AMC T7A User Manual

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ordertoobtainconsistentlyquieterand
cleanersound.Remembertodisengagethe
MONObuttonwhenyouretunetoastronger
signal.AslongastheMONObuttonis
engaged,nobroadcastscanbereceivedin
stereo.
WhentheAUTObuttonisengaged,aredLED
onthedisplaywillbelit,otherwisetheunitisin
MANUALmode.InAUTOmode,thetuner
scansisinastation-by-stationmoderather
thaninsmallfrequencyincrements.When
theTuningbuttonsistapped,thetunerscans
rapidlyupordowninfrequencyand
automaticallystopsatthenextstationwhose
signalisstrongenoughforgoodreception.A
mutingcircuitautomaticallysilencesthe
outputduringthescan,tillthetuningcircuits
lockontoastation.TheMANUALtuning
modepartiallyoverridesthescanmuting.In
thismodeallstations(andtheinterstation
noise)remainaudibleatareducedvolume
levelwhilethetuningisbeingscannedupor
downinfrequency.Ifyouwanttosearchfor
veryweaksignals,orifyouneedtofinetune
awayfromthecenterofastation's
broadcastchannelinordertocurean
interferenceproblem,usethemanualtuning
mode.
TheTUNINGcontrolsaretwobuttonsthat
allowyoutotuneupanddowntheAMofFM
radiospectrum.Presstheright-handbutton
totunetowardhigherfrequenciesorthe
lefthandbuttontotunetowardlower
frequencies.WhentheTUNINGbuttonsare
pressedmomentarily,thetunedfrequency
shiftsupordownbyonestep,unlessthe
AUTOmodehasbeenengaged.(IfAUTOis
engagedthetunerwillscaninastation-by-
stationmoderatherthaninsmalltuning
steps.)InNorthAmericathesizeofthe
minimumtuningstepis10KHzontheAM
bandand200KHzontheFMband.InEurope
andelsewherethetuningstepis9KHzonAM
and50KHzonFM.EachtimetheTUNING
buttonsaretapped,thetunedfrequencywill
shiftupordownbythisincrement,asshown
onthedigitalfrequencydisplay.Totunea
broadcastsignal,presscontinuouslyoneither
TUNINGbuttontillthetunedfrequencyis
closetothedesiredbroadcastfrequency.
Thenfinetuneinsmallincrementsbytapping
theTuningbuttons.Ifyouknowtheexact
frequencyofthebroadcaststation,simply
tunetothatfrequency.Ifyoudon'tknowthe
exactfrequency,tunetothevicinityofthe
correctfrequencyandthenobservethe
Tuningindicatorswhilefinetuningtoobtain
maximumsignalstrength.OnFM,finetunetill
thecentertune indicatorisilluminated.
WhentheTIMEbuttonispressed,thetimeis
displayed.Thefirsttwocharactersontheleft
handsideofthedisplaywillindicateeitherAM
orPM,followedbythetime.Iftheselected
stationisnottransmittingatimesignal,"NO
CLOCK"willappearonthedisplay.
WhentheTYPEbuttoninpressed,thetypeof
programmaterialtransmittedbytheselected
stationwillbedisplayed,e.g.News,Classic,
Pop,Sportetc.Iftheselectedstationisnot
transmittingTYPEinformation,"NONE"will
appearonthedisplay.
Notes:WhenyourT7aisnotinstalledwith
RDSmodule,youwillnotfindtheseRDS
functionsthataredescribedfromitem(8)to
(11)onyourunit.Fordetailstoupgradeyour
6.AUTO
7.TUNING
9.TIME
11.TYPE
8.TEXT
10.PROGRAM
WhentheTEXTbuttonispressed,arepeated
textualmessagewillbescrolledthroughthe
display.Iftheselectedstationisnot
transmittingaTEXTmessage,"NOTEXT"
willappearonthedisplay.
WhenthePROGRAMbuttonispressed,the
selectedstationnamewillappearonthe
display.Iftheselectedstationisnot
transmittingthestationname,"NONAME"
willappearonthedisplay.

AMC T7A Specifications

General

Brand	AMC
Model	T7A
Category	Tuner
Language	English