Philips MCM279, Service Manual

Connection

Connection

3 - 1

CONNECTION AND CONTROLS

Rear connections

W

arning:

–

Ne

ver mak

e or change connections with

the mains supply switched on.

–

Install your set near the 

A

C

 outlet and

where the 

A

C

 po

wer plug can be reached

easily

.

A

Speak

er connections

Use the supplied speak

er

s only

. Using other

speak

er

s can damage the set or the sound

quality will be neg

ativ

ely affected.

●

Connect the cab

le of the left speak

er to 

LEFT

(red and b

lack) and the cab

le of the r

ight

speak

er to 

RIGHT

 (red and b

lack) as f

ollo

ws:

a.

  Press the clip of the red ter

minal and full

y

    inser

t the str

ipped por

tion of the colored (or

    mar

ked) speak

er cab

le into the sock

et,

 then

    release the clip

b.

  Press the clip of the b

lack ter

minal and full

y

    inser

t the str

ipped por

tion of the black (or

    unmar

ked) speak

er cab

le into the socket,

 then

    release the clip

B

Antenna connections

MW antenna

Connect the supplied MW loop antenna to the

“AM aer

ial”

 ter

minal.

 Adjust the position of the

antenna f

or optimal reception.

6

9

FM antenna

The wire antenna supplied can only be used to

receiv

e nearby stations.

 For better reception w

e

recommend using a cable antenna system or an

outdoor antenna.

1

Extend the wire antenna and f

it it to FM

ANTENNA as sho

wn belo

w

Note:

 If you are using a cable antenna system or

an outdoor antenna, fit the antenna plug, instead of

the wire antenna,

 to FM 

ANTENNA .

2

Mo

ve

 the antenna in diff

erent positions f

o

r

optimal reception (as far a

w

ay

 as possib

le from

the 

TV

, VCR or other r

adiation sources)

3

Fix the antenna’

s end to the wall.

Helpful hints:

–T

o r

eceive optimal r

adio r

eception,

 put the main

unit and the antennas as f

ar aw

ay as possible fr

om

the po

wer adaptor

.

Connecting an ad

ditional

appliance

Connecting a USB de

vice or memor

y

car

d

By connecting a USB mass stor

age device

(including USB flash memor

y, USB flash pla

ye

rs

or memor

y cards) to the Hi-Fi system,

 y

ou can

enjo

y the m

usic stored on the exter

nal device

through the po

w

erful speak

er

s of Hi-Fi system.

1

Inser

t the USB device’

s USB plug into the sock

et

on the front panel of the main set.

Or

,

for the devices with USB cable:

a.

Inser

t one plug of the USB cab

le (not

    supplied) to the sock

et 

on the front

    panel of the main set.

b.

  Inser

t the other plug of the USB cab

le to the

    USB output ter

minal of the USB device

.

Or

,

for the memor

y car

d:

a.

Inser

t the memor

y card into a card reader

           (not supplied).

       b

.  

Use a USB cab

le (not supplied) to connect

           the card reader  to the socket 

.

on the front panel of the main set.

Connecting a non-USB de

vice

It is possib

le to use an additional appliance

, e

.g.

TV

, VCR or CD recorder with the set.

 On

MCM279,

 y

ou can playback m

usic from an

exter

nal source

.

1

Inser

t one plug of the audio cab

le (not supplied)

to the sock

et 

A

UX IN 

at the rear panel of the

main set.

2

Connect the other end of the audio cab

le to the

A

UDIO OUT

 ter

minal of the additional

appliance

.

3

Select 

AU

X

 mode on the set.

Helpful hints:

–

Always r

ef

er to the o

wner’

s manual of other

equipment for complete connection.

●

Position the antenna as far as possib

le from a 

TV

,

VCR or other radiation source

.