R.V.R. Elettronica SpA does not assume responsibility for injuries to persons or damage to items caused by improper use or incorrect usage procedures, whether the users are experienced or not.
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SDC100 2. Warranty The guarantee, which is for 12 (twelve) months, is valid for any R.V.R. Elettronica product. On components such as tubes for final amplifiers, the manufacturer’s guarantee applies. R.V.R. Elettronica extends all transferable original guarantees to its own products.
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SDC100 Replacement of parts under guarantee or spare parts can be ordered from the following address: R.V.R. Elettronica SpA Via del Fonditore, 2/2c 40138 BOLOGNA ITALY Tel. +39 051 6010506 quoting type, model and serial number of the device. 4 / 42 Rev.
SDC100 3. First Aid Personnel involved in the installation, use, and maintenance of the equipment must be familiar with the theory and practice of first aid. 3.1 Treating electric shocks 3.1.1 If the victim is inconscious Follow the first aid principles described below.
SDC100 • Do not interrupt the cardiac massage during the artificial respiration. • Call a doctor as soon as possible 3.1.2 If the victim is conscious • Cover the victim with a blanket • Keep him calm. • Loosen the victim’s clothes and keep him lying down •...
SDC100 4. General Description The SDC100 is a stereo digital coder. It is engineered for high performance stereo FM broadcasting, and it’s contained in a 19” rack mountable 1HE case. This device integrates in a cheap model, without quality compromises, all the technical characteristics of more expensive coders.
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Verify that SDC100 coder is switch off. Connect the output connector of the mixer or of the last receiver to “Right” and “Left” input connector. The SDC100 is balanced and can be of “XLR” type or socket type. Respect the XLR connectors pins position showed in the chapter 6. SDC100 has SCA and RDS inputs;...
For this reason, the results measured with this procedure will not quantitatively reflect the characteristics of the SDC100. 10 / 42 Rev. 3.0 - 09/10/01...
SDC100 6 External Description This chapter describes the elements of the front and rear panels of the SDC100. 6.1 Front Panel figure 6.1 [1] LEVEL METER “Left” and “Right” channels LED bar meters [2] METER SELECTOR Selector for meter (SCA/MPX or LEFT/RIGHT)
SDC100 6.2 Rear Panel figure 6.2 [1] VOLTAGE CHANGER & Fuse block and line voltage selector. Use a small screwdriver to A.C. LINE FUSE change the fuse or line voltage. Rotate the block and position it for the desired voltage.
6.3.1 RS 232 (only with RDS card) Tipo: DB9 female TX_D RX_D +12V Note: Normally, the SDC100 is configured as DCE (Data Communication Equipment) for serial communication. 6.3.2 Telemetry (only with RDS card) Type: DB9 female Reserved for future use...
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SDC100 7. Technical Specifications 7.1 Mechanical Specifications Panel size 483 mm (19”) x 44 mm (1.7”) (1 HE) Depth 242 mm (9.5”) Weight 4 Kg -10 °C ÷ +50 °C Temperature range 7.2 Electrical Specifications General A.C. SUPPLY 100-130 V, 50-60 Hz 198-250 V, 50-60 Hz D.C.
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SDC100 Separation (50 Ohm output load) 45dB from 30Hz to 400Hz 55dB from 400Hz to 5KHz 65dB from 5KHz to 10KHz 60dB from 10KHz to 15KHz Separation (600 Ohm output load) 50dB from 30Hz to 400Hz 60dB from 400Hz to 10KHz...
8. Identification and Access to the Modules 8.1 Modules Identification Figure 8.1 shows the upper view of the internal of the coder. SDC100 is composed of different modules wired between them with connectors, allowing for easy servicing or module substitution.
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SDC100 8.3 Mother Board This card receives input signals (LEFT, RIGHT, RDS and SCA), for example from a audio mixer or a satellite receiver. These signals are normalized (amplified or attenuated) for the nominal levels, filtered (15KHz filters are included for the L and R channels) and pre-emphasized.
