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160 West Camino Real #233

Boca Raton, FL 33432

Telephone: (954) 642-8997 Fax: (954) 636-3533 Email: [email protected]

www.optoelectronics.com

Printed in U.S.A

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Page 1: ...160 West Camino Real 233 Boca Raton FL 33432 Telephone 954 642 8997 Fax 954 636 3533 Email sales optoelectronics com www optoelectronics com Copyright 2009 Optoelectronics Inc Printed in U S A ...

Page 2: ...U US SE ER R M MA AN NU UA AL L X XP PL LO OR RE ER R ...

Page 3: ...7 MODES SWEEP 8 MODES VFO 9 MODES CONFIG 10 MODES LOCKOUTS 11 MODES BLOCKS 12 13 MODES MEMORY 14 15 MODES TIME DATE 16 REACTION TUNE 17 REACTION TUNE PCR1000 18 PC DOWNLOAD 19 CAPABILITIES 20 ACCESSORIES 21 TROUBLESHOOTING 22 FACTORY SERVICE 23 FCC NOTICE 24 LEGAL NOTICE 25 TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

Page 4: ...es specifications and the information included in this manual are subject to change without notice or obligation Optoelectronics Inc reserves the right to change or modify the Xplorer without notice or obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes The Optoelectronics logo is a registered trademark of Optoelectronics Inc The Xplorer is a registered trademark of Optoelectronics Inc...

Page 5: ...o communications However there is no guarantee that the interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to the radio of television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving ante...

Page 6: ...um antenna input signal is 15dBm 50mW Under no circumstances should the Xplorer be directly connected to an RF transmitter or be used in close proximity to a radio transmitter of more than 5 watts Damage to the input amplifier circuitry is readily apparent and will not be covered under warranty Units returned for warranty service that have damage to the input circuitry will incur service charges T...

Page 7: ...is point you are in the nearfield of the trans mitter The Xplorer will pick up signals in the nearfield of a transmitter Because of its high rate of sweeping the Xplorer is essentially a self tuning receiver The primary reason for a nearfield receiver is to trade distance for speed A conventional scanning receiver will receive signals from greater distances than the Xplorer but suffers from being ...

Page 8: ...RN POLICY FOR REPAIRS The Optoelectronics Service Department will provide rapid turnaround of your repair Enclose complete information as follows 1 Copy of sales receipt if under warranty 2 Detailed description of problem s 3 Complete return address and phone number UPS street address for USA 4 Proper packaging insurance recommended Note Carriers will not pay for damage if items are improperly pac...

Page 9: ...y A When the Xplorer is sweeping it is sensing the harmonic as being 15dB above the background RF therefore it will lock onto the harmonic This generally happens when testing a radio a few feet away from the Xplorer Either turn the squelch up or move away from the transmitter a few more feet Q Why does the Xplorer lock onto a frequency after I have locked it out individually and blocked it out in ...

Page 10: ...er Battery Internal Rechargeable 6V 700mAH NiCad 5 cell 1 2V per cell Battery Charging Time 8 10 hours Adapter Charger 12VDC 500mA current center positive connector Signal Decoding 52 CTCSS tones 106 DCS codes 16 DTMF digits LTR Decoding Area 1 digit Go To 2 digits Home 2 digits ID 3 digits Free 2 digits CTCSS Acquisition Time 600 milliseconds 0 6 seconds DCS Acquisition Time 350 milliseconds 0 35...

Page 11: ...s SHIFT and HOLD to store current or next frequency along with any decode infor mation in memory MODE POWER Press to turn on the Xplorer Press and hold four seconds to turn off Press repeatedly to scroll through different modes UP DOWN ARROW Press the UP DOWN arrow buttons to change parameters in the different menus Use in conjunction with SHIFT and or FNCTN buttons to change parameters FRONT PANE...

Page 12: ...ntennna 100 600MHz Cell Lock antenna 824MHz 2GHz The BB85 and DB32 antennas are very good all band antennas They allow the Xplorer to lock onto many different signals The BB85 is an excellent antenna for VHF frequencies The DB32 is very convenient for its size It has proven to work very well in the UHF ranges FILTERS N100 FM notch filter 88 108MHz The N100 provides approximately 30 dB of attenuati...

Page 13: ...floor is at approximately 50 dB This should be a typical RF environment for testing the Xplorer Remember though results can differ widely depending on the particular environment 10 Watt UHF Approximately 1000 feet 5 Watt UHF Approximately 500 800 feet 1 Watt UHF Approximately 250 350 feet 500mW UHF Approximately 100 250 feet 50mW VHF Approximately 50 150 feet Some Transmitters the Xplorer Will Not...

Page 14: ...OWER button down for four seconds to turn the unit off 2 One of the seven operating modes will be displayed for two seconds The mode that will be displayed will be the one previously selected 3 There are seven operating modes in the Xplorer Press the MODE POWER button to scroll through the modes OPTOELECTRONICS XPLORER 14 CONFIG VFO LOCKOUTS MEMORY BLOCKS TIME DATE SWEEP ...

Page 15: ... high or too low can adversely affect the way the Xplorer locks onto signals In many cases this will prevent the Xplorer from locking onto any signals in the nearfield Because the Xplorer locks onto a signal that is 15dB above the background RF floor there are occasions when it may lock onto the harmon ic of the actual fundamental frequency The reason it does so is while the Xplorer was sweeping i...

