Sony Corporation Printed in Japan — SONY 396171211 (1) Scanning Receiver Controller for I CF-SC1PC Operating Instructions ©1998 by Sony Com oration
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i Table of contents S Preparation Connection . Installing the controller To uninstall the controller Starting up the controller Quitting the controller . Overview of the main window . Command reference B oxidant Reception — Receiving in the Scanning Mode Programmable Scanning .. fault frequency range of the bands. Defining the programmable mm\mg frequency range .. Running Programmable Scanning Exporting Programmable Scanning data to the receiver . Memory Scanning. Presetting stations in the memory ..
6 Chase the destination location and lick [OK] Installing the controller T T insert the CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive 2 select IR UNI from (Start]. 3 type in setup et T Pyt 2 obverses Moot e 2 and click [OK] or press [Enter] tether the CO-ROM drive is the D drive. Otherwise, change "d=* to the appropriate letter) The installer program will start up... mhmnmwmm-a The installer stats to install the files The progress bar indicates the file copying process.
% U Starting up the controller Connect the receiver to the PC before starting up (see “Connection”, page 5} Select {Programs] from the [Start] menu. 2 Select [Sony Scanning Receiver Controller! in [Sony Scanner} The power will urn on automatically on the receiver. The receiver goes into the PC control mode, and “PC-ctn” will appear in the display of the receiver. Pl-net To turn off the power o the receiver manually Click {POWER] in the main window. Click again to turn the power on again.
w Overview of the main window SCAN MODE buttons Sr arts the Perspective dames of scanning {3} POWER button Turns the receiver on and off. frequency display When running scan: “SCANNING” flashes and the detection mode is displayed. At scan pause or in the Manual Mode: Frequency, detection mode, frequency step (Programmable Scanning manly, preset channel number (Memory Scanning or Preset tuning) and the frequency title (if named) are displaced. [4] BAN START/STOP button During scanning: Cleo 1o stop scanning.
Command reference File menu D L TR sprayer v ey {Exit] Quits application, Operations menu R T g Gor [Sean] Same as the SCAN START/STOP button s 8) View menu T I [ Fabricated et rowan G [PRES ;o e —— [Pattern 1 -4 Switches the display pattern of the _main guideline Auras the pointer guide on /off. Options menu ORI frequency Search] Starts up the frequency database, [Send Programmable Daley to Receiver] __Exports data to the receiver.
» Reception — Receiving in the Scanning Mode Programmable Scanning Default frequency range of the bands The receiver controller has 20 programmable bands, You can specify any frequency within the range of the receiver o any band. By default, the controller divides fts frequency range of 23 10 1300 MHz into 17 predefined bands, with 3 separate bands for the amateur radian frequencies: Band Frequency Detection Frequency Title no.
5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 vou wish to define other bands, 6 Click OK} on the Programmable Scan Preferences dial, Notes « All settings are NOT saved until you click [OK] in the Programmable Scan Preferences dialog (step 6). « You cannot change the Programmable Scanning preferences while running it « There ate no restrictions on the letters/characters you can use for the title of the programmable rigger.
Note You cannot en chide a band 1 1t the only target band, Yo start scanning again manually during scan pause Click + vt Seaming will restart in ascending direction i vou click +, and in descending direction if you cliche Yo change scanning direction during scanning Click Swanning will change to the ascending direction if you slick +.
4 Gk NEW) The mew preset dialog will appear. The lowest vacant channel number in the page will be displayed 5 Select the options o our choice and click [OK] Select a preset number, Select frequency step®. (Select I Default] from the pull down men ti to select the default frequency step of the frequency, as seen in “Default frequency range of the bands”, pager . Type in the frequency, o select by clicking & o ¥ Select detection mode.
Notes Vo canny run M Seam angel presets, *You cantos exclude m page i€ it & the only target pge To start scanning again manually during scan pause Chick + or = Scanning will restart in ascending direction if you slick +, and in descending direction if you lick 7o change scanning direction during scanning Click + or Scanning will change to the ascending direction if you click +, and to the descending direction if you click To stop scanning Click SCAN STOP] Scanning will stop af the present frequency.
