4. Operation
A. Functional Description (Fig. 2)
(1)
The voice recorder system automatically records the latest 30 minutes of communications and conversation in the flight compartment. The system is in operation whenever 115-volt ac power is applied to the unswitched electronics bus. Communications and interphone audio from the first observer's, the first officer's, and the captain's audio selector panels is supplied to channels 1 through 3 respectively of the voice recorder unit through the interphone audio accessory box. Conversation in the flight compartment is picked up and amplified by the microphone and preamplifier in the control panel and supplied to channel 4.
(2)
The 65-kHz bias frequency for all four recording amplifiers is supplied from a common bias generator. This frequency is also used to drive the erase head removing information from the tape before recording.
(3)
The bias frequency is used in an audio frequency tape recorder to shift the audio band upward to a frequency range suitable for operation of ac amplifiers and inductive recording and playback heads. The bias frequency is introduced in the recording amplifier and removed in the monitor amplifier. Each recording amplifier drives an inductive (electromagnetic) recording head which produces a varying magnetic field. As the tape transport moves the tape past the recording head at a constant speed, the varying magnetic field produced by the head magnetizes the magnetic oxide film on the tape producing a magnetic track of varying strength. As the magnetic track moves past the playback head, it induces a small varying current in the coil of the head. The monitor amplifier amplifies this signal, removes the recording bias frequency, and furnishes the audio to the recorder output.
(4)
The playback head and monitor amplifier are used to monitor information recorded on all tracks of the tape. The audio output of the monitor amplifier is available at the MONITOR jack on the front panel of the voice recorder unit and at the HEADSET jack on the voice recorder control panel. This audio is also used to drive test meters.
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(5)
On Fairchild model A100 voice recorders, pressing one of the channel test pushbuttons on the voice recorder unit causes the test module to provide a 600-Hz frequency to the recording channel. The channel is then monitored. If it is functioning properly, the meters read in the green area and the 600-Hz tone is present at the jacks. Pressing the ALL test pushbutton on the voice recorder unit or the TEST pushbutton on the voice recorder control panel causes the test module to apply the 600-Hz frequency to each channel in sequence thereby testing all channels.
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