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Troubleshooting, Symptom possible cause – Lectrosonics Octopack User Manual

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Receiver Multicoupler

Rio Rancho, NM

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Troubleshooting

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

NO POWER LED INDICATION

1) Power switch in the OFF position.

2) Batteries low or dead

3) External DC source too low or disconnected

NOTE: If the power supply voltage drops too low for normal operation, the LCD on the receivers will display a “Low

Battery” warning every few seconds. When the voltage drops to 5.5 volts, the LCD will dim and the audio output level

of the receivers will decrease.

SHORT OPERATING RANGE, DROPOUTS

OR WEAK OVERALL RF LEVEL

1) Passbands of Octopack and antennas may be different;

(check RF level with receiver LCD)

frequency of transmitter must be inside of both passbands

2) Antenna power switched off when external RF amplifiers are

being used

3) Antenna power interrupted by polyfuse; current consumption

of remote amplifier must be less than 300 mA on each BNC

4) Coaxial cable runs too long for the cable type