MARINE RECEIV ER MODEL 670C INSTRUCTION MANUAL ‘The EDDYSTONE Model 670C is a six-valve superhet receiver covering the long, medium and short-wave bands in the frequency ranges 150 to 350 ke/s and 500 ke/s to 30 Mcjs. It is primarily intended for cabin use in sea-going vessels but is equally suited to any application calling for a receiver with a performance superior to that obtained with the average domestic type. Any standard AC or DC mains supply can be used to power the “ 670C ” and where such supplies are not available it is possible to operate from an accumulator in conjunction with a suitable transistorised power supply. An ficient iter cireut cuts out most types of mains borne interference. ‘The receiver is easy to use and the functions of the four controls (tuning, wavechange, volume and tone} on-off) are clearly marked. The tuning control has a reduction ratio of the order 140: 1 and provides the extremely “fine ” adjustment called for in tuning sztins on the short-wave ranges, Flywhes! loading permits rapid change of frequency when requir nd the drive will be found extremely smooth and free from backlash. The wide frequency scales can be read with case and a special “logging ” system allows accurate dial settings to be recorded for future use. All Amateur and Broadcast bands are clearly marked and precise. tuning is assured by use of the visual tuning indicator at the right- hhand side of the dial. A built-in loudspeaker is fitted, but where an external unit is preferred this can be connected in lieu. As an alternative to speaker reception, telephones can be used and this facility will no doubt be found useful in many applications. If desired, the “* 670C” can bbe used as an amplifier for 2 * gram” unit ; connec- tion is to a socket at the rear and the volume and tone controls operate exactly as during normal reception. Advanced design, rugged construction and_high quality components are. used throughout ; the receiver is of & most convenient size, contemporary in appearance and being housed in a strong. metal cabinet will stand up well to frequent transportation Continuous operation is possible in all parts of the world and special aitention has been given to the safety precautions called for in British Standard BS. ‘The complete frequency coverage is divided into six ranges as follows Range I 13.0 — 300 Mes Range 2 55 — 130 Me/s Range 3 25 55 Mejs Range 4 T1— 25 Mejs Range 5 500 — 1110 ke/s Range 6 150 — 350 kejsINSTALLATION Mains Voltage Adjustment “The revere bo operated equally wal from ether AC oF DC Thuins supplies. No adjustment is necessizy when changing [om ‘AC to DC but ibis important to check that the voltage selector ‘tine rear of the tesener ts set (0 su the local maine Yolage Exrore making connsstion tothe supiy. When despatched from the factory, the selector is placed in the 230V poston which is orrect for operation ftom mains volages in the range 235 250V. tno local mains supoly is between Sogn 21SV the selector piug should be withdravat irom tse 230V Socket and plagued inca the 200V- position. The 1TOV socket is ‘Stab or fans supples in te range 100125. Mais Connections and Earting “The maine input taken via a small plug and socket at the rear Stine cabinet, the plag beng rendy waned wth se fect of thee ore mains eal ne end of the cable st Tree 30 thatthe ser ati’ plag of type sutane for connection to the local mains ity. te ean ea prove o> aha cam b,c ‘lizonmected from the plus. aod longs lent inmost caves the existing ed wil be adequate and this is cased 2 follows © Kod Live (Poiive DO), lick: Neutral (Nessie DO, Green : Earth “Tue plug for connection to the focal mains supply may be ether a tworpin or threepin type. In tho eae ofthe later, the seen {ead connected to the thicker ofthe three pins but with a two. pin plug ths lead should be eut OM short and them pressed. Dock Into the cable covering so tat there is mo chance of shorting 10 the other leads, Whe ing plug of ths type ii il ese IRvath Gnmetin ee aor and he echt marked “Ej intended primarily for ths. purpose. In some ‘ase, when the cath is v's standard throw-in pg, socket" E* San be" teed to connect an addsional earih (0 ge improved ception, in