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1.0 OVERVIEW
The AV35 program developed media center and remote control platforms to
replace the V20 family of products. Two specific system products, code-named
AV35 and AV20, were developed using the same platform and Lifestyle®
acoustics, and began production in March of 2010.
The AV35 and AV20 console are built using the same mechanical enclosure, but with distinct cosmetic differences. Internal PC board
assemblies have different hardware features populated.
1.1 System Feature Comparison
LIFESTYLE® V35/V25 LIFESTYLE® T20/T10

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Differentiating Features:
- AM/FM tuner w/RDS - No tuner
- Bose iPod dock included - No iPod dock or interface
- Whole-home Boselink Master - No Boselink Master capability
- Front and back USB jacks - Front USB jack only
- Dark grey console cosmetics - Silver console cosmetics
- 2-way 2.4GHz remote w/display - 2.4GHz remote w/out display
- LS bass box with either - LS bass box with either
Jewel cubes (V35) or Direct Direct Reflecting Cubes (T20) or Single
Reflecting Cubes (V25) Cubes (T10)
Common Features:
- Three 1080p/60 HDMI inputs on back, one in front
- Analog audio/video inputs on front and back.
- Headphone input on front
- Integrated IR blaster and external dongle for control integration
- ADAPTiQ
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- Unify setup wizard
- External floor wart (universal-input, regulated +12V DC output)
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1.2 Console Back Panel Connectors
As mentioned, console variants populate different features. They therefore have

different sets of back panel connectors populated, as shown.
An AV35 US console (includes all possible back panel connectors):
All AV35 console variants:
AV20
AV35
AV35 JP

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1.3 Console Front Panel Connectors and Buttons
All variants have identical front connectors and buttons, under the door in the front
of the console, as shown. Jacks on the left are for external left/right analog audio
in, and composite video in. Jacks on the far right are for USB and HDMI inputs.
Buttons, left to right, are On/Off, Source Select, Mute, Volume Down, Volume Up
and Setup.
1.4 Table of Defined Console Variants
Acoustimass Out
iPod Interface &
TV Audio Inputs
Boselink Master
and Connectors
Product,Region
Transceiver &
AM/FM Tuner
Zone2 Audio
Connector
Back USB
27/40MHz
RDS Chip
HDMI Out
Console’s
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Code
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051115 317084-1100 AV35, US 1,0 US Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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051526 317084-2100 AV35, Euro 1,2 Euro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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051527 317084-3100 AV35, Japan 1,1 Japan No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
317084-5100 40MH
053582 AV35, APAC 1,4 Euro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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051116 317084-1200 V20, US 2,0 No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes
053581 317084-2200 V20, Euro 2,2 No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes
053771 317084-3200 V20, Japan 2,1 No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes
053772 317084-5200 V20, (APAC 2,4 No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes
Note: Some variants have identical hardware, but will have different software features (default language,
etc.). These software features are set by the Product/Region Code, programmed into the UUT by the Test
System at the end of Final Test.

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1.5 Differences from V20
The main differences between the AV20/35 platform and V20/30 are the inclusion
of an iPod dock, input/output support for 1080p/60 video, USB for playing photo
slideshows and updating product software via thumb drive, use of a 2.4GHz
transceiver for the main room remote (rather than 27/40MHz), and a new OSD-
based software setup wizard called UnifyTM. The console mechanical enclosure is
brand-new, as is all console electrical hardware (including processors) and
software (now running Linux). Video hardware/software, for the first time, was
developed in-house (V20/30 used a Jabil-designed video daughterboard). Also,
AV35’s external floor wart is a universal-input switching power supply, allowing a
single version to be shipped into all countries. The AV35 console also has no
display (V20/30 had a tethered display module)-- instead, all user information for
AV35 is shown either on the television via an OSD (On-Screen Display), or on a
display provided on the console remote control (AV35 only).
1.6 Remote Controls Supported
The AV20/35 platform uses a 2.4GHz RF transceiver to communicate with its

(new) main room remote controls. The AV35 main room remote control has a
small built-in LCD display to indicate source/status information. The AV20 main
room remote control has no built-in display.
A 27/40MHz transceiver is also included in AV35 variants of the console, to

communicate with second-zone remote controls (a new version of which has been
developed for AV35). The second-zone remote is not included with the AV35
system (it is sold separately).
The AV35 console also includes an IR receiver for accepting commands from
third-party IR remote controls.

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2.0 MECHANICAL DISASSEMBLY: AS317084
1. Removal /Installation of top cover: Flip the console on the cover and remove or drive 6 screws.
a. Note: During installation of the top cover, push down on the console to compress the global
shield spring fingers.
2. Top cover sub assembly: This includes, rear vent bracket, main bracket, top global shield, heat sink,
thermal pad, spacer and cosmetic metal top cover (painted). Remove 9 screws (2 screws for heat
sink, 1 screw on middle rear vent, and 6 screws for main bracket) to replace the top cover.
a. Note: Disassemble top cover away from the PCB’s. Metal shavings may fall out of the
magnesium bosses that may cause shorts on the PCB.
3. Rear panel removal/installation: Remove/install all the screws to disassemble or assemble the rear
panel.
a. Note: During assembly, the rear panel should be gently pushed up against the PCB nubs.
b. Note: During assembly, the PCB should be held down to the base to avoid lifting.
c. Note: Make sure rear panel is not blocking any connector openings or that it is not grounding
against the AM/FM connector shells.
4. Assemble of second zone PCB: The brd is toed into the bracket and held by 2 snaps. To remove,
undo the snaps then toe out (lift upwards) the brd.
5. Removal/Installation of the Main PCB, AUX PCB and Rear Bracket: Remove 6 screws and unsnap
the rear bracket. To remove the main brd, unsnap the brd from the base, push it backwards (the
front connectors need the clear the base front wall), and angle the brd upwards to remove.

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3.0 DESCRIPTION OF CONSOLE PCB’S
The AV35 has two primary PCB’s. The largest PCB is the 6-layer Main Board,
containing the audio/video control and processing hardware, the main system
processor and its memory, and the power supplies required for these functions.
Only slightly smaller, the 2-layer Aux Board contains the AM/FM tuner hardware,
27/40MHz Zone2 remote control transceiver, and iPod authentication coprocessor
chip (“CP chip”). This board connects to the main board via two cables: a 2-wire
power cable and a 50-pin ribbon cable.
AV35’s remaining 4 smaller 2-layer daughter boards are built as part of the Aux
Board panel. The IR Blaster Board is mounted in the front left of the console, and
includes hardware for IR blasting, IR receiving, power LED, and the main room
2.4GHz 2-way RF transceiver. A 13-pin ribbon cable connects it to the Aux
Board. The Front AV Board mounts behind the console’s door in the front center
of the unit, and includes the connector block for headphones and front A/V inputs.
This connects to the Main Board via a 24-pin ribbon cable. The Button Board also
mounts under the console door, on the right, and includes the hardware switches
for the front buttons. This connects to the Aux Board via a 9-pin ribbon cable.
The Zone2 RCA Board mounts in the back right of the console, contains RCA
connectors for AV35’s Zone2 audio inputs, and connects to the Main Board via
another 24-pin ribbon cable.
Zone2 RCA
Aux Board
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4.0 CONSOLE OVERALL ELECTRICAL ARCHITECTURE
In the AV35 console, the ST Microelectronics STM32F103 Cortex ARM

microprocessor, U100, on the Aux Board controls all interfaces used by the
customer to interact with the console, including the 2.4GHz and 27/40MHz RF
remote control transceivers, the IR blasters/receivers, and console ETAP (the rear
panel Data jack). The Aux micro also monitors the console’s front pushbuttons,
as well as the Boselink Master and Slave communication interfaces.
In short, the Aux micro monitors all interfaces which might wake the console up
from its standby mode. This allows the Main Board to be completely powered-
down in standby, with only the Aux board and its micro still powered, allowing the
console to meet the requirement of drawing less than 1 Watt (including the floor
wart) when in standby.
The Aux micro also controls the AM/FM tuner chips, the Main Board’s audio path
chips, and the iPod authentication chip, allowing audio for second-zone speakers
to be played as soon as possible (without waiting for the ST7200 to boot).
The Main Board is powered-up by the Aux micro when the customer sends any
command which powers-up the console. The Main Board’s processor is an
ST7200 audio/video processing chip, U1000, which boots its Linux kernel from
the NOR flash, U11001, and then its application code from the NAND flash,
U11003. Once booted, the ST7200 is capable of decoding incoming audio
streams, and playing/scaling incoming video streams. The ST7200 also controls
the console’s USB interfaces.
Incoming video signals are received/decoded by one of two video front-end chips
on the Main Board, an Analog Devices ADV7604 (U1003) used for HDMI and
Component Video inputs, and a Toshiba TC90103 (U2001) used for Composite
and S-Video inputs. All video (after being digitized in the front-end chips, if the
signals are analog) is sent to the ST7200 for processing via a 16-bit parallel video
bus (shared between the two front-end chips). After processing, the ST7200
outputs video to the TV via its built-in HDMI transmitter.
All analog audio input signals are selected by ST Microelectronics TEA6422 audio
MUX’s U5000 or U5001 (depending on whether the signal will be routed to the
main room bass box or to other rooms via Boselink), or by audio MUX’s built into
ST Microelectronics volume control chips U5002 and U5003. Signals routed to
the main room bass box or headphones are digitized by an AKM AK5381ET A/D
converter, U5005, before being sent to the ST7200 for processing.
Coax and optical S/PDIF audio inputs are selected using an AKM AK4113 S/PDIF
receiver/MUX (U6000), and sent to the ST7200 via I2S for processing.
After processing, the ST7200 outputs all main room bass box audio as a
specially-formatted digital S/PDIF stream (called “Fatpipe”). For AV35, no analog
audio is sent to the main room bass box, and all compressed input streams (DTS,
AAC, AC3, etc.) are decode by the console. Analog audio for Boselink and
headphones is outputted via the ST7200’s internal DAC’s.
The console electrical hardware block diagram is shown on the following page.

