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Anthony Frisina

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Since: Nov 24, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:01 am
Post subject: Lectrosonics 201 - no pilot tone????
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Hi,

I think one of my 201 receivers needs some work. I can't get pilot
tone from either of my 2 transmitters but when I tune the transmitters
to the other receiver I get pilot tone without a problem. I've tried
lots of frequencies and even moved to another room to see if that
would help. I managed to still use it today but I had to bypass the
pilot tone and find a clean frequency. It worked but it wasn't an
ideal solution.

If anyone can recall a similar problem or, even better, have a
solution I would be eternally grateful.

thanks in advance

Anthony

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Larry Fisher

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:24 am
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Hi Anthony,
You've done all the logical troubleshotting already. As Rob and Oleg
said, the unit needs to come back home. Use the bypass till you get a
break.
Larry F
Lectro

On 24 Nov 2004 01:01:40 -0800, anthony.frisina.RemoveThis@telstra.com (Anthony
Frisina) wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I think one of my 201 receivers needs some work. I can't get pilot
>tone from either of my 2 transmitters but when I tune the transmitters
>to the other receiver I get pilot tone without a problem. I've tried
>lots of frequencies and even moved to another room to see if that
>would help. I managed to still use it today but I had to bypass the
>pilot tone and find a clean frequency. It worked but it wasn't an
>ideal solution.
>
>If anyone can recall a similar problem or, even better, have a
>solution I would be eternally grateful.
>
>thanks in advance
>
>Anthony

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Rob Lewis

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:12 am
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Anthony, I had the same issue with 3 out of the 4 units I own (211's
and a 201). I know it sounds like a bonehead move, but check to make
sure your TX switch setting are right on the numbers. I have had this
happen a couple of times where the switch settings get caught in
between or are off by one notch. If that is not the case than you
may have a bad pilot tone crystal. I reported this problem to Larry
Fisher at Lectro when my units went down, and after further
investigation he told me that they had a bad batch of crystals during
a certain manufacturing run. If this is the case you will need to
return you units to Lectro, and the pilot tone crystals will need
replaced. I recommend contacting Larry Fisher directly. It is a
simple fix, it unfortunately just takes down time. Until then, you
will have to bypass until you can get them in. This is not the case
with the 411 series because it is a DSP (micro processor) based pilot
tone where this is unlikely to happen.

Good Luck

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Oleg Kaizerman

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:35 pm
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send it to lectrosonics - it need been fix
quite known problem

"Anthony Frisina" <anthony.frisina.DeleteThis@telstra.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I think one of my 201 receivers needs some work. I can't get pilot
> tone from either of my 2 transmitters but when I tune the transmitters
> to the other receiver I get pilot tone without a problem. I've tried
> lots of frequencies and even moved to another room to see if that
> would help. I managed to still use it today but I had to bypass the
> pilot tone and find a clean frequency. It worked but it wasn't an
> ideal solution.
>
> If anyone can recall a similar problem or, even better, have a
> solution I would be eternally grateful.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Anthony
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