Specifications

INTRODUCTION FALCON 15 - ENG
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 FALCON 15 - AVAILABLE VERSIONS ................................................................................................................ 6
2 INSTALLATION AND HOUSING CAUTIONS..................................................................................................... 7
2.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM................................................................................................................................................ 8
3 MPX VERSION DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................................. 9
3.1 FRONT PANEL VIEW .......................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 REAR PANEL VIEW (MPX VERSION) ...............................................................................................................10
3.3 AC CONNECTION ..............................................................................................................................................11
3.4 OUTPUT CONNECTOR......................................................................................................................................11
3.5 SYNC-IN AND SYNC-OUT CONNECTORS .......................................................................................................11
3.6 AUXILIARY INPUTS............................................................................................................................................12
3.7 ANALOG AUDIO INPUT (FEMALE XLR)...............................................................................................................12
3.8 DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT ......................................................................................................................................13
3.9 SERIAL PORTS ..................................................................................................................................................13
3.10 DIGITAL DATA PORT .........................................................................................................................................14
3.11 THE MENU TREE ...............................................................................................................................................16
3.12 FRONT PANEL OPERATION .............................................................................................................................17
4 IN & OUT SETTINGS (MPX VERSION).............................................................................................................. 18
4.1 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE INPUT (INPUT SETUP) ........................................................................................18
4.1.1 SELECTING THE INPUT (ANALOG OR DIGITAL) ................................................................................... 18
4.1.2 ADJUSTING THE INPUT AUDIO LEVEL .................................................................................................. 18
4.1.3 CHOOSING THE PROPER AGC OPERATION .......................................................................................... 19
4.2 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE MPX OUTPUT (MPX MODULE SETUP) ..............................................................21
4.2.1 SETTING THE PREEMPHASIS ................................................................................................................... 21
4.2.2 MONO - STEREO OPERATION .................................................................................................................. 21
4.2.3 ADJUSTING THE MPX OUTPUT LEVEL................................................................................................... 21
4.2.4 CALIBRATING THE PILOT LEVEL AND PHASE ...................................................................................... 22
4.2.5 ENABLING SYNC OUTPUT......................................................................................................................... 22
4.2.6 NOISE GATE SETTING (Noise Gate) .......................................................................................................... 23
4.2.7 BYPASS MODE............................................................................................................................................. 23
4.3 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE RDS OUTPUT (RDS MODULE SETUP)...............................................................24
4.4 SETTING THE SPLIT MODES............................................................................................................................25
4.5 ADDITIONAL DATA AND SETTINGS.................................................................................................................26
4.5.1 SERIAL PORT SETUP.................................................................................................................................. 26
4.5.2 SYSTEM INFO .............................................................................................................................................. 26
5 ST-OUT VERSION DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................... 27
5.1 FRONT PANEL VIEW .........................................................................................................................................27
5.2 REAR PANEL VIEW (ST-OUT VERSION)..........................................................................................................28
5.3 AC CONNECTION ..............................................................................................................................................29
5.4 DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT ......................................................................................................................................29
5.5 SERIAL PORTS ..................................................................................................................................................30
5.6 ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUT (MALE XLR) ..............................................................................................................30
5.7 ANALOG AUDIO INPUT (FEMALE XLR)...............................................................................................................31
5.8 FALCON 15 MENU TREE (ST-OUT VERSION).....................................................................................................32
5.9 FRONT PANEL OPERATION .............................................................................................................................33
6 IN / OUT SETTINGS (ST-OUT VERSION) .......................................................................................................... 34
6.1 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE INPUT (INPUT SETUP) ........................................................................................34
6.1.1 SELECTING THE INPUT (ANALOG OR DIGITAL) ................................................................................... 34
6.1.2 ADJUSTING THE INPUT AUDIO LEVEL .................................................................................................. 34