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5.0 MAIN BOARD DIGITAL CIRCUITRY
The Main Board digital subsection is located inside the large rectangular shield
fence, under its cover. When the cover is removed, this area of the PCB is shown
below. This subsection contains the ST7200 A/V processor IC, its NOR and
NAND flash IC’s, its 4 DRAM IC’s, the PLL/Clock IC, the Reset circuit and I/O
Expander. Note that the thermal pad has also been removed from the ST7200.
The individual IC’s in this subsection are described in detail below.
LINUX DRAM
I/O EXPANDER JTAG PLL TERMINAL U12000
U8000 HEADER U15002 CONNECTOR U12001
NAND NOR DRAM ST7200

FLASH FLASH U12000 U1000
U11003 U1000 U12001

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5.1 ST7200 A/V Processor (Main Board Schematic Sheets 8-15)
From its data sheet, a block diagram and feature list of the ST7200 IC are:
Main Processor DRAM USB Audio I2S Audio Audio General I2C/ETAP
Core, Running Interfaces Interfaces Inputs Output Processor Purpose I/O Serial
Linux DACs DSPs Interfaces
Video Video Input HDMI NOR/NAND

Processor Parallel Bus Output FLASH
DSP’s Interface

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As shown in the block diagram, the ST7200 contains a main, 450MHz, ST40 core
processor. This processor runs the Linux operating system, and executes the
software responsible for monitoring I/O connector switches and running the
Unify™ set-up wizard, monitoring the types of audio/video being received and
processed, generating AV35 OSD images, and managing the USB interfaces.
There are multiple ST231-core DSP’s inside the ST7200 (shown), some of which
are used to decode/process video, and others for decoding/processing audio.
Operation of these DPS’s is generally under the control of the ST40 core, as well.
Specialized hardware blocks are shown within the ST7200 for interfacing to USB,
NOR/NAND FLASH, DRAM, for inputting/outputting digital audio and video, and
for controlling serial interfaces such as I2C, SPI and UARTs, all of which AV35
makes use of-- I2C is used to setup/control the video path chips, SPI to
communicate with the Aux micro, and a UART is used for a Main Board ETAP
interface in Functional Test. Other hardware features in the ST7200 are not used
by AV35.
In schematic sheets 8-15, the ST7200 “looks” like it is broken-up into many
separate IC’s (since there are many different schematic symbols, all having
U1000 as its reference designator). In fact, there is only one ST7200 IC, but,
since it has over 800 pins, one big schematic symbol would not have been
possible. It was therefore divided separate schematic symbols each of which
roughly shows the pins associated with a given ST7200 function (one for the
FLASH memory interface, one for the DRAM interface, etc.).
5.2 Configuration Resistors (Main Board Schematic Sheet 10)
When the ST7200 powers-up, its internal boot loader hardware needs to know a
few critical settings, including whether to boot from a serial or parallel interface,
whether the primary boot device is a NAND or NOR flash, the data bus width to
use for the NOR flash interface, the page size of the NAND interface, etc. The
pullup and pulldown resistors on the ST7200’s MII0 interface pins, shown on
sheet 10 of the schematics, provide these settings to the ST7200 (for each pin, a
pullup or pulldown would select a particular option). See the ST7200 datasheet
for more details. It is simply a coincidence that AV35’s required configuration
resulted in all resistors being pulldowns.
The signals connected to these resistors have “ENET” signal names because this
interface was shared with an Ethernet PHY chip in earlier versions of the design.
5.3 NOR FLASH (Main Board Schematic Sheet 11)
U11001 is the Numonyx (Previously ST Microelectronics) M29W640FB 8MByte

NOR flash. This interfaces to the ST7200’s EMI parallel interface, and contains
the product boot loader and Linux kernel. When the ST7200 boots, it loads and
executes instructions from this NOR flash first (the NOR is the primary boot
device). The NOR also contains HDCP keys, which are required for AV35 to
send copy-protected HDMI video to TV’s. These keys are “matched” to other,
unique HDCP keys contained within each ST7200. Therefore, once a Main Board
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software re-work process (presently not possible outside the Software
Development group).
The NOR used in AV35 is a 48-pin TSSOP. It has a 16-bit data bus, and 22
address pins (22 address pins allows 4Meg words, each 16-bits, for 8Mbytes).
Note that the PCB footprint for U11001 has 56 pins, however, which allows the
platform to expand to using a 16MB NOR flash in the future. When the 8MB part
is used, it is soldered to the 48 center-most pins of the footprint, with 4 pads
unused on both ends.
The ST7200 selects the NOR flash by enabling Chip Select A (EMI_CSA). The
NOR flash is programmed at Incircuit Test, except for the HDCP keys, which are
programmed at Functional Test.
5.4 NAND FLASH (Main Board Schematic Sheet 11)
U11003 is the Numonyx NAND04GW3B, 512MByte NAND flash. This part

interfaces to the same ST7200 EMI bus as the NOR flash, above. However, the
NAND flash uses an 8-bit data bus, which is also used as a row/column address
bus in combination with 2 other dedicated address lines. The ST7200 selects the
NAND flash by enabling Chip Select B (EMI_CSB).
The NAND flash contains the remaining Linux code, along with Bose application
software, audio/video processing/control code, Unify™ setup wizard code, and
on-screen display images.
The NAND flash is programmed at Functional Test. Note that in the factory the
NOR flash must be programmed (at ICT) before the Main Board can boot and run
its NAND flash programming application. It is therefore essential for all Main
Boards to pass ICT before being placed on the Functional Test fixture.
Like the NOR flash, the NAND’s reset line is connected to IPC_RESET_L, which
is controlled by the Aux micro. In this way, the Aux micro can ensure that the
flash chips are reset as the Main Board’s power supply is raised and lowered,
preventing corruption, and ensure that the chips are released from reset before
the ST7200 powers-up and begins to fetch data from them.
5.5 DRAM (Main Board Schematic Sheets 12 and 13)
The Main Board has two banks of DRAM, each with two chips (four DRAM chips,
total). All DRAM is DDR2 (dual data-rate), capable of being clocked at 400MHz.
Since DDR2 can output data on both the rising and falling edges of its clock, the
actual read rate is 800MHz (800M words/sec).
The two ST7200 DRAM interfaces have separate internal controllers. Bank
LMI_0 (Local Memory Interface 0), shown on sheet 12, interfaces to DRAMs
U12000 and U12001. Each DRAM has a 16-bit data bus, and is connected
across half of LMI_0’s 32-bit interface. Thus, together, U12000 and U12001
appear to the ST7200 like a single, 32-bit DRAM.

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LMI_0 is the first DRAM interface used by the ST7200 when booting. Application
code is fetched from the NOR and NAND flash chips, and moved in and out of
this DRAM as it is decompressed and executed.
LMI_1 is identical to LMI_0, but connected to U13000 and U13001. This DRAM
interface is used to move blocks of audio and video during decode/playback.
5.6 Reset Circuit (Main Board Schematic Sheet 15)
U15001 is the reset IC used to monitor the +3.3 rail connected to the ST7200.
When this supply is too low, the IC disables the processor by holding it in reset.
IPC_RESET is also fed into this IC, allowing the Aux micro to hold the ST7200 in
reset during Main Board power up/down. The reset signal from the Main Board
JTAG header is resistor-OR’ed directly into the ST7200’s reset input
(SYS_RETIN_L) to be able to control its reset during JTAG-based debugging and
programming.
5.7 PLL Clock Generator Circuit (Main Board Schematic Sheet 15)
U15002 is a 6-output programmable PLL IC used to generate all clocks used by

the Main Board. 30.0MHz crystal Y15000 in connected to the input of the IC, and
is the input signal used to synthesize all output clocks. The frequency of all
output clocks is programmed by the Aux micro using the AUDIO_I2C interface.
Output Y0, HDMI_SYS_CLK, is set to 28.636MHz, and is used to clock the

ADV7604 video front-end IC (U1003, see video section, below).
Output Y1, DECODE_SYS_CLK, is set to 42.0MHz, and is used to clock the

TC90103 video front-end IC (U2001, see video section, below).
Output Y2, AUDIO_SYS_CLK, is set to 11.2896MHz, and is used to clock the I2S
audio interfaces for the S/PDIF receiver (U6000), A/D converter (U5005), and
ST7200. Note that U6000 further subdivides this clock into the bit clock and
frame clock required by I2S when no S/PDIF input is being received (this clock is
replaced by a clock derived from the S/PDIF stream itself when one is being
received).
Output Y3, TRIPLE_SYNC, controls the switching frequency of U17000, the triple-
output switching power supply IC used to generate power supply rails for the Main
Board digital section. This frequency changes, depending on the AM tuner station
selected, to avoid interference, and ranges from about 90kHz to 115kHz.
Output Y4, FW_FREQ, controls the switching frequency of the external floor wart
power supply. As above, this frequency changes, depending on the AM station
selected, but ranges from about 270kHz to 345kHz.
Output Y5, ST_MASTER_CLK, is set to 30.0MHz, and is the main clock for the
ST7200. The ST7200 has internal PLL’s which generate clocks for the various
subsections and interfaces of the IC.

