Philips MC138 series, Service Manual

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Pr
eparations
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 Position the antenna as far as possib
le from a
TV
,
VCR or other r
adiation source
.
Rear connections
The type plate is located at the rear of the system. F
or user
s in the U
.K.:
please follo
w the
instructions on page 2.
A
Po
w
e
r
Before connecting the
A
C
po
w
er cord to the
wall outlet, ensure that all other connections ha
ve
been made
.
WARNING! –
F
or optimal performance
, use only the
original po
wer cable
.
–
N
e
ver mak
e or change an
y connections
with the po
wer s
w
itched on.
T
o
av
oid o
verheating of the system,
a safety
circuit has been built in.
Ther
efor
e
, your
system may switch to Standb
y mode
automatically under e
xtreme conditions
. If
this happens
, let the system cool do
wn
before r
eusing it
(not av
ailab
le f
or all ver
sions)
.
Pr
eparations
FM Antenna Extend coil antenna at the back of the unit full
y
for optim
um reception.
C
Speak
ers Connection
F
ront Speak
ers
Connect the speak
er wires to the SPEAKERS
ter
minals,
r
ight speak
er to "
RIGHT
" and left
speak
er to "
LEFT
", coloured (mar
ked) wire to
"
+
" and b
lack (unmar
ked) wire to "
-
".
Full
y inser
t the str
ipped por
tion of the speak
er
wire into the ter
minal as sho
wn.
Notes: –
For 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.
Bef
or
e using the r
emote contr
ol
1
Pull out the plastic protectiv
e sheet.
2
Select the source y
ou wish to control b
y
pressing one of the source select k
eys on the
remote control (f
or example CD
, TUNER).
3
Then select the desired function (f
or example
2
,
¡
,
™
).
A
B
REPEA
T
SHUFFLE
SLEEP
VO
L
Replacing batter
y (lithium
CR2025) into the r
emote contr
ol
1
Pull out the knob
A
slightl
y to the r
ight.
2
Pull out the batter
y compar
tment
B
.
3
Replace a new batter
y and full
y inser
t the
batter
y compar
tment back to the or
iginal
position. CA
UTION!
Batteries contain chemical substances
, so
the
y should be disposed off pr
operly
.
PUSH
PULL
CONTROLS AND CONTROLS