TECHWOOD STR-84, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...e within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the litera ture accompanying the appliance WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RA...

Page 2: ...the mast and supporting structure grounding of the lead in wire to an antenna discharge unit size of grounding conductors location of antenna discharge unit connection to grounding elec trodes and requirements for the grounding electrode Note to CATV system installer This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer s attention to Section 820 40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for p...

Page 3: ... Control Unit 12 AUDIO OPERATIONS 13 Back up memory function 13 Sleep Timer Oepration 13 When to use reset switch 13 Basic Operations 14 Audio Adjustments 14 Radio Reception 15 Auto Tuning 15 Manual Tuning 15 Direct Tuning with Remote Control 16 Preset Tuning 17 Automatic Memory Presetting 17 Manual Memory Presetting 17 Listening to Records and Compact Discs 18 Playing Tapes 18 Recording a Source ...

Page 4: ...ed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential area This device generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions it may cause interfer ence to radio or TV reception If this unit does cause interference with TV or radio reception you can try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures a Re...

Page 5: ... until all connections have been performed Audio signal Video signal Refer to Antenna Connections on pages 6 7 TV Monitor Turntable Tape Deck CD Player LINE OUT LINE IN AC Outlets Two switched Total 100W VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN REAR SURROUND SPEAKERS MAIN SPEAKERS Audio connection cords DVD VIDEO 3 VIDEO 1 ...

Page 6: ...the trans mitter or in a concrete building etc it may be neces sary to use an outdoor AM antenna Use an insulated wire more than 15 ft 5 m long strip one end and con nect this to the terminal as shown The antenna wire should be strung outdoors or indoors near a window For better reception connect the GND terminal to a reli able ground Note Even when using an outdoor AM antenna do not dis connect t...

Page 7: ...he stripped and twisted end approx 10 mm of the cord then release the lever so that the cord is held securely Power Cord Be sure to connect the power cord to an AC outlet which supplies the correct 120 voltage AC OUTLETS SWITCHED These outlets switch on and off when you turn the amplifier on and off Caution The total power consumption of the components connected to the AC OUTLETS must not exceed 1...

Page 8: ... volume level or damage will occur to your speakers and stereo 7 MASTER VOLUME 8 TREBLE control Use to adjust high frequency response 9 BASS control Use to adjust bass response 10 BALANCE control Use to balance volume between the left and right main speakers 11 VIDEO 3 Audio and Video terminal For connection of portable video component such as a camcorder 12 INPUT SOURCE selector PHONO Press to li...

Page 9: ... memory See page 17 17 MODE button Use to select the Normal Tuning Scan or Preset Channel scan modes See Radio Reception See page 15 17 18 TUNING PRESET buttons See Radio Reception See page 15 17 19 FM MODE button When activated this unit automatically switches into the stereo mode when a stereo broadcast is received and the stereo light illuminates Press this button again to listen in the mono mo...

Page 10: ...EMORY button and the MEMO indicator will light If you press the MEMORY button and release instantly the indicator will blink 4 times This method is used for manual station programming If you press the MEMORY button longer than 1 2 second the indicator will remain lit until the automatic programming is completed 4 TAPE Monitor indicator This indicator will illuminate When you press TAPE MONITOR but...

Page 11: ...ompartment cover 2 Insert two AAA R03 UM 4 dry batteries Make sure that the batteries are inserted with their posi tive and negative poles positioned correctly 3 Close the cover until it clicks Battery Replacement If the distance required between the remote control unit and main unit decreases the batteries are exhausted In this case replace the batteries with new ones Precautions concerning batte...

Page 12: ...E CONTROL VOLUME up down buttons 12 TAPE DECK Operation buttons For use with optional matched tape deck TDX 85 13 CD Player Operation buttons For use with matched compact disc changer CDC 85 12 Remote Control Unit POWER SELECTION TUNER SECTION AMP SECTION DECK SECTION CD SECTION Certain buttons on the remote control unit and on the front panel of the receiver have the same or similar functions and...

Page 13: ... panel making no mention of the use of remote control unit To listen to a source other than tape deck press the TAPE MONITOR button to the OFF position the TAPE monitor indicator will not light in the display Sleep Timer Operation RESET SWITCH Rear PANEL Press the RESET switch lightly once or twice with a pencil or a ballpoint pen Note When the RESET switch is pressed all the memory will be cancel...

Page 14: ...stem MAIN or SURROUND LINE STRAIGHT Button When this button is pressed the signal selected by the source selector buttons is supplied directly to the amplifier cir cuit allowing you to listen to the source with better sound quality When the LINE STRAIGHT mode is selected the BASS TREBLE controls will be defeated This feature allows the addition of a frequency equalizer BASS TREBLE Tone Controls Th...

Page 15: ... light should be off 4 Press and hold the UP or DOWN TUNING button between 1 2 to 2 seconds The next station broadcasting at a frequency higher or lower than that of the current station is automatically detected and tuned in By pressing and holding the TUNING button for longer than 2 seconds it will continue to scan three times faster than normal speed FM MODE Button Pressing this button alternate...

Page 16: ...rol unit ENTER FREQUENCY appears on the display for a few seconds FM MHz or AM KHz appears on the display 4 Input the frequency of the broadcast you want to hear with the numeric keys If you press the DIRECT TUNING button again or without pressing any button for 30 seconds Direct tuning is released FM 100 kHz steps AM 10 kHz steps Ex FM 87 7 MHz Ex AM 1420 kHz Note When inputting the frequency the...

Page 17: ...keys button 1 2 3 etc 4 The last memorized channel of each band will be dis played when Auto Memory is completed You can check the programmed frequencies with PRESET UP and DOWN button 3 2 1 Manual Memory Presetting 1 Press the TUNER input selector 2 Select AM or FM by pressing the BAND selector button 3 Press the MODE button to change to TUNING mode The PRESET CH indicator disappears from the dis...

Page 18: ... Operate tape deck for playback Reter to the owner s manual included with the tape deck 1 Make sure the TAPE MONITOR button is set to OFF then press the source selector button corresponding to the source to be recorded 2 Play the source 3 Operate the tape deck for recording Tape Monitoring If the tape deck has separate record and playback heads during recording the recorded sound can be heard from...

Page 19: ...o sources are properly connected to the STR 84 Playing Video Sources This feature lets you replace the sound from a VCR with sound from an AUDIO source such as CD during video sig nal dubbing 1 Press the DVD VIDEO 3 or VIDEO 2 button and oper ate DVD VIDEO 3 or VIDEO 2 for playback 2 Select the audio source with the source selector buttons and then operate the selected audio component for playback...

Page 20: ...reversed Line straight button is turned on A slight noise may be heard because the method use for modulation of FM stereo broadcasts is different than that used for monaural broadcasts Poor location and or direction of the antenna Transmitting station is too far away Broadcast signals are being disturbed Speaker system connections are not correct The batteries are exhausted The remote control unit...

Page 21: ... S A Canada AM Suppression Ratio 40 dB Total Harmonic Distortion 1 kHz Mono 0 4 Stereo 0 5 Frequency Response 30 Hz 15 kHz 1 1 5 dB Stereo Separation 1 kHz 40 dB Signal to Noise Ratio Mono 65 dB Stereo 60 dB AM Tuner Section Tuning Range 530 kHz 1 720 kHz 10 kHz steps U S A Canada Usable Sensitivity 55 dB m Total Harmonic Distortion 0 8 at 85 dB m Signal to Noise Ratio 45 dB at 85 dB m Video Secti...

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