COMPONENT MAINTENANCE MANUAL
AVIATION RECORDERS
FA2100CVR
Rev. 15 Page 18
Apr. 14/16
Description and Operation
23–70–04
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H.
Data Retrieval
Incorporated into the FA2100CVR aircraft installation is a “Record On” jumper. Dur-
ing bench test of the FA2100CVR, removal of the jumper disables the record func-
tion of the recorder, thereby allowing playback of the recorded data. While in the
Playback mode, replaying of recorded data is controlled by the Portable Interface
(PI) Unit p/n: 17TES0043 or Portable Interface/2 (PI/2) Unit P/N: 17TES0062. De-
tailed operation of the PI is contained in the PI Operation Manual, P/N:
165E1630
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00 or PI/2 Operation Manual, P/N: 16521630
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01.
To retrieve data from the recorder, the recorder must be removed from the aircraft,
connected to appropriate AC or DC power (DC power only for FA2100CVR Models
2100
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1010
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5X and 2100
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1020
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5X), and the Portable Interface Unit (PI) p/n:
17TES0043 or Portable Interface/2 (PI/2) Unit P/N: 17TES0062 must be connected
to the recorder’s front panel GSE connector.
The PI or PI/2 Unit allows a user to replay, using a 600-ohm headset and a
600
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ohm boomset microphone headset in the case of the
2100
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1X25/1X26/1X27
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( ) model, any one of the high quality audio channels, or
the cockpit area microphone channel. The PI or PI/2 Unit also has the capability to
search through the stored data using the fast forward and fast reverse command
keys. The fidelity of the FA2100CVR audio data output at the PI or PI/2 Unit is such
that its internal speaker allows quality analysis of the recorded data. The PI or PI/2
Unit also simplifies connection to standard commercial recording equipment for du-
plicating any of the monitored audio streams.
Additionally, the audio data can be down-loaded through the GSE connector, stored
on Type III PCMICA portable hard disks inserted in the PI Unit for later playback.
The Portable Interface Unit must have MOD-DOT 1 and the FA2100CVR must have
MOD-DOT 2 for Audio data downloading capability to be activated. For the PI/2 refer
to the PI/2 Operation Manual, P/N: 16521630
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01on how audio data can be down-
loaded and the different ways to store data.
For operators using Rose 4.0 or higher software on a ROC or RAU, audio data along
with the flight data may be downloaded directly from a CVR and played back through
Rose. The audio and flight data will be time synchronized through the Rose soft-
ware. Refer to the Read
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Out Support Equipment/Recorder Interface Software Ver-
sion 4.0 or Higher Operator’s Manual, Part Number 165E1696
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03.
The document reference is online, please check the correspondence between the online documentation and the printed version.
