30 Description TM9100 Service Manual
© Tait Electronics Limited August 2005
Speaker
The speaker 1! sits inside a round recess of the front panel assembly, where 
a cloth membrane is fixed to the speaker grille. The speaker clamp 
1) holds 
the speaker in position. The speaker cable plugs into the speaker connector 
on the rear side of the control-head board 
F. 
Note In some configurations the speaker may be disconnected.
Concealed 
Microphone 
A concealed microphone 1% consisting of the microphone capsule and a 
rubber seal is fitted in a round recess inside the front panel assembly 
1^. 
The microphone leads are soldered to two pads on the top side of the 
control-head board. 
Space-Frame The aluminum space-frame J snaps into the three clips of the front panel 
assembly 
1^. The front side of the space-frame holds the keypads, the LCD 
assembly, and the speaker in place and at the same time allows access to their 
electrical contacts. The rear side of the space-frame has four through-holes 
for the screws 
E of the control-head board F and two screw bosses to fit 
the adapter flange 
C. Two light pipes H and I are fitted in recesses in the 
space-frame and direct light from LEDs on the control-head board to the 
front panel. A slot at the top edge of the space-frame allows the loom of the 
LCD assembly 
1@ to run to the control-head board.
Seals Two identical ring seals G fitted to grooves around the perimeter of the 
space-frame provide for IP54 class protection.