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5.8 I/O Expander Circuit (Main Board Schematic Sheet 8)
The AV35 software includes the Unify™ setup wizard, which guides customers
through the attachment of their other A/V equipment (set-top box, DVD player,
game player, etc.) to AV35. To help guide them through this setup, the software
monitors switches built into many of AV35’s A/V connectors. U8000 is an NXP
PCA9505 I/O Expander IC, which monitors each of these connector switches.
EXPANDER_INT_L is an interrupt signal from U8000 to the ST7200, which alerts
the ST7200 whenever the state of a switch changes. The ST7200 uses the video
I2C bus to then read-out the detail states of all switches to determine exactly what
has changed.
5.9 USB Interfaces (Main Board Schematic Sheet 9)
The AV35 consoles have both a front and a rear USB connector, supporting
playback of image files (photo slideshows) and product software update from
thumb drives. Vigilant has only a front USB. The data signals for these interfaces
connect directly to the ST7200, which contains the hardware interface module for
USB transmit and receive.
Per the USB spec, each USB interface also includes a +5V pin capable of
supplying up to 500mA of current. U9003 is an ST2052 dual high-side switch
which controls these +5V USB power supply outputs. Signals USB2_5V_EN and
USB3_5V_EN are the control signals used by the ST7200 to enable/disable these
+5V outputs on the front and rear USB interfaces, respectively. U9003 also
monitors the +5V output current, disabling the outputs if a short-circuit is detected.
U9004 and U9005 are ESD protection diodes, protecting the ST7200 in the event
of an ESD discharge while inserting/removing a USB thumb drive.
5.10 Software Development Support Hardware (Main Board Schematic Sheets 8 and 15)
The ST7200 has a dedicated JTAG interface, which is included on the Main
Board as a software development resource (not fully populated in production).
This includes JTAG header J15000, and U15000/Q15000. The ST software
development kit includes a JTAG-based emulator which connects to this header.
The ST7200 also has a UART which is used by Software Development as a Linux
terminal interface. An interface circuit is provided on the main board to connect to
this interface (again, not fully populated in production). This includes
Q8000/8001, and connector J8001. A standard AV18/38/48-type ETAP cable can
be used to interface this connector to a Linux PC.

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6.0 MAIN BOARD VIDEO CIRCUITRY
NJW1340 ADV7604
U2000 U1003
TC90103
U2001
6.1 Analog Component Video Inputs (Schematic Sheet 1)
U1003 is an Analog Devices ADV7604 HDMI Receiver and Component Video

Decoder IC. This is the video front-end device used to convert either HDMI or
analog component video input signals into a parallel digital data stream able to
connect to the ST7200.
Analog component video signals from the console back panel external inputs 4
and 5 are scaled-down by resistors R1023-1028 and R1002-1007 to better match
the A/D converter range in the ADV7604. Resistors R1032-1037 serve the same
purpose for the iPod component video input signals. U1005, U1006 and U1007
are ESD protection diode packs protecting U1003.
The ADV7604 converts the component video signals to a stream of sampled

digital video data, sent to the ST7200 via bus signals DEC_OUT_D[0..15], which
connect to the ST7200’s video input bus (DVP). Separate signals,
DEC_OUT_CLK, DEC_OUT_HS and DEC_OUT_VS, carry clocking information
and horizontal/vertical sync information, respectively, to the ST7200.

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6.2 HDMI Video Inputs (Schematic Sheet 7)
HDMI signals from console back panel HDMI inputs 1, 2 and 3, and front HDMI
input, are also handled by the ADV7604. TMDS (transition-minimized differential
signaling) data signals from each HDMI connector are protected by diode packs
U7001-U7008 before being directly connected to the ADV7604.
The ST7200 controls the hotplug signals for each input, which identify for an
HDMI source that our input is active (see IN1_HOTPLUG_L for HDMI input 1, for
example). Yellow LEDs (D7013-7015, and D7002) are provided on each hotplug
signal to provide a visual indication of which HDMI input has been activated, for
debugging.
The CEC (Consumer Electronic Control) bus, connected to every input, is

controlled by the Aux micro, allowing future versions of the console to
send/receive CEC control messages while the console is in standby mode.
6.3 Analog Composite Video and S-Video Inputs (Schematic Sheet 2)
AV35 has 3 composite video inputs (inputs 4 and 5 on the back panel, and the
front composite video input) and only one S-video input (from the iPod). All of
these inputs are fed through U2000, an NJR NJW1340V video filter/MUX chip,
before passing to U2001, the Toshiba TC90103 video front-end chip to be
digitized.
The NJW1340V contains a 6th-order lowpass filter (approximately 8MHz

passband) to remove noise from incoming signals, and a MUX to select the
desired input. Inputs are selected by the ST7200 via the video I2C bus. U2002
and U2003 provide ESD protection for the inputs.
The TC90103 is a 3D comb filter and video decoder IC with AGC on its inputs to
compensate for varying input video signal levels. The IC is controlled by the
ST7200 via the video I2C interface. The analog composite and S-video signals
are digitized by the TC90103 and sent to the ST7200 for processing via the
ST7200’s video input bus (signals DEC_OUT[0..15], DEC_OUT_CLK,
DEC_OUT_HS and DEC_OUT_VS). Video is outputted on the bus in ITU-
R656/601 format. Note that this bus is shared with the ADV7604-- only one of
the video front-end chips (the ADV7604 or the TC90103) is active and driving this
bus at a time.
6.4 HDMI Output (Schematic Sheet 9)
The ST7200 contains its own HDMI output driver hardware module. TMDS
(HDMI data) output signals therefore run from the ST7200 directly to AV35’s
HDMI output connector. Resistor R9004 sets the reference current which
determines the amplitude of the TMDS signals being sent from the HDMI output
module. U9000 and U9001 are ESD protection diodes.
The HDMI output interface’s +5V signal is provided by regulator U9002, which
provides overcurrent protection and is enabled/disabled by the ST7200 via the
HDMIOUT_5V_EN signal. Q9002 and Q9004 will protect the TV by disabling the
HDMI output’s +5V if it ever becomes shorted to +12V.

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The hotplug signal received from the TV is level-shifted by Q9000/9001 and fed to
the ST7200 via the HDMIOUT_HPD signal.
7.0 MAIN BOARD AUDIO CIRCUITRY
TDA7440D NJM4556A TEA6422

U5002 U6002 U5000
NJM3414 NJM3414 AK5381 AK4113

U5006 U5004 U5005 U6000
7.1 External Analog Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 5)
The AV35 console has 3 analog audio left/right input sources common to all
variants: Inputs 4 and 5 on the back panel, and the Front left/right audio inputs
(note that for AV35 it is these front audio inputs which serve as the microphone
inputs for the AdaptIQ headset). These inputs are connected to U5000, an ST
Microelectronics TEA6422 audio MUX chip, which selects which input to play.
U5000 is controlled by the Aux micro via the audio I2C bus (signals labeled
VOL_I2C_CLK_L and VOL_I2C_DATA).
The AV35 console variant has a 4th external analog audio input, the TV Input.
This carries audio back to AV35 for any non-AV35 source being played by the TV
(from its own external inputs, or from its built-in TV tuner, for example). The TV
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The output of U5000 is connected to U5002, an ST Microelectronics TDA7440D
audio processor chip, which includes another analog MUX on its front-end, and an
adjustable volume control block in back. U5002’s MUX is used to select between
either U5000’s sources or the analog Boselink Slave audio inputs. U5002’s MUX
outputs are connected to U5005, an AKM AK5381ET A/D converter chip, which
digitizes all audio being played in the main room (sampling at 44.1Ksps) then
feeds it into the ST7200 via the ST7200’s I2S audio input bus. The ST7200
converts the audio to a “Fatpipe”-encoded S/PDIF digital audio stream to be sent
to the Omnibus main room bass box. Fatpipe is a Bose method for packing up to
10 discrete audio channels into one S/PDIF stream.
7.2 Boselink Slave Analog Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 4)
All variants of the AV35 console are capable of being a Boselink Slave (receiving
audio via a Boselink network connected to a Boselink Master, such as an AV48
console, or a AV35 console). Boselink carries two analog audio streams (left/right
pairs) for slaves. U4000 and U4001 are the NJM4556-based diff amps used to
receive the two Boselink audio streams. Diff amps are used to remove any
common-mode noise picked-up as the Boselink cable runs across the customers’
house. The outputs of these diff amps are fed to U5002, as mentioned above.
7.3 iPod Analog Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 6)
The AV35 console variant includes support for a Bose iPod dock supplied with the
product. This dock is capable of interfacing analog iPod audio (not USB) as well
as analog iPod video (both S-Video and Component Video) to the console.
Analog audio is cleaned-up by diff amps (U6002), which removes iPod charging
and video noise from its audio signals. U6002’s left/right outputs connect to MUX
U5000, like the external audio inputs described above.
7.4 AM/FM Analog Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 5)
The AV35 console variant includes a built-in AM/FM tuner. This hardware is
described in later sections. Its left/right analog audio outputs (TUNER_L and
TUNER_R) connect to MUX U5000, as above.
7.5 Zone 2 External Analog Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 5)
The AV35 console variant includes a Boselink Master feature, allowing it to select
and send two separate audio streams out its Boselink Master (OUT) connector to
be played by up to 15 Boselink network-connected speakers. Since AV35 can
only receive/process one digital audio stream at a time, analog inputs must be
provided for all sources intended to be sent out Boselink. The Zone 2 external
analog audio inputs (the red/white RCA connectors above the Input 1, 2 and 3
HDMI connectors on the back panel) are for this purpose.
These analog inputs are never played in the main room. They connect to U5001,
a second ST Microelectronics TEA6422 audio MUX (populated only for AV35).

