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MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver

LCD Timer Feature .................................................... 30

SPECIAL DISPLAY MESSAGES......................... 32

WARRANTY .................................................. 35

WARNING AND SAFETY INFORMATION ............ 36

FCC Warning ............................................................. 36

FCC Statement for the MLB700 Radio ........................ 36

FCC Statement for the Remote Control ...................... 37

MLB7XX Radio Compliance with IC Rules and Regulations

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Remote Control Compliance with IC Rules and Regulations

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General Precautions .................................................. 39

General Safety Warnings............................................ 39

General Safety Cautions ............................................ 40

Cleaning and Maintenance .......................................... 40

COPYRIGHTS & TRADEMARKS ........................ 41

SIRIUS ID ..................................................... 42

Summary of Contents for MLB700

Page 1: ...600 00178 000 Rev 00 I MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver With RC70 Wireless Remote Control ...

Page 2: ... I Initial Release Draft System Configuration When contacting your Avidyne authorized distributor or technical support and when logging onto MyAvidyne com for the first time please have your Sirius Identification SID Numbers available SIDs appear on the Serial Tag of the MLB700 DATA SID AUDIO SID ...

Page 3: ...600 00178 000 Rev 00 I ii MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver Intentionally Left Blank ...

Page 4: ...er The Weather You Need From the Source You can Trust 3 OVERVIEW 6 Key Layout 8 Key Descriptions 9 OPERATION 13 First Power Up 13 Pairing Your Remote with the MLB700 13 Activating of Your MLB700 Audio Subscription 14 Changing the Batteries 15 RC70 Remote Control Operating Modes 15 Sirius Mode 16 Presets 28 Adjusting the Contrast of the LCD Display 30 ...

Page 5: ...36 FCC Warning 36 FCC Statement for the MLB700 Radio 36 FCC Statement for the Remote Control 37 MLB7XX Radio Compliance with IC Rules and Regulations 38 Remote Control Compliance with IC Rules and Regulations 38 General Precautions 39 General Safety Warnings 39 General Safety Cautions 40 Cleaning and Maintenance 40 COPYRIGHTS TRADEMARKS 41 SIRIUS ID 42 ...

Page 6: ...r data products that will assist the flight crew in assessing whether current conditions for are suitable to the flight characteristics of their aircraft With a valid subscription through MyAvidyne com the MLB700 receives WSI s award winning InFlight datalink graphical and textual weather for display on a number of compatible display systems In addition the MLB700 has the ability to receive audio ...

Page 7: ...three satellites called Radiosat 1 Radiosat 2 and Radiosat 3 which are in a geo synchronous highly elliptical orbit HEO These satellites have a 24 hour orbital period and the elliptical path of the constellation ensures that each satellite spends about 16 hours a day over the continental United States The primary uplink facility for Sirius is located in Vernon New Jersey ...

Page 8: ...ll always be two of them in view at any given time The Sirius signal is separated into three carriers one each for the two satellites and the third for the terrestrial repeater network used in more populated areas for the automotive market Sirius receivers can decode all three carrier signals at once to achieve signal diversity WSI InFlight Weather The Weather You Need From the Source You can Trus...

Page 9: ...ainment you can always hear exactly what you want The only home of 100 commercial free music Whether you re discovering new music or rediscovering songs you haven t heard in years you ll hear it all on SIRIUS Live play by play and expert talk from the biggest leagues NFL every game every week everywhere Plus NFL Radio 24 7 news and options from top NFL pros 40 games a week from NBA and College Spo...

Page 10: ...600 00178 000 Rev 00 I 5 MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver Family Kids G rated fun for everyone with Radio Disney Discovery Kids Channel Laugh Comedy and more ...

Page 11: ...nk weather products please consult the Pilot s Operating Handbook for MFD specific to your installation Using the MLB700 and RC70 for Sirius Satellite Radio The MLB700 receives Sirius Satellite Radio programming which is sent to the aircraft s audio panel Depending on your specific installation and audio panel settings this audio can be played through the headsets and or cabin speakers Here is in ...