eithor cas the eth connestion should be as short fnd girect a posible and shouldbe rade ith Tar heavy ga {tmulated wire terminated im the small plug prowded with the ‘When the earth is made by a three-pin mains plug, the smal plug supriied for connection to socket “E" should be Bet in Postion although unwired) to complete the earth to the internal haces the eflect of thi fs. bmprove reception and. maine foises which may. be evident with the plug disconnected i tually disappeae when the plug sin place. It's strongly recommended, that in tho interest of safety the {otive alvays operated with an earth connection. If operation ie be without an earth, the plog must Be Femoved On AC supplies when 9 thoe-pin plug is used, the re ead should be connected to the pin that engages withthe righthand socket fie wall iting Yns Ss true on the assumption that the wll Atting is ised correctly but if asi Sometimes ie caso the Biting SSiwited incorrectly, it may be found that an objectionable hum Appears in the ouput (rom the recever. Reversina the red and isRDK connections tothe plug wil remove the hum. Two-pin AC plugs should be revered if a hum is present and an then be marke {0 indiate the coret orientation, On DC, the receiver will funtion only if the polarity of the supply Scones fhe et alo operate after thermal wart ingup peiod: versal ofthe plug wil clear the trouble, When Using an sscumulator and transistor converter advice on the corsect method of connscion shoud be sought rom the Supplier of the unit, As general rue, treat the output fom the Coferier asa normal mais supply and make voltage adjustments fin! connections as appropriate For example, in eonteting & transistor comerer whone output ic 250V DC. te voltage adjuster tteoier) shouldbe nt to 250 an it mill bs macesmary to ensure ovrect polay of the connection to, the converter. Remember that the pst conection the re i te ad Ha fhe recsver, A converter giving an output inthe range 100/25V Deferred since this results a kese current rain Irom tho act muulator (-3~ 2 Amp). [i should be noted that, when an sccumulstor is used in conjunc- tion with aconverter a doeribad above, the oni switch om the easier wil not switch off the accumulator current. tn most Eises the converter wil have 4 switeh for this purpose but if not, Sonsul the supplier for"aiviee om Incorporating this Tasty "The Acriat ‘The Model 670C is an extremely sensitive receiver and will give ‘avgood account of itself even on poor indoor aerials. When optimum reception is called for however, consideration shoul bergiven (0 provision of an utside seri since. the improved Perlormance obtained will well repay the task of installing it Such an serial can be of any length up to 100 fect or so, well Insulated and sited clear of all local abstrucsions especially those (oF & metallic nature, Aerials ofthis type are referred to as" single Wwire "or "unbalanced "aerials and’ are connected at the right- hand socket labelled "A." A“ shorting-plug ” is provided with the receiver and this must be in. position between the other “A” Ssockst and earth (se inset drat; with circuit diagram). For improved reception over restricted frequency bands (or when focal noise i a problem, a dipole acral eut to the correct length for the frequency required is probably the most suitable arrange- iment. Aerials of this type have aT" formation with twin hhalaseed fewer which helps reduce noise pick-up on the leadn. ‘The feeder wires are connetied separately 10 the two " A sockets and the" shoring pag removed when using this pe of AA big advantage of the dipole is that the feeder can, be of any engin 50 allowing the acral proper (the top portion of the ” T ") tobe placed in the most suitable position. The feeder can be fran close to obstructions without any adverse effect on the performance of the system. One disadvantage of the dipole is that performance is only ‘optimum over the band for which it's designed. Typical dimensions fafe aiven in the Table below, while for other bands the overall length can be calculated by dividing 468 by the frequcncy in Mel, ‘The result will be in Tee Broadcast Bond (Mewes) 49 SL 2519 Freq. (Mes) G1 96 «18 S478 DS 26 Lenght) 764839 