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7.6 External Digital Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 6)
The AV35 console has two optical inputs common to all variants: the Input 4 and
Input 5 optical audio inputs on the back panel. The input 4 and 5 coaxial digital
audio inputs are also common to all variants. The AV35 and AV20 variants also
have a pair of TV optical and coaxial digital audio inputs.
For each input source, the optical and coaxial digital inputs are electrically
connected together. If a customer were to connect both at the same time, the
console would not be able to process and would not produce audio from this
input. The combined inputs for each source are connected to U6000, an AKM
AK4113 S/PDIF MUX/receiver. This selects the desired input, and converts its
S/PDIF stream to I2S format, and feeds this to the ST7200 for processing. See
signals labeled PCM_IN_MCLK, etc.
AV35 can support incoming PCM digital audio streams with sample rates from
about 20kHz to 192kHz, or compressed audio streams formatted as DTS, AC3,
and AAC (Japan variant only). The ST7200 is responsible for identifying the type
of stream, decompressing it (if necessary), mixing it down to two channels for the
headphone and Boselink outputs, and formatting it as Fatpipe for the main room
(Omnibus bass box) S/PDIF output.
7.7 HDMI Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheets 1 and 6)
The ADV7604 HDMI receiver chip, U1003, separates the audio and video from
incoming HDMI streams. As mentioned, video is sent to the ST7200 via its video
input bus. HDMI audio is converted to I2S, however, which is sent to the ST7200
via a dedicated I2S audio input bus (separate from the bus used by the ST7200 to
receive digital audio streams from the S/PDIF receiver). See signals labeled
HDMI_I2S_BLK, etc. This I2S interface supports up to 4 data signals, allowing for
compatibility with HDMI input streams containing discrete multichannel audio (up
to 8 channels). AV35 can decode compressed HDMI streams carrying AC3,
Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS HD and AAC.
7.8 Fatpipe Audio Output (Main Board Schematic Sheet 3)
As mentioned, the ST7200 is responsible for converting all audio to be played in

the main room into a Fatpipe stream. Fatpipe is simply a S/PDIF stream where
the usual left/right channel samples are replaced with multiple channels (left, right,
center, back left, back right, LFE, etc.) and the least-significant bits of the data
fields indicate which samples are which. See the Fatpipe spec for more
information. The ST7200 has a built-in S/PDIF transmitter which outputs the
Fatpipe stream directly (see signal named ST7200_SPDIF_OUT).
7.9 Headphone Audio Output (Main Board Schematic Sheets 3 and 5, and Aux Board
Schematic Sheet 11)
All audio played in the main room from either Omnibus or the headphone output is
processed by the ST7200. As mentioned, the ST7200 mixes-down multichannel
audio when necessary to create a 2-channel mix suitable for headphone listening.
The algorithm it uses for this mixdown was provided by Bose.

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The ST7200 contains audio D/A converters, built-in. Sheet 3 shows the diff amps
(U3001 and U3001) used to scale these audio outputs up to the 2Vrms, peak,
level required by the console, and to remove digital noise from the audio. The diff
amp outputs are then fed to audio MUX U5001 (for AV35) and directly to the back
end of TDA7440D volume chip U5002 (for other variants).
Volume chip U5002 controls the signal level sent to the headphone output. This
level is controlled by the Aux micro via the audio I2C bus. U5006 is an NJM3414
high-current amplifier used to drive the headphone output. Transistors Q5011
and Q5012 protect U5006 from small transients which would otherwise cause the
outputs to pop when the console was powered up and down.
The Aux Micro monitors the HP_SWT signal (becomes the HP_SENSE signal on
the Aux Board), which is shorted to ground when headphones are plugged into
J1200. When headphones are plugged-in, volume is ramped-up though U5003
and the main room bass box (Omnibus) is muted.
7.10 Boselink Master Audio Output (Main Board Schematic Sheets 4 and 5)
As mentioned, the Boselink Master output in AV35 variants of the console

supplies 2 fixed-amplitude analog output streams (Stream 1 and Stream 2),
selected by the audio MUX chips. It also supplies a variable-amplitude version of
Stream 2 for older-style amplifier/speakers attached to the Boselink network. The
amplitude of this stream is set by TDA7440D U5003, and controlled by the Aux
micro via the audio I2C bus. Users control this stream via Zone 2 remote controls
set to Room O.
Pin-out of the Boselink Master outputs is identical to those on the AV18/38/48

console, allowing use of all AV18/38/48 Boselink cables, splitters, wall plates, etc.
7.11 AdaptIQ Microphone Input Support (Aux Board Schematic Sheets 1 and 11)
The AV35 console supports the FET-based AdaptIQ microphone headset by

providing phantom power capability for the microphones on the console's Front
Left/Right RCA inputs, J1200. NOTE: The microphones’ output level at 75dB
SPL input will be about 673uVrms. With these signal levels, the console provides
the >30dB SNR necessary to properly run the AdaptIQ algorithms.
The Aux Micro enables the microphone phantom power by lowering the /MIC_EN
signal. This enables Q1200/Q1201, which connects the +5V MIC_PWR supply to
the Front Left and Front Right external analog inputs through resistors R1201 and
R1205, powering the microphones.

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8.0 MAIN BOARD POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITRY
8.1 Triple Switcher (Main Board Schematic Sheet 17)
The Main Board digital section (see above) requires 3 power supply rails, all of
which must be enabled at the same time. To accomplish this AV35 uses U17000,
a TI TPS5130 triple-output switching power supply controller IC. This single IC
contains the switching regulators for all 3 digital rails: +1.2V, +1.8V and +3.3V.
All 3 rails are down-converted from the IC’s +12V power rail. Q17001, Q17002
and Q17003 are dual MOSFET IC’s actually controlling the switching of inductors
L17001, L17002 and L17003. Resistor dividers R17018/17019, R17014/17015
and R17016/17017 determine the output voltage of each of the triple switcher’s
output rails.
U17000’s switching frequency is set by the TRIPLE_SYNC signal-- one of the

outputs of the Main Board clock generator/PLL IC, U15002. The frequency of
TRIPLE_SYNC is programmed by the Aux micro, and changes depending on the
AM station being played. In this way, noise from the triple switcher is kept out of
the AM radio’s audio.
U17000 also contains an additional, linear, 1.2V regulator. Fed by the +1.8V
triple switcher output, this linear regulator is used to optionally provide a less
noisy +1.2V supply for some of the ST7200’s more sensitive hardware modules.
A power fail interrupt signal, POWER_FAIL_L is generated by U17000 when its
+12V rail is too low to keep the outputs in regulation.
8.2 +5V Switcher (Main Board Schematic Sheet 16)
The Main Board’s other switching supply is a +5V rail generated by U16000, a
TPS40200 controller IC. This rail, also down-converted from the +12V rail, is
used for high-current and noise-tolerant +5V applications on the Main Board, such
as USB, and as an input to linear regulators in the video section. Q16001 is the
FET driving inductor L16000, and the +5V output is set by resistor divider
R16006/16007/16008. The 5V_SYNC signal setting the supply’s switching
frequency is also derived from the TRIPLE_SYNC PLL output synchronizing the
triple switcher.
8.3 Linear Supplies (Main Board Schematic Sheets 1 and 16)
Linear supplies on the main board include U16004, U16005 and U16006, which
are +1.5V_VID, +2.5V_VID and +2.5V rails, respectively, all derived from the triple
switcher’s +3.3V rail. +2.5V is used for the ST7200, and +2.5V_VID and
+1.5V_VID are used for the TC90103 video front-end, U2001 (note that these are
timed to rise and fall together as required by U2001).
U16001 is a +10V linear regulator, derived from +12V, used for the audio path
IC’s. U16002 is a +5V linear regulator deriving +5V_AV from the +10V rail to be
used by audio and video chips requiring a noise-free +5V supply.
U1011 and U1012 are linear +3.3V and +1.8V regulators, wired to rise and fall
together as required by the ADV7604 video front-end chip that they power.

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9.0 AUX BOARD DIGITAL CIRCUITRY
CP Chip STM32F103 Crystal JTAG

U103 U100 X100 J100
AT24C64
U101

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As shown above, the Aux Board digital circuitry consists of the Aux micro (U100,
an ST Microelectronics STM32F103 Cortex ARM processor), an EEPROM used
to store user and manufacturing parameters (U101, an Atmel AT24C64, 8kBytes),
and the Apple CP chip (or “authentication chip”), U103.
9.1 Aux Micro (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 1)
The datasheet’s block diagram for U100, the SMT32F103VCT6 Aux micro is:

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As shown, the processor has a number of built-in hardware peripherals, including
timers, UARTS, SPI/I2C interfaces and A/D converters, all used by AV35. The
VCT6 version used in AV35 has 256Kbytes of onboard FLASH ROM, and
48Kbytes of onboard RAM.
The Aux Micro (also called the Low Power Micro in the schematics) is responsible
for controlling the AM/FM tuner, audio path components on the Main Board, IR
receivers and transmitter, Boselink master and slave serial interfaces, the Smart
Speaker serial interface for the main room bass box (Omnibus), the 27/40MHz RF
transceiver for the second zone, the 2.4GHz transceiver for the main room, the
serial control interface for the iPod and its CP chip, the ETAP interface accessible
from the back panel, and the console’s front buttons and LEDs.
9.2 Aux Clock Crystal (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 1)
The Aux micro is clocked by an 8.00MHz crystal, X100, but an internal PLL
multiplies this clock up to a faster clock used to run the processor. When the
console is on, the Aux micro runs at 72MHz, and when it’s in standby it slows its
clock down to 18MHz to reduce power (AV35 was designed to draw less than 1
Watt in standby, including the power drawn by the floor wart).
9.3 Software Development Support Circuitry (Aux Schematic Sheets 1 and 2)
For software development, a JTAG header, J100, is provided on the Aux Board
(header not populated in production). An ETAP connector, J200 (see schematic
sheet 2, also not populated in production) is also provided to allow connection to a
PC when developers do not have a Main Board connected.
9.4 Apple CP Chip (Aux Schematic Sheet 1)
The Aux Micro interfaces with the Apple CP chip, U103, via a dedicate I2C serial
interface (signals CP_DATA and CP_CLK). Note that the CP chip is enabled by
the same signal which enables charging of the iPod (IPOD_CHRG_EN).
9.5 EEPROM (Aux Schematic Sheet 1)
The Aux micro interfaces to the EEPROM, U101, via a second I2C interface,
which is also used to control audio path chips on the Main Board (signals
AUDIO_I2C DATA and AUDIO_I2C_CLK). U101 draws very little power, allowing
its supply pin to be directly connected to a GPIO of U100; in this way, U101 can
be completely shut-down when the console is in standby mode (saving power and
preventing corruption).
The EEPROM stores manufacturing test results and alignment settings (seek stop
thresholds, IF offset, etc.), as well as user information such as AM/FM presets
and console language preference.

