Philips MC-V320, Service Manual

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PREPARATIONS AND CONTROLS
1-7
Pr
eparations
Rear connections
The type plate is located at the rear of the system.
A
Po
w
e
r
Before connecting the
AC
po
w
er cord to the
wall outlet,
ensure that the follo
wing are done;
–
If y
our system is equipped with a
Vo
ltage
Selector
, set the
V
O
LT
A
G
E SELECT
OR to the
local po
w
er line voltage
.
–A
ll other connections ha
ve
been made
.
WARNING! –F
or optimal performance
, use only the
original po
wer cable
.
–N
ev
er make or change an
y connections
with the po
wer s
w
itched on.
To
av
oid o
v
erheating of the system
, a safety
circuit has been built in.
Therefor
e
, your
system may switch to Standb
y mode
automatically under e
xtr
eme conditions
. If
this happens
, let the system cool do
wn
befor
e reusing it
(not av
ailable f
or all ver
sions)
.
B
Antennas Connection Connect the supplied
AM loop antenna and FM
antenna to the respective ter
minals.
Adjust
the
position of the antenna f
or optimal reception.
AM Antenna
speaker
(right)
speaker
(left)
AC power cord
AM loop
antenna
FM wire antenna
A
B
D
C
VIDEO
IN
Television
L R
AUDIO
OUT
Pr
eparations
●
P
osition the antenna as far as possible from a
TV
,
VCR or other r
adiation source
.
FM Antenna
●
For better FM stereo reception, connect an outdoor FM antenna to the FM
AERIAL (FM
ANTENNA) ter
minal.
C
Speak
ers Connection
Fr
ont Speak
ers
Connect the speak
er wires to the SPEAKERS
ter
minals,
r
ight speak
er to "
RIGHT
" and left
speaker to
"
LEFT
", colored (mar
ked) wire to
"
+
" and b
lack (unmar
ked) wire to
"
-
".
●
Full
y inser
t the str
ipped por
tion of the speaker
wire into the ter
minal as sho
wn.
Notes: –F
or optimal sound perf
ormance
, use the
supplied speak
er
s.
–
Do not connect mor
e than one speak
er to any
one pair of
+
/
-
speak
er terminals
.
–
Do not connect speak
er
s with an impedance
lo
wer than the speak
er
s supplied.
Please ref
er to
the SPECIFIC
ATIONS section of this manual
.
D
Video Out Connection
Connect the
VIDEO OUT (CVBS)
ter
minal
at the rear of the system to the
TV or
VCR
VIDEO IN for viewing or recording.
Note: –T
o avoid magnetic interfer
ence with the picture
on your
TV
, do not position the fr
ont speak
er
s too
close to the
TV
.
Optional connectio
n
The optional equipment and connecting cords are not supplied.
Ref
er to the oper
ating
instr
uctions of the connected equipment fo
r
details. Connecting other equipment to y
our
system Connect the audio left and
ri
ght OUT ter
minals
of a
TV
, VCR,
Laser Disc pla
yer
, D
V
D pla
yer or
CD Recorder to the
AU
X
ter
minals.
Note: –I output (a single audio out terminal), connect it to the
A
UX left terminal.
Alternatively
, you can use a
“single to double”
cinc
h cable (the output sound
still remain mono).
Inser
ting batteries into th
e
Remote Contr
ol
Inser
t tw
o batter
ies (T
ype R06 or
AA) into the
remote control with the cor
rect polar
ity as
indicated by the
+
and
-
symbols inside the
batter
y compar
tment.
CA
UTION!
–
Remo
v
e batteries if the
y are e
xhausted
or not to be used for a long tim
e.
–D
o not use old and new or differ
ent
types of batteries in combination. –
Batteries contain chemical substances
, s
o
the
y should be disposed off pr
operly
.