Other options in the Memory Scan Preferences-Data dialog Deleting channel! presets T Select the preset channel you want to erase. 2 Click I Delete] Printing the channel! chart 1 Click (Print. ‘The Print dialog will appear. 2 Select the options Lo your choice and click [OK] Arranging the chart according ta frequency Click [Frequency (MHz). The memory preset channels will be manged according to frequency in ascending order. Click again 1o change to descending order.
Editing existing files Click [Open] in the Memory Sean Preferences dialog, 1t the current preferences have been changed the controller asks you if you want to save it before opening an evicting file. 1f vou do, click Yes] The Open dialog will appear 2 Select the fle vou want edit and click [Opel. The Memory Conning Preferences dialog changes o the file you have chosen. Saving the edited file as a different file Click [Ave As in the Memory $can Preferences dialog, The Save As dialog will appear.
Erasing ail memory data on the receiver Note that the erased memory data of He receiver cannot be retrieved. Make sure of the data you are easing. 1 Detect I Memory Data OF The Receiver] under [All Clear] from the [Options] menu. 2 Click IOK] i the erase confirmation dialog Saving database search results You can save the search results of the CD-ROM frequency database software as 4 fle. To start up the database, see “Starting up the CD-ROM frequency database”, page 45.
Note Y cant guideline o service band i it is the wanly barge band Yo start scanning again manually during scan pause Click « or Canning will restart in ascending direction if you click «, and in descending direction i vou click To change scanning direction during scanning g canning will change to the ascending direction it vou and to the descending direction i vt click -, To stop scanning Chick (SCAN §TOOL Swanning will stop at the present frequency Displaying Service Scanning frequency range 1 Detect [Serv
Displaying Intelligent Memory frequency Click [SCAN STOP in the main window if you are running scan, Select [intelligent Emery Natal from the [Options] tens The Intelligent Memory Data dialog will display the 10 recent reception frequencies e ——r T 1000, 2600 PR 2 siz.e000 wE 3 i 4 92.8m0 arn s 70.
Preset tuning Prose tuning recalls & Frequency stored in memory (e page 19 b Clink F Tune] in fhe main window The Tune dialog will appear. 2 Click the I Preset} tab, Sean's 2 Mesmer 3 earth & 3 Select the page from the pull-down menu in the upper column. .
Priority Scanning Priority Swanning checks the priority channel every 3 seconds and switches to this channel if there is reception 1 reception is broken, the receiver will returns o the previous condition.
»Other useful functions SKIP function You van designate we to 1Y frequencies as Frequencies. The receiver will skip those frequency during scanning, Designate unwanted frequencies site interference signals Designating the current reception a Skip-frequency Click [SEEP] (i the lower IeR) during reception s,
Saving Skip Frequency Preferences in files Yo can save SKIP frequency preferences in files, The controller runs the SKIP function on a single Skid frequency data file at & time. Store SKIP-frequency data in files and switch the active SKIP-frequency file. Saving a file Click [Save] in the Skip Frequency Preferences dialog. The active SKIP-frequency file will be overwritten. If there is no active file, the Save As dialog will appear.
Other operation in the Skip Frequency Preferences dialog Printing the SKIP-frequency chart T Click Print The Flint dialog will appear. 2 Detect the options to your chalice and click [OK] importing SKIP data from the receiver Yau can impure SKIP data from the receiver. 1 Click [SKIP| under PREFERENCES in the main dialog {or select [Skip Frequency Preferences] from the {Preferences] menu}. The Skip Frequency Preferences dialog will appear. 2 Click import.
Adjusting scan pause time Switching DELAY on/off By default, DELAY is turned on. Click [DELAY! it the main window to tum off DELAY The DELAY indication will disappear. Click [DELAY] again fo turn it an again DELAY off. The receiver resumes scanning the moment signal reception is broken during scan pause DELAY on: The receiver dags not resume scanning until there is a signal break of 2 secants.
Troubleshooting Cannot operate the receiver from the controller. « The receiver s ot securely connected with the PC s Click commendation and connect securely « The COM port is nol assigned to the serial port. — Check COM port setup {Double click Sisters in the Control Panel. Click the Device Manager tab and confirm the properties for the COM port) The cantilever quits unexpectedly. H you are using Windows 95 version 4.00.