AMC T7A User Manual

1.POWERSWITCH
2.STATIONPRESETS
3.MEMORY
4.AM/FM
5.MONO
TheAMCT7aisturnedonbypressingthe
powerswitch.Thesmallindicatorabovethe
switchwillglowgreen.
Youcanstorethefrequenciesofthirtyfavorite
stations(FMandAM),inthesepresets,using
theMEMORYbutton.Then,totunethose
stationsfromdaytoday,justpressthe
appropriatepresetsbuttons.Thepresets
preservetheirfrequencyassignmentswhen
thepowerisswitchedoff,orwhentheACline
cordisunplugged,foraperiodofatleasttwo
weeks.Thusyoucanrearrangeyourstereo
system,ormovetheequipmentfromroomto
room,withoutlosingthepresetfrequencies.
Butifyouleavethepoweroffforamonthor
more,youmayhavetoreprogramthetuning
presets.
ThisbuttonengagestheMemoryentermode.
Usethismodetoenterthefrequenciesofyour
favoritestationsinthethirtypresets(FMand
AM).Theprocedureisasfollows.
(1)Decidewhichstationyouwanttoassignto
eachpreset.
(2)SelecttheFMorAMband,asappropriate.
UsingtheTuningcontrol,manuallytunetothe
firststationonyourlist.Checkthecenter-
tuneindicatortobesurethatyouhavetuned
preciselytothecenterofthestation's
broadcastchannel.PresstheMEMORY
button,thenpressPreset#01 tostorethefirst
stationinthetuner'smemory.(NOTE:After
youpressMEMORY,youwillhave
approximatelyfivesecondstostoreastation
inoneofthepresets.Afterthatinterval,the
MEMORYmodewillautomatically
deactivate).
(3)Tunetothesecondstationonyourlist.
PresstheMEMORYbuttonand,withinten
seconds,pressPreset#02tostorethe
secondstation.
(4)Tunetothethirdstationonyourlist,press
MEMORYandpressPreset#03tostorethe
station.Continueinthismannerwithany
otherstationsthatyouwanttostoreinthe
remainingpresets.Incidentally,ifyoumakea
mistakeorchangeyourmind,itisnot
necessarytoreprogramallpresetsin
sequence.Youcanreprogramanypreset
simplybytuningtothedesiredfrequency,
pressMEMORY,andpressingthepreset#
thatyouwanttoreprogram.Afteryoufinish
programmingthepresets,youmaywishto
postyourlistofstationsandassociatedpreset
numbersnearbyforreference.CAUTION:in
day-to-dayoperationbecarefulnottopress
theMEMORYbuttonbyaccident.Doingso
willactivatetheMEMORYmode,andifyou
thenpressanyofthepresetbuttonsyouwill
unintentionallyreprogramthatpreset.You
wouldthenhave tomanuallyretunetothe
stationyouwanted,andreprogramitintothe
preset.IfyoupressMEMORYaccidentally,
youmaywaittensecondsfortheMEMORY
modetodisengage.Oryoucanimmediately
forcethetuneroutoftheMEMORYmode,in
eitheroftwoways:switchtotheothertuning
band(e.g.fromFMtoAMandback),ortap
tuningbuttonstochangethetunedfrequency.
Thisbuttonswitchesbetweenthetwotuning
bands:FMorAM.Thedigitaltuningdisplay
showsthetunedfrequencyinMHz(forFM)or
KHz(forAM).Thetuningcircuithasa"last
stationselected"memory.Whenyouswitch
betweentuning tobands,thecircuit
automaticallyretunestothelaststationthat
youtunedtowhenyoupreviouslyusedthat
band.
TheMONObuttondisablesthestereoFM
circuitsinthetuner.Normallythetuner
receivesmonophonicFMtransmissionsin
monoandautomaticallyswitchesonits
multiplexdecodingcircuitswhenastereoFM
broadcastisreceived(asshownbythe
STEREOindicator).Butwhenaveryweak
FMstationsignalisreceived,itmaybe
excessivelynoisybecauseofthemultiplex
encodingtechniqueusedforstereo
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FRONTPANELCONTROLS

AMC T7A Specifications

General

Brand	AMC
Model	T7A
Category	Tuner
Language	English