Philips D 8734 - Page 9

MICROPHONES
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MICROPHONES
By connecting microphones, you can amplify your own voice (’Public
Address’) or you can play the disc-jockey by mixing the microphone
signal with the radio, with the AUX @ or PHONO @9 input sockets or
with the cassette signal from the DECK A or DECK B or both A+B.
It is also possible to record these signals on DECK B.
@ Switch on the set by pressing POWER button @).
@ Connect the microphones to the sockets @). When connecting only
one microphone, the microphone signal will be reproduced through
one channel only (or recorded on one track only).
e@ Set SOURCE selector @ to the desired position, see —.
@ Adjust the sound with VOLUME @, BALANCE @, BASS ©, TREBLE
(@, STEREO @ and LOUDNESS @, see ‘AMPLIFIER’.
e@ The level of the microphone signal can be adjusted using the
microphone MIX control ©. For normal use, turn this control fully
clockwise to the position MAX MIC. If the microphone signal is very
strong and sounds distorted, reduce the microphone level.
@ Microphone mixing: at the moment that you want to make announ-
cements etc., turn the microphone MIX control © fully clockwise to
MAX MIC and turn this control fully anti-clockwise again when the
announcement is finished.
e@ If ‘howling’ occurs when using the set as a microphone amplifier,
keep the microphones further from the loudspeakers or slightly turn
back the microphone MIX control ©. You may also reduce the
reproduction VOLUME, control @93.
e@ When making microphone recordings, it is advisable to avoid
’howling’ by using headphones for monitoring and by setting the
amplifier VOLUME control @3 at minimum level.
SOURCE selector (7)
@ Position TAPE for:
- reproducing or recording only the microphone signal (DECK A and DECK B in
position STOP)
- microphone mixing with cassette playback from DECK A and/or DECK B
- mixed recording: the microphone signal together with the DECK A cassette
playback can be recorded on DECK B, see ‘CASSETTE RECORDING’.
@ Position RADIO for microphone mixing with the radio signal. The mixed signal
can be recorded on DECK B, see ‘CASSETTE RECORDING’.
e Position AUX for microphone mixing with the AUX input signal @3. The mixed
signal can be recorded on DECK B, see CASSETTE RECORDING’
e Position PHONO for microphone mixing with the PHONO input signal @. The
mixed signal can be recorded on DECK B, see 'CASSETTE RECORDING’.