Amateur Band (Metres) 160 9 40-20 1510 Freq. (Mes) 18357 It 28 Lenght) 264132653 ‘On frequeacies for which the dipole is not designed, improved fesults eam sometimes be oblalned by strapping the two feeder ‘wires together to make aT" aerial. Connection is as for the Sngle-wireaecial with the shocting-piug in place. Mote detailed advice on serials will be found in the booklet patter Radio Reception which is supplied with this receiver. Connecting an External Loudspeaker An teal lowispeaer can Ue connate afer taking gut the internal speaker pluge at the Zeat of the set (labeled LS — 2 thm). The volume control should be turned down whilst making the connections und the extemal speaker should be fed with Standard tvisted flex terminated. with sutable plugs. No trans: former is required and the speaker shoul be a standard 25/3 ohm type. Both speakers can be operated. simultancously if ‘heir leads are connocted in parallel but there will be some drop In the volume lovel of each speaker. Telophones are connected in the same way a5 the external speaker and both this end the internal unit should be disconnected whea using phones. Low Jmpedance telephones will give the bast results. Connecting a Pick-up Any medium or high impedance * gram ™ pick-up can be connected rectly t0 the pickup socket (P-U.)-at the rear of the set. A Jow impedance pick-up can be used iF suitable matching trans- ‘oemer is ernployed, Connection is with a standard jack plug (preferably of the sereened {ppe) using sersened cable, the brad of which is connected to thesleeve of the plug. OPERATION Assuming that the mains supply is “on” at the wall socket, the receiver #8 brought into operation by rotating the tone control ina clockwise direction away from the "off marking on the Ringer plate, Aa audible click will be heard, indicating that the Switch ‘has moved to the "on" positon. Initially, the exact Setting of the tone control is of no. importance since it will be [usted for the desired tone when the wanted station hus Deen taped ta. After’ short warming-up. period the. receiver Willbecome operative and this wil be indicated by the glow of the Vian taming. indictoe." Adjust the volume Control to. give ‘convenient ovip fom the speaker “To tune to a specie frequoncy, determine the range on which the frequsney Hee by fering 6 the figures st the Keichand end OF the Seales, Set the wavechange switch to. the appropriate postion and then move the tuning pointer to the correct stn EyPibeans of the tuning control "The visu tuning indicator Ie ed to make the final precise adjustment of thi control, the fecciser being correctly tuned when the illuminated lie on the Idkator corte t0\ the shortest length. Final abusers ‘anpow bemade to the tone and volume controle It wil be notice thatthe dil ealibratin is in terms of frequency father than im wavelengths bg avanti especialy on the shorcwave ranges since the published frequeneics for stations sing these. bands are precise ‘whereas the wavelengths quoted sreorten appronimate, Asa result of this stations can be scected tore rapidly by sing fruncies when tuning, All broadcast ‘Bands are mirkad im ved and smateu allocations in black. It the wavelength but not the Trequency of « station is known, the hter canbe determined quite easly by making «simple Cateuiaion, Diving 300 by the wavelength wil give ie fequeny Snmegacyeies. For example, 2 station on 100 metres would appear ‘n't frequency of 3 Mele one on 30 melts a6 Nis and 90 on. Gn the loner wavelngts, Trequeteies are quote in Kloss (Me's 1000 ke) andin this cave I only necsary to multiply the figure im megpeyles by 1000 to obtain the frequency Gace in'kllcyele :"09 Nios for example, would be 500 hei In addition to the frequency scales, there is a further seule on te main dial which W caibrated ih arbitrary” dlvions 0-230 {This sete used in conjunction with the vere sale (op contre of main dia) to obtain very sorurate dal seeing for specie Stations, Thete selected station cam then be timed Tm more rpily than would othervise be the cas. The readings on Ue hosiontal fan! vernirseuley are combined fo gives one, two, theee or four igure number which corresponds to the frequency setting ine. ‘ist