Page 1 o - VALLEY INTERNATIONAL TEST. PROCESS: TEST PROCESS FOR LEVELLER TWO CHANNEL LIMITER EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE REEL EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE ELEC EEE EEE EEE EEE EEEE EEE EEE TTUPI>Connect the coordinator "SEND" te the Leveller "IN". Connect the ceordinater "RETURN" to the Leveller "OUT Set Tek. osc. (source A) freauency to 1kHz» level to OdB. DSet coordinater as follows! Source R = 6003 Level = @ dBs Source = As "Noise": "CMR", and "Wrap" switches down. (1) Unit setup and rower check Set front panel controls as follows? Threshold to full cws Gain to QdE Integration Time te "Qut"s VU Select to Input. Be sure that "Link" switch is cut. Set rear panel Input Cal switch to "QdB". dCenter all trim pots (six per channel). DAPP]Y AC Power and verify presence of +15v and -15v rower supplies Verify that "POWER" led is on. (2) Level checks : Verify that output level is @dB +/- 242. Adjust Gain control for exac QdB at cutrut. >Set Ineut cal switch (on rear panel) ta "+4dB". Output should be —4de Set Input cal switch te "-10dB", Outeut should be 10d8, Return Input cal switch te Ode. Turn Gain control from ccw to cw. Output should 9¢ fram -20dB to 20de DIncrease input level on coordinator to 104B. Starting with Gain contr centered: increase Sain until the "Ovid" led lights. Outrut should be arrroximately 2248, >Continue to increase Gain to the onset of clipping as observed on the oscilloscore. Output should be at least 24dB. Adjust Gain control for 21dB at output. Short tip and ring of output Jack to Ground: one at a time. Output level drop should be less than 1 (3) VU meter trim >Set input level on coordinater to Qdk. Adjust Gain.centrol for exact! @d@ at output. Adjust VU Cal trim rot (accesible through front panel) to read Bde on VU meter. Set VU Select switch te *Output". There sho be no change in the VU'meter reading. (4) Intermodulation distortion trim >Apply IMD test signal at QdB to input (set asc. to 7kHz and press IMD Test Signal buttens on analyzers Fress IMD Function butten). Adjust Unity Dist trim pot for minimum distortion (.04% or less). dIncrease input level on ceerdinater to 10dB and adJust Gain control fe Q4f at cuteut. Adjust Gain Dict trim rot for .04% or less distortion. (5) Noise test Set asc. frea. te 100 Hz and release the IMD Test Signal switch. On t analyzers press the Level Function switch. Set coordinator level ta @ Set the Gain contrel te QdB. Set coordinater Noise switch to up. Outrut level should be ~77d2 or less. Press the 4Q0Hz HI PASS filter switch on the analyzer. Output should drop less than 3dB. Release the 400Hz HI PASS filter switch. 16) Cantrol rejection trim t coordinator Noise switch to dewn and remove Flug from Le: ler ink Connect the tin of this rlu® through 2 1CQk ohm resister to UWIOF rin 2 (UPGE Tor cheanel 2. A Ctr] Res trim rat fer minimum cuteut CF) Detector beiance tein Return lug to Leveller ing Integration Time to "Fast". Se UG rin & CUST® for chann ny just Det Bal trim pot for eau:/ o ae an TEST PROCESS FoR LEVELUBR TWO CHANNEL LIMITER Page 2 of Tw eshold trim Seb ose. freq. to {kHz Set bntegatien Tine to ‘Out" and ad controt for éxatly Pd8 at ovtrur. Set integ/ation Time bo "Slow": turn Threshold full ccw, Set Thresh tr pot built tw them vhile watching JW meters turn it slowly cow until output Just begins €o drop chen turn it back until outrut just reach input level te 20d (10d on ose. and 10dB on coordinator). If cut Fut chan3ez lez: than +1dB er ~.5dBy 90 on to next ster. If nots readjust Thresh trim rat for QUE at output. Change input level back to Qe, (2. . and coordinater) and verity that .5d8 Gain Reduction led goes eff. If it does nots slowly turn Thresh trim rot Just enough to mabe it Go off. Now chanSe input level back to 20dB (det o and 1042 on coordinator). t Gain en both a Relea test >Verify that al) Gain Reduction leds are on. Set Noise test swi , coordinater to up and verify that all Gain Reduction leds 90 off in 2.5 to 3 seconds. Set Noise test switch on | coordinator to down. Anticipatery release test DLecate .22uF mylar capacitor nearest rin 1 ef U103 (UZO3 on channel 2). Connect score prabe to rearmost lead of this capacitors set score for Sv/div.+ DC courleds and verify that voltege is arrroximately -i2vdc. 2Now turn Threshald contro? cw while watching score and verify that whil< control is being turned the veltage increases and falls back te its riginal value when rot is not being turned. nect scare probe from Levellers Limiter operation check SSet Threshold control te +10dB, Output should be 13dB +/~ 2dB, Adjust Threshold control fer exactly 13d2 at outrut. Gain Reduction meter should read 7d8. DChan®e osc. reaver 100Hz. Output should change less than 14B. SSet Integration Time te "Fast". Outrut should increase by 2-44B and Ga Reduction meter should read 4 or 3 dB. Link te Set csc. Treauency te IhHE Set Threshold contre) to full ccw. Press the Link switch in, Gain Reduction leds on adjacent channel should match those on the channel beir tested. urn Thre se the Link switch. hold contre) cu. eras they @ Gain Reduction leds on the twa channels shou tb Proc on channel 2.