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User’s Manual
PREFACE ...............................................................................................................................................................................3

1. SAFETY WARNINGS .........................................................................................................................................................3

2. WHY BOOSTER ..................................................................................................................................................................4

2.1. REASON.........................................................................................................................................................................4
2.2. SOLUTION ......................................................................................................................................................................4

3. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................................6

4. SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS..........................................................................................................................................7

4.1. FEATURES......................................................................................................................................................................7
4.2. APPEARANCE OF THE BOOSTERS ...................................................................................................................................7

5. BLOCK DIAGRAM AND WORK PRINCIPLE....................................................................................................................8

6. THE BOOSTER SYSTEM.................................................................................................................................................9

7. F10F-CP MAIN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION...............................................................................................................10

7.1. RF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION.......................................................................................................................................10
7.2. MECHANICAL SPECIFICATION .........................................................................................................................................10
7.3. ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS ..........................................................................................................................................10

8. INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................................................ 11

8.1. INSTALLATION LOCATION REQUIREMENT ........................................................................................................................ 11
8.2. POWER REQUIREMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 11
8.3. INSTALLATION TOOLS AND ACCESSORY ........................................................................................................................... 11
8.4. INSTALLATION OF DONOR ANTENNA ................................................................................................................................12
8.5. CABLE LAYOUT AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY ...................................................................................................................15
8.6. INDOOR ANTENNA INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................................15

9. BOOSTER INSTALLATION............................................................................................................................................16

9.1. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENT .........................................................................................................................................16
9.1.1. Installation Location Requirement..................................................................................................................16
9.1.2. Power requirement.........................................................................................................................................16
9.2. INSTALLATION STEPS ....................................................................................................................................................16
9.2.1. Installation schemes.......................................................................................................................................16
9.2.2. B ooster’s ports description................................................................................................... .......................17
9.2.3. Accessories selection.....................................................................................................................................17
9.3. BOOSTERSETTINGS....................................................................................................................................................17
9.3.1. Switch on power.............................................................................................................................................17
9.3.2. Manual Gain Control (MGC) ..........................................................................................................................19
9.3.3. B ooster Commissioning...............................................................................................................................19
9.4. SYSTEM TEST ..............................................................................................................................................................20
9.4.1. Check whether the coverage is good.............................................................................................................20
9.4.2. B ooster can not communicate in Power-ON status.....................................................................................22

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2. Why booster

2.1. Reason

1) Blind or weak signal areas are formed if the buildings are too far away from CELL TOWER, or the buildings
themselves shield or absorb signals.
2) There are too many complicated signals in the higher part of the buildings, therefore ping-pong switching
effect has been formed and the signals fluctuate a lot, there are annoying noises during phone calls and
call drops accordingly.
3) Elevators and basements are well-known for blind areas.
4) Downtown areas of the cities, which congested with many high-rise buildings, are usually the weak or blind
areas.
5) The remote villages, mountains, hills, valleys, etc. are mostly populated areas with quite few mobile
users, so the main target is to send coverage to these areas, and it will not be worthy installing a CELL
TOWER, therefore a booster is a quite good option.

2.2. Solution

Can we not use mobile phones? The answer is definitely NO. But it might be much more miserable that the
communication can’t be achieved due to no signal or weak signals though there is a mobile phone.

Will your customers stay comfortable when there is no smooth communication in your shops or restaurants?

Will that be frustrating if your clients couldn’t call you through due to weak signals in offices?

Will your life be influenced if your mobile is always “out of service” at home when your friends call you?

Then how to solve the problems?

Best Solution:

Plug & play: Purchase a set of repeater solution from us and install it, and immediately you would be
able to enjoy the full bar and high quality signals!

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Question: Will booster increase the RF radiation?

A: No, it will decrease instead.

As it can be searched easily through internet, the tower would “order” the mobile phone to increase its output
power, in order to ensure successful connection when the mobile signal bar is few, there will be stronger mobile
output power level when the mobile signal bar is less and the strongest one can reach 2W (GSM); moreover,
the mobile phone is usually as near as less than 5cm to human body when people are in phone calls. Not only
it influences the human bodies badly, but also run out of the battery power much more quickly; usually the
mobile phone gets hot in such status.

The maximum power level of 10dBm~30dBm is 1.0W, and it decreases to be maximum 0.05W when reaching
server antenna. And since the server antenna is installed over the ceiling or onto the wall, there is usually more
than 3 meter away from the human body, 3meter away means at least 40dB propagation loss, or 10000 times
less, 0.000005W, and therefore it is too weak to influence human bodies though it is still a very good signal for
mobile phones.

And when a booster is installed, it improves the mobile signals in the coverage, and the successful phone call
can be connected easily with a much less power level of the mobile phone, thus it will reduce the RF radiation
of the mobile phone tremendously.

