COMPONENT MAINTENANCE MANUAL
AVIATION RECORDERS
Model FA5000
Initial Issue Page 1
Sep. 30/11
Introduction
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INTRODUCTION
1.
GENERAL
This Component Maintenance Manual (CMM) documents the operation of, and suggested
maintenance for, the Model FA5000 Cockpit Voice Data Recorder, including the following
part numbers: 5001-6103
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( ), 5011-6103-( ), 5001
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6133-( ), 5003-6103-( ), herein after
referred to as the Model FA5000CVDR or FA5000.
The FA5000CVDR meets the performance requirements of ED-112, while complying with
the interface requirements of cockpit voice input data. In addition, the cockpit voice and
area microphone channels are lowpass filtered, sampled, digitized, and stored in solid-
state, crash protected memory. This CMM covers the 2-hour Audio memory storage ver-
sions of the FA5000CVDR.
The FA5000CVDR accepts flight input data at 64/128/256/512/1024 WPS while comply-
ing with ED-112. This CMM covers 50-hour Flight Data memory storage versions of the
FA5000CVDR.
The FA5000CVDR that are equipped with a Video Expansion Card gets digital video in
ITU656 digital frame format, and compresses it using Motion JPEG compression every
200 milliseconds (5 frames per second). It then writes the resulting compressed frame to
the combined packet in 40 millisecond chunks to match the audio synchronization. This
CMM covers the 2-hour Video memory storage versions of the FA5000CVDR.
The FA5000 is designed as maintenance-free recorder. No periodic adjustments, calibra-
tion, or maintenance is required to maintain this unit. The Model FA5000 is considered
an “ON CONDITION LRU.”
2.
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
The following list defines the acronyms and abbreviations used throughout this CMM:
AC
Alternating Current
ADLP
Audio and Data Link Playback
AIMS
Action Item Management System
ARINC
Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
ATA
Air Transport Association
ATC
Air Traffic Control
ATE
Automated Test Equipment
ATR
Air Transport Racking
BITE
Built
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In Test Equipment
CAA
Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)
CATS
CVDR Automatic Test Software
CMM
Component Maintenance Manual
CICC
Computer Interface Communication Cable
CSMU
Crash Survivable Memory Unit
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