Page 12: ...600 00178 000 Rev 00 I 7 MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver Figure 3 Front and Back Views of RC70 Remote ...

Page 13: ...ll Left 8 Numeric Keys Input 5 Last 19 20 Volume 21 Mute 14 Cursor Left 3 Select Guide 4 Exit 7 Band 16 Menu Quick Skip Skip Back Pause Rewind Record Previous 2 Power LCD Display Screen 24 Scroll Right 9 Enter Dir 10 11 Channel 12 Cursor Up 15 Cursor Right 13 Cursor Down Format 17 Display 6 FAV 18 SWAP LIST LIVE PLAY Fast Forward Stop Next ...

Page 14: ...MLB700 Application Key ID Symbol Key 1 SIRIUS Puts the radio in Normal Mode 2 Power used to wake up remote 3 Select used to select a station menu item or a radio 4 Exit used to Exit the current Sirius Mode and return to Sirius Normal Mode 5 Last used to return to the previously selected channel 6 Fav Favorites Used to cycle through the presets ...

Page 15: ...cular channel 10 CH Channel Up Moves one channel up 11 CH Channel Down Moves one channel down 12 Cursor Up Used to scroll up through a channel list or menu 13 Cursor Down Used to scroll down through a channel list or menu 14 Cursor Left This is used to enter Sirius Category List Mode 15 Cursor Right This is used to enter Category List Mode 16 Menu This is used to enter the Sirius Menu Options Mode...

Page 16: ... Volume Down used to decrease the volume by one 21 Mute used to pause sound 22 Scroll Left not transmitted Used to switch from Sirius Mode to Universal Mode 23 OK not transmitted Used to switch from Sirius Mode to Universal Mode 24 Scroll Right not transmitted Used to switch from Sirius Mode to Universal Mode 25 Set not transmitted Used to switch from Sirius Mode to Universal Mode Table 1 Active B...

Page 17: ...600 00178 000 Rev 00 I 12 MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver The following RC70 remote buttons are currently not utilized with the MLB700 Application Figure 5 Buttons Not Utilized with MLB700 ...

Page 18: ...n Apply power to the MLB700 If power is already applied then remove power for at least three seconds and then reapply power 2 The remote s LCD displays SIRIUS RADIO HAS NOT BEEN SETUP PUSH OK TO SET UP 3 Press the OK button The LCD will display Time Out Press the OK button again until the LCD displays SUCCESS You may have to press the OK button up to 8 times If the RC70 Remote does not pair by the...

Page 19: ... When completed you can view the SIRIUS preview channel 184 and channel 000 without subscribing to SIRIUS You cannot listen to any other channels until you activate your SIRIUS subscription 4 Press CH or CH to tune to channel 000 to view your SIRIUS ID SID You will need the SID to activate your SIRIUS subscription The SID number is also available on the MLB700 packaging Write the SID number down i...

Page 20: ... Control Operating Modes The MLB700 s RC70 remote can operate in one of two primary modes Sirius Mode or Universal Mode The MLB700 does not utilize the Universal Mode therefore this manual does not address the Universal Mode functionality The RC70 remote control must be in Sirius Mode to issue commands to the MLB700 Pressing the SIRIUS button will place the RC70 remote control into Sirius Mode Cha...

Page 21: ...ss any button on the RC70 remote The RC70 remote should display the Normal screen If the MLB700 has been powered up this is not the first time entering Sirius Mode and appropriate timeouts have not expired the display mode prior to last exit should be displayed Mode Timeouts All sub menus will timeout to the Menu Options Mode The Menu Options Mode Channel List Mode Category List Mode Sirius Multi ...

Page 22: ... artist s name the channel number and the preset bank information Figure 6 Figure 6 Normal Mode Default Screen Note if the artist name or song title is too long to fit the screen it scrolls across the screen from right to left Press the SIRIUS button to enter Normal Mode The RC70 remote will always return to Normal Mode after exiting any of the following modes Channel List Mode Category List Mode ...