of Wal settings can be compiled! for fate use inten to Prefer Stations SERVICING INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION. ‘The Model 670C is a universal type and great care should be taken when carrying out tests with the cabinet removed. When running from AC supplies it advisable to ensure that the chassis is connected to the neutral pole of the supply. If an isolation ‘ratory is available thie wil be found gre cone venient and ean probably be operated at an output voltage of HOV as-a further safety precaution. Should the receiver fail in operation, first check that all external connections aye made correctly and also, that mains voltage Is availa at the Sppy pit. Next chock the fe Those are located in inslated holders atthe reat of the receiver and. are casily removed without risk_of electric shock. Visual inspection Will reveal whether oF nota fuse has blown, Replacements should be standard Ty” cartridge types rated at s0OmA () Amp), Tf a blown fuse is changed and the replacement burns out immedistely for after a very short period of operation, it ao indication that Some. internal component. is faulty. In this case" the. receive Should be laken to the acizest EDDYSTONE Agent ho wil Festfy the trouble at a reasonable charge I itis nccessury to take the recciver to an engineer who is not Familiar with Eddystone equipment, take this instruction sheet with the Set. Jt contains information which may enable him t0 lear the fault more rapidly than would etherwise be the case. Circuit Description ‘The Model 670C is a 6.valve receiver and can be used on all AC/DC mains supplies in the ranges 100/125V and_200250V. ‘Alternatively’ 6.12 or 24V accumulator can be used provided ‘that’ a suitable (ransistorised converter is available piving an AC for DC output in the ranges quoted above. Current requirement i8 of the orier 150mA and lowest battery drain will obutin when 4 unit delivering a voltage in the range 100/125V 8 weed. In This fase approximately 1-5--2A' would be drawn from 2 12V accue nulator ‘The single-conversion cireult features a tuned RF Amplifier (V1) which uses high gain pentode type UAF#2. The digde in this Yalve is used to protect the input cifuits in the event of operation ‘lone to\a high powered transmitir, 2 situation likely te be met fon Boatd ship. Protection against Satie build-up on the serial js provided by the two “stticleaks” RI and R2 across the feeeter input ‘AUCH tiode-hexode is employed in the. Frequency Changer Stage (V2) in which the trode portion functions ss » tuned- ged Gscllator. Ganges tuning Is used in conjunetion ith a switched Sk-range coil unit comprising eighteen precision wound inductors ‘The If output from the Freuency Changer iat 430 kes an Single stage of armpifeaton it provided at this Trequency. "Two hetmeabiity-tuned transformers! provide excellent seletiviy nd frei valve is 8 UAP2 (3) “The diode in the IF valve envelope jg used as the AGC Rectifier ang controls the RFI sist Mote Stages on Ranges 3 on Ranges | and 2 te RF and TF Stages only are consoled to pretence pling, Fhe vil ting akon (V4: MD, Rieko controlled by the AGC voltage VS is another UAFA2 snd combines the functions of Signs! Detcetor and Ist Auidio Amplifier. The detector is series diode {ype and tout Is taken via the normaly closed contact on the pick-up socket to the volume contol which Fes the pentode portion of the ave. The contact mentioned above 1s opened vtomaieatly when plug is inserted to allow connection of the tram pickcup and in thi way interference frm sigals x prevented While records are being payee. ‘The pentoce portion ‘of V5 1s sstazee-capacty couples to the following stage (VO) which SLE and serves asthe Audio Output Stages Negitive fod: back i applied and tone control is bY means of the variable resistor (RV2) across the rimery of the outpat transformer he power, supply circuitry is quite conventional and employs aSiicon: diode’ (DI: DDOSE) asa. half-wave rectiier for AC Speration. “A thermistor (R30) i included inthe series competed itster chain to reduce the current surge a switch-on" an this device prolones the IM of the valves used in the receiver No. ‘indicator lamp is ited since thi function