Page 2 - Ta ble of Con tents
Ta ble of Con tents Sec tion 1 In tro duc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Gen eral De scrip tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 4 - Sec tion; In tro duc tion; Gen eral De scrip tion
1-1 Sec tion 1 In tro duc tion Gen eral De scrip tion The Telex RadioCom™ BTR-1 UHF wire less in ter com sys -tems is the ul ti mate in re li able, high per for mance, en cryptedfull du plex com mu ni ca tions. The BTR-1 system in cludes the BTR-1 fre quency ag ile basesta tion and a TR-1 fre quency...
Page 6 - DSP; AUX IN
1-3 LISTEN 1A LISTEN 1B LISTEN 2B LISTEN 3A LISTEN 3B LISTEN 4A LISTEN 4B LISTEN 5A LISTEN 6A LISTEN 5B INPUT 1 OUTPUT 1 LISTEN 2A OUTPUT 2 INPUT 4 OUTPUT 4 INPUT 3 OUTPUT 3 INPUT 5 OUTPUT 5 INTERCOM PORT 1 INTERCOM PORT 2 INTERCOM PORT 3 INTERCOM PORT 4 INTERCOM PORT 5 INTERCOM PORT 6 INPUT 6 4W IN...
Page 7 - RX
1-4 D/A DSP RECEIVER TRANSMITTER A/D DE EMPHASIS EXPANDER PRE EMPHASIS COMPRESSOR SQUARING AMP LOW PASS FILTER RX AUDIO GATE ELECTRET/ DYNAMIC DETECT TX 1 2 3 4 VOLUME MIC GAIN Fig ure 1-2 TR-1 Block Diagram
Page 8 - Con trols and Con nec tions - Front Panel; Peak Aux Level Light:; Telex Units; RTS Units
Sec tion 2 BTR-1 Base Sta tion Con trols and Con nec tions - Front Panel 1. On/Off Switch: Turns the base sta tion on/off 2. [Menu] and [Set] but tons: Used to se lect menus and set op tions on the LCD. 3. Backlit LCD w/Con trast Ad just: Ad just the level of con trast to the LCD. 4. [Up] and [Down]...
Page 9 - Con trols and Con nec tions - Rear Panel; Telex
Con trols and Con nec tions - Rear Panel 12. Re lay Con tacts: Nor mally Open. When ac ti vated it will close. 13. Re ceive An tenna Con nec tor: TNC Fe male con nec tor. The color dot near the con nec tor must match the color ofthe an tenna. 14. Aux il iary Connector: RJ-11 con nec tor used to con ...
Page 10 - Con trols and Con nec tions - Top Panel; Talk but
Sec tion 3 TR-1 Beltpack Con trols and Con nec tions - Top Panel Fig ure 3-1 TR-1 Top Panel 1. On/Off & Vol ume Con trol: Turns the beltpack power on and con trols head set vol ume. 2. BAT/O.M. Light: 3. Talk Light: LED is on when the talk but ton is ac tive. 4. Talk but ton: Press to en able th...
Page 11 - Con trols and Con nec tions - Rear Panel; The trans mit ter is al ways; Head set Con nec tor:
Con trols and Con nec tions - Rear Panel Fig ure 3-2 TR-1 Rear Panel/Con nec tor/An ten nas 9. [MENU] and [SET] but tons: Used to se lect menus and set op tions on the LCD. 10. LCD (Liq uid Crys tal Dis play) 11. [UP] and [DOWN] but tons: Used to se lect beltpack op - tions on the LCD. 12. Push-to-T...
Page 12 - Spec i fi ca tions; Over all
Sec tion 4 Spec i fi ca tions 4-1 BTR-1 Spec i fi ca tions Over all RF Fre quency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 - 608 MHz, 614 - 746 MHz in 18 MHz TX and RX bands Power Re quire ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 13 - Trans mit ter
4-2 TR-1 Spec i fi ca tions RF Fre quency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 - 608 MHz, 614-746 MHz in 18 MHz TX and RX bands Power Re quire ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 “AA” Cells Al ka line (NiMH op tional) Cur rent Dr...
Page 14 - Ini tial Equip ment Set-Up; Un pack ing; Quantity
Sec tion 5 Ini tial Equip ment Set-Up Un pack ing Un pack your RadioCom™ sys tem. Be low are the items thatshould come with your base sta tion and each belt pack. Con -tact the ship per or your dealer im me di ately if any thing is dam -aged or miss ing. BTR-1 TR-1 5-1 Quantity Description 1 BTR-1 B...
