Standard Horizon HX400 User manual

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SERVICE MANUAL
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CONTENTS
TH:~OR¥ OF OP~RAT~O~ ........
41.1
41.2
4,1.3
4,114
41~:i
411~
4,1 ~7
The Rese~ C~-cu~t ..............................................................................................
Extemm sgna~ connections and fnterf~a:~ng
PT"[ and Fro~ Par)e! B,ut~o~ ..................................................
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S c~a~~b~et C}rcu~t ....................................................................................................
Secondary [}~g:~la~ to A~na~ogue coavmser ........................................................
7
4,2 ! Lo~ ~::ilter.
4,2.2 Th~:~ Trans~fl~ VCO
4,.2.3
~he ~ce~w VCO
4,24
The Trarmmib’Rece~e VCQ
4. z;,.~
VCO Buff:er .Am~lifi:ers ..............................................................................................
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4.3, R~[. ;EwEA SECRON .............................................................................................................
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A~~te~’~ L~>,~ >aSS ~}~ter ..........................................................................................
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4.3,5
Second RF Fil~er ..............................................................................................
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4.3 5
MrX~:~;~ C#cu.~t
~}{sl !~~ Rmp
Second ~: Circ:u~it ~Oemodula~or
Second }[~ F:~ter
4.3.10
bt~te (~Jr,;~#~ ...................................................................................................
4~3~11
Audio Proces:~r Circuit
4=&12
Sc~a.mb~ed
4.3,13
Mu~e ~nd
442
Trs~nsm:~
4.4.3
Tr~nsm£ Au~fio ~x)oess~n9 Circu~ ...........................................................................
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4,4.4
~ra~’~s:rY~
4,4.5.
VCO cbcu~
44.6
Lo~v Po~er
4,~6.1
Bstteq,~ ¢on~ec.t~:ons and Protect~o~
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R E M(]VI N G TH I;;. A U ~3K3;~© ~SPI..~sY BO,o%;R D .................................................................. 1~5
T, I. HX420 VHF R/{o:lo PAr~ L~s’r ............................................................. 1~
72. 4XSS0 UHF RADIO PA£rS ~.,~;t ..............
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72,1 Audio£Xsp~a~ Board ..............................................................................................
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?.2.2 Mahs Board ........................................................
~r~r~ ~oohma~ aot d~e~e&
PARTS
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HX420 V~4F RADIO C ~iCU~T Db~s£S~A~’~ ................................
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HX480 UHF I"<,/,@~O CiRCUFr [)~AGRAM ...........................................................
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10.1 ItX420 VHF RAOIO COMPO~N¢:NT IL,~YO~J:TS .............................................................
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HX420 VH;F Control Bo a rSi Top Pa ~ts Compone~1~ La ¢oul ...............................
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H£4,20 VH~:: Cont~’o/Board~ Botto~l PaRs
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HX4,20 VHF RF Board Top Parts Cosspdnent
10, ~ ,4
~qX420 VH~ RF Board Bottom Par~s Com#o~e~t Layou~ .................................
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10.2.1
Hx480 UHF Oon~ro~ :Board Too Pa~ts CamE~onsnt LaTout .......................
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I0 2~3,
HX480 UH:F RF Board Top Psr~s C0ntDonen~
f0.2A
HX42~0 [..~H~F RF Board Bo~o~} Pads Coms~nent
FIGURES
F~gL~re 4,24 Syntt~es~zer B!gc, k Diagram .........................................................
F~gure 4~3..I Rece~ve~ B~ock D~agram .......................................................................
F~gu.re 4,4-~ Tra~sm~te~ B~ock Di~sgram .........................................................
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lhe ENTBL HX400 series is ~ PMR haadh@d twa~way VHF.iLJ~NF ~ransceival.
el Ultra camsact s~ze and deanna, ~t :~s made o~a heew du~. commercial
It is canstr(4c~ed with a m~c~’ep~{scesso~ con~relled temperatu~-e compensal:ed
Pha se LocKed Loop(PLL} croquette}, s~nt~es~zet Th~s #me~ the capabllbCy of
256 PC progra;mmable channels.
CTCSS & DCS
Most e[ t:be receP~m9 pa~s are swi~cbed off ee-riod~ca~y m ~e p~’war save
node to red~ce ba~e9 carre~t d~ak~ dudng slandby.
The t~ansce~ve~ includes ¢he fo4158wM9
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p~og ~ammab~e
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2/5 tone sel~ca~
.. Lo:ne WL~rke.r
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Stun sad Unsttm Feature
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B.u~! b4n Scrar ~b~ef
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M~ssed call faci~tV
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Emer~eacy Call feature
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VOX [~o-lce operated transmit with auto
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easy~to-read LCD
The batte~ uses L:lth~um-~on te,ohno~ogy,, which g~ves a 1~ ~sour d{.£y Oyc~e
The Ba~e~ ~ system slse has a batteH leve~ me%ajar, a low baUScH wara~ng
~b~eep.
The t~ansCeive~" aiso ~as= an e×tensive range of accessories;
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?~’~T’T" ~T": ’i=~:~=’=! ,.. ~:{~2~!.! ~ ............... ......
Radie
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Antenn~ .............................................................
