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C) OPERATION:
Apply power to radio. TuneMatic will automatically power on. Upon power-up, TuneMatic will spell out “OK”
(--- -·-) in Morse code tone. The backlighting on the remote button panel will also illuminate.
On the remote head, locate the sun symbol on the upper right. When the motor moves, this LED will
indicate contact closures of the motor sensor, and will blink on and off during antenna movement (note- it
may remain on or off depending on where the antenna pulse sensor stops, and this is normal). On the
remote head locate the UP and DN buttons, and press the UP button to assure the antenna is moving up,
DN button for downward movement of the antenna. If either the motor does not move, as indicated by a
blinking sun symbol when the either button is pressed, re-check wiring from TuneMatic to the antenna.
Note that different models of antennas may have different blink rates.
At this point, you can manually move the antenna up and down. If you reach either end of the antenna
travel, the antenna motor current will increase dramatically, and the TuneMatic will current limit as
determined by the DIP switch settings in step 1(h) above. Once TuneMatic senses over-current, it will stop
the motor, and spell out “CL” in Morse code tone. You have to press both UP and DN buttons to clear
the current limit condition when in manual mode. Once cleared, you will be able to move antenna
again. DO NOT CONTINUE TO MOVE ANTENNA IN CURRENT LIMIT POSITION EACH TIME
YOU CLEAR THE LIMIT, AS CONTINUED FORCED MOVEMENT IN THE LIMIT DIRECTION
MAY CAUSE MOTOR WEAR OR DAMAGE.
C-1 INITIALIZATION
NOTE: IF YOU SKIP THE INITIALIZATION STEP, YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO MANUALLY OR
AUTOMATICALY STORE ANY MEMORIES, OR USE ANY OF THE TUNE FEATURES OF
TuneMatic!
To initialize the antenna to the TuneMatic:
1) Make sure you have properly installed and tested wiring of TuneMatic as indicated in the
INSTALLATION step above.
2) Apply power to TuneMatic. Allow unit to spell out ‘O K’ in Morse tone.
3) Press (INIT) button once. TuneMatic will spell out ‘I N’ in Morse tone, indicating unit will start the
initialization process.
4) Antenna will move all the way to the top (highest/longest) position of travel until it reaches the upper
motor current limit position. The sum symbol on the remote will flash on and off during antenna
movement.
5) Once current limit is reached, antenna will stop moving, and the TuneMatic will spell out ‘C L’ in Morse
tone.
6) Antenna will move all the way to the bottom (lowest/shortest) position of travel until it reaches the lower
motor current limit position. During this time, the TuneMatic is counting pulses.
7) Once current limit is reached, antenna will stop moving, and the TuneMatic will spell out ‘C L’ in Morse
code, followed by ‘I C’, indicating Initialization is complete.
8) After the “I C’ message, antenna will move to the low soft limit, and spell out ‘L L’, indicating that the
antenna is at the lowest operating limit. .
If you force an antenna stall, disconnect antenna motor cables, or turn off power while in the
Initialization process, the TuneMatic will stop the initialization. If the entire initialization process does
not successfully complete, then the initialization process must be restarted.
Once initialization is complete, TuneMatic will:
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