The stereo coder card is fixed on the main card and is subdivived in two sections: filtering and coding. This card, that is the most important card of the SDC100, provides to elaborate the signals coming from the main card and to transform then in stereo signal.
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SDC100 To automatically change over from a station which doesn’t transmit traffic news. The R.D.S. is proper for the transmission of information in mono/stereo programs of VHF/MF (87.5-108 Mhz). It satisfies the requested requirements to the transmission of supplementary data on radio programs: 1) Compatibility with the current mono/stereo transmissions;...
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9. Software Description 9.1 Software Installation (only with R.D.S. option) The supplied software (the same for all the devices R.D.S. of the R.V.R. Elettronica S.P.A.) has been planned in wise to simplify the use also by unpractised user; every performance is complete with a different available options list in order to reduce the difficult on setting.
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SDC100 Finger A: or B: (it depends from the disk drive type); Entry in the program directory on operating as follows: a) finger CD ENGLISH <INVIO> (program in italian language); b) finger RDS <INVIO> (to start the management program); On the screen you can see the followings presentation window:...
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SDC100 N.B. In the up-link sat encoders, before the chief menu, select the place (or the encoder) you desire to connect to. A) MAIN MENU The main menu allows the following functions: Identification code SET Transmissiona mode SET P.I.N. SET...
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SDC100 B) IDENTIFICATION CODE SETTING It’s used to set or change the identification code of a broadcaster (PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION CODE - PI) which has to be univocal into the broadcaster covering area. It’s depends from the country of the braodcaster and from the same broadcaster covering areas.
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SDC100 For the planning it’s necessary to select the sended programmes type, in the TRANSMISSION CLASS window (ex. command ENTER on VARIOUS or NOTICES) and to select the transmission type used in the TRANSMISSION TYPE window (ex. command ENTER on STEREO).
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SDC100 pressing the ABORT screen-command. The "P.I.N. SET" shows as follows: E) ALTERNATIVE FREQUENCIES MANAGEMENT - AF - It’s used to set or change the broadcaster sinthony frequencies lists in its diffusion areas. The menu shows as follows: 28 / 42 Rev.
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SDC100 For the alternative frequencies transmission, the program uses two methods: A (default selectioned) and B. The two methods use the following size: A METHOD: every station send a nearly frequencies list, after the contained frequencies number (max. 25); B METHOD: every station send a frequencies list for every transmitters which it gets.
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SDC100 On selecting the voice "MESSAGE MANAGEMENT" from the chief menu, it appears a submenu: the user has to choose which messages he wants to modify (or to simply visualize); the new menu shows as follows: At this point, the user selects one of the 8 messages (ex. message number 1) and the current message contain appears.
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SDC100 If the user desires to modify the text, than press ENTER on the screen command MODIFY or press RETURN on the screen command EXIT. On selecting the window "MODIFY", the new menu appears, which are listed the selectable message types in; the new menu is the following: The possible type are four: Message with Date and Time;...
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SDC100 In case of "MESSAGE with DATE and TIME", the message will contain as first 2 words, of the 16 ones, the date and the hour. In case of "MESSAGE with DATE", the message will contain as first word, of the 16 ones, the data.
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SDC100 To set/defuse a message it’s necessary to press the command SPACE on the keyboard when the cursor is connected with the message. The active messages are where appears a "X". To change place from the column ACTIVATION to the HOUR one, it’s necessary to press the command TAB.
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SDC100 To ability the service "Radio Text" it’s necessary to place the cursor on the window "RTEXT ON/OFF" and to press the spacebar; if a "X" appears, the procedure is right. In order to take place into the text from a word to another one, it’s sufficient to use the command TAB;...
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SDC100 At this point, the user selects one of the 16 items (ex. Network N. 1) and the new menu is the follows: In this menu the system asks the information about Network Program Identification. To plan, it’s necessary to select the country in the window COUNTRY SELECT (ex.
