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RK2040 Diversity Rack System The RK2040 is a true diversity rack system housed in a compact 1U high 19-inch rack frame and can be configured as a minimum two receiver rack system with the capability of expansion to a four receiver rack system. The rack has built-in active, filtered, RF distribution amplifiers, with two auxiliary RF outputs to enable another RK2040 rack to be fed from a single pair of antennae.
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Controls Displays and Connectors MENU MENU MENU MENU ON/OFF power switch . Backlit LCD Display screen . Menu button . Up/Down scroll buttons . OK button . ¼ inch Stereo jack socket . Headphone level control LINE OUTPUTS PC INTERFACE DC INPUT RF OUT A ANTENNA A...
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RK2040 using the AC to DC power supply unit provided with the RK2040. Plug the four pin XLR connector into the power socket (12) on the rear panel. The RK2040 requires a DC supply in the range 10 – 18VDC, with a maximum current of 1.5A.
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The Audio Monitoring Icon When the ‘headphones’ icon is displayed in the bottom-right corner of the screen, this indicates that the audio output from that receiver is routed to the front-panel monitoring socket. Any combination of the four receiver outputs may be simultaneously monitored.
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The Text Display Line A line of text is displayed at the bottom of the screen. This line can display up to sixteen characters and the contents may be selected from two sources by the user. Text Display Option 1: Fig:2 DISPLAYING THE USER ID TEXT.
To scroll the menu to see the other options, press the ‘ ’ or ‘ ’ buttons. ∧ ∨ To accept the displayed set-up option, press the ‘ ’ button. The various set-up options will now be described in turn, in the order in which they appear in the menu.
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flashing and the SET AF? line will commence flashing again. You can either press the ‘ ’ button to change the setting again or press the ‘ ’ or ‘ ’ buttons ∧ ∨ to scroll through the other available set-up options. If the ‘...
SET USER ID? Pressing the ‘ ’ button when the screen is displaying set-up option #4 (Fig:10) ∨ displays the next option, which is SET USER ID? This screen offers the user the opportunity to edit the text (if any) in the receiver’s User ID text space. The display will change as shown below: - This line steady →...
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If the ‘ ’ button is pressed while the character is flashing, the display will MENU also return to the cursor positioning screen but the character at the selected position will not have been changed. When you have finished editing the User ID text, press the ‘ ’...
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This option displays the rack serial No. (read only). > V E R S I O N : Cursor only flashing → 0 9 0 - 1 0 0 This option displays the rack firmware version No. (read only). > I D : Cursor only flashing →...
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RACK INPUT This is a read-only screen that displays the present voltage of the rack power input. WARN STATUS This screen allows the low input voltage warning to be turned on or off. For example, if the rack is mains powered, the warning will probably not be required.
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Every RK2040 rack lets you access up to 4 receivers. Link up multiple racks and you can monitor up to 48 receivers, all from a PC. Complete control is within reach. Frequency Range: 4 7 0 – 1000MHz Additional diversity receivers...
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