2010 COURSE INFORMATION
Course DatesTelevision Antenna Analogue/Digital Course
This full day course is the ideal introduction to the television reception industry. Particularly suited to electricians, it not only reveals the business opportunities that exist in the marketplace, but also how to take advantage of them.
You will gain a broad understanding of how analogue and digital transmission works and how to quickly and cost-effectively install reception components. You will learn about pitfalls that can lead to system failure and costly callbacks and understand how to overcome them when encountered. A step-by-step guide to building a domestic antenna system is also included.
Consider this scenario: you get the contract to install and run the cabling on a building site. Could you really handle it? On completion of this course, you will have the knowledge to quote and install the TV reception system and will be able to offer a total solution package!
Course Content
- Antennas, gain, polarity, F/B ratio
- Hardware/applications
- Coaxial cable handling techniques
- ‘F’ connectors/accessories
- What makes a good digital system?
- Amplifiers - what type to use, interferences, cures and troubleshooting
- Digital - how does it work? Correct practices of digital TV installations
- Digital - what does ‘digital cliff’, ‘margin’ and ‘carrier to noise ratio’ mean to the installer?
- Hands on approach to using equipment successfully and more
- How impulse noise affects the digital signal, what causes it and how to cure the problem
Course Inclusions
- Small group - theory and practical
- Lunch, morning/afternoon tea
- Course notes and certificate
- One day: 8.45am - 5.00pm
- Coaxial cable tool kit includes: RG59/6/11 crimper and cable stripper, cable cutter, ‘F’ inserter
Who Should Attend
This course is recommended for antenna installers at any level; Pay TV installers; and data cablers and electricians wanting to break into the antenna installation industry.
Course DatesMATV Course (Master Antenna Television)
To keep pace with the demands of consumers and business today, emphasis in the new digital era is on the convergence of the Internet, Pay TV, Terrestrial TV and In house video systems, especially for applications in hotels, apartments and commercial premises.
This full day course will give you the specific knowledge and skills required to access and troubleshoot an inoperable television distribution system. It will provide you with a basic understanding of how to design and install a small MATV system, what levels are required and how to choose the correct equipment.
Course Content
- Types of distribution systems and their applications - MATV, SMATV, CATV and HFC systems
- System components - separate antennas, required cables, type of headends and commercial amplifiers
- Topology - tree design compared to star, what do Foxtel and Austar require?
- Troubleshooting - how to fault find a system, where do you start, what needs to be checked?
- Measurements - parameters, commissioning, as-built drawings and certification on a system
- Introduction to professional test equipment
- Future technology and what products are coming
Course Inclusions
- Small group - theory and practical
- Lunch, morning/afternoon tea
- Course notes and certificate
- New MATV specification
- RG59/6/11 cable stripper
- One day: 8.45am - 5.00pm
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for anyone wanting to break into the commercial sector of the antenna industry; CCTV technicians wanting to merge into the RF industry; as well as antenna installers, data cablers, electricians, Pay-TV installers, MATV/CATV designers and more.
Entry Requirements
Attendees should possess basic domestic antenna knowledge and/or have completed the TV Antenna Course.
Course DatesSatellite and SMATV Course
The previous Matchmaster Satellite and SMATV Courses have now been integrated into a powerful one-day course. The new course will improve your understanding of both technologies and the challenges they present in a real world environment. It will deliver both the theory and the practical knowledge required to begin installing and servicing these systems.
On completing the course you will be armed with detailed knowledge of the design, installation and commissioning
of new systems. Installations covered range from domestic premises right up to 5 wire trunk SMATV systems. Learn
about the specifications and requirements of the different Pay TV providers to ensure the systems you install are Pay TV compliant. All the basics are covered in the morning sessions including understanding radio frequencies, locating satellites, setting up mounts and measuring signals using the latest test equipment. The afternoon sessions focus on the design and installation of large Foxtel approved 5 wire trunk systems. With an understanding of how to meet the Pay TV installation standards, you will be in the box seat to profit from market demand.
