PS Engineering MB-10 User Manual

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Sound Quality. Sound Engineering.

MB10

Marker Beacon Receiver/

Indicator

Part No. 050-023- (XXXX)

Pilots Guide

PS ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED

9800 Martel Road

Lenoir City, TN 37772

Phone [phone] FAX [phone]

www.ps-engineering.com

FAA-Approved, TSO C35d

NOTICE: Warranty is not valid unless this
product is installed by an Authorized
ing dealer.

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Document Number 202-023-0100

Rev. 1 August 2007

General Information

The MB10 is a compact, panel,
or blind mounted Marker Beacon
Receiver (75 MHz). Please read this
manual completely to become famil­iar with all the features.

Scope

This manual contains opera­tional instructions for the following
PS Engineering units:

Model

Number

MB10 050-023-0100

MB10R 050-023-0101

Description

The MB10 is a 75 MHz Marker
Beacon receive with 3-lamp indica­tion that provides the Marker Bea­con signal for the ILS System.

A front panel mode switch al­lows the pilot to select high or low
sensitivity, lamp test, and audio
mute.

The MB10R is a remote
mounted receiver capable of activat-

Part Num-

ber

Description

Panel Mounted
Marker Re­ceiver

Remote
Mounted
Marker Re­ceiver

ing either panel mounted lamps (not
included), an electronic display sys­tem, or both.

SPECIFICATIONS

FAA-Approval TSC C35d

Frequency: 75 MHz Crystal

Sensitivity:

Low:

High:

Selectivity: -6 dB at ±10 kHz

External Lamp
Output:

MM Sense: Active high (4.5 ±

Output impedance: 510 Ohms

Audio Output:

Operating Tempera­ture

Altitude

Power

Weight

RTCA DO-143

Controlled
Capable of: (preset
at factory for field
application)
1000 µVolts (Hard)
(360 to 570 µV
soft)
200 µVolts (Hard)
(130 to 200 µV
soft)

-40 dB at ±120 kHz

7.5 (±4 VDC
unloaded, at maxi­mum brightness)
VDC positive when
active, max. current
125 mA

1.0VDC)

38 mW <1% THD
typical

-15° to +55° C

55,000’
unpressurized
11-33 VDC,
<0.25 A

0.65 oz.

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OPERATION

Power

The MB10 is active whenever
the avionics bus is energized.

Marker Beacon Operation

The Marker Beacon Receiver
uses visual and audio indicators to
alert you when the aircraft passes
over a 75 MHz transmitter.

The Blue lamp, labeled "O”, is
the Outer Marker lamp and has an
associated 400-Hertz 'dash' tone. The
lamp and tone will be keyed at a rate
of two tones/flashes per second
when the aircraft is in the range of
the Outer Marker Beacon.

The Amber lamp, labeled "M”,
is the Middle Marker lamp and is
coupled with a 1300 Hertz tone. It is
keyed alternately with short 'dot' and
long 'dash' bursts at 95 combinations
per minute.

The White lamp, labeled "I”, is
the Inner marker and has a 3000­Hertz 'dot' tone. The lamp and tone
will be keyed at a rate of six times
per second.

The audio from the Marker Bea­con Receiver is provided to the air­craft audio selector system. To ad­just the volume level, there is a ser­vice adjustment located on the top of
the unit.

A toggle switch is used to set
the receiver sensitivity and to test the
indicator lamps. Use "HI" sensitivity
initially. This allows you to hear the
outer marker beacon about a mile
out. Then switch into Low Sensitiv-

ity mode. “LO” sensitivity gives you
a more accurate location of the Outer
Marker. Holding the MKR switch
down for two seconds activates
marker test lamp, labeled "T/M" and
illuminates all three lamps simulta­neously to assure the lamps (internal
and external) are in working order.
TST does not activate MM autopilot
sense output. Releasing the button
returns to the low sensitivity.

Pressing the marker mode select
(to “T/M”) for two seconds will also
cause the marker audio to mute for
that beacon. The next beacon re­ceived will re-activate the audio.

Warranty and Service

Warranty

In order for the factory warranty
to be valid, the installations in a cer­tified aircraft must be accomplished
by an appropriately rated FAA- cer­tified avionics shop and authorized
PS Engineering dealer. If the unit is
being installed by a non-certified
individual in an experimental air­craft, a factory-made harness must
be used for the warranty to be valid.

PS Engineering, Inc. warrants
this product to be free from defect in
material and workmanship for a pe­riod of one year from the date of
retail purchase. During this one year
warranty period, PS Engineering,
Inc., at its option, will send a re­placement unit to the PS Engineer­ing dealer, if the unit should be de­termined to be defective after con­sultation with a factory technician.
PS Engineering will not ship to the
end user under warranty, unless au-

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thorized by the dealer.

This warranty is not transfer­able. Any implied warranties expire
at the expiration date of this war­ranty. PS Engineering SHALL NOT
BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAM­AGES. This warranty does not cover
a defect that has resulted from im­proper or unreasonable use or main­tenance as determined by us. This
warranty is void if there is any at­tempt to dissemble this product
without factory authorization. This
warranty gives you specific legal
rights, and you may also have other
rights which may vary from state to
state. Some states do not allow the
exclusion of limitation of incidental
or consequential damages, so the
above limitation or exclusions may
not apply to you.

Factory Service

The MB10 is covered by a one­year limited warranty. See warranty
information.

Call PS Engineering, Inc. at
[phone] before you return
the unit. This will allow the service
technician to provide any other sug­gestions for identifying the problem
and recommend possible solutions.

After discussing the problem
with the technician and you obtain a
Return Authorization Number,
ship product to:

PS Engineering, Inc.

Attn: Service Department

9800 Martel Road

Lenoir City, TN 37772

[phone] FAX (865)
988-6619.

www.ps-engineering.com/
support.shtml

NOTE:

PS Engineering is not responsible

for units shipped US Mail.

If no method of payment is pro­vided, the units will be returned COD. If
no RMA or description of problem is
present, the shipment will be refused.

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