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SDC100 place on screen-command "CONTINUE" and press ENTER; at this point a new menu appears as follows: In this menu it’s possible realize the following settings: Program types sended; Program-item number (P.I.N.); Program service (PS), at most of 8 characters;...
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SDC100 In this menu the user could set the syntony frequencies list of the broadcaster in its diffusion areas. Also in this case, as in the "Alternative Frequencies Management" one, the program is provided with two methods for the management of the frequencies list, the A, in default setted, and the B one, indicated for very long frequencies lists.
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SDC100 The setted data within this moment are revised on the encoder only on pressing <ENTER> when appears the screen command UPDATE; they are neglected on pressing the screen command EXIT. L) TRANSPARENT CHANNEL MANAGEMENT - TDC - This option is used for the transmission of any type of data.
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SDC100 The text could be composed at most of 8 words, each of at most 8 characters; the new menu is the following: To ability the service "IN House Application", it’s necessary to place the cursor on the window "HOUSE ON/OFF" and press the spacebar; if a “X” appears, the procedure is right.
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SDC100 The TRDS4001/SAT Encoder version, in the chief menu, is provided with a further option, as follows: O) STATION SELECTION The RDS SAT version codifier provides the messages planning with a directely connected Pc and with a remote connection of the PC to the UP-LINK transmitter.
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SDC100 This option allows to select 1,2,..N, all the encoders (identified by the station where they are placed in) to send the message to; if no encoder is selected, none of the other voices into the chief menu are setable.
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Questa parte del manuale contiene i dettagli tecnici riguardanti la costruzione delle singole schede componenti il SDC100. L’appendice è composta dalle seguenti sezioni: This part of the manual contains the technical details about the different boards of the SDC100.
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SDC100 SLSDC100PA02 Bill of Materials Item Reference Part Description RVRCode __________________________________________________________________________ Circuito stampato CSSDC100PA02 0.1uF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM104BK600P 10uF Cond. el. ver. 16V p. 2.5mm CEA106BM160 LM3915 CI lineare CILLM3915 LM3915 CI lineare CILLM3915 0.1uF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM104BK600P 0.1uF...
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SDC100 LED-G Led Verde Quadro 5x5 mm LEDVEQ5 LED-G Led Verde Quadro 5x5 mm LEDVEQ5 LED-G Led Verde Quadro 5x5 mm LEDVEQ5 LED-G Led Verde Quadro 5x5 mm LEDVEQ5 LED-G Led Verde Quadro 5x5 mm LEDVEQ5 LED-G Led Verde Quadro 5x5 mm...
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SDC100 SLSDC100MB01 Bill of Materials Item Reference Part Description RVRCode __________________________________________________________________________ Circuito stampato CSSDC100MB01 Res. 1/4 W 5% RSC1/4JH0100 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 11K0 Res. 1/4 W 1%...
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SDC100 2.2uF Cond. el. ver. 16V p. 2.5mm CEA225BM160 27pF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM270BK600C 27pF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM270BK600C 27pF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM270BK600C 27pF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM270BK600C 27pF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM270BK600C 27pF Cond.
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SDC100 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 Res. 1/4 W 5% RSC1/4JH0220 Res. 1/4 W 5% RSC1/4JH0220 51H0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FH0051 27pF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM270BK600C 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 1N4148 Diodo silicio DIS1N4148 10uF Cond.
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SDC100 10uF Cond. el. ver. 16V p. 2.5mm CEA106BM160 0.1uF Cond. ceramico p. 5mm CKM104BK600P 10uF Cond. el. ver. 16V p. 2.5mm CEA106BM160 10uF Cond. el. ver. 16V p. 2.5mm CEA106BM160 10uF Cond. el. ver. 16V p. 2.5mm CEA106BM160 10uF Cond.
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SDC100 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0010 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0001 Res. 1/4 W 1% RSM1/4FK0001 R105 10K0 Res. 1/4 W 1%...
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