Page 15 - Rack Mounting of a Sin gle Unit; Rack Mount Brack ets
Rack Mount ing The rack mount ing brack ets come with each BTR-1. Thesebrack ets may be used to mount a sin gle base sta tion in a 19"wide rack or mount two base sta tions side by side in a rack.Fig ure 5-1 shows the three brack ets that come with a base sta -tion. Rack Mount ing a Sin gle Base ...
Page 16 - Ver ti cally Po lar ized An tennas; Dis tance be tween An tennas; Proper Dress ing of the An tennas
An tenna Con nec tion The base sta tion is sup plied with two (2) an ten nas. One 1/2-wave an tenna for Trans mit and one 1/2-wave for Re ceive.The an ten nas have TNC male con nec tors. The fre quency range of the an ten nas should match the re ceiver and trans mit ter of the base sta tion. Match t...
Page 17 - rectly to the Base Sta
Keep the dis tance be tween the base sta tion and the beltpacksas short as pos si ble. The greater the dis tance, the weaker thesig nal. Make sure the “sig nal paths” be tween the base sta tionand beltpacks are un ob structed. You should be able to vis i blylo cate the base sta tion an ten nas at al...
Page 18 - An tenna Placement; Placing BTRs in a shelf or
Fig ure 5-11 An tenna Placement 5-5 CH 1 CH 2 123456 123456 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 CH 2 RadioCom IC-100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE 4 LINE 5 LINE 6 Telex â 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 12...
Page 20 - Ba sic Op er a tional De scrip tion
Sec tion 6 BTR-1 Op er a tion Ba sic Op er a tional De scrip tion The BTR-1 is a full du plex (si mul ta neous talk and lis ten) basesta tion that works in con junc tion with a TR-1 beltpack. The base sta tion, via the beltpack, al lows com mu ni ca tion withother wire less or wired us ers. The A, B...
Page 21 - Ex am ple of a BTR-1 Ten Pack Sys tem Be ing Used by a Foot ball Team; COAXIALCABLE; RX ANTENNA; ON FIELD
Fig ure 6-1 Ex am ple of a BTR-1 Ten Pack Sys tem Be ing Used by a Foot ball Team 6-2 ACS-101 X Y AUDIO CHANNEL 1 = MAIN OFFENSE AUDIO CHANNEL 2 = PRIVATE OFFENSEAUDIO CHANNEL 3 = MAIN DEFENSEAUDIO CHANNEL 4 = PRIVATE DEFENSE X Y BTR-1 COAXIALCABLE Telex Telex RX ANTENNA TX ANTENNA AUDIOCOM POWER SU...
Page 22 - BTR-1 Rear Con nec tors; In ter fac ing to the BTR-1; male and male con; In ter com As sign ments of XLR and D-Sub Connetors
Fig ure 6-2 BTR-1 Rear Con nec tors In ter fac ing to the BTR-1 TX / RX An ten nas The TNC jack marked “RCV” is for the re ceive an tenna. TheTNC jack marked “TRAN” is for the trans mit an tenna. Thebase sta tion will come with two ½ wave an ten nas. Al waysmatch the color dot on the base sta tion w...
Page 23 - W In ter com Ports; Pinout of the 4-Wire Jack; Aux il iary port; Pinout of the Aux il iary Jack; CAN Bus; Re lay Sche matic; CAN Bus Ca bles
4W In ter com Ports The base station can con nect to a 4-wire sys tems via the RJ-11 jack la beled “4 WIRE”. The pinout for this jack may be seenin fig ure 6-4. For a de scrip tion of how to set up the 4 WireJack re fer to in ter com set tings in this sec tion. The 4 Wire jackis for bal ance in put ...
Page 24 - Front Con trols and Con nec tor; Lo cal Head set; Vol ume Con trol; Pow er ing the Base Sta tion
Fig ure 6-9 Front Con trols and Con nec tor Lo cal Head set The lo cal base sta tion head set al ways fol low ing the au dio se -lec tion of the beltpack. It can not be set to in de pend ently select in ter com chan nels. Vol ume Con trol Turn con trol clock wise to increase the head phone vol ume. ...
Page 25 - En cryp tion Code; Chang ing the En cryp tion Code; Sys tem Set tings; Name and Num ber
The sta tus screen may be changed to an al ter nate dis play bypress ing <MENU> for 3 sec onds. The al ter nate dis play showsthe base name and num ber in dou ble wide and dou ble tall char ac ters. It also in di cates the sys tem's band and fre quen ciesin nor mal char ac ters. Press ing <...