Course Content
- Basic RF theory
- Satellite signal requirements
- LNB, dish operation and alignment
- Cable and connectors both ‘F’ and compression
- Coaxial cable performances and loss calculations
- Connection methods
- Different types of backbone systems
- Signal diplexing with latest multi-switch technology
- Overview of headend and associated components
- Foxtel and Austar specifications
- Scope of works documents
- Test equipment
Course Inclusions
- Small group - theory and practical
- Lunch, morning/afternoon tea
- Course notes and certificate
- SMATV specifications
- One day: 8.45am - 5.00pm
- Compression tool
Who Should Attend
This course is recommended for anyone wanting to break into the commercial sector of the antenna industry. Among those who can benefit are antenna installers, data cablers, electricians, Pay-TV installers, and MATV/CATV designers. It is also ideal for CCTV technicians wanting to merge into the RF industry.
Entry Requirement
Completion of Analogue and Digital and MATV Courses.
Course DatesAdvanced MATV (AMATV)
The next step when you have completed our other TV system training courses. This two-day course is designed to take you to the next level of understanding and includes extensive exercises and practical sessions designed to give you greater insight into these technologies.
On completion of the Advanced MATV course, you will possess a detailed understanding of MATV systems including headends, modulated services, distribution systems and other signal processing techniques; as well as programming and designing headend and associated components. Subjects covered also include the hard issues often faced when installing large systems. Fault conditions such as: common path distortion, intermodulation, second and third beat products, all cause interference with the system operation.
With a very hands on approach you will gain a good understanding of channel processor, frequency agile channel converters, other newer technologies such as QAM, QPSK, COFDM to PAL converters and the very latest (TDT) transparent digital transmodulators. All these technologies allow you to provide your customers with tailor made solutions for today’s information and television systems operating via satellite or digital terrestrial systems.
Course Content
- Antenna theory, including stacking of antenna
- Radio frequency principles
- System topologies
- Headend asymmetric channel planning
- Base band signal management
- Amplifier management
- Signal distortions and techniques to reduce and eliminate
- Extracts of the AS1367-2006 standards
- Test equipment usage, spectrum analyser and signal measurements
- Signal processing including TDT, QAM, QPSK demodulators, channel processors
Course Includes
- Small group - theory and practical (max. 12)
- Lunch, morning/afternoon tea
- Course notes and certificate
- Extensive practical sessions and exercises
- Two days
- $500 discount voucher off a WISI OV headend
Who Should Attend
Recommended for all television Installation personnel involved in Pay TV, MATV, CATV; electrical project managers; electricians and people in electrical associated industries involved in building television distribution systems; and technicians wanting to meet new expanding TV distributions systems.
Entry Requirement
Completion of Analogue/Digital, MATV and SMATV Courses or equivalent knowledge.
Course DatesFibre Optics & Television Course
Changes in communications delivery technologies mean that many installation personnel now need an understanding of fibre optics for TV distribution systems. Matchmaster has developed a new training course specially designed to meet this need. The course covers the principles of fibre optics & television systems and will help you acquire knowledge and understanding of the technology which is leading us into the future.
As with the other courses in our program, it is kept to one day so that you can quickly gain the basic knowledge required without losing large amounts of productivity. The course will help you understand the simple testing procedures and safety requirements involved when dealing with fibre. You will learn how to identify different types of fibre cable, their associated connectors and understand the basic configurations for a television distribution system using single mode optical fibre.
Course Content
- History of fibre transmission
- dB units of measure
- Wavelengths for light
- Digital principles
- Principles of light
- Dispersion within a fibre
- Differences between multimode and single mode fibre
- Importance of single mode fibre and carrier to noise
- Connectors and patch leads
- Inspection of connectors and terminations
- Transmitters and receivers
- Introduction on calculating losses
- Understanding power budgets
- Overview of distribution systems for television
Course Inclusions
- Small group – theory and practical sessions
- Lunch, morning/afternoon tea
- Course notes and certificate
- One day: 8:45am - 5:00pm
- Cleaning kits and simple light source
Who Should Attend
This course is recommended for TV distribution installers and technicians. It is also designed for CCTV, Free to Air and Pay TV installation personnel, electricians and other experienced tradespeople who want to learn about fibre TV systems.
Entry Requirements
Before enrolling in this course, candidates must have successfully completed the TV Antenna and MATV (Master Antenna Television) courses, or be able to demonstrate existing equivalent knowledge from the TV industry.
Course Dates