it effectively Performed by the visual Wing indicator Which exbibits © greet Bow when the reser operative Valve Replacement {Al the valves used inthe Model 670C are easly accessible when the Cabinet is removed.” All except the tuning indicator have Bia ‘bases. The pins on these bases are cqully spuced and correct {ocetion of he valve in eltion to the holder achieved by means ‘of a sual glass pip on the side of the envelope hte” This Ioctes Wwth'a retaining abt on the side ofthe base Siting. Care should evexcrcsed in'removing ane replacing valves nol to eer 229 Sticways stain sinoe ths could result im fracture of the ght Envelope. ‘The viwal tuning indicator has a miniature BSD base and ie retained im smill Metal clip. The indicator ean be removed by sliding Te out ofthe ep afer Freemont base. When fing a replacement indicator it will be necessary to trim the four long lenckowt wires to the ime lenath ay the four shorter tes. ‘The leads should be carefully straightened 0 line up sth the sockets so tht the sndicator can be pluases int Hs base ‘When sliding bick into the ci, make sure that the ™ keyhole ih the indicator lines up with te aperture in the sale plate Pointer Drive Cord Replacement In the unlikely event ofthe drive cord either breaking or slipping fut of the pully grooves, renlacement will be much simplified {even when ihe orginal cord named) if new ength ised Ths ea‘, ade anger than theta ly ‘equi (378°) and will therfore be easier to handle Replace. iment wil present no” peablemy it the inseustions giver Below Sr flloied areully. NOTE: In these insrutions, “left and “right” are as ‘iewefom the rea othe receiver 1. Remove the cabinet sfler taking out the four retaining scrum at the fea 2. Take olf the old deve cord by slackening the BBA screws inthe drive plleys. 4. Set the Luning conteol so that the gang i fully meshed 4. Secure ane end of the replacement cord to the BHA. screw inthe fot hand drive plley ihe sew should leat approx imately 2 o'clock). 5. Feed the card throvgh the pulley sla and into the groove nearest to the ane ford ving pulley from eh (Te) 6. Pass the cord below the tuning indicator, clockwise round the jookey pulley and across the ial Bebveen the: pointer Side rods Gord pcs nde the pointer eae).Hold the free end of the cord in tension an rotate the tuning, control 1 unmesh the gang This. operation wil wind proximately three turns of drive cord onto the leftchand ‘tive pulley 18. Pass the cord clockwise round the guige pulley atthe right hhand end of the pointer guide rods and then back across the ucHaz | 35 vu C71 | vara asst reseron FQ \ o1 GH ; om ao” Plan view of receiverB B (oS LIST OF COMPONENT VALUES + ie caactors €1.2,76,77 01K Dis Couns 3074 20% 120, 78,95, 005F Metalsed Paper 20% Soov Se igh pg exes S05 Se: Mask Pa Fable toile P39, 207 a0v E60 3-27 340 43 45,45. 3S or Sins 24 3h 30 Tabular Crain 10% 750 = C12, 29, 35: 11-5-366pF, 3-gang tera Rete E150: Sign: Sere Mia RI, 29: 24M80 10944 wa E12 ie ase a Moatnt Petexer 10% 40v 3 3a ai Bae 1054 wa, E15 08. bk Tabular Comme 107. 1N Ra 8 19: og 19%, 4 na Elie: eProp cme 08, 750) FS. aah 10% wat. Qo: Saale Tubular Ceram 1022730 Re In Hino fi0%/ san Gt: SOtsee Tuas Ceram ois, Sno 092d Wa Gb 97081 F Newitt Paper abe Bio: a0, 1082 aa G36. 6h 8 lpr Tubular Cai 10 750. iT 278 bE OE wa Go: Gon Poltyrene 121250 Ria 1s. ar o00e: 10%. 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Ub ‘iio Output va | 2 | aay” | wv” | aay”) sao Di) Bess Rect. 7) My | tov | Soy | oy 3 | ‘sv | ‘ov | sev | dey 7 | Sty | Si | Trev | “ev va | 2] avy” | assy’ | asa” | agsy 5 | joy | "av | lay | lasy 7 | Naa | "By | Thay | “oo All readings are DC taken between the point indicated and chassis. | yy | § | 10 a | x = Range switch at Range 3 The readings are typical anda toleemce | YS | 2 | gov | 3sy | Jovy | av 07 10% should be allowed, “Two set of readings are given, one BI lay! [say Reveleaey for a meter having a semsivity of 660 ohms per vot and the | ve | 2 | ysav’ | wav | nsv’ | assy ther 30,000 ohms per vol. When using meters of other sen 5 | doy | amv | toy | Tov sitivities the tolerance should be increased accordingly. ' iv a ow aaavst 20 pore ‘suriva 29¥1108 40 HVE a gm mc