AOR AR-ALPHA, Operating Manual

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8-4-5 Video display & format
The AR-ALPHA has a built-in video decoder and supports NTSC, PAL, and SECAM formats.
To enable video reception, from the VFO mode press the “FUNC” key followed by the “disp” soft
key.
To switch to full screen, press again the “disp” soft key. Press once again the same soft key to
revert to the small video format.
The video signal format is automatically detected, however you can force the format detection in the
configuration menu.
To access the configuration menu, perform the following steps:
1. Press the key, then press the key.
2.
The configuration screen will appear.
3.
Press the key or key to move the cursor to TV-Format.
4.
Rotate the sub dial to choose one from the following three (3) choices.
AUTO Video mode is automatically selected.
PAL PAL mode
NTSC NTSC mode
(Note: To receive SECAM format, select AUTO mode or PAL mode.)
5. Press the key to confirm entry.
(Note) Some video transmitters utilize reversed frequency shift modulation in order to scramble signals.
If that is the case, a signal can be descrambled by changing the shift direction. To do this, perform the
following steps:
1. Set the AR-ALPHA in the VFO browser mode by pressing the “disp” soft key followed by the “VFO
Browse” soft key.
2. Press the key or key to move the cursor to IF-Inv .
3. Select On (reverse shift) or OFF (normal shift).
4. Press the key to confirm entry.
8-4-6 Configure I/Q output bandwidth
The AR-ALPHA has a built-in I/Q output. This allows the user to obtain raw frequency data from the
AR-ALPHA and save onto a PC hard disk.
In order to use the I/Q output function, you must have an operating system that is compatible with
Isochronous mode and USB 2.0 format.