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10.0 AUX BOARD AM/FM TUNER CIRCUITRY
FM Front-End AM Front-End LA1837M LC72121 LC72722

FM_TNR300 AM_TNR300 U301 U401 U400
AM IF Filter FM Disc Coil FM IF Filters Notch Filters

T301 T300 CF300 & 301 T303 & 305
The AV35 versions of the AV35 console populate the hardware for the internal
AM/FM tuner feature. Note that these component locations are left unpopulated
for AV20 variants.
The AM/FM band limits and channel spacing for US, Euro, and Japan are
contained in the table below.
AM/FM Band Limits and Channel Spacing

Country AM Band FM Band
Band Limits Channel Spacing Band Limits Channel Spacing
US 530-1710 kHz 10 kHz 87.7-107.9 MHz 200 kHz
Euro 522-1611 kHz 9 kHz 87.5-108.0 MHz 50 kHz
Japan 531-1629 kHz 9 kHz 76.0-90.0 MHz 100 kHz

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10.1 FM Tuner (Aux Board Schematic Sheets 3 and 4)
The RF signal from the external FM antenna is provided by the F connector, J700,
and goes to the FM front-end module, FM-TNR300. The antenna supplied with
the AV35 system is the standard Bose FM dipole antenna. Contained within the
FM front-end is a tuned RF amplifier, FM local oscillator and mixer. The 10.7
MHz IF output signal (pin 7 of the module) passes through a 10.7 MHz ceramic
filter, CF300, to a FM IF amplifier, and then back through a second ceramic filter,
CF301. Transistor Q302 and related circuitry form the FM IF amplifier that
produces about 15 dB of voltage gain and provides the proper impedance
matching for ceramic filters CF300 and CF301. These FM IF filter stages reject
unwanted FM stations and noise.
The output signal from CF301 is fed to the LA1837M AM/FM detector IC, U301.
This device contains the FM IF limiter, FM detector, FM stereo MPX decoder, S-
meter circuitry which is used for seek processing, and most of the AM circuitry.
The FM IF input signal to the LA1837M goes through several gain/limiter stages
and then to a single-tuned, coil-based discriminator circuit. The discriminator coil,
T300, is adjusted for minimum second harmonic audio distortion. The recovered
FM composite signal appears on pin 23 of U301.
The composite audio signal is filtered by C324 and fed back into the LA1837M on
pin 22. The value of C324 affects FM stereo separation performance. Stereo
MPX decoding is also performed by U301 and the decoded left and right output
signals are produced on pins 16 and 17. The pilot PLL VCO is completely internal
to the LA1837M detector IC, not requiring an external 456 kHz ceramic resonator
as in the older LA1836 and LA1851-based designs. The pilot PLL loop filter is
formed by C313, R316, and C314 on pin 14.
Capacitors C325 and C326 and the internal resistance of the LA1837M set the
FM de-emphasis. For a US unit the capacitor values are set to produce 75-uSec
de-emphasis, and for Europe/Japan they are set to produce 50-uSec de-
emphasis. MPX filters, T303 and T305, reject the residual 19 kHz pilot tone and
38 kHz sub-channel demodulation components.
The FM and AM S-meter signals, which are at pin 11 and 12 of the LA1837M
respectively, are analog voltage levels that are proportional to the FM IF/AM RF
input signal levels. These signals are used to control the FM stop level, FM force-
mono level, and AM stop level. The nominal FM stop/force-mono levels are:
Parameter Frequency Level

FM Seek Stop 98.1 MHz 30dBf
FM Force Mono 98.1 MHz 40dBf
Both S-meter signals are measures using the analog to digital converter that
resides in the Aux Micro. During factory final test booth tuner alignment the
appropriate test signal levels are injected into the UUT and the resultant ADC
values for stop and force-mono levels are stored in the EEPROM, U101. Level
scaling is applied to both the AM and FM S-meter signals so that these signals do
not saturate the dynamic range of the 5V full scale A/D converter.

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10.2 AM Tuner (Aux Board Schematic Sheets 3 and 4)
The signal from the external AM loop antenna enters through the 2.5 mm AM
jack, J700, and is fed to the AM front end module, AM-TNR300. This module
contains the varactor-tuned RF and Local Oscillator (LO) tracking circuit. This
part is pre-tuned by the manufacturer for proper alignment in this circuit with AM
antenna PT199824-002, and is further adjusted during factory alignment, if
necessary. The RF tuned output appears on pin 12 and is fed to the AM buffer
FET transistor Q301. This buffered output is sent to pin 27 of U301 which
contains the AM RF amplifier, mixer, IF amplifier, AM detector, and AM S-meter
circuitry. The 450 kHz AM IF output signal that appears on pin 2 is filtered by the
IF filter, T301, and fed back into the IC on pin 4. The AM IF signal is demodulated
by the LA1837M and the audio output is sent to pins 16 and 17, which are the left
and right outputs.
The AM seek stop processing and factory alignment is performed in a similar

fashion to FM mode processing. The S-meter voltage that corresponds to the
desired AM stop level is stored during factory final booth tuner alignment in the
EEPROM, U101.
The nominal AM stop level is 56 dBuV/m at 1080 kHz.
10.3 Phase-locked Loop Tuning (Aux Board Schematic Sheets 3 and 4)
The AM and FM local oscillators are controlled by the LC72121 PLL IC, U401.
Control from the Main Board selects the AM or FM band and the particular
frequency. The Aux Micro divides-down its 72MHz main clock to 7.2MHz, and
outputs this as PLL_CLK for the LC72121 to use as its reference oscillator. This
7.2 MHz clock is divided down by the PLL to produce a 12.5 kHz reference
frequency in FM mode and 10 kHz reference frequency in AM mode. U401
divides down the AM or FM LO and compares it to the appropriate reference
frequency, generating an error signal on pin 21. This error signal is integrated,
producing the tuning voltage for the AM and FM front-end sections (AM-TV and
FM-TV). C410, C413, R411, R414, C414, R415 and C415 control the gain and
pole-zero locations of this active lead-lag filter.
The AM tuning voltage is fed to pin 14 of the AM front end, AM-TNR300. The
tuning voltage varies the capacitance of the varactor diodes, which in turn tunes
the AM antenna and the AM LO. Similarly, in FM mode, the tuning voltage is fed
to the FM front end. As in the AM case, the tuning voltage is fed to varactors
which tune the LO frequency and RF filtering.
Both the PLL and the LC72722 RDS IC are controlled via a CCB bus interface.
This is a bi-directional interface that sends control information, such as band
select and frequency control, to the PLL from the Aux Micro. This bus also sends
status information, such as digitized S-meter value and FM mono/stereo status,
from the PLL to the Aux Micro.
In AV35, the PLL IC also acts as a digital I/O expander that allows
control/monitoring of several tuner signals that are necessary for the AM/FM tuner
processing. These signals are:

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Signal PLL I/O LC72121 Description
Name Type Pin
(/FM)/AM Output 7 (/BO1) Low when selecting FM. High for AM.
(/AM)/FM Output 9 (/BO3) Low when selecting AM. High for FM.
IF/MUTE Output 8 (/BO2) Low when playing tuner. High when muted and
performing IF Count.
/FORCE- Output 10 (/BO4) Low when forcing weak station to mono (to reduce
MONO noise). High when allowing mono or stereo.
/ST-LED Input 14 (/IO2) Low when the FM signal is received in stereo.
10.4 RDS Operation (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 4)
The LC72722 Radio Data System (RDS) decoder IC, U400, is a single-chip
system IC that implements the signal processing required by both the European
RDS standard and US RDBS system. RDS/RDBS systems can send digital
information over the airwaves along with the standard FM signal by adding a
digitally modulated 57 kHz subcarrier to the normal FM composite signal. The
LC72722 includes a bandpass filter, demodulator, synchronization, and error
correction circuits. The input (pin 2) to the RDS IC comes from Q400, which
buffers the FM composite signal at pin 23 of the LA1837. The timebase for the
decoder is a crystal oscillator formed by the 4.332 MHz crystal, X400, the inverter
internal to the IC across pins 12 and 13, and the two shunt capacitors, C404 and
C405. Control of the RDS IC is achieved by using the same CCB bus interface
used for the PLL IC.
10.5 Tuner Software
The Aux Micro software that controls the FM tuner has provisions for an IF offset
to optimize tuner performance for a given range of IF filters. IF Offset refers to
fine tuning of the LO to center the IF signal best within the IF filters. The possible
values of IF offset are: 0 kHz, +25 kHz, and –25 kHz, representing nominal IF
frequencies of 10.700, 10.725, and 10.675 MHz, respectively. The software
measures (“counts”) the IF frequency, and this offset is added to the count. At the
tuner functional test station (“Tuner Alignment”), the value that minimizes THD at
98.1 MHz for an unmodulated 50dBF signal is chosen and stored in the Aux
Board EEPROM. It should be noted that the IF offset and stop levels for the tuner
are stored on the Aux Board (unlike Postman1); the implication of this is that the
console no longer requires tuner re-alignment every time a different tuner board is
mated with a main board.
The Aux Micro also provides the TRIPLE_SYNC and FW_FREQ outputs of the
Main Board PLL IC, U15002, which control the switching frequency of switching
powers supplies in the console and floor wart. These switching frequencies are
selected to prevent harmonics of the power supply switching frequencies from
interfering with the AM tuner. The switching frequencies of these supplies,
therefore, will be changed slightly depending on the AM station being played.
The Aux Micro also handles forcing weak FM stations to mono mode, when
appropriate, to reduce unwanted hiss. This is accomplished by monitoring the FM
S-meter signal level with the A/D converter in the Aux Micro. When this signal
level consistently falls below a pre-determined threshold, the PLL will be
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commanded to assert the /FORCE_MONO signal, which drives U301’s output to
mono.
11.0 AUX BOARD RF TRANSCEIVER CIRCUITRY
Button Board 2.4GHz Etch CC2500

