DVB-C J-83 User manual

User ManualUser Manual
J–83
CATVmeter

2
3 – FRONTPANEL&KEYS
4 – NAVIGATION
5 – CONFIGURATIONS
6 – “PLAN” SCREEN AND NAVIGATION
7 – QUALITY MEASUREMENT SCREEN
8–TV
8 – ANALOG TV MEASUREMENT SCREEN
9– DVB-C DIGITAL CATV MEASUREMENT SCREEN
10 – I & LEAKAGE MEASUREMENT SCREENSNGRESS
11 – S P E C T
11 – SPECTRUM ANALYZER SCREENS
12 – TV: BARSCAN LEVEL/POWER OF ALL CHANNELS
13 – SCAN: CHANNEL PLANS AND LOG FILES
13 – TV: AUTOMEMORY TV
14 – TV: MANUAL MEMORY
15 – LOGGER SAVE & RECALL
16 – BATTERY TEST & BATTERY REGENERATION
17 – LI-ION POLYMER BATTERIES
17 – WARNINGS
18 – POWER SUPPLY & BATTERY CHARGE LED STATUS
19 – METER MAINTENANCE
19 DISPOSAL of ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
Index ______________________________________________________________________________

3
1 HOME Key
2
Press to turn on. Keep pressed to turn off.
MAINS
LED on when the meter is connected to the mains power supply
3SPECT Key
4
Press to visualize spectrum
BAT. CHRG
5
LED on during battery charge
QUALITY Key
6
Press to visualize signal quality
RF TV Input
7
TV/CATV input connector 47-1.000 MHz
Arrow keys
8
Press to select and adjust values/fields
ENTER
9
Press to select/confirm
USB/Power Supply 5 V power supply connector via MICRO-USB
and for PC connection
Front Panel & Keys _____________________________________________________
N.B:
To comply with European standards, we used a Micro-USB connector in the instrument,
because the European Community does not recommend providing power supplies. This
meter can be charged and used directly from a PC via the USB socket, or using any
MICRO-USB, 5V, 1A power supply.
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5
4
2
3
8 7
1
9

4
• ENTER
• ARROW KEYS
Navigation____________________________________________________________________________
Press to
select a menu
or to confirm.
Press the arrow
keys to select the
menu required or
to adjust the value
in a selected field
(number/menu).
• pOWER
To turn on
press the
‘HOME’ key.
To turn off keep
the ‘HOME’ key
pressed.
• RESET HARDWARE • RESET SOFTWARE
With the meter
turned on keep the
‘HOME’ key pressed
for 10 sec. and then
turn on again.
With the meter turned
off, turn the instrument on
keeping the “ENTER” key
pressed and only release
when the boot has been
completed.

5
Press the ‘HOME’ key, use the arrow keys to select “CONFIG”, then press “ENTER”.
Use the arrow keys to select and adjust the settings/values in the various menus.
Configurations
_________________________________________________________________________
CONFIGURATION OF THE INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS:
COUNTRY CONFIGURATION & DISCOVERY MODE:
LEAKAGE PARAMETERS CONFIGURATION:
INGRESS PARAMETERS CONFIGURATION:

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“PLAN” Screen and Navigation
___________________________________________
Press the “HOME” key, use the arrow keys to select “PLAN”, then press “ENTER”.
Use the arrow keys to select the TV MASTER (Tv MASTER PLAN) memory plans you wish
to use, manual (MANUAL MEMORY) or automatic (AUTOtv MEMORY).
MASTER TV PLAN SELECTION:
MANUAL MEMORY SELECTION:
AUTO MEMORY SELECTION:

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QUALITY measurement screen
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Measure the quality and power of up to 140 channels in blocks of 8 channels.
Pressthearrowkeys to scroll the channel list.
Select the manual
memory plan required
(MANU XX).
Select the automatic
memory plan required
(AUTO XX).
or
DIGITAL CHANNEL: ANALOG CHANNEL:
POWER
QUALITY
LEVEL
A/ V

8
TV __________________________________________________________________________________
TV SIGNAL ANALYSIS
Press the “HOME” key, use the arrow keys to select “MEAS”, then press “ENTER”.
Or keep the “QUALITY” key pressed for 2 seconds.
Analog TV Measurement screen _______________________________
Use the “LEFT” and “RIGHT” keys to select the field required.
Use the “UP” and “DOWN” arrow keys to adjust the value.
Keep pressed to rapidly adjust.
Signal Level (LEV)
Report carrier VIDEO-AUDIO (V/A)

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DVB-C Digital CATV Measurement screen _______________
Repeatedly press the “ENTER” key to navigate in the TV measurement screens.
Use the “LEFT” & “RIGHT” keys to select the field required.
Use the “UP” & “DOWN” arrow keys to adjust the value.
Keep pressed to rapidly adjust.
Digital Average Power (PWR)
Noise Margin (N.MAR)
Quality (QLY)
MER
BER before Viterbi (bBER)
BERafterViterbi(aBER)
64 QAM Constellation
Presstonavigate
in the TV
measurements

10
INGRESS MEASUREMENT SCREEN ___________________________
LEAKAGE MEASUREMENT SCREEN ___________________________
Press the “HOME” key, use the arrow keys to select “INGRESS”, then press “ENTER”.
Press the “HOME” key, use the arrow keys to select “LEAK”, then press “ENTER”.