!~O0mAh L~ ~0n ba~ter~
~.~Hng Leaded Rear Cii~,
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describe the circuit ®pe.~’atio~ ,el ~he ~adie; tae desc~iptiel~ !~a.s been
2~ The Sy~hesizer section
3, The ~eceiver section.
~he ma~n rn~croprocesss.ro has seve~el a:r~eilla@’ eompo,nea~s, which assist it in
~s operation. Th÷y ate ~esc=.ribed i~ the following..} sec~}ons.
t’his c~ ~ (U805) holds (he remai~sing pa4 of ,~he soRwa~’~s for the
Mio~oprecessor. The ROM communicates w~tls the Micro~’ocesso~ by ~sir~9 ~s
4.!~2. The L~D Drive
Three L.[ID’s are driven by 3 of the dig~ta outputs from the Mic:roprecesso~
One drives the Red EE©, one ddves the Green~ LeD and o~se drwes the
b~:~c~k~i!~ht [.,.ED’s t4 conr~ected
The M cro<>roces~.or requires a reset ¢ircu.it for correct ~ower up
operatio~ ’RI~s ~s ~rovided by
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The PTT button (8W608.)is iqterfasoed to,Be Microprocessor di~’ectl~, via U801
80, A!! o~ber buttons ose:nste ~h~ough a resistance vakse aath switchers9 systam. Th~s
ope~’ates b~, measu:nng the vo~t;~ge on a po~a~ whe~e the volb~ge ~s eeper~dant
which switch is ~sct~va~(ed, Th~ ~de~t~fies which o~ the various sw~tches are achvated
qh~ sw~ch.es are 8W801 to 8W8.07 :n~c:~us~ve. an:d 8W80~
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The s~nttses~.ze¢ spe~a{®s by ims.lementi~sg tae p[~Ise swallowing reel:had,
using the, btoc~k diagram ~iv÷n i,n F :gure 4;2,q below.
mod:t~lat~os ol the Refe~-ence Osc~a~gi-’ (TCXO}, "Cb~s permits modulation at
requwe an extreme y low frequency medL~at~on of the VOO
The I,oop fi~ter takes ihe variabie p#!Se w:idth ou~pu¢ from the Phase
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The tfansmi~ VCO w~tn c~mpone~l(s art}uF~d Q405 [ak.es ~t]~e ~oop :Nter output
as the ~s~ain #equenc~ cont~ol ~n~ut, but aBo has b~7o other frequenc~ con~rc
~~od[s These are ~he Speech (MOD AU~3~O)~nPuL arid the MOD TONE
a~alo }npuL These tater 2 ~np8~s con¢re: the freqLae~soy e~ the VCO by
c~’~amg~g the, voRage across a common vat,cap ~Siode D403 The ma~n
~reqqe~cy aput controls the frequency of the VCO by changu:ng the voltage
across a vancap d’4odes D404 ~nd [3405
The MO©...oTONE signal is also conr~ected to }he Reference. Osciita£or
(TCXO}~ to provide the c~oss point modu~a~o~ capability. Refe~ ~o= the
l:rsns~’~~it Sect@~ ~or fl.idher deta~ils.
The Receh~e VCO
The rececve VCO takes the same =.ooo ~}.ter output, as .....
the ors:y, frequ~ncy. ,. ~
contro in~u~ a~d cor~trols Ihe ~req~ency o~ t~.e VCO by cna~~g~g th~ Voltage
across a var~ca~ @ode :netwOrR O48!. an~8 D402 T ~ "
,
.
~he ,7CO operates u~s~ag
t~ans~:stor Q4O 1
The TransmWRecei~ve VCO P 3~er Swi~chin9 CirC[,.~@l sets oower on to the
Transmit VCO dudr~g Transmit an~ the Rec~ve VCO durir~g rece~v~. The
ir@~l-~ ~o th~s ci~rcwt ~s the TX/RX IoMc contR)~ ~l~i~e. Th~s ~(~g~c s~al swKches
Q406 to ~rov~d@ power ~o ether oi ~he 2 VCO’s
s~o~nd Q402 asd Q4O&
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F~g~8 4,3-1 Receiver Block D.iag~am
4.S.1. A~te~na }Low pass
Receiyed si!~na{s fr:o~’ pass t£w.ough [he co~snector (CON201} a~d are passed
to the an{e~na switching c~rcu~
4.3..2o Ar~;e#~a Tra~smidReceive switc~i#~ c~x;~it,
Th~s Transm~b’Rece#/e sw~tc~: is co¢-~tro~ed by ~he TXEN_SV s~9na~ m
recerwng d~Od,e D202 [o D205. are ~umed off. which isolates the antenna from
the~ra~smcter c~-c~J " "’ .......
sw:~ched oh wh~c~ gro~)ds ou~ the Rec@ve :}r~ou~, .a~d connects t’n:e
F~rst R~F F:llter
r~ext stage Is the first RF ~itt:~r. which has a, pass ba~d co~’~t~x~lled .b~ ~he
the RDAC ~igna :l"h~s fiatet al.~o ~a~ a s@na~ ~s~er L~S~ng Dt03
The ~qex[ :stage s the first R~~ ,Amotifier based aroused QI01_ The ©C ~,ower
for i:h~s stag¢~ ~=.s f~ ~’ovided from RX....SV
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