxes as you go to be sure you didn't m iss an y important ones . Althoug h you m ay be in a h urry to see the end res ults, b efore you switch on the power be sure to c heck all wiring and components (espec iall y capacitors[...]

RR1 • 8 This project will no t work as well as you m ay wish if you just s lap it toge ther without f ollowing go od ass embl y tec hniques and all of t he instr uctions . No matter how clear we ma y th ink our m anual is, if you have an y questio ns give us a call at the factor y instead of j umping to co nclusions . W e will be happ y to help y[...]

RR1 • 9 PARTS SU PPLIED WIT H YO UR RR1 KIT Capacitors  3 0.1 uF cer amic c apacitors (m ark ed .1 or 104 or 100 nF) [C2,3, 4]  2 10 uF electr ol ytic capacitor s [C1,5]  1 1000 uF elec trolytic capacit or [C6] Resistors  1 1K ohm resistor (brown-bla ck- red) [R2]  1 100 ohm resistor ( brown-black -brown) [R1]  1 220 ohm resisto[...]

RR1 • 10 RR1 REM OTE REPE A T ER KIT ASSEMBLY Assem bly of the RR 1 is str aight for ward but i t does re quire som e tim e and patience. T o get our bearin gs, we will s tart with m ounti ng the po wer jack and move on f rom ther e. It serv es as a good r efer ence point f or the other parts.  1. Install J 3, the 2.1 m m power jack . Be sure [...]

RR1 • 11  10. Instal l J2, the 2-pin hea der. It is a tight f it so m ake sure the pins are through th e holes before tr ying to so lder them .  11. Instal l C4, a 0.1 uF ceram ic capac itor (m arked .1 or 104 or 100 nF) .  12. Instal l R3, a 220 ohm res istor (red-r ed-brown) .  13. Instal l C5, a 10 uF elec trolytic capac itor. Agai[...]

RR1 • 12 W ow that was fas t! 20 step s for s omething as n eat as this m ay not seem lik e a lot, but we are alm ost done b uilding the k it! Tak e a moment to go back thr ough the s teps you’ve com pleted and c heck the orient ation of all the ins talled devices befor e pluggi ng in the p ower. This will help you to a void dam aging an y crit[...]

RR1 • 13 TEST ING T HE RR1 To begin testing t he RR1 we will nee d the f ollowing items :  AC power suppl y (6 to 12VAC) or DC power suppl y (8 to 14VDC).  A known f unctiona l IR rem ote control.  A mating p iece of equipm ent that th e rem ote control works with. Begin by positio ning the IR LED in front of the equipment you int end to[...]

RR1 • 14 USING THE RR 1 The beaut iful t hing about it is that there re ally is no secr et to using the RR1. The onl y option you ma y need t o change is the j umper c onfigurati on of J 2, the ‘Data Restor e’ ena ble head er. B y default, le ave the j um per header ’I N’ or on the pins. T his wil l tell the m icro- controller to autom at[...]

RR1 • 15 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE PROBLE M: The gree n LED does n’t lig ht up when I aim m y rem ote at it. SOLUTI ON: Ther e are a few t hings that c an go wr ong her e so we wil l go through th e poss ibilities in order of there likeliho od: 1. You forgot to turn on the po wer, or your DC adapter isn’t com patible (the polarit y is rever sed).[...]

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RR1 • 18 RR1 SPECIFIC A TION S: There ar e only a f ew specif ications t hat need to be doc um ented for this par - ticular pr oduct. Ple ase note that these are subjec t to change. Power Su pply : • AC power s uppl y = 6 to 12 VAC @ 100 mA or • DC power s uppl y = 8 to 16 VDC @ 100 m A (Posit ive tip pl ug) • Current dr aw with a 12 VDC so[...]

RR1 • 19 The Ramsey Kit Warr anty Please read carefully BEFORE c alling or writing in about y our kit. Most pro blems can be solved without contacting the factory. Notice that this is not a " fine pri nt" w arrant y. We want you to understand your rights and ours too ! All Ramsey kits w ill work if assembled properly. The very fa ct tha[...]

RR1 • 20 RR1 REM OTE REPE A T ER KIT Quick Refe rence Page Guid e Introduction .......................................... 4 Theor y of Operation .............................. 5 Parts List ............................................... 9 Assem bly Instructions ......................... 10 Testing the RR1 .................................. 13 Usi[...]