(bottom) Antenna U803
11.1 2.4GHz Main-Room Transceiver (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 8)
Unlike V20 and AV18/38/48, AV35’s main room RF remote control operates at
2.4GHz. Using 2.4GHz (versus 27/40MHz, as used in the past) allows the remote
to be much smaller, allows faster data transfer (important for AV35’s display
remote), and reduces cost of the remote.
The 2.4GHz transceiver, U803, is actually located on the bottom of the IR

Daughterboard. Although separate from the Aux Board, this daughterboard is
built (populated, soldered and tested) as part of the same panel. U803, a
Chipcon (Texas Instruments) CC2500, is a complete, self-contained transmitter
and receiver requiring few external components. X800 is the 26.0MHz crystal
providing its clock (a PLL internal to U803 multiplies this up to 2.4GHz), and
external components (C809, C810, C812, C813, C814, C815 and C823, L800
and L801), are used to match U803’s transmitter output to an etch antenna, also
located on the bottom of the PCB.
U803 is controlled by the Aux Micro via a dedicated SPI serial interface (signals
CC2500_CLK, CC2500_DATA_OUT, CC2500_DATA_IN and CC2500_CS’).
Also, the MESSAGE_INT interrupt signal is used to alert the Aux Micro when an
incoming RF message is received by U803.

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11.2 27/40MHz RF Transceiver (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 5)
AV35’s Zone2 RF transceiver (populated for AV35 variants only) operates at

27.145 MHz, using on-off keying (OOK). European units operate at 40.685 MHz,
and Japan units have no second-zone transceiver populated. The Zone2 RF
transceiver circuits, located on the Aux Board, use the same 27/40MHz protocol
used by past Lifestyle products, to guarantee similar coverage throughout
customers’ homes.
RF messages are encoded using a proprietary Bose protocol. The message data
bit rate is 4800 bits/second, but packets include a preamble used for
synchronization and verification bytes for detecting corruption, which reduce the
usable throughput. Message bits also use a form of MFM encoding, which
guarantees logical transitions within 2 bit times. See remote control specifications
for more information. Note that AV35 Zone2 RF remote controls are
compatible with past products, and vice versa, so separate house codes
must be used to prevent unintended interactions between systems.
An external Bose antenna for the Zone2 transceiver must be plugged into
connector J700 for Zone2 remotes to work (the floor wart’s power cord is NOT
used as an antenna, as it was for past consoles).
Received 27/40MHz signals are converted by receiver module RR500 to a

“rough” (low amplitude/noisy) baseband data stream. This stream is filtered by
R511, R513, C513 and C514 before being “sliced” (converted to 3.3V logic levels
for the Aux Micro via signal RF_DATA_RCV’) by LM393 comparator U500. Q507
and the second-half of U500 form a preamble detection circuit which outputs a
pulse on the PREAMBLE_DETECT line when the long leader (preamble) at the
beginning of a Zone2 RF message is detected, warning the Aux Micro that a
message is about to be received. R517 and C515 form the long time constant
determining how long an incoming pulse must be to be identified as a message
preamble.
The 27/40MHz transmitter oscillator is formed by crystal X500 and Q502 (enabled
by Q500/Q501). Q505 is an RF amplifier enabled by Q503/Q506, which is gated
on/off by the Aux Micro using RF_DATA_XMIT to create outbound preambles and
data bits. Components L502, C510, L503, C518, C520 and C511 form a
matching network between the RF amp and the external antenna.

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Oscillator RF Amp 27/40MHz
Xsistor Q502 Xsistor Q505 Crystal X500
27/40MHz
Receiver
Module
RR500
LM393
U500

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12. AUX BOARD IR TRANSCEIVER CIRCUITRY
IR RCVRs
RR800,
RR802 and
RR803
IR XMIT LEDs D804, IR Daughterboard

D805, D806 and D807
AV35 includes IR receiver modules allowing the console to identify third-party IR

remotes and to be controlled by universal IR remotes configured for Bose IR
commands, and IR transmit diodes (with support for an offboard IR transmit
dongle) allowing the console to send control commands to third-party equipment
(TV’s, DVD/BluRay players, game players and set-top boxes).
The Media Center contains an embedded database of worldwide IR control codes

stored in the Main Board FLASH. This database is more extensive than and past
Bose product’s.
All IR reception/transmission uses 940nm, nominal, IR wavelength.
12.1 IR Receivers (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 8)
AV35 has three IR receiver modules, all located on the IR Daughterboard

(built/soldered/tested as part of the Aux Board panel).
Two of the IR receiver modules, RR800 and RR802, are used during Unify™’s
“reverse lookup” phase, when the console attempts to identify the IR codes used
by the customer’s third-party devices (TV, cable box, etc.). These IR modules are
mounted to the daughterboard facing to the rear (away from the lens on the front
of the console), to reduce interfering IR noise from flat-screen TV panels or
overhead fluorescent lights. A flat black label is mounted on the internal metal
global shield near these modules to help with this. Customers must therefore
hold their third-party IR remotes close to the front lens of the console during
reverse lookup (within one foot is recommended).
RR800, a Vishay TSOP34856, is sensitive to 56kHz IR subcarriers, and RR802, a

Vishay TSOP34338, is sensitive to 38kHz subcarriers. Together they allow
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reception of essentially all industry IR remote control types. They are connected
in parallel, and enabled by Q2, which is controlled by GPIO GDO0 of the CC2500
(U803), which is in turn controlled by the Aux Micro. Their open-drain outputs are
tied together, and feed received IR pulses to the Aux Micro via signal
IR_RCV_DATA.
The third IR receiver module, RR803, another Vishay TSOP34338, is mounted

facing forward, and used for everyday control of the console by Crestron-like
universal IR remote controls up to about 15m away. Q1 ensures that its output
becomes active when RR800/RR802 are disabled.
12.2 IR Transmitters (Aux Board Schematic Sheets 6 and 8, and Main Board Schematic
Sheet 4)
Transmission of IR control codes used to power on/off 3rd-party devices is

implemented by the Aux Micro. The Main Board’s ST7200 requests these
transmissions via the SPI serial interface between the boards (also called the
“IPC”, or Inter-Processor Control interface). The IR_OUT signal sums two Aux
Micro output ports, one of which generates the desired IR subcarrier
(IR_SUB_OUT), and the other of which modulates this subcarrier on and off to
form data pulses (IR_DATA_OUT) using Q100.
IR_OUT drives Q600, a fixed current source tied to the +12V rail, which in turn
drives the four IR blaster diodes on the IR Daughterboard. These four diodes are
mounted at angles on the daughterboard to more evenly fill the room with IR light,
improving chances that commands will be reflected back into the equipment trying
to be controlled.
IR_OUT is also fed to the Main Board, where it drives Q4000/Q4001, similar fixed
current sources used to power off board IR blaster dongles plugged into the “IR”
connector on the back of the console. A 4-emitter blaster dongle is provided with
the AV35 system, and used by customers when the IR Daughterboard’s diodes
are unsuccessful at reaching some piece of equipment (common, for example,
when the console is inside an entertainment cabinet but the customer’s TV is not).
. 12.3 IR Teaching Mode Features
The AV35 console includes a mode for "teaching" a learning remote control the IR
control codes required to operate the AV35 console. In this mode, whenever the
console receives an RF control command (button press) from its standard RF
remote control, it immediately blasts (via the same IR blasting LED's, above) the
equivalent Bose IR protocol command which a universal IR remote would need to
send to perform the same function. This mode must be enabled by the customer
using the console’s setup OSD menus.