Page 27 - Chang ing Groups / Chan nels / Fre quen cies; In ter com Set tings; MUTE
When ever the group, chan nels or fre quen cies are changedat the base, it will dis play the fol low ing screen: This will oc cur re gard less of a beltpack com mu ni ca tion tothe base sta tion or not. It is a broadcast type of mes sage. Ifa beltpack is com mu ni ca tion with the base sta tion, the...
Page 28 - RF Me ter; Chang ing to the RF Me ter Screen; ClearScan
5. If talk is se lected the user will be asked to set the in ter - com in and out lev els. If Lis ten is se lected the user will b e a s k e d t o s e t t h e l i s t e n l e v e l . U s e t h e <UP>/<DOWN> ar row but tons to ad just the lev els, then press <SET> to ac cept the lev...
Page 30 - Con trols and Con nec tions
Sec tion 7 TR-1 Op er a tion Fig ure 7-1 Con trols and Con nec tions Ba sic Op er a tional De scrip tion The TR-1 is a full du plex (si mul ta neous talk and lis ten) beltpack that works in con junc tion with a BTR-1 base sta tion.The beltpack al lows a user, via a head set at tached to the beltpack...
Page 31 - En sure that the On/Off vol ume con trol knob is turned off.; til it; Bat tery In stal la tion; Do not place an al ka line TR bat tery pack in any
Bat tery In stal la tion En sure that the On/Off vol ume con trol knob is turned off. Press down and hold down the bat tery re lease latch, slide thebat tery pack about 1/8 inch back, to ward the latch, un til it stops. Then lift bat tery pack out. Re place bat ter ies as fol lows: Fig ure 7-2 Bat t...
Page 32 - VIEW A
TR-1 Fig ure 7-3 TR-1 Con trols Trans mit Modes (PT TALK, PT TX) The rear panel has a slide switch that can be set to the fol low -ing two modes: PT TALK (Push-to-Talk) – The trans mit ter is al ways on. No au dio is sent un less the talk but ton is ac tive. Rec om -mended po si tion. PT TX (Push-to...
Page 33 - TR-1 Top Panel Controls; On / Off Vol ume Con trol
TR-1 Top Panel Fig ure 7-4 TR-1 Top Panel Controls On / Off Vol ume Con trol Turn con trol clock wise to turn the beltpack on and ad just thehead phone vol ume. BAT/O.M. Light This light has two func tions. It in di cates over mod u la tion (toostrong of in put au dio) and low bat tery. Talk But ton...
Page 34 - Group and Chan nels; Ed it ing Group / Chan nels; Trans mit Fre quency; Group/Chan nel and Trans mit Fre quency Screen; SCREEN; P Aut; TRANSMIT FREQUENCY
Group and Chan nels The first LCD screen the beltpack dis plays af ter power-up isthe group / chan nels screen. This screen shows the cur rentlyse lected group fol lowed by the receive and transmit chan nelswhere the unit is set. Ed it ing Group / Chan nels 1. Push <SET> to edit the group. The...
Page 35 - Bat tery Per cent ages; Re ceive Fre quency/Bat tery Per cent age Screen; Lbt On
Re ceive Fre quency This screen dis plays the fre quency in MHz of the beltpack re -ceiver. The fre quency is not change able in fac tory de fined groups. The fre quency is change able in user groups. Ed it ing the RX Fre quency (User GroupsOnly) 1. Set the unit to the de sire user de fined group an...
Page 36 - Mi cro phone Gain; Ad just ing the Mi cro phone Gain; Trans mit Power; Trans mit Power Set tings; Mi cro phone Gain Screen and Trans mit Power Screen
Mi cro phone Gain This screen dis plays the set ting of the mi cro phone gain of thebeltpack. There are 16 pos si ble set tings. The num ber 0 in di -cates no mi cro phone gain, the num ber 15 is max i mum gain.Each step is about 3 dB of au dio. Ad just ing the Mi cro phone Gain 1. Push <SET> ...
Page 37 - Se rial Num ber Code; Chang ing the Se rial Num ber Code; Auto Pro gram ming; En abling / Dis abling Auto Pro gram ming; Soft ware / Chan nel Map Ver sion; Scan Groups; Aut On
Se rial Num ber Code The base se rial num ber is re quired to be in put to the beltpackto al low com mu ni ca tion with that base sta tion. The num ber,like the en cryp tion code, is com posed of four hexidecimal dig -its. This ex tra se cu rity along with the en cryp tion code meansthere is over 4 ...
