Listen Technologies 863 MHz User manual

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Design Guide

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Supplementary

Design Guide

FM Technology Overview 5

System Overview 6

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Quick Reference 19

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Accessories 28

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Quick Reference 40

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Accessories 52

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Frequency Chart 61

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Troubleshooting 63

Frequently Asked Questions 65

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Portable FM Table of Contents

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Design Guide

Portable FM Design Guide Table of Contents

FM Technology Overview 5

System Overview 6

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Design Guide

Frequency Modulation (FM) Technology Overview

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This same technology is used by local FM radio stations to broadcast voice and music. FM signals can travel

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frequency. This section of the manual will help you design a system that will get the best range with the least

amount of interference.

Microphone

FM Transmitter

Receiver

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• Multipath

Multipath interference is a form of RF interference that occurs when radio signals have more than one path

between the receiver and the transmitter causing the two RF signals to add out of phase. This could occur in areas

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and out of squelch when the receiver is moved. Portable applications are much more susceptible to multipath

than those that are stationary. Multipath distortion is often worse as the distance between transmitter and receiver

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System Overview

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Thus, a person can use a line input source and mic source.

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Design Guide

System Overview

Listen offers two different portable receivers.

Receivers

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Design Guide

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• Move transmitter and receivers away from metal objects.

• Orient both transmitting and receiving antennas vertically.

Key concepts in designing a portable FM system

Use this section of the guide to choose the channel settings for the transmitter and receivers.

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interference free channel.

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the transmitting antenna.

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chart on page 61 to determine the appropriate channels.

Channel Selection

Range

EXAMPLE: 2 channel system use channels 01 & 11

3 channel system use channels 01, 06 & 11

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Design Guide

Key concepts in designing a portable FM system

As mentioned on page 5, multipath can occur with portable RF systems. The audio quality of the

transmission can decrease with the occurrence of multipath. Here are a few potential improvements that

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Eliminating Multipath

Squelch

Squelching the receiver will mute the audio output when the signal from the transmitter is turned off or

the signal is too weak to be received. Without squelch you would hear radio noise in your earphone with

no RF signal present. “Tightening” the squelch will turn the receiver off if it is chattering because of

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range between transmitter and Receiver.

Transmitter power level

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The lower the power setting, the less range the transmitter will broadcast. Decreasing the broadcast range

will force the receivers to remain closer to the transmitter. To maintain an RF signal, the higher power

settings will increase range between transmitter and receiver thus introducing a higher probability of

multipath.

Multiple Portable Systems

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power could help decrease the amount of interference if there are many frequencies being used in the

vicinity.

Spacing of channels

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channels further from each other.

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