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13.0 CONSOLE BUTTON INTERFACE
Switches
LED
DS1100
AV35 consoles have 6 front-panel buttons under its flip-down plastic door.
13.1 Physical Interface (Aux Board Schematic Sheets 1, 6 and 10)
The Button Board (daughterboard) is mounted vertically behind the plastic

console buttons, supported by a plastic bracket, and connects to the Aux Board
through a flat ribbon cable. The plastic caps of each button, when pressed,
actuate a small electrical switch mounted on the Button Board (S1100, S1101,
S1102, S1103, S1104 and S1105) monitored by separate GPIO of the Aux Micro:
Button Name Switch Signal Name Cable Pin Aux Micro Port
On/Off (Power) S1100 OFF 4 PD11
Source S1101 SOURCE 5 PE2
Mute S1102 MUTE 6 PE5
Volume Down S1103 VOL- 7 PE3
Volume Up S1104 VOL+ 8 PE4
Setup S1105 SETUP 9 PE6
10K Ohm resistor packs R623 and R624 pull each button signal up to +3.3V.
When pressed, each switch shorts one signal to ground. Capacitors C600, C601,
C603, C604, C606 and C607 are provided to reduce RF noise emissions from the
ribbon cable. 33K Ohm series resistors R610-615 provide ESD protection.
13.2 Button LED (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 10)
Built into the console Setup button is a dual-color (red/yellow) LED used to
indicate various states during the setup process. This LED, DS1100, is also
mounted to the Button Board, and is controlled by the Aux Micro using signals
SETUP_LED1 (red) and SETUP_LED2 (yellow).
13.3 Press-and-Hold Reset Hardware (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 6)
A hidden hardware feature allows customers to reset the console. Q601 monitors
the SW_OFF signal and keeps C617 discharged as long as the On/Off button
remains inactive (not being pressed). However, during a press-and-hold of this
button, C617 is allowed to charge. When it charges long enough to turn on Q602,
the RESET’ signal will be driven low, resetting the Aux Micro. Note that during
reset, the Aux Micro’s GPIO becomes tri-stated, so its SUPPLY_EN output will
become disabled, turning-off Q705 and Q708, and therefore fully powering-down
the Main Board (including the ST7200). When the On/Off button is released, the
Aux board will come out of reset and enter Standby Mode.

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14.0 ETAP INTERFACE
AV35 consoles support a standard Bose ETAP (Extended Test Access Port)
interface, accessible through the “Data” connector on the back of the console.
14.1 Electrical Interface (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 2)
This interface is tied to the USART5 hardware module in the Aux Micro, allowing
full hardware-assist for transmit and receive, including while the console is in
Standby Mode. No external level shifters/translators are required to interface to
standard RS-232 peripherals (U201 and Q200 are level-shifters built-in for this
purpose).
ETAP is designed to offer visibility into and control of the AV35 console, for test
purposes and for third-party add-ons. The serial protocol is standard
asynchronous with start and stop bits. Details are as follows:
14.2 Protocol Details
Protocol: Standard Asynchronous Serial

Directionality: Half Duplex
Bit Rate (Baud): 19200 baud
Format: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
Logic Levels: Supports standard RS-232 levels at the connector.
The following example shows the time-varying signal generated to represent the
hex value 51 (decimal 81, ASCII character Q). The levels shown correspond to
the actual signal polarities at the connector. Levels at the Aux Micro will be
inverted:
Data
LSB MSB
Logical 0 ("space" state),
(Idle) (Idle)
Logical 1 ("mark" state),
Bit Width = 52.08µs @ 19.2kBaud

Start Bit Stop
14.3 uTAPIA Must be Used
To interface to the AV35 console, some form of the uTapia software (developed
by Bose) must be used-- Hyperterminal, for example, is no longer sufficient. The
Final Test System will use uTAPiaAV35.DLL, which must be located in the
C:\utapia directory of the test PC. Repair technicians can use a stand-alone
version on their bench computers, called TextTapStandalone.EXE.
TextTapStandalone.exe provides the classic tap look and feel with a

"TAP>" command prompt. TextTapStandalone should be launched from a DOS

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shell for proper operation. Note: TextTapStandalone defaults to the COM1 port.
To use Text Tap Standalone from, say, COM3, do the following: Open up a
command window, and run Text Tap Standalone with a command line argument
of "3" (note that you only specify the number, so "3" and not "COM3").
14.4 Physical Interface
The AV35 ETAP interface is not intended to strictly adhere to the TIA/EIA-232-E
(RS-232) specification. Rather, it represents economical alternative meant allow
successful interconnection to standard external RS-232 devices in most cases,
using cables less than 10 feet in length. Typically, it will be possible for an off
board device (PC, etc.) to communicate directly with the console using TIA/EIA-
232-E (RS232) levels. The hardware provides clamping to limit RS232 received
signals (+/- 3-13V) to levels appropriate to the Aux Micro. Transmitted signals,
however, will use 5-volt (TTL) logic levels rather than true-RS232 (+/- 5-15V)
levels, though most PC's will find this acceptable.
The serial connector accommodates a male three-conductor 1/8” phone plug. The
arrangement of the plug is as follows:
1
8 ”
Tip - TEST_OUT (ETAP Transmit)
½” Ring - TEST_IN (ETAP Receive)

Shell - Ground
The Transmit signal is for data originating at the console, to be received by the
connected device. The Receive signal is for data originating at the connected
device, to be received by the console. Connection to a standard TIA/EIA-232-E
device would be made as follows:
AV35 Connections External RS-232 Device Connections

Signal “Data” Pin DB-25 Connector Pin DB-9 Connector Pin
TEST_OUT Tip 3 (RS-232 device's 2 (RS-232 device's
(Transmit) receive signal) receive signal)
TEST_IN Ring 2 (RS-232 device's 3 (RS-232 device's
(Receive) transmit signal) transmit signal)
GND Shell 7 (RS-232 device's 5 (RS-232 device's
Ground connection) Ground connection)

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15.0 AUX BOARD TO MAIN BOARD IPC INTERFACE
The Aux Micro interacts with the ST7200 on the Main Board via an SPI-based
serial interface called the IPC (or, Inter-Processor Control) interface. IPC signals
connect between the boards via the 50-pin flat flex cable (Aux Board J602 to Main
Board J8000). IPC bitrate is 1.125Megabits/sec.
15.1 Electrical Details (Aux Board Schematic Sheets 1 and 6, Main Board Schematic
Sheet 8)
For the IPC, the Aux Micro is the SPI master, responsible for generating the data
clock used to send information between the processors. The ST7200 acts as an
SPI slave. The Aux Micro uses its SPI1 hardware peripheral for the IPC physical
layer functions. The ST7200 uses its SSC1 hardware peripheral, connected to
port PIO3. The SPI signals used by the IPC are IPC_CLOCK (clock),
IPC_DATA_TX (data sent from the Aux Micro to the ST7200) and IPC_DATA_RX
(data sent from the ST7200 to the Aux Micro).
Additional (not standard SPI) signals are included in the IPC interface, as follows:
IPC_ACK (a bi-directional Acknowledge signal), IPC_ALERT (a signal driven by
the ST7200 as an output, and received by the Aux Micro as an input, used to alert
the Aux Micro that the ST7200 has data to send) and IPC_RESET (a signal
controlled by the Aux Micro and used to reset the Main Board’s ST7200 and
FLASH when powering the Main Board up and down.

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16.0 AUX BOARD POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITRY
16.1 +3.3V Switcher (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 7)
To power the Aux Micro most efficiently in Standby Mode, the Aux Board’s +3.3V
rail is generated using a switching power supply. U700, a Texas Instruments
TPS40200 controller IC, generates +3.3V from the +12V rail provided by the floor
wart. External FET Q700, under control of U700, alternately connects L700 to
+12V then releases it, transferring packets of energy from L700 into C711. U700
monitors the voltage-divided +3.3V rail at its pin 4, and adjusts switching duty
cycle to maintain the desired +3.3V regulation.
U700’s switching frequency is controlled by the SUPPLY_FREQ signal from the

main board when the console is on (to minimize AM/FM tuner interference), but
switching frequency is determined by the RC time constant set by R701/C702 in
Standby Mode.
16.2 Linear Supplies (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 7)
U701 is a linear regulator converting the floor wart’s +12V rail to +10V, to be used
by Boselink and the AM/FM tuner hardware. Since this is an adjustable regulator,
R716/R717 are needed to set the output to +10V. Q704/Q707 allow the Aux
Micro to disable 10V for the AM/FM tuner when the console is in Standby Mode
using the SUPPLY_EN signal.
U702 is a linear regular converting +10V to +5V to also be used by Boselink and
the AM/FM tuner. As with +10V, transistors are added to disable part of the +5V
net in Standby mode (Q703/Q706 here).
16.3 +12V Switching for the Main Board (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 7)
The Aux Board completely disables the Main Board during Standby Mode,
including disabling its power supply rails. To achieve this, it uses the
SUPPLY_EN line to disable Q705/Q708, which form the high-side switch
controlling the Main Board’s +12V. All other Main Board supplies are derived
from this rail (and therefore also disabled in Standby).
16.4 Power Fail Circuit (Aux Board Schematic Sheet 7)
Q701/Q702 form a power fail monitor circuit which alerts the Aux Micro when the
+12V from the floor wart is below about 9.5V. Since the floor wart output is a
regulated +12V rail, its output should only be below 9.5V if the main AC to the
floor wart has fallen well out of its normal range.
16.5 Power LED (Aux Board Schematic Sheets 1 and 8)
The AV35 console has a power indicator LED on the front, visible through the lens
on the left, and mounted to the IR Daughterboard. This LED, DS800, is a dual-
color (red/green) LED used to indicate various power states. For example, solid
red indicates Standby Mode, blinking green indicates that the console is
powering-up (booting), and solid green indicates On Mode. The power LED is

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controlled by the Aux Micro using the signals PWR_RMT_LED1 and
PWR_RMT_LED2.
17.0 IMPORTANT CONSOLE SOFTWARE DETAILS AND HIDDEN FEATURES
17.1 Linux OS on the ST7200
As mentioned, the ST7200 runs Linux. Specifically, it runs a special variant of

