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8. READ the instructions of the test equipment throughly before connecting it to the transceiver. Icom, Icom Inc. and the Icom logo are registered trademarks of Icom Incorporated (Japan) in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Russia and/or other countries.
: More than 0.4 W with a 16 Ω load • Power supply : 10.0–16.0 V DC for external DC power, Internal speaker or specifi ed Icom’s battery pack : More than 0.2 W with a 8 Ω load External speaker • Digital transmission speed : 4.8 kbps •...
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SECTION 2. INSIDE VIEWS • LOGIC UNIT (TOP VIEW) RX/TX LED DRIVER (Q24) +3.3 V REGULATOR (IC11) BACKUP BATTERY MIC/VOX AMP (For the real time clock) (IC19) (BT1) 2 - 1...
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• LOGIC UNIT (BOTTOM VIEW) CLOCK OSCILLATOR (For the CPU) (X2) GPS MODULE CONTROLLER (IC5) (IC1) EEPROM (For the CPU) (IC7) DATA LEVEL CONVERTER (IC21) CLOCK OSCILLATOR (For the DSP) EEPROM (For GPS data) (X3) (IC3) (IC18) SERIAL DATA INTERFACE SERIAL FLASH MEMORY (IC2) (IC20)
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• MAIN UNIT (TOP VIEW) CURRENT DETECTION IC (IC5) VCC LINE SW (Q2) VCC LINE SW (Q8) +5 V REGULATOR (IC1) POWER AMP (Q45) DRIVE AMP (Q41) 2ND IF FILTER (For FM mode) (FI2) CHARGING LINE SW (Q39) (Q7) 2ND IF FILTER LOCK VOLTAGE BUFFER (For DV/FM-N mode) (Q26)
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• MAIN UNIT (BOTTOM VIEW) RF AMP (Q47) 1ST IF MIXER (Q46) 1ST IF FILTER TX POWER SETTING (FI3) VOLTAGE BUFFER (IC14) AF POWER AMP (IC2) BPF TUNING VOLTAGE BUFFER CHARGING LINE DRIVER (IC12) (Q6) (IC6) IF IC (IC13) +4 V REGULATOR AF LINE SW (IC3) (IC8)
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1) Remove 2 dials and antenna nut from the front panel. 5) Unsolder 6 points at the rotary encoder. Inner dial UNSOLDER Antenna nut Screws x5 Outer dial Remove with; “ICOM Driver (Q)” Solder (8960000370) remover LOGIC UNIT 2) Remove 2 screws from the bottom of chassis. Screws Rotary encoder...
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2. REMOVING THE MAIN UNIT 3) Unsolder a point at the antenna connector. 1) Unsolder 3 points on the shield plate. UNSOLDER UNSOLDER Solder remover Solder remover 2) Remove 5 screws from the shield plate, and then 4) Remove 6 screws from the MAIN UNIT, and then remove it.
SECTION 4. CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION 4-1 RECEIVE CIRCUITS RF CIRCUITS (MAIN UNIT) RX AF CIRCUITS (MAIN AND LOGIC UNITS) The RX signal from the antenna is passed through two LPFs • While operating in the DV mode (L32, L34, C302, C303, C306, C307, C312 and L29, C281, The demodulated AF signal is passed through the LPF (MAIN C285), ANT SW (D24, D25, D31, D33, L36, C313, C315, UNIT: R118, R121, C122, C130, C135), and then applied to...
4-2 TRANSMIT CIRCUITS TX AF CIRCUITS (LOGIC AND MAIN UNITS) • When operating in the FM/FM-N mode The amplifi ed signal is passed through the MIC mute SW The AF signal from the internal or external microphone (MIC (LOGIC UNIT: IC16, pins 1, 7), and then applied to the MAIN signal) is applied to the MIC AMP (LOGIC UNIT: IC19B, pin 5).
4-3 FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER (MAIN UNIT) • VCO • PLL The ID-31A/E has a VCO (Q27, D10–D12) which generates A portion of VCO output signal is passed through two buffers both the 1st LO signal and the TX signal. The output of buffer (Q29 and Q30) and LPF (L7, C137–C139, C144), and then...
4-5 PORT ALLOCATIONS • CPU (LOGIC UNIT: IC5) BALL LINE BALL LINE DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION NAME NAME LCD and key backlight (DS1, DS3) driver GPS module (CHASSIS: EP1) controller LIGHT (Q23) control. G_RES (IC1) reset. L: Reset. LCD backlight (DS1, DS3) dimmer control. H: Blight.
