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User Manual
Rev. 1.0 - 12/04/05
Three indications are available:
•
Time
format:
hh:mm:tt
absolute time indication
•
Data
format:
dd-MM-yyyy
current date indication
•
GMT
format:
[ + 00.00]
difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in hours.
Advance is in half-hour increments; the plus sign means
towards EAST, whereas the minus sign means towards WEST.
NOTE: In the example shown in the figure above, the time
sent by R.D.S. would be 14:23:37, i.e. actual time.
NOTE: Unless a station covers several time zones, offset may
left at zero and actual time may be set in place of absolute
time.
6.5.1.6
[GPS] (only available where option /SFN is installed)
GPS window
This is a display-only window; push the knob again to go back to the previous menu.
The two V-Meters provide engineering parameters that are only used for testing and
maintenance purposes.
[*]
Display of 1Hz pulse reception at connector. The asterisk remains
active for 500msec. after each falling edge.
NOTE: Any frequencies other than 1Hz will turn on the asterisk.
[Err. 1Hz]
Displays status messages relating to GPS operation:
- [Err. 1Hz]
Reference frequency not compatible with
synchronization (VCXO not moving).
- [Error -]
Reference frequency too high (VCXO not moving).
- [Freq -]
Reference frequency greater than ours (VCXO
correcting).
- [Phase -]
19KHz frequency advance between 2.5 and
5uSec/second (VCXO correcting).
