ACR Electronics Y1-03-0229C User Manual

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CAUTION: Before proceeding to install, test or use your new
ACR Electronics’ product, please read this Product Support Manual
in its entirety.

If you have questions regarding the contents of the manual, please
contact our Technical Service Department at ACR Electronics, Inc.,
Telephone [phone]. Please be ready to provide the
technician with the page number you wish to discuss. If you have a
question that is not covered in the manual, please visit our website
and access the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section for
further information or call our Technical Service Department. The
website address is www.acrelectronics.com. If in the future you
lose this manual, you may access and print a replacement on the
ACR website.

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PLEASE READ ALL WARNINGS, CAUTIONS

AND NOTES CAREFULLY

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 - HOW THE ARX-50 WORKS _________________________ 2

SECTION 2 - PREPARING TO INSTALL ___________________________ 3

SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION ___________________________________ 5

SECTION 4 - OPERATION _____________________________________ 6

SECTION 5 - MAINTENANCE __________________________________ 9

APPENDIX A - SPECIFICATIONS ________________________________ 9

APPENDIX B - ACCESSORIES __________________________________ 10

APPENDIX C - WARRANTY, USEFUL LIFE POLICY, NOTICES __________ 10

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SECTION 1 - HOW THE ARX-50 WORKS

Quantity

Item

1

ARX-50 Alarm Receiver with attached I/O cable (1m)

1

ARX-50 mounting bracket

1

Monopole antenna

4

Stainless steel #8 X 1” Phillips screws

1

Warranty card

1

Registration card

1

ARX-50 Product Support Manual

The ARX-50 alarm receiver is designed as a companion to the ACR radio
beacon transmitter model number RBL-30 (Mini B™

). It is intended to be

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used in a crew overboard (COB) alerting application.
When properly powered and fitted with an external antenna, the signals

from the Mini B™

transmitter can be received by the ARX-50 up to

300

several miles. While the ARX-50 may receive signals from other radio
beacons, it is optimized for service with the ACR Mini B™

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personal

beacon. The ARX-50 is designed to accept ship’s power supply in the
range of +10.5 to +28 V DC.

SECTION 2 - PREPARING TO INSTALL

Unpacking the ARX-50

Before proceeding with the installation of the ARX-50, please verify that the
content of the box includes the following:

If you do not have all of the items, please call ACR Technical Support at
[phone].

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