User manual ARCAM T61

[. . . ] HANDBOOK T6 1 Arcam T61 AM/FM tuner Safety guidelines CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR 8. Cleaning Unplug the unit from the mains supply before cleaning. The case should normally only require a wipe with a soft, damp, lint-free cloth. Do not use paint thinners or other chemical solvents for cleaning. [. . . ] In an apartment building an aerial system may already be installed. If this is the case you should have sockets in your home marked FM or VHF (do not use those marked TV). The `T' shaped wire aerial (dipole design) supplied should give reasonably good reception. Mount this aerial as high up as possible on a wall with the elements positioned horizontally. Try each usable wall of the room to see which gives best reception. Use tacks or adhesive tape to secure the aerial in a T shape. The tacks should not come into contact with the internal wire of the aerial. Whether you decide to get an aerial professionally installed or opt to use the supplied aerial it should be connected to the FM Antenna input on the rear of the unit. Setting up the tuner AM step switch The AM tuning `step size' needs to be set according to your location. This is done using the switch on the rear panel: set it to 10kHz if you are in North America, or 9kHz anywhere else. This switch also ensures correct reproduction of FM broadcasts for your location. 5 AM aerial An AM aerial is required to receive AM/Medium Wave radio signals. An external AM loop aerial is supplied as an accessory. This should be attached to the AM Antenna inputs with one end and the other to Ground . It does not connected to AM matter which way round this aerial is fitted. Rotate the aerial to discover which position gives the best reception. 9 8 In areas of weak reception or when the receiver is used inside a steel framed building (such as an apartment building) you can use a wire between 3 and 5 metres long to strengthen reception. Mount this high up outside the building, if possible, and connect one end of this wire to the AM antenna input as well as the loop aerial supplied. DO NOT DISCONNECT THE LOOP AERIAL. 7 For use in North America, use an F-type antenna connector; for Europe and other areas, use a female Belling Lee-type coaxial connector. 9 T61 4 Connecting to other equipment Interconnect cables Interconnecting cables are not supplied with this tuner. We recommend high quality cables as inferior quality cables will degrade the sound quality of your system. Please contact your Arcam dealer for details of suitable cables. Custom installation features The T61 has a number of useful features that make it ideal for a custom installation, where the tuner is fully integrated with a specialist control system or operated by a programmable remote control. Remote control input 3 Connecting your tuner to your amplifier Audio outputs 6 A rear panel input that receives modulated carrier based IR commands in RC5 format. The input is suitable for connection to a simple IR eye or to an external controller. Use of this socket disables the front panel IR eye. Two pairs of identical outputs are provided. Connect one set to your amplifier's tuner input or any other line-level input using suitable high quality interconnect cables. Ensure that the left and right audio outputs from the tuner are connected to the same left and right inputs on your amplifier. [. . . ] First select the band and the preset station you wish to name. Then press and hold the RDS button for more than two seconds. An `underscore' line should appear blinking in the first position of the frequency display area. Use the up and down buttons beneath the display to scroll through the available alphabet, numbers and special characters available until you reach your wanted letter or character. [. . . ]