User manual ROTEL RT-961

[. . . ] WARNING: There are no user serviceable parts inside. refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose the unit to moisture or water. Do not allow foreign objects to get into the enclosure. [. . . ] Do not expose the unit to moisture; this could damage the circuitry and cause a safety hazard. To use an outdoor antenna, connect its 300 ohm twin-conductor wire to the G and AM terminals in place of the loop antenna, only after a professional contractor has installed the antenna system in accordance with local electrical codes. When using the 12V Trigger feature, leave the POWER button in the ON position. 5mm mini-jack receives command codes from industry-standard infrared receivers (Xantech, etc. This feature could prove useful when the unit is installed in a cabinet and the front-panel sensor is blocked. Consult your authorized Rotel dealer for information on these external repeaters and the proper wiring of a jack to fit the mini-jack receptacle. Remove this antenna from the box and connect its attached coax F-type plug to the FM antenna connector on the RT-961. for best reception , unfold the T-shaped antenna. Eyelets at both ends of the T allow tacking the antenna to a wall, if desired. The following explanations will help you get familiar with the features and controls. When a function is available on both the front panel and the remote, a number (see front panel illustration) and a letter (see remote control illustration) are shown in the instructions. For example, to change from the AM to FM band, you can either press the front panel button or use the button on the remote. When only one identifier appears, that control is available only on the front panel or the remote, but not both. The large fluorescent display in the center portion of the RT-961 provides status information used in operating the AM/FM receiver (such as station frequency display, band, preset memory, RDS information, etc. Here is an overview of the tuning options (more detailed information is provided in subsequent sections of this manual): · Manual frequency tuning lets you tune up or down to the next station frequency. Press the FREQUENCY DIRECT button on the remote and enter the digits using the NUMERIC buttons. ⷠAutomatic frequency search tuning lets you search up or down to find the next receivable broadcast signal. Use the TUNING controls to search up or down. ⷠMemory station preset tuning lets you directly enter the number of a memorized station preset number. Enter the number of the memorized preset using the NUMERIC buttons. ⷠPreset scan tuning lets you scan up/ down through the memorized station presets. RDS (Europe) or RBDS (USA) tuning provides a range of special tuning and search features based on data codes encoded with the broadcast signal. [. . . ] NOTE: The RDS and RBDS features are entirely dependent on the broadcaster sending properly encoded signals. Thus, they will only be available in markets where RDS or RBDS is currently implemented and where stations are broadcasting these data signals. There are five display options when the currently tuned station is broadcasting RDS information and the RDS indicator in the front panel display is lit. Press the DISPLAY button to step sequentially through the five available display options: 1. [. . . ]