Page 23: ...isplay Format Sirius Channel List Mode Pressing and holding the DISPLAY button for 3 seconds enters Channel List Mode Use CURSOR UP CURSOR DOWN CH or CH to scroll through the channel list Figure 8 Press SELECT to tune the highlighted channel and return to the default display screen Figure 8 Channel List Mode Display Note To preview what is playing on other channels before selecting a channel press...

Page 24: ...y List Mode Display The currently selected channel is highlighted on the second row Pressing CH or CH browses the channels while remaining in Category List Mode Pressing CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN browses through the channels while keeping the second line highlighted Press SELECT to tune the highlighted channel Sirius Direct Access Control Mode Sirius Direct Access Control Mode allows stations to be...

Page 25: ...o the Direct Access Control Mode It only has to be pressed once If three digits for example 1 2 3 are input the channel will be tuned automatically If an invalid input is detected an invalid channel message will be displayed as described in the Sirius Special Display Messages section Sirius Menu Options Mode Pressing the MENU button enters the Menu Options Mode The Menu Options Mode does not suppo...

Page 26: ...nal Indicator The signal indicator screen provides a visual display of the signal strength being received from the satellites S and terrestrial transmitters T A consistent signal of three bars or greater is required for a good reception Figure 11 Signal Indicator Display To display the signal indicator screen 1 Press CH CH CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN to highlight SIGNAL INDICATOR and press SELECT ...

Page 27: ... if available Figure 11 3 To exit press SELECT or MENU Sirius ID The Sirius ID menu option displays the SIRIUS ID number SID of your MLB700 This 12 digit number is unique to your tuner and is needed when activating the MLB700 to receive the Sirius Satellite Radio service To display the Sirius ID 1 Press CH CH CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN to highlight SIRIUS ID and press SELECT 2 The LCD displays the M...

Page 28: ...e password It will not display the password Figure 13 Figure 13 Secure Options Password Display After each unsuccessful entry the unit will revert back to the Main Menu After three unsuccessful consecutive entries the unit will revert back to Normal Mode On a successful entry at a minimum the following menus will be displayed Figure 14 Figure 14 Secure Options Menu The menu will include the option...

Page 29: ... is entered Figure 15 Figure 15 New Password Display After you entered a new password the display will change to a confirmation screen Figure 16 You will need to enter the same password again to confirm Figure 16 Confirm New Password Display After the last entry of the confirmation the display will then show Password Changed if the both entries match If they don t match then the display will show ...

Page 30: ...igure 17 Figure 17 Lock Unlock Channel Display To unlock a locked channel select the channel using the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN buttons Press SELECT The following display will ask you to Confirm Unlock Figure 18 Press the 1 numerical button to select Yes or the 2 numerical button for No Figure 18 Confirm Unlock Display After confirmation the display will revert back to the list of channels showing...

Page 31: ...l using the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN buttons Press SELECT The following display will ask you to Confirm Lock Figure 20 Press the 1 numerical button to select Yes or the 2 numerical button for No Figure 20 Confirm Unlock Display After confirmation the display will revert back to the list of channels showing that the channel is not unlocked Figure 21 ...

Page 32: ...tions menu The Factory Restore display will give you an option to choose Yes or No Figure 22 To scroll to either option press either the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN buttons then choose the option by pressing the SELECT button Figure 22 Factory Restore Display If you choose Yes to restore the factory defaults the RC70 remote will display an Are You Sure message giving you a choice of selecting Yes or ...

Page 33: ...tion Display Pilot s Operating Handbook Universal Mode Universal Mode is essentially an idle mode since button presses are not transmitted to the MLB700 Activation of the SET button in Universal Mode permits configuration of the RC70 remote You must put the RC70 remote in Sirius Mode by pressing the SIRIUS button in order to operate with the MLB700 Presets You can store up to 30 of your favorite c...

Page 34: ...ht hand corner of the display The channel is now stored as a preset Note You can replace previously stored presets by saving over them Selecting a Preset Channel To select a channel you have saved as a preset 1 Select the band by pressing and releasing the BAND button until the desired band is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the display A B or C 2 Press and release the numeric button i...

