2. 
DESCRIPTION 
OF 
GX-F71 
AUTO TUNING FUNCTION 
1) When,  after the power 
is 
"on", 
the cassette-pack 
is 
set  and  the  test key 
is 
set to 
"on" 
position, termi-
nals, 
@, 
®  and  , 
of 
tuning CPU  (IC 
l) 
be-
comes 
"L", 
"L" 
and 
"H", 
respectively,  system 
control (IC8) 
is 
set  to FF mode and  the 
counter 
quickly  winds  64 counts.  Then,  ,  ®  and  ® 
becomes 
"H", 
"L" 
and  "L",  respectively,  the 
syscon  CPU 
is 
set 
to 
Rec/Play mode and  the bias 
circuit oscillates. 
2  Coarse adjustment 
of 
level 
Terminals  , 
®  and  @ 
of 
tuning CPU 
(ICI) 
becomes 
"L", 
"L", 
and 
"L" 
respectively  when 
CPU 
is 
set  to  Rec/Play  mode  and  the  test  signal 
OSC 
oscillates  1 kHz.  This 
output 
passes  through 
the  PRE-Amp circuit, enters terminal 
® 
of 
IC3 
as 
the  test  signal  and 
is 
output 
from 
@. 
Then, the 
signal  passes  through  Rec  Amp,  mixed  with  the 
bias and 
is 
applied to the REC head. 
The  1 kHz  signal  recorded  on  the  tape  passes 
through  the 
PB 
Head and 
PB 
Amp, Leh and  Reh 
signals  are  selected by  the switch circuit 
of 
TR23, 
24  and 
34 
(Tuning P.C  Board), A/D converted at 
IC8 
and IC3  (Part) and, then, input into ICI  as 
a 
PB 
signal level detection signal. 
Under  this  condition,  the  signal  level 
of 
I kHz 
is 
positively  half-wave  rectified  by  IC8  and  charged 
to  C35 
(I0µ/16V) 
and  applied 
to 
IC3  ®, 
but 
5  bits 
(32 
steps) 
of 
stair  step waveform  signal is 
applied  to  the  terminal, 
[C3 
CD, 
and  when  the 
level 
of 
IC3 
becomes equal 
to 
that 
of 
terminal 
®, 
the 
output 
is 
changed  from 
"L" 
to 
"H" 
while 
the collector 
of 
TR49 
is 
trailed  from 
"H" 
to 
"L". 
PB 
signal level 
is 
detected by this trailing. At this 
time,  the data outputs at terminals 
®, 
® , 
®, 
®  and 
of 
ICl are written as level data in latch 
(1) 
of 
IC3.  This  operation is performed once  for 
Leh and Reh, respectively. 
3) 
Bias adjustment 
When  the  coarse  level adjustment 
is 
completed, a 
step  form  wave  (up direction) 
is 
output 
from 
IC3 
(Leh)  @  terminal and controls IC7  ® 
➔ 
IC7 
© 
➔ TR19, thus changing the amount 
of 
bias. 
As 
the  bias 
is 
changed,  the signal 
of 
I kHz from 
the  test  signal  circuit 
is 
recorded 
on 
the  tape 
as 
a  signal 
of 
changed  level  and  accordingly  the 
PB 
level 
is 
changed.  Since  these  changes  are  in 
proportion 
to  the  bias  change,  the 
PB 
level 
is 
detected. 
The  bias 
is 
adjusted  twice;  in 
up 
direction  and 
down direction,  therefore,  the  mean  value  added 
+4 
step is written 
as 
bias data 
into 
the latch 
of 
IC3 
(Leh) 
as 
the most suitable bias amount. Only Reh 
is 
subjected 
to 
bias adjustment. 
4)  l kHz level adjustment 
When  the bias  adjustment 
is 
completed, the l  kHz 
level  adjustment 
is 
made 
in 
the same  manner 
as 
the coarse level adjustment. 
5) 7 kHz EQ adjustment 
When 
the 
I kHz  level  adjustment 
is 
completed, 
terminals 
CD, 
® and  @ 
ofICI 
become 
"L", 
"H" 
and 
"L", 
respectively  and  the  test  signal 
OSC 
circuit  oscillates  7 kHz.  The  inner  D/A 
(2) 
and 
latch 
(2) 
of 
IC3  are controlled by  the  5  bit signal 
from  CPU 
(ICl) 
so  that  the  7 kHz 
PB 
level  is 
adjusted 
to 
the same level 
as 
the  l  kHz reference. 
When  the 7 kHz level 
is 
adjusted 
to 
the same level 
of 
I kHz  reference, the data are written into latch 
(2). 
The 7 kHz EQ adjustment 
is 
made once in Leh and 
Reh, respectively. 
6) 
13 
kHz EQ adjustment 
After 7 kHz EQ 
is adjusted,  terminals  , ® and 
@ 
of 
ICI become 
"H'', 
"H" 
and 
"L", 
respectively 
and  the  test  signal 
OSC 
circuit  oscillates 
13 
kHz 
and when the 
PB 
signal level 
of 
13 
kHz 
is 
adjusted 
to the same  level 
as 
the  1 kHz  reference level, the 
data 
of 
13 kHz 
EQ 
are  written  into  latch (3) 
of 
IC3. 
The  adjustments from 
4) to 6) are  repeated three 
times. 
7) When the above tuning 
is 
completed, terminals 
@, 
®  and  ® 
of 
ICl 
become 
"L", 
"H" 
and 
"H", 
respectively 
and 
the  syscon 
CPU 
is 
set 
to 
RWD 
mode. 
In  case 
of 
TUNING  REC,  the  tape  cot1nter 
is 
rewound  to  "O''  and  in  case where Rec/Play and 
Timer 
Start 
SW 
are  off, 
REW 
is 
chan_ged 
to 
REC/PAUSE 
at 
"23" 
on the counter. 
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