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3. Introduction

Our F10F-CP booster is the perfect solution for providing a wireless improvement in the cellular reception of a
home, office, restaurant, VIP Room, apartment, building or shopping mall, in the quickest time possibly. One
repeater covers 50 to 100 square meters.

This booster has Manual Gain Control (MGC) feature that enables engineers to reduce the gain of the repeater
manually if oscillation is detected or too strong input power level during installation, which will help to get the
best coverage effect without any interference back to mobile network.

And in order to maintain safe and specific output signal levels, this repeater has built-in signal oscillation
detection circuit to adjust the gain automatically so as to avoid interference to the cellular network, also it gets
color changing LED’s indicating its environmental status: the Alarm LED’s located on the front of the unit will
change color from green to orange or red, (depending on the input power level) if the system detects signal
oscillation in either band or, if the input signal is beyond a safe limit.

Our boosters also feature a Network Safe / MUTE feature that automatically shuts off the repeater to protect the
cellular network if no adjustments are made to eliminate alarm readings on the repeater’s LED’s. You will want
to make sure the LED’s remain green at all times for optimum system performance. (This function is not
available for some specific models for which we will specify when you purchase)

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7. F10F-CP Main technical specification

7.1. RF technical specification

Electrical specification Uplink Downlink
CDMA/ GSM850 824 ~ 849 MHz 869 ~ 894 MHz
Frequency Range
CDMA1900/PCS/ 1850 ~ 1900
1910 MHz 1930 ~ 1990 MHz
Max. Gain ≧55dB ≧60dB
Max. Output power ≧10dBm ≧10dBm
Band width (-3dB) Wide Band
MGC (Step Attenuation) ≧15dB / 5dB step
Automatic Level Control ≧15dB auto shut off after 15dB (Optional)
9KHz~1GHz ≦-36dBm @ 3KHz
Spurious Emission
1GHz~12.75GHz ≦-30dBm @ 3KHz
Noise Figure ≦6dB
VSWR ≦2.0
Group Delay ≦1.5μs
LED Alarm Standard
LED 1 Power Indicator
LED Alarm (ALC 1~5dB,Grange;ALC 14~16dB,Red, then
LED 2
shut off 31dB gain)

7.2. Mechanical specification

SN Item specification

1 Environment Conditions IP40

2 Cooling mode Nature cooling

7.3. Environment Conditions

SN Item specification

1 Operating Temperature -25°C to +55°C

2 Storage Temperature -40°C to +80°C

3 Humidity 5% to 85%

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8. Installation

F10F-CP boosters should be used to cover the indoor area. Humidity and temperature of working environment can
affect the reliability of booster. So, temperature, humidity, dust , interference, power, space requirements and
other factors should be considered during installation of booster.

8.1. Installation Location Requirement

1) It is appreciated that the booster is installed in a cool, dry and ventilated room without erosive gas and
smoke and without leakage on its proof.
2) Or a cool and ventilated wall of which sun-proof and waterproof is expected.
3) Besides above, common wall, tower or high pole is Ok too.
4) Installation height should be easy for RF cable wiring, heat dissipation, security and maintenance.
5) Have a set of independent and stable power supply.
6) Have lightning conductor in the building, tower or high pole with enough strength or stability.

8.2. Power requirement

Generally it is AC power supply, and the requirement of AC is 90~264VAC / 50±5Hz

8.3. Installation tools and accessory

No. Name Specification Quantity Remark

1 Plastic Expansion Bolt M5*24 6 Standard accessories

2 Tapping screw M3*27 4 Standard accessories

3 Hanging folder 1 Standard accessories

4 reciprocating drill 1 Engineering-owned, punch the wall

5 Shot bit M3 1 Engineering-owned, punch the wall

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Status Definition
Green Normal
Off DC power problem

z Status and Definition of ALARM indicators; Alarm LED only works for downlink signals
Status ALARM
It is working in linearity
Warning: Input signals may be not enough, so please check on coverage
Green
effect, do not do anything if it is good; otherwise please adjust the repeater
system to get better coverage.

A little bit stronger input signals or slight self oscillation have occurred.
Solution: Please adjust antennas or use MGC to reduce the repeater gain, till
Orange you find “edge point” with green LED (I.E. the Alarm LED must stay at green
color, and at the edge of turning Orange), and let the repeater work at this
point. MGC is the last measure to take as it will influence on coverage.
There are strong input signals or severe self oscillation, measures must be
Red taken (please note that our repeaters have auto shut off function, so the red
color status can only maintain 5 seconds).
Repeater breaks down, or severe self oscillation leads to auto mute. Please
Off re-plug in and check if alarm LED turns red, if it is, please take measures to
keep alarm LED green; if it maintains off, it means the power break down.

Remark: Please note that Alarm LED works on repeater downlink signals only. I.E. the repeater input
signals from CELL TOWER.

Single system booster only has one set of power and alarm LEDs, while dual system have two sets of
power and alarm LEDs, and three system repeaters have three sets of LEDs. Each system has own
relevant LED and please refer to the correct LED for system performance evaluation.

