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TC Electronic A/S 

Finalizer Express Service manual 

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Block Diagram 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ANALOG

INPUTS

[balanced]

ANALOG IN

GAIN

ANALOG OUT

GAIN

ANALOG

OUTPUTS

[balanced]

A/D

Digital Input Select

INPUT PPM

OUTPUT PPM

Left

Left

Left

Right

Normalizer

Spectral Balance

Fader

Bypass

Right

Right

Analog

Input

Selector

Digital

Digital Output

[AES]

Digital Input

[AES]

AES

Tos

S/PDIF

Digital Output

[S/PDIF]

Digital Input

[S/PDIF]

Digital Output

[Tos]

Digital Input

[Tos]

Opto

Opto

COMP

LIM

SOFT

CLIP

SOFT

CLIP

Dither

D/A

 

 
 
 

Fig. 8: Block diagram for the signal flow in the Finalizer Express. 

Summary of Contents for Finalizer Epress

Page 1: ...Technical service manual Finalizer Epress...

Page 2: ...ftware Boot Menu 4 Built in Test Program 6 Disassembly Procedure for Main Board 7 Disassembly Procedure for Front Section 8 Exchange of Power Supply Module 10 Exchange of Battery Exchange procedure 11...

Page 3: ...ists and Component Layouts The schematics start with a main sheet where sub sheets are shown as blocks Even sub sheets might have sub sheets In the schematics some connections have label names to help...

Page 4: ...ow keys to check the application software Press the FINALIZE SOFTCLIP key to execute If corrupted load the application software again Or try to run the self test prom see section Built in Test program...

Page 5: ...____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________ TC Electronic A S Finalizer Expr...

Page 6: ...case of defective IC35 IC36 IC41 they should be replaced with type MC33079 3 AES I O test A digital signal is generated on the AES EBU output When connected directly to the AES EBU input the display s...

Page 7: ...IF in out connector see fig 3 7 Remove the screws at the ADAT in out connector see fig 3 8 Remove the jack nut at the EXT CONTROL IN connector see fig 3 9 Push the main board into the front profile a...

Page 8: ...de panels by unscrewing 4 screws at each side see fig 4 5 Remove the front section 6 Pull off the seven pot knobs by hand 7 Place the front profile horizontally with the buttons facing down 8 Pull out...

Page 9: ...____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________ TC Electronic A S Finalizer Expr...

Page 10: ...pply by removing the screw just below the AC inlet at the back panel see fig 6 8 Mount the new power supply with the screw at the back panel 9 Solder the power wires into the main board see fig 7 10 M...

Page 11: ...d solder the terminals one by one Avoid any short circuit of the terminals 5 The voltage measured directly across the terminals of the new battery should be higher than 3 0VDC 6 Do not discard the old...

Page 12: ...OG INPUTS balanced ANALOG IN GAIN ANALOG OUT GAIN ANALOG OUTPUTS balanced A D Digital Input Select INPUT PPM OUTPUT PPM Left Left Left Right Normalizer Spectral Balance Fader Bypass Right Right Analog...

Page 13: ...o change An attenuator allows the MPU to measure the contrast voltage The PLL circuit placed on a separate board makes a very stable frequency at 256 x sample rate this frequency is divided down to 64...

Page 14: ...LD3 Code explanation Comment Off off off Normal On on on Checksum error in boot software Reload boot software LD4 has two functions 1 Show power on 2 Define clean power for IC33 pin 6 Jumper settings...

Page 15: ...Analog Outputs Connectors XLR balanced pin 2 hot Impedance 100 ohm active transformer Max Output Level 22 dBu balanced Full Scale Output Range 10 dBu to 22 dBu D to A Conversion 24 bit 1 bit 128 time...

Page 16: ...3001 4 14 pages Part list for Main board ver PC13001 4 16 pages PCB lay out for Main board ver PC13001 4 2 pages Schematic for Main board ver PC13001 3 14 pages Part list for Main board ver PC13001 3...

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