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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONALITY
(Letters correspond to the diagrams on the following page)
A.
ANTENNA A/B SELECTOR –
Switches the MD 102 between A1 (antenna 1)
and A2 (antenna 2) antenna inputs found on the rear panel of your tuner.
B.
POWER –
Turns the power (AC) on and off to your tuner, with the optional
remote system this switch must be left in the “OFF” position.
C.
MUTE –
In the “ON” position, a limit is now placed on your tuner. While scaling
up and down the FM dial, weak stations will be overlooked so that no alarming
noises will be heard while looking for programs. We recommend that with the
optional remote system you leave the Mute switch in the “ON” position.
D.
STEREO –
Switches your tuner from Stereo to Mono and vice-versa. Switching
to Mono will often clean up noisy stereo transmissions and aid in delivering
quiet listening to weaker signals.
E.
BANDWIDTH –
When
BW 1
is selected your tuner is in the wide IF
(Intermediate Frequency) bandwidth setting. This setting produces the best
sound possible where strong adjacent channel interference is not an issue.
When
BW 2
is selected the tuner is placed in “Narrow” bandwidth setting, this
setting produces optimal sound performance where adjacent channel
interference is a factor.
F.
METER FUNCTION SWITCH (Signal/ Multi-path) –
When this switch is in the
“up” position, signal strength meter (H on the diagram) will indicate the
strength of your incoming FM signal, the higher the signal the better. The
meter is calibrated to
NEVER
hit 10; this is done to protect the meter
mechanism. When this switch is in the “down” position this meter will now be
indicating multi-path (multi-path is the same FM signal being received by your
antenna and tuner at two different time intervals). In multi-path mode, this
meter should read zero. If this meter reads more than zero, move your
antenna to a different location or rotate your antenna until the meter reads
zero. If this does not correct the problem, a better or different antenna
system may be required. Please visit the
Reception Techniques
section in this
manual.
G.
TUNING KNOB –
Rotating this knob allows you precise control of the fine
tuning of the FM signal to which you are listening. Slight de-tuning of the tuner
may aid in eliminating measures of multi-path or other atmospheric conditions
that may affect the sound quality of your reception.