Linux maintained by ST Microelectronics and provided to Bose. AV35 makes use
of standard drivers available under this OS (USB, TCP/IP, etc.), but also includes
customized A/V drivers for Bose, and application code written by Bose for AV35
exclusively and not made available as open-source to the general public.
17.2 No OS on the Aux Micro
Although the Aux Micro is a 32-bit Cortex ARM processor, no OS is used.
17.3 Main Board Code Compression
Boot loader code stored in the NOR (the first code to execute on the ST7200
when it boots) is not compressed. However, the remaining Linux kernel and
application code stored in the NOR is compressed/zipped to reduce code size
(saving cost in flash and reducing boot time). When booting, this code is
decompressed by the ST7200 into RAM before executing.
All code stored in the NAND is also compressed/zipped.
17.4 Signature Checking
All code read from the NOR is also “signature checked” (a secure form of
checksum/verification). Keys stored in the ST7200 as well as the NOR itself are
used by hardware within the ST7200 to perform this signature checking during
boot, to ensure that the contents of the NOR has not been tampered-with. Note
that keys used for signature checking are identical for all AV35s, allowing all
boards to be programmed with the same version of software.
17.5 HDCP Keys
HDMI streams can be protected by HDCP (a digital copy-protection scheme). For

a source device to send these protected streams to AV35, both the source device
and AV35 must contain special sets of 40 HDCP keys to be used to encrypt the
HDMI audio/video data. AV35’s ADV7604 HDMI receiver chip contains the
necessary keys (built-into the ADV7604) to allow receipt of HDCP-protected
streams.
When AV35 plays an HDCP-protected HDMI input stream, it must re-protect the
stream with HDCP before outputting it to the TV. To generate such protected
streams at its output, AV35 must have a second set of 40 HDCP keys. These
keys are programmed into the NOR flash during Functional Test, and loaded into
a secure area of the ST7200 core whenever the Main Board boots. When HDCP-
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copy-protecting the stream, and AV35 tells the TV which 20 of its (the TV’s) 40
keys to use to decode the stream.
Each AV35 Main Board also is programmed at Functional Test with an SCK2 key,
unique to every main board, which is stored in OTP inside the ST7200 itself. This
key is a number generated by Bose, and is used by AV35 to encrypt/decrypt its
40 HDCP keys (above), preventing hackers from stealing keys by reading-out the
contents of the NOR.
17.6 Evoking Console Emergency Update Mode
This mode is evoked by unplugging the console, pressing and holding the
VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN console buttons, then powering the console
back up (holding buttons as the console boots). The console will boot into a
mode where it looks for a proper AV35 software update file to be present on a
USB thumb drive connected to the console. If it finds one, it automatically begins
to perform a console software update.
17.7 Evoking PTS Service Information Screen
This mode is evoked by pressing and holding the console SETUP button when
the console in ON. The console will display the PTS information OSD screen on
the TV.
17.8 Evoking Console Special Emergency Update Mode
A second console emergency update mode is evoked by unplugging the console,

pressing and holding the SOURCE, VOLUME DOWN and SETUP console
buttons, then powering the console back up (holding buttons as console boots).
As above, the console will look for a software update file to be present on a
connected thumb drive, and will immediately perform a console software update if
one is found. This mode differs from the mode above in that the update will work
even if, before update begins, the Aux Micro software on the console has been
corrupted.
17.9 Returning Console to Factory Defaults
This function is evoked by unplugging the console, powering the console back up,
then pressing and holding the SOURCE and VOLUME UP console buttons for at
least 3 seconds within the first 15 seconds after applying power. The console
user-settable parameters will be returned to factory defaults.
17.10 2.4GHz Console RF ID and Pairing with Remotes
A unique, 32-bit ID is programmed into AV35 every console during Aux Board
Functional Test. This ID is used when transmitting 2.4GHz RF messages, and
eliminates the need for customers to program a House Code to communicate with
the AV35 main room remote (note that the remote will also be shipped with its
own, unique 32-bit ID). Instead, the Unify™ process will initiate a “pairing”
procedure between the console and the user’s main room remote when he first
sets-up his system.

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It may be necessary to ”re-pair” a console and a remote. This is done by first
resetting the remote by pressing its GLOW, OK and MINUS buttons for 5
seconds. Then, press and hold the console MUTE button for 5 seconds (this
informs the console to pair with a new remote). Then, press and hold the OK
button on the remote; when the console’s power LED blinks the pairing is
complete.
17.11 27/40MHz RF House Code
For communicating with Zone2 RF remotes, the console must have the proper
House Code set. The AV35 consoles and Zone2 remotes will come pre-
programmed for House Code 0xF (1111 in binary). If necessary, this House Code
can be changed via the console’s OSD setup menus. This applies to AV35
variants only, since no other variants include Zone2 support.
17.12 Boselink Slave Room Code
All AV35 console variants can be Boselink slave devices (connected as a

Boselink slave on a network containing either a AV18/38/48 or a AV35 console
acting as the Boselink master). AV35 consoles are pre-programmed to use Room
Code 0xB by default. As above, this can be changed using the console’s OSD
setup menus.
17.13 ETAP Interface Requires uTAPIA
The uTAPIA software application must be used to communicate with the console.
See section 14.3.

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17.0 CONSOLE POWER SUPPLY MODULE (FLOOR WART)
The AV35 power supply module (floor wart) is purchased as a custom, pre-built
component from Billion Electronics. It is a universal-input (100-240V, 50/60Hz)
switching power supply, providing a regulated +12V output, and capable of
sourcing 20W. The FW_FREQ signal from the Main Board’s PLL chip (controlled
by the Aux Micro) is connected to the floor wart to control its switching frequency
to avoid interference with the console’s AM/FM tuner. When the console is in
Standby Mode, the floor wart switches at a much slower, unsynchronized
frequency. The floor wart connects to the Aux Board connector J700.

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18.0 CONSOLE IPOD DOCK
The AV35 variant includes an iPod dock which plugs into the console back panel.
The iPod dock is essentially a passive device with only a few discrete electrical
components inside:
18.1 Accessory Detect Resistor (iPod Dock Schematic SD318585, Sheet 1)
The value of a resistor tied from pin 10 (Accessory Identify) of the iPod’s Omni
connector to ground identifies the type of accessory being connected to the iPod.
Resistor R35, 549K Ohms, identifies the AV35 iPod Dock as a “UART Dock” to
the iPod. Based on this, the iPod expects to be controlled by AV35 via the
standard iPod serial UART interface protocol defined by Apple. Q2 grounds R35
only when the iPod +5V supply (iPod charging voltage) is present, to avoid
discharging the iPod’s batteries when the console is off or the dock is unplugged.
18.2 Charge Current Setting Resistors
R31, R32, R33 and R34 are also required by Apple. These resistors form a pair
of voltage dividers which set the voltage on the USB+ (pin 4) and USB- (pin 6)
pins on the iPod Omni connector. The values included in the AV35 dock (75.0K
pullups to +5V and 49.9K pulldowns) identify the AV35 dock as capable of
providing up to 500mA of charging current. Devices capable of providing 1A of
charge current would change R31 from 75.0K to 43.2K.
18.3 Accessory Detect
Pin 20 of the iPod Omni connector, when shorted to ground, identifies to the iPod
that an accessory has been connected. Q1 shorts pin 20 to ground only when the
dock is attached and charging (to avoid discharging the iPod’s batteries).
18.4 Isolating IPod Data
Q3, R21 and R22 form a buffer which isolates the DATA_FROM_IPOD signal
from other components which might draw current from the iPod when the console
is off or the dock is unplugged, to avoid discharging the iPod’s batteries.

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18.5 Noise Filtering Components
L1, FB1-FB13, etc., provide electrical noise filtering.

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AV35 Main Board Schematic

AV35 Aux Board Schematic

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1.1 System Feature Comparison

LIFESTYLE® V35/V25 LIFESTYLE® T20/T10

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As mentioned, console variants populate different features. They therefore have

An AV35 US console (includes all possible back panel connectors):

All AV35 console variants:

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1.4 Table of Defined Console Variants

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1.6 Remote Controls Supported

The AV20/35 platform uses a 2.4GHz RF transceiver to communicate with its

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IR Blaster Front A/V Button

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NAND NOR DRAM ST7200

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Video Video Input HDMI NOR/NAND

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5.2 Configuration Resistors (Main Board Schematic Sheet 10)

5.3 NOR FLASH (Main Board Schematic Sheet 11)

U11001 is the Numonyx (Previously ST Microelectronics) M29W640FB 8MByte

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5.4 NAND FLASH (Main Board Schematic Sheet 11)

U11003 is the Numonyx NAND04GW3B, 512MByte NAND flash. This part

5.5 DRAM (Main Board Schematic Sheets 12 and 13)

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5.6 Reset Circuit (Main Board Schematic Sheet 15)

U15002 is a 6-output programmable PLL IC used to generate all clocks used by

Output Y0, HDMI_SYS_CLK, is set to 28.636MHz, and is used to clock the

Output Y1, DECODE_SYS_CLK, is set to 42.0MHz, and is used to clock the

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5.9 USB Interfaces (Main Board Schematic Sheet 9)

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6.1 Analog Component Video Inputs (Schematic Sheet 1)

U1003 is an Analog Devices ADV7604 HDMI Receiver and Component Video

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The CEC (Consumer Electronic Control) bus, connected to every input, is

6.3 Analog Composite Video and S-Video Inputs (Schematic Sheet 2)

The NJW1340V contains a 6th-order lowpass filter (approximately 8MHz

6.4 HDMI Output (Schematic Sheet 9)

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7.0 MAIN BOARD AUDIO CIRCUITRY

TDA7440D NJM4556A TEA6422

NJM3414 NJM3414 AK5381 AK4113

7.1 External Analog Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 5)

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7.3 iPod Analog Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 6)

7.4 AM/FM Analog Audio Inputs (Main Board Schematic Sheet 5)

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