Page 16: ...uite Pro software The Opto Suite Pro software is useful for programming all of your settings and managing stored data The software is compatible for use under Microsoft Windows 95 98 ME NT4 2000 XP Vista The following information can be downloaded to the computer Frequency Hits Time Date Signal Strength CTCSS DCS LTR DTMF ...

Page 17: ...e used The CI5 jack will be used to interface to all other receivers IMPORTANT The Xplorer sends an initialization command to the receiver when powered on Once the proper modes have been selected and the two units are connected by the appropriate cable the receiver that you wish to Reaction Tune must be turned on first then the Xplorer PCR1000 VOLUME SQUELCH As mentioned the Xplorer can not only R...

Page 18: ...s it may be necessary to lock out more unwanted signals that have been introduced Taking the time to do this in the begin ning will greatly enhance the performance of the Xplorer OTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO CONSIDER Antennas and front end filters play a big part in the performance of the Xplorer Not all antennas are alike and it is recommended you use different antennas to achieve different results Usin...

Page 19: ...t the CONFIG menu is displayed Press the UP DOWN arrow button so that Squelch Control is displayed 2 Press the FNCTN and either the UP DOWN arrow buttons at the same time to switch between External and Internal Select External for manual squelch adjustment and select Internal for automatic set at factory squelch adjustment HOLD SKIP 1 Press the HOLD STORE button to hold the the frequency currently...

Page 20: ... the receiver that is being interfaced 1 CI5 Following are the current CI 5 compatible receivers that the Xplorer is capable of Reaction Tuning ICOM R10 R7000 R7100 R8500 and R9000 Radio Shack PRO 2005 2006 with OS456 Lite installed Radio Shack PRO 2035 2042 with OS535 installed Optoelectronics R11 and OptoCom The ICOM R10 and R7100 require special default settings for Reaction Tuning with the Xpl...

Page 21: ...ton until TIME DATE is displayed 2 To change the time and date press the MODE POWER button until CONFIG is displayed 3 Press the UP DOWN arrow buttons until YEAR is displayed To change the value press and hold the FNCTN button and press either the UP DOWN arrow buttons 4 Repeat step three to change the value for MONTH DAY HOURS MINUTES or SECONDS ...

Page 22: ... and 100kHz steps 1 To adjust the MHz step size press the MODE POWER button until CONFIG is displayed 2 Once in the configuration menu press either the UP DOWN arrow button until VFO COARSE is displayed 3 Press and hold the FNCTN button and press either the UP DOWN arrow button to change the step size from 1 5 or 10MHz 4 To adjust the kHz step size press the UP DOWN arrow button until VFO FINE is ...

Page 23: ...T ON OFF AUTO INTERFACE CI 5 COMMAND REACTION TUNE RECEIVER CI 5 AR8000 PCR1000 AUDIO ON OFF DTMF ON OFF AUTO HOLD ON OFF LOCKOUTS ON OFF BLOCKS ON OFF VFO FINE 5 10 12 5 25 30 50 100kHz VFO COARSE 1 5 10MHz CLEAR LOCKOUTS EMPTY FNCTN UP TO CLEAR CLEAR BLOCKS EMPTY FNCTN UP TO CLEAR CLEAR MEMORY EMPTY FNCTN UP TO CLEAR AUTO STORE ON OFF CAPTURE EVERY UNIQUE SECONDS 00 59 MINUTES 00 59 HOURS 00 23 ...

Page 24: ...y with a separate time and date stamp As that frequency is captured again the hit counter will start logging hits When that frequency is viewed in memory it will display the frequency in one memory location with the number of times it was hit thereafter 1 Press the MODE POWER button until CONFIG is displayed Press the UP DOWN arrow buttons until CAPTURE is dis played 2 Press and hold the FNCTN but...

Page 25: ...press the SHIFT and HOLD STORE button at the same time as a frequency is captured while in SWEEP mode 2 All data that was present at the time of logging to memory will be stored even if it was not on the display at the time the signal was captured AUTOMATIC RECORDING 1 To enable automatic storing of data to memory the AUTO STORE function must be ON Press the MODE POWER button until CONFIG is displ...

Page 26: ...given in the VFO section of this manual Press and hold the SHIFT button and press the SKIP LOCK OUT button 7 To view the frequencies that have been locked out press the MODE POWER button until LOCKOUTS is displayed 8 Press the UP DOWN arrow buttons to view frequencies currently in the lockout memory 9 Individual frequencies may unlocked Those frequencies with an beside MHz are locked out To unlock...

Page 27: ...s and hold the FNCTN button and press either the UP DOWN arrow buttons to scroll through these three parameters which are A frequency B frequency and either INCLUDE EXCLUDE or OFF 6 Starting at block 0 press and hold the FNCTN button and press the UP DOWN arrow button until A is displayed 7 Press and hold the SHIFT button and press the UP DOWN arrow button to change the MHz portion of the block Pr...

Page 28: ...ose frequencies For example If 145 000 MHz 155 000 MHz is in BLOCK 0 that is set for EXCLUDE and is also in BLOCK 1 set for INCLUDE then BLOCK 0 takes precedence over BLOCK 1 and 145 000 MHz 155 000 MHz is excluded from reception It is recommended that this mode be used to its full potential Using the blocks mode to EXCLUDE farfield signals not normally desired for reception is highly recommended ...

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