Loewe Concept 1700 - Connecting Other Equipment; External Loudspeaker Connection; HiFi and Cassette Recorder Connection; Video Recorder and Camcorder Connection

Connecting other equipment.
External loudspeakers.
The loudspeaker sockets are to be
found
on
the
rear
of
the
TV
set
(R
=
right-hand, L = left-hand sound
channel). The loudspeaker sockets
conform
to
DIN
41
529,
If
loudspeakers
are connected, they should have the
following values: at least 4 Ohm/40
Watt.
The loudspeaker connectors can
be inserted in one of two ways:
Depending on the position of the
connector pin, the loudspeakers of the
set can be switched off or left
functioning.
HiFi
systems
or
cassette
recorder.
The
Cinch
sockets
are
additional
sound
output
ports
of
your
TV
set
and
are
located
on
the
rear
of
the
set.
(Red
socket
=
right-hand
sound
channel;
white
socket
=
left-hand
sound
channel.)
The
sound
signals
can
be
output
either
controlled
or
uncontrolled.
Connect the Cinch sockets of your
TV
set
to
the
input
ports
of
the
amplifier
(AUX
port),
You
can
then
transmit
the
TV
sound
via
your
HiFi
stereo
system.
With
the
sound
setting
“controlled,
the
volume
of
the
TV
sound
can
be
controlled
with
the
remote
control
unit
of
the TV set.
The
setting
“uncontrolled
is
best
used
for recording the TV sound with a
cassette recorder. :
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Call up ‘Main menu“ with the button
@. Select the menu line “Special
functions". Press button @ again and
select the line ‘Sound sig. Cinch’
Select ‘Fixed"' or “Variable with the
© or © buttons. Finally store the
selected function with the ® button and
exit from the menu by pressing @).
During dual sound or stereo
broadcasts in the PAL standard, both
sound channels will always be
connected to the Cinch sockets.
With PAL programmes, however,
you can also have only one of the two
sound channels (languages, stereo
sound in mono) output to the Cinch
sockets (this applies also to the EURO
AV socket): Press the “Mute @ button;
press button “Sound function“ @ three
times: On the screen you will then see,
e.g. Sound 1+2)) or Stereo)); select
Sound 1)) or Sound 2)) with the
buttons or switch to Mono!)
for stereo broadcasts. After making your
selection, switch on_the loudspeakers
again with button ®.
Video recorders and camcorders.
In principle, any video recorder can be
connected to your set. As you can well
imagine,
Loewe
video
recorders
combine
extremely well with TV sets from the
same company. This also has the
advantage that the most important
functions of the TV set can be
controlled
with
the
remote
control
unit
of
the video recorder.
You can, as usual, play back video via
the antenna socket of your set
(programme 00). In addition, your new
set has two EURO-AV sockets; use of
these sockets offers you a number of
advantages:
@ Better picture quality during
playback,
@
Playback
of
stereo
sound
or
choice
of
languages.
@
You
can
connect
two
video
recorders
or
other
equipment
with
picture
and
sound
outputs
to
the
set
without
having
to
replug.
@
A
concealed
Loewe
video
recorder,
e.g.
installed
in
a
cabinet,
can
be
controlled
via
the
TV
set.
@ Picture and sound signals can be
transmitted to the video recorder for
recording.
@
You
can
also
play
back
from
S-VHS
video
recorders
or
feed
in
RGB
signals
(RGB
are
the
colour
signals
red,
green
and
blue
which
are
output
by
some
TV
video
games,
computers,
teletext
and
interactive
videotex
decoders)
via
the
EURO-AV
socket;
for
further
details,
refer
also
to
the
following
sections.
Connecting via the antenna socket.
By making the connection between
antenna and TV set via the video
recorder, it is possible to make timed
recordings
with
the
video
recorder
or
to
record with the video recorder whilst
watching another programme.
Plug the antenna connector of your
antenna system into the antenna input
socket of the video recorder. Connect
the antenna output port to the antenna
socket of the TV set with a second
antenna cable.