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Listening to Your MR 74
LISTENING TO AM
Turn the MODE SELECTOR switch to AM and the
SELECTIVITY switch to NORMAL. Turn the tuning
knob to the desired station. The SIGNAL STRENGTH
meter will indicate the relative strength of the par-
ticular AM station being received.
Adjust the VOLUME control to desired listening
level. If the FIXED AUDIO OUTPUT jacks are used,
the tuner VOLUME control will not affect volume.
LISTENING TO MONOPHONIC FM
Turn the MODE SELECTOR to FM MONO to listen
to monophonic FM. In this position all programs will
be mono. The stereo light will be seen on stereo sta-
tions but the program heard will be mono.
Set the STEREO FILTER switch to OUT
Set the MUTING switch to OUT
Set the SELECTIVITY switch to NORMAL
Turn the tuning knob to the desired station. The
Station is properly tuned when the FM TUNING
meter pointer comes to rest anywhere in the black
area of the meter scale. While tuning across the dial
you may notice movement of the tuning meter with-
out hearing a station. This is cuased by a weak sta-
tion that does not over-ride the background noise.
With muting in operation signals that are marginal
are automatically suppressed. To hear these weaker
stations, set the FM MUTING switch to OUT. Usually
the listening quality will be rather poor due to the
background noise.
If an antenna rotator is used, rotate the directional
antenna for best reception as shown by the SIGNAL
STRENGTH and MULTIPATH indicators.
Adjust the VOLUME control to desired listening
level. If the FIXED AUDIO OUTPUT jacks are used,
the tuner VOLUME control will not affect volume.
LISTENING TO STEREO FM
Turn the MODE SELECTOR to FM
Set the STEREO FILTER switch to OUT
Set the MUTING switch to OUT
Set the SELECTIVITY switch to NORMAL
Turn the tuning knob to the desired station. The
station is properly tuned when the FM TUNING meter
pointer comes to rest anywhere in the black area of
the meter scale.
When the STEREO indicator is lighted, the station
is broadcasting a 19,000 Hz carrier for stereo and the
MR 74 will automatically switch to stereo. If a station
is broadcasting a monophonic FM program, the
STEREO indicator will remain off and the tuner will
automatically switch to mono.
Adjust the VOLUME control to the desired listening
level. If the FIXED AUDIO OUTPUT jacks are used,
the tuner VOLUME control will not affect volume.
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