Hilberling PT-8000A, Operating Manual

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8 O
PERATING AND
D
ISPLAY
E
LEMENTS
In this chapter the operating and display elements will be introduced.
8.1 Main Operating and Display Elements
Function Name Description
Power ON

OFF POWER All supply voltages from power supply HN-8000 are disconnected by this switch
Before turning ON verify settings for MIC-GAIN, PROC, TX-PWR and audio
volume settings for MAIN and SUB-RX are turned fully counter-clockwise.
After switching ON:
 LED MAIN-RX will illuminate
 LEDs of all pushbuttons will illuminate for 1 second (functional check)

Volume MAIN-RX
(PT + HN / PT only)

ON

OFF Speaker
(PT only)

MAIN Volume for audio MAIN-Receiver.
The RX is always turned on – audio is always present regardless of RX-status (
active or in the
background – see below).
Pushing toggles the speaker of PT-8000A ON and OFF (s. P. 53).

Volume SUB-RX
(PT + HN / HN only)

ON  OFF Speaker
(HN only)

SUB Volume for audio SUB-Receiver.
The RX is always turned on – audio is always present regardless of RX-status (
active or in the
background – see below).
Pushing toggles the speaker of HN-8000 ON and OFF (s. P. 53).
TFT-Display ÷ The display represents the primary means to control through soft switches (“Softkeys”) and to show
all relevant data for RX and TX operations.
Primary VFO Tuning Knob
active RX
÷ Tuning of VFO A/B of active RX. MAIN- and SUB-RX are always receiving. The term active is used in
the following context: Active means which RX (MAIN or SUB) is controlled by the main Display
(through soft switches) and which RX-Data is completely shown in the display.
Default setting: MAIN RX is the
active RX.
Secondary VFO Tuning
Knob
background RX
SUB VFO Tuning of VFO A/B of RX, which is not the active one i.e. working in the Background (see above).
Default setting: SUB-RX is in the background
Set internal Reference REF-SET When operating the PT-8000A with its internal reference (10MHz-VCXO) this control will allow
calibration the VCXO. Tuning range ± 1 ppm (s. P. 54). The LED
EXT-REF will illuminate if an
external reference signal is detected
Tab. 8
POWER
ON

OFF
TFT Display
(s. P. 13)
Volume MAIN- and SUB-RX
Speaker ON
⬄
OFF
VFO (MAIN) Tuning
„ active “ RX (s. P. 38)
VFO (SUB) Tuning
RX „ in the background “
MAIN-RX / TX / SUB-RX
LED for status (s. P. 19)
Softkeys
(s. P. 13)
Fig. 14
Softkey menu
(s. P. 13)
MIC-GAIN
(s. P. 68)
PROC
(s. P. 68)
TX-PWR
(s. P. 69)