Then booster with plastic closet is designed with LEDs of “Alarm LOW” and “Alarm HIGH”. When it is
used for single system of CDMA800, GSM850 and GSM900, only “Alarm Low” LED works, and “Alarm
HIGH” LED is no use; when it is used for single system of DCS, PCS, CDMA1900, WCDMA or AWS,
“Alarm HIGH” LED works, and “Alarm LOW” LED is no use. When the booster supports two systems,
“Alarm Low” and “Alarm HIGH” both work and support relevant low and high frequencie

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ALARM LED.

If it shines “orange”, use 1dB as step to reduce the gain until “green” turns on, then increase the gain

1~3dB attenuation value until “orange” starts to turn on, then brings back 1~2dB till “green” is on, then

fix the gain and the repeater’s downlink output power reaches the perfect status.

If it shines “green” then,

Please check coverage effect firstly, if the coverage effect is good, the engineering has reached

expecting target, thus there is no need to do anything.

To check whether the attenuation value has been set, if it is, use 1dB as step to increase gain until

the “orange” turns on, then brings back 1~2dB till “green” is on again , then the repeater’s downlink

output power reaches the perfect status.

But if attenuation has not been set, it indicates that the input power is not strong enough to let the

repeater reach its good coverage.

If the coverage effect is not good, the donor antenna should be adjusted to get stronger input signal.

It is recommended that one person shall check the coverage effect inside the building when the

other person is trying to adjust the antenna or the repeater. At this stage, please make sure

“Orange” color will not be generated by self oscillation. Please take off the server antenna to check if

it is self oscillation or not: if the Orange turns to be green, it is self oscillation; if it stays as Orange, it

is not self oscillation. Please follow steps in other page to turn Orange to be Green.

z Uplink gain setting
Standard: uplink attenuation values =downlink attenuation values
Remark: Avoid putting more than a 5dB difference between the Uplink and Downlink. And Uplink gain must
be equal to or less than Downlink gain, it can’t be more in order to avoid interference with mobile network.

9.4. System Test

9.4.1. Check whether the coverage is good

1) Have a test with mobile phone or data card (engineering mobile phone is preferred). If the signals in most
areas have not been improved, please check below again:

The weak input signal leads to the low output power. Change the direction of donor antenna or its

installation position or replace donor antenna with higher gain antenna to increase input signal

power level.

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Check whether it is necessary to add more server antennas since barriers block the signal

penetration, also check whether the repeater’s power is enough; please install more server

antennas or replace with a repeater of higher power level.
2) If the signals in small part of the areas have not been improved, please check below:

Check whether the service antenna is installed correctly or not, you may try to move the antenna

location to improve coverage.

Check if it is necessary to adjust the direction of the sever antenna.

Check whether it is necessary to add one or more antenna to enhance the coverage of special

areas.

Test

1) Move service antenna
2) Increase the number of
Check the
No service antennas
signal
3) Reduce the attenuation
Strength if fit
values
4) Increase the output

Yes
1) Move service antenna
2) Increase the number of
Check call No service antenna
quality 3) Reduce the attenuation
values
4) Increase the output power
Yes

Completion

Remark:
Reduce the attenuation values*---at the same time must ensure the isolation
Increase the output power* ---recommended ways: adjust the donor antenna direction /
location, or replace with higher gain antenna to increase input signal strength.

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9.4.2. Booster can not comm unicate in Power-ON status

1) The power is on but it has a signal fluctuation or a flash signal. The phone call can not be achieved.

It shall be caused by the insufficient isolation between donor antenna and serve antenna.
Please take below measures:
¾ Firstly check whether the alarm LED is orange. The orange light shows the insufficient isolation.
¾ Secondly adjust the antennas’ directions or locations or enlarge the distance between them.
¾ Thirdly reduce the repeater’s gain by ATT DIP if the above methods don’t work.
The following measures can also be tried:
¾ Use the roof of the building to enlarge the isolation (Please try to place the donor antenna and
server antenna in different floors).
¾ Use some obstacles (Such as wall).
2) The booster’s power is on but the phone is not connected into the network and still can not

communicate.

¾ Reason 1: There are loose or wrong connections in the repeater system.
Solution: Please try to fasten the connections between the different parts of the system.
¾ Reason 2: The signals received by donor antenna of other operators nearby are too strong. (For
example, the other operators’ signals are 10 dB stronger than the needed signals.)
Solution 1: Change the direction of donor antenna or its installation position, so that the gap of
signal strength is reduced between operators.
Solution 2: Use barriers (like buildings) to block signals of other operators.

IC STATEMENT

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes :
(1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et
(2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en
compromettre le fonctionnement.

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FCC Statement
1. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference.
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
2. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate
the equipment.
NOTE:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur
in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an
uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with
minimum distance 400cm between the radiator & your body.
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Document Created: 2012-08-06 11:00:47
Document Modified: 2012-08-06 11:00:47

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