When the mute condition exists, 01572 will be turned on
due to pin 27 of ICI501 going low. LED1572 is thus
illuminated for as long as the set is held in the mute
condition. ICI 501 is powered at pin 28 by the
supply
obtained from the citac board
ICI 502 type PCD8571 is the battery backed memory IC. It
is controlled by clock and data commands from 501,
storing information during the search and setting up
procedure and releasing the information upon command
thereafter. For programme selection ICI502 will store a
digital number relating to frequency and for brightness,
colour, contrast etc it will store analogue values. These
analogue values will be common to all programmes.
Clock signals are fed into pin 6 and data information is fed
in or sent out from pin 5.
BA TT15 01 the battery is a nickel cadmium
rechargeable cell which is trickle charged at about
while the TV is working. When the battery is new and fully
charged, it should provide back-up for the memory
for approx 1 year without further charge.
ICI 503 type SAA1 061 is the seven segment display driver.
It is driven by the
supply at pin 6 and the signals at pins
5, 8 and 9. Pin 5 is supplied with a square wave for the
entire duration of the data. Pin 9 is the clock input and pin 8
is the serial data, controlling which of the segment displays
or dots are turned on.
because the tuning will revert to the stored value when the
signal disappears and doing a programme selection
initiate a search of the channel spectrum again.
SEARCH TUNING
This is achieved by micro stepping through each channel
spectrum in ascending numerical order commencing with
the channel already tuned under the programme number
selected.
BOARD PC204 (Computer interface,
tuning and analogue control)
This assembly generates the and supplies. The
is obtained via the full bridge rectifier and
ICI401 type
7805H. It is fused by an 800mA fuse
smoothed by Cl404 and is used to power the
micro processor board. The
supply is obtained from
the full bridge rectifier
and type
It is smoothed by fused by
500mA and powers the Amp.
Pressing the search button causes the tuning to advance
to the next micro step which upsets the status quo
conditions for having a correctly tuned signal. The tuning
will then continue to increment upwards in micro steps
changing the displayed channel number as the channel
boundaries are crossed. Each micro step is set by
reference to the ROM in ICI 501 and when achievedwithin
a “F-Lock” is set. The AFC is then switched in and
signal induced variations are monitored. If a carrier is
present within the micro step “F-Lock” will remain and a
check is made to detect the presence of a ‘stop” signal on
pin 7 of If a carrier is not present the AFC voltage
will be determined by the ratio of
on the main
chassis
and will signify the absence of a valid
carrier, wherupon the “F-Lock” is cleared.
If the carrier is a the sync pulses fed to Q1412 will
cause 01413 to turn off at line frequency and allow line
pulses through to the intergrating capacitor Cl 415.
This causes a “stop” signal of about
to appear on pin 7
A combination of “F-Lock” and the high “stop”
signal signifies that a TV signal has been tuned, hence the
search routine is halted. If it is a standard BBC or ITN
transmission the tuning should be stored without ATC. All
other signal sources should be stored with ATC on.
Acceptance of the store command is signalled by an
audible “bleep” which is output from pin 6
SECURITY OPTION LINK
type SAB3037 is powered by the from the
If this link is connected, programme information on Nos
main chassis and it controls all analogue and tuning
6 can only be stored by pressing the hold button on the
functions with facilities for AV switching. All these
handset first, then pressing the store button on the front
functions are controlled by clock and data information fed
control panel within 4 seconds. This method prevents any
from ICI501 or ICI502 into pins 2 and 3 Bus)
accidental removal of the stored programmes by the
integrated circuit bus.
customer.
X1401 is a crystal and this is used as the main
refe rence frequen cy fo r cal culating channel and
programme frequencies. The is utilised to create an
accurate timing window for counting pulses from the
prescaler in the UHF tuner.
DIRECT TUNING
ANALOGUE CONTROLS
This is accomplished by pressing the key followed
by the transmitter channel number. The oscillator
frequency of the tuner is divided by 256 and fed to pin 20 of
ICI403 as the prescaler. Here it is compared to the
required frequency which is output from the ROM in
Any difference causes ICI403 to alter its voltage
output to the tuner until equality is achieved.
If there is no transmission on that channel, the system will
automatically search through the chosen channel
spectrum
to look for off frequency transmissions.
If none are found the tuning will return to the
frequency. Therefore receivers can be accurately tuned to
channels in the absence of a signal.
The channel spectrum of
is divided into 6 equal parts
called micro steps and if an off frequency transmission is
present the system will stop tuning at the center
frequency of the nearest to correct micro step. In this case
the ATC circuit should also be activated; the ATC indicator
will now be illuminated. The tuning will then be corrected
by AFC action and the offset stored in the programme
memory when the store button is pressed. Should the
offset transmission drift in frequency, the tuning circuit will
track with the drift.
Note that if the drift is unusually large or the signal is
interrupted by any means, it may be necessary to select
the programme number again to restore the picture. This is
The voltages at pins 1, 22, 23, 24 of ICI 403 are adjustable
between approx by the local keyboard
commands for brightness, colour, volume and contrast.
Except for contrast, these functions are also controlled by
the handset. Instructions to increment or decrement the
analogue controls are passed via the IC2 Bus. During
installation a “normal” setting should be stored which will
always be recalled at switch on, or by the “normal”
command on the handset. Note the volume output will not
be affected by the “normal” command.
OPERATION
Upon selecting programme 17, 18 or 19, one of the pins
14, 15, 16 will go low. This is applied to the AV board PC222
and will illuminate the AV diode on PC202 and cut off the
sound/vision if stages etc as described in the AV circuit
description.
MAINS INTERRUPTION STAGE
01454 is a mains interruption circuit and operates in the
following manner. Should a brief mains interruption occur,
during the short time the receiver is off, the set may reset
to programme No. 1 or when applicable from teletext to TV
mode. To prevent this happening is operated by the
supply from the main chassis When an
interruption occurs the
supply will disappear
immediately. However the from PC205 will fall slowly
thus 01454 will still conduct and maintain
at its emitter
for a brief period. This ensures that the supply to the
micro processor is maintained for the short time the mains
supply is off, thus holding the IC in the same mode of
operation
the supply returns.