Page 35: ...plays Initial Setup Use LEFT or RIGHT to go to ADVANCED SETUP and press OK 2 From ADVANCED SETUP press LEFT or RIGHT to go to CONTRAST OK 3 The LCD displays CONTRAST SETUP with 10 blocks to show the current contrast setting Press LEFT or RIGHT to adjust the contrast setting 4 When you are finished adjusting the contrast press OK 5 The LCD displays CONTRAST Press and hold SET to exit the menu LCD T...

Page 36: ... press LEFT or RIGHT to go to LCD TIMER Press OK 3 The LCD displays SET TO 20 SECONDS or the current setting Press LEFT or RIGHT to adjust the LCD timer to 10 20 or 30 seconds and press OK 4 The LCD displays LCD TIMER Press and hold SET to exit the menu Note This adjustment does not affect the backlight The backlight for the LCD display and buttons turns off after 10 seconds of no activity ...

Page 37: ...cause they are too far apart or out of range because of some other interference The display returns to normal when the wireless controller is again within range of the tuner Acquiring Signal The LCD displays Acquiring Signal whenever the satellite signal is lost The LCD returns to the normal display automatically when the MLB700 regains the satellite signal Updating Channels The LCD displays Updat...

Page 38: ...id Channel whenever you enter a channel number that does not exist After two seconds the current active channel information is re displayed SIRIUS ID Number SID To display your SIRIUS ID SID number tune to channel 000 You can also display the SID by selecting Sirius ID from the Menu Options screen No Channel Match There are no channels that match the tune request Operation Timed Out No response at...

Page 39: ... control Bad Command Syntax This message will be displayed if the parameters in a command sent to the MLB700 by the RC70 remote were incorrect Command Failed This message indicates that the MLB700 has discovered a problem and cannot identify its source Internal Error This message is returned if the error number is not expected The number can be checked against the MLB700 SSP specification Table 3 ...

Page 40: ...e or an Avidyne authorized service facility This Warranty does not apply to failures caused outside of the normal use of the Product including improper installation physical damage tampering lightning or other electrical discharge or to Product with altered serial numbers Avidyne will use reasonable efforts to repair or replace Product within ten 10 days and will return repaired Product or will su...

Page 41: ...s not installed and used in accordance with these instructions However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on try to correct the interference by one of more of the following measures Contact your Avidyne authoriz...

Page 42: ...Changes not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment FCC Statement for the Remote Control FCC ID MG310000 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide a reasonable protection against harmful interfere...

Page 43: ...ound to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and radiates radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communication...

Page 44: ...its in any way Doing so may result in fire electric shock or product damage Do not insert any objects into the units Doing so may result in fire electric shock or product damage Make the correct connections Failure to make proper connections may result in fire or product damage Do not splice into electrical cables Never cut away cable insulation to supply power to other equipment Doing so will exc...

Page 45: ... a problem appears Failure to do so may cause personal injury or damage to the product Return the tuner to your Avidyne authorized retailer or Avidyne Customer Service Center for repairing Cleaning and Maintenance If the tuner or wireless controller becomes dirty turn the power off and wipe it clean with a soft clean cloth Do not use hard cloths paint thinner alcohol or other volatile solvents to ...

Page 46: ... and logos are registered trademarks of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc All Rights Reserved Z Wave is a registered trademark of the Z Wave Alliance Hardware subscription and activation fee required For full Terms Conditions visit http avidyne com Prices and programming are subject to change Not available in HI and AK Equipment and subscription sold separately Installation required with some equipment ...

Page 47: ...600 00178 000 Rev 00 I 42 MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver SIRIUS ID Write down the SIRIUS IDs SID of your MLB700 Tuner in the space provided below SID 1 data SID 2 audio SID 3 SID 4 ...

Page 48: ... Corporation All Rights Reserved Avidyne is a registered trademark of Avidyne Corporation Avidyne Corporation 55 Old Bedford Road Lincoln MA 01773 Telephone 781 402 7400 Toll Free 800 AVIDYNE 800 284 3963 Fax 781 402 7599 www avidyne com ...

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