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• CPU (LOGIC UNIT: IC5) (Continued) • D/A CONVERTER (MAIN UNIT: IC11) LINE BALL LINE DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION NAME NAME Tuning voltage to the BPF (D32, L40, DSP_SI DSP (IC10) serial data. BPF1 C353). DSP_ DSP (IC10) “AFC” input. Tuning voltage to the BPF (D27, D29, D30, AFC1 BPF3 L28, L31, L33, C286, C290, C292, C293,...
SECTION 5. ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE 5-1 PREPARATION ¤ REQUIRED EQUIPMENTS EQUIPMENT GRADE AND RANGE EQUIPMENT GRADE AND RANGE Voltage range : 1–15 V Modifi ed 3-conductor plugs Power supply JIG cable Current capacity : More than 3 A (See the illustration below) Audio generator Frequency range : 300–3000 Hz...
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• ENTERING THE ADJUSTMENT MODE 1) Connect the JIG cable “#1” (See page 5-1) to [SP]. 2) While holding down [SQL] and , turn ON the power. Connect the JIG cable “#1” (See page 5-1) here. [SQL] Push to turn ON the power. [QUICK/MENU] •...
5-2 FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT Select an adjustment item using , and then set the adjustment value as specifi ed using [DIAL]. ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT OPERATION VALUE ITEM REFERENCE 1) Set the power supply voltage to 7.4 V. FREQUENCY 2) Connect a power meter or dummy load to the antenna connec- Displayed tor.
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5-3 TRANSMIT ADJUSTMENT (Continued) • IDLING CURRENT ADJUSTMENT (at 13.5 V) Select an adjustment item using , and then set the adjustment value as specifi ed using [DIAL]. ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT OPERATION VALUE ITEM DRIVE AMP 1 1) Set the power supply voltage to 13.5 V. (supplying from [DC IN]) IDLING CURRENT 2) Connect an RF power meter to the antenna connector.
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5-3 TRANSMIT ADJUSTMENT (Continued) • TRANSMIT POWER ADJUSTMENT (at 13.5 V) Select an adjustment item using , and then set the adjustment value as specifi ed using [DIAL]. ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT OPERATION VALUE ITEM TRANSMIT POWER 1 1) Set the power supply voltage to 13.5 V. (supplying from [DC IN]) –...
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5-3 TRANSMIT ADJUSTMENT (Continued) • TONE DEVIATION ADJUSTMENTS Select an adjustment item using , and then set the adjustment value as specifi ed using [DIAL]. ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT OPERATION VALUE ITEM TONE DEVIATION 1 1) Set the power supply voltage to 7.4 V. 2) Connect a modulation analyzer to the antenna connector through an attenuator, and then set it as;...
5-4 RECEIVE ADJUSTMENTS 1) Select an adjustment item (band) using 2) Set the SSG as specifi ed (frequency, deviation and output level), and then push to automatically adjust. ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT OPERATION VALUE ITEM RECEIVE NOTE: “RECEIVE SENSITIVITY” must be adjusted before “S-METER.” Otherwise, “S-METER” will SENSITIVITY not be adjusted properly.
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SECTION 9. BOARD LAYOUTS The combination of this page and next page shows the top side and bottom side of actual P.C. board. • MAIN UNIT • LOGIC UNIT [ANT] (TOP VIEW) (TOP VIEW) MP28 C208 C107 R109 R108 [MIC] –...
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[DIAL/VOL] • LOGIC UNIT • MAIN UNIT The combination of this page and next page shows the top side and bottom side of actual P.C. board. (BOTTOM VIEW) (BOTTOM VIEW) R108 R107 C335 C102 R265 C320 C316 C324 C503 R280 To EP1 (CHASSIS) C353 C326...
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SECTION 10. BLOCK DIAGRAM BTL5V AFON CLONE MAIN UNIT CHASSIS UNIT EXTMIC D_AS FMMUTE BUFF IC16 IC16 MMUTE MODE BPF1,BPF2 BPF3,SQLOUT IC8,Q22 IC9A IC9D IC19B VCOMOD VCOMOD BUFF MMUTE PLAY IC15 DMOD REFMOD REFMOD IC14 IC12B LINEAR RTONE CODEC IC12A REFCON REFCON PWDAN...
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