
Mains power supply:
Themodulatorissuppliedwithafiedmainsplugandmaybepluggeddirectlyintoa13A(BS1363)
socketoutlet.Ifsocketoutletsofadifferenttypeareinuse,pleaserefertothesafetyinstruconson
page4.Themainsplugshouldremainreadilyaccessibletopermitdisconneconoftheunitfromthe
supply.
Alternavelytheplugmaybecutoffandthemodulatorwiredintoareadilyaccessiblefused
conneconunit,fiedwithanapproved3AfusetoBS1362.Thismethodofconneconis
recommendedforpermanentdistribuonsystemapplicaons,sinceitreducestheriskoftampering
andaccidentaldisconnecon.Pleasenote:Areadilyaccessibleisolangswitchshouldbeprovidedto
allowtheunittobedisconnectedfromthesupplywhennecessary.
Ifthemodulatorisnotconnectedtothemainsusingthefusedplugsupplied,orafusedconnecon
unit,itmustbeprotectedbymeansofafuseorMCBatthefinaldistribuonboardofrangnot
exceeding6A.Pleasenote:Areadilyaccessibleisolangswitchshouldbeprovidedtoallowtheunitto
bedisconnectedfromthesupplywhennecessary.
AnyfixedwiringinstalledtosupplypowertothismodulatorshouldcomplywithBS7671(IEEwiring
regulaons)and,whererelevant,PartPofthebuildingregulaons.TheproMOD1Mk2modulatorisof
ClassIIconstruconanddoesnotrequireaprotecveearthconnecon.Thisdoesnotobviatethe
needtoprovideacircuitprotecve(earth)conductorinthesupplywiring,asrequiredbyBS7671.
System equipotenal bonding:
Distribuonsystemssupplyingsignalstomorethanonehouseholdshouldcomplywiththesafety
requirementsofEN60728‐11.Thiseffecvelyrequiresearthedequipotenalbondingofthesystem.
(Theuseofisolatedoutletplatesisnolongerrecommendedsincetheycompromisescreening
integrityandallowingressofinterference.)BondingmaybeeffectedusingaproBAR5equipotenal
bondingbar.
Seng the output channel number:
Thechannelsengbuonsonthefrontoftheunitarenormallylockedtoprotectagainstaccidental
changeortampering.Tochangetheoutputchannelsengproceedasfollows:
1.Pressandholdbothbuonstogetherforabouttwoseconds.Thechannelno.displaywillstartto
flash.
2.Whilethedisplayisflashing,adjustthechannelno.asrequiredusingthesortbuon.
3.Whenthedisplaystopsflashing(abouttwosecondsaerthelastbuonpress)thenewchannel
sengisstoredinthenon‐volalememory.
4.RepeatfromStep1ifnecessary,totryadifferentchannel,oriftheme‐outoccurredtoosoon.
Iftheoutputchannelischangedaerinstallaon,allTVreceiverswhichareusingthemodulators
outputwillneedtohavetheirappropriatechannelsengsretuned.
Notesonchannelselecon:
Choiceofanappropriatemodulatorchannelsengisimportanttoavoidinterferenceproblems.
Themodulatoroutputshouldnotbesetonthesamechannelasanyoff‐airanalogueordigital
signalcarriedonthesystem.Usingachannelwhichcoincideswithanoff‐airDTTsignalisa
commoncauseofanoisylookingmodulatorpicture.
Alsoavoidadjacentchannels(N±1relaonship).
Avoidanycombinaonwhichresultsinsignalsspaced5channelsapart(N±5relaonship).
TheoldavoidN±9rulecanusuallybeignored,duetotheimprovedimagerejeconofmodern
TVs.
Anyothermodulatorsinthesamesystem(inVCRs,etc.)aresubjecttothesamerules,whichalso
applybetweenmodulators.
Tocheckforinterferencetootherchannelscausedbythemodulator,disconnecttheRFINand
RFOUTcablesandlinkthemtogetherusingaback‐to‐backadapter.
Tocheckforinterferencecausedbyanoff‐airorotherupstreamsystem‐generatedsignalto
themodulatorsoutputchannel,unplugordisabletherelevantinputfeedtoRFIN.
InformaononUKTVtransmierchannelnumberscanbefoundatthefollowingWebURLs:
hp://www.bbc.co.uk/recepon/transmiers/tv_trans/index.shtml
hp://www.ofcom.org.uk/stac/recepon_advice/index.asp.html
1.TolerancesgivenintheITU‐RRecommendaonarenotapplicable.
2.TheL&Rinputsareaddedtoprovideamonosignalformodulaon.(Quotedsensivityapplieswith
bothchannelsdriven.)
TVSystem SystemI(ITU‐RRec.BT.470)(Note1)
ModulaonSpectrumType Double‐sideband
OutputUHFchannel E21‐E69(setfromfrontpanel,storedinnon‐volalememory)
OutputSignalLevel 75dBµV(typical,peaksync)
RFloop‐throughbandwidth 47‐862MHz
RFloop‐throughgain 1.5dB
Videoinputlevel 1Vp‐p(internal75Ωterminaon)
Audioinputlevel 200mVRMSsinefor±20KHzpeakdeviaon(1KHzmodulang
frequency)(note2)
Powerrequirement 230VAC50Hzat4W(5.5VA),suppliedwithfiedmainsplugtoBS1363