Page 38 - ClearScan Menus; Lock Out; Fac tory Re set; ERASES; C5 ch; C5 bnd
En ter ing ClearScan ä 1. Press and hold <MENU> + <SET> for 3 sec onds. The fol low ing screen will ap pear: Fig ure 7-8 ClearScan Menus 2. Use the <DOWN> ar row but ton to se lect the type of ClearScan de sired. 3. Push <SET> to start the ClearScan.4. Scan Groups a. Af ter t...
Page 41 - BTR-1 Menu Struc ture
Sec tion 9 BTR-1 Menu Struc ture 9-1 Fig ure 9-1 BTR-1 Menu Struc ture
Page 42 - Fre quency Bands; Ta ble 1; Base TX Bands
Sec tion 10 Fre quency Bands Fre quency Bands The BTR-1 sys tem op er ates in TV chan nels 16 to 36 and 38 to 59. This is the fre quency range of 482 to 608 MHz and 614MHz to 746 MHz. The band, TV chan nels and fre quen cies are shown in Ta ble 2. Most bands are 18 MHz wide, how everband 7 is 24 MHz...
Page 43 - Fac tory Group Plan; Ta ble 3; Group
Fac tory Group Plan There are 50 fac tory de fined groups in a basesta tion and beltpack. These group are or ga nized in dif fer ent ways to pro vide flex i bil ity to the user on se lect ing fre quen cies. A group is com -posed of intermodulation free fre quen cies, buta group is also or ga nized t...
Page 44 - Trou ble shoot ing; Re; PROBLEM
Sec tion 11 Trou ble shoot ing Re read the sec tions of this man ual to make sure you have com pleted sys tem set-up prop erly. If you are un able to solve the prob lem, con tact the dealer from whom you pur chased the sys tem for as sis tance. 11-1 PROBLEM SOLUTION DIS TOR TION - Sys tem’s au dio q...
Page 46 - Bat tery In for ma tion; Al ka line Bat ter ies:; Cold Tem per a tures and Bat ter ies
Sec tion 12 Bat tery In for ma tion Im proper bat tery se lec tion, use, in stal la tion and care are thecause of nu mer ous wire less sys tem fail ures. Al ka line Bat ter ies: Al ka line bat ter ies such as Mallory’s DURACELL ® or Eveready’s EN ER GIZER ® pro vide the most re li able op er a tion ...
Page 48 - -Wire Sys tems Spec i fi ca tions; COMMON; COMMON; RTS
Sec tion 13 2-Wire Sys tems Spec i fi ca tions 13-1 2 COMMON 1 3 AUDIO 1 PLUS POWER AUDIO 2 MALE AudioCom/Telex In put Im ped ance: ..............................................................300 W Out put Level: .................................................1.0 Vrms nom i nal Bridg ing Im ped ...
Page 50 - FCC Information; FCC LI CENS ING; op er ate the equip ment.
Sec tion 14 FCC Information 14-1 FCC LI CENS ING The Telex BTR-1 and the TR-1 Trans mit ter/Re ceiver are Type Ac cepted un der United States Fed eral Com mu ni -ca tions Com mis sion Part 74. Li cens ing of Telex equip ment is the User’s re spon si bil ity and licensibility de pendson the user’s cl...
Page 52 - Soft ware Li cense; End-User Li cense Agree ment for Telex; IM POR TANT; - Please red this doc u ment care fully be fore us ing this prod uct.
Sec tion 15 Soft ware Li cense 15-1 End-User Li cense Agree ment for Telex ® Soft ware IM POR TANT - Please red this doc u ment care fully be fore us ing this prod uct. THIS DOC U MENT STATES THE TERMS AND CON DI TIONS UPON WHICH TELEX COM MU NI CA -TIONS, INC. (the “COM PANY”) OF FERS TO LI CENSE T...
Page 54 - Accessories and Re place ment Parts; An tenna Ca bles; Loop Thru Patch Ca ble; BP-700NM TR Nickel Metal Hy dride
Sec tion 16 Accessories and Re place ment Parts ALP-600 480-800 MHz Bi-Di rec tional Log Pe ri odic An tenna In - cludes mount ing hard ware and 10 feet (3 me ters) of co ax ialca ble with TNC Con nec tors P N. 878896 ALP-450 450-900 MHz Log Pe ri odic An tenna In cludes mount ing hard ware and 10 f...
