RCA A180 - Table of Contents

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CONTENTS
FCC Information . . . . . .1
Installation . . . . . . . . . .3
Safety Approval . . . . . .4
Controls & Indicators . .5
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Tape Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . .6
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Showing the Demonstration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Alarm/Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Setting the Time . . . . . . . . .7
Setting the Alarm . . . . . . . .7
Activating the Alarm . . . . . .7
Displaying Help Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Adjusting the Display
Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Sound Features . . . . . .8
Using Preset Equalizer Curves
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Creating a Custom Curve
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Activating Surround Sound .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Reproducing Digital Sound
(A380, A580, RS2503, RS253TK,
RS2506, RS2507) . . . . . . . . . .8
Boosting the Bass . . . . . . . . .8
Muting Audio . . . . . . . . . . . .8
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . .8
Loading Discs . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Playing Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Shuffling the Play Order . . .8
Sampling Tracks . . . . . . . . . .8
Repeating the Play Order . .8
Setting Up a CD program . .9
Playing a Program List . . . . .9
Displaying the Program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Deleting a Track from a
Program List . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Automatically Skipping
Tracks (ATS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Creating an ATS Program . .9
Editing an ATS Program . . .9
Skipping a Disk . . . . . . . . . . .9
Searching through a CD . . .9
Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Tuning to a Station . . . . . .10
Using Presets . . . . . . . . . . .10
Setting Presets . . . . . . . . . .10
Seeking/Scanning
for a Station . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Suppressing Stereo Signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Radio Data System (RDS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Tuning to an RDS Station
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Displaying RDS Station
Information . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Searching by Program
Type (PTY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Tape Player (6+2, 6+5)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Playing a Tape . . . . . . . . . .12
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
From Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
From CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Tape to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . .12
From an Auxiliary Input . .12
Tape Player (logical)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Playing a Tape . . . . . . . . . .12
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
From Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
From CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Tape to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . .12
From an Auxiliary Input . .12
Troubleshooting Tips
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Maintenance . . . . . . . .13
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Tape Player . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
US Warranty . . . . . . . .14
Canadian Warranty . . .15
RS2501/A180/A185
RS2502/RS252KM/
A280/A285
RS2503/RS253TK/
A380/A385
RS2505/RS255KM
RS2506
RS2507/A580
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