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Ar cam T31 AM/FM tuner T uner FM/PO Ar cam T31 Ar cam AM/FM-T uner T31[...]
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2 3 English Safety guidelines CAUTION: T o r educe the risk of electric shock, do not remo ve cov er (or back). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified ser vice personnel. W ARNING: T o reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moistur e . The ligh tning fl ash with an arrowh ead symb [...]
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2 3 English Using this handbook O THER LANGU A GES Check the Arcam website (www .arcam.co.uk) for fur ther languages. This handbook has been designed to give you all the infor mation you need to install, connect, set up and use the Arcam T31 tuner . The CR-389 remote control handset supplied with this equipment is also described. SAF ETY Safety gui[...]
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4 5 English Installation T31 REAR P ANEL 1 Socket for IEC po wer inlet line 2 V oltage selector switch 3 Remote control input 4 P ower On/Standb y trigger in 5 AM step switch POS ITION ING TH E U NI T Always place the tuner on a lev el, firm surface . SET TING UP THE TUNE R AM STEP SWITCH 5 The AM tuning ‘step siz e’ needs to be set according t[...]
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4 5 English CON NECTI NG T O O THE R EQ UIP ME NT INTERCONNECT CABLES Interconnecting cab les are not supplied with this tuner . W e recommend high quality cables as inferior quality cables will degrade the sound quality of your system. Please contact your Arcam dealer for details of suitab le cab les. Arcam do not recommend any par ticular type or[...]
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6 7 English Using y our tuner bk T31 AM/FM RDS TUNER 1 – 9 2 – 10 3 – 11 4 – 12 5 – 13 6 – 14 7 – 15 8 – 16 TUNING BAND RDS MONO STORE POWER 1 4 3 2 5 8 9 bl bm PRESET MHz FM MUTE STEREO TUNED SIGNAL 6 7 FR ONT P ANEL CONTR OLS Preset Memory buttons 1 Directly select up to 32 preset stations (16 AM, 16 FM). Press br iefly for statio[...]
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6 7 English ST ORI NG A P RE SET T o store a preset, tune to the radio station you wish to store . Press the ST ORE button: this causes ‘PRESET ST ORE’ to flash in the display . Now select the preset n umber y ou wish to assign to the station using the preset memor y buttons or the 5 and 6 buttons on the front panel. Press the ST ORE button aga[...]
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8 9 English Using the CR-389 r emote contr ol FM DAB PROG DISP RPT MODE BAND 1–9 2–10 3–11 FM DAB SEL TUNER CR-389 CD AMPLIFIER VCR DVD TAPE AV TUNER CD AU X PHONO ENTER SP1 SP2 DISP MENU DISP 4–12 5–13 6–14 7–15 8–16 FM/D AB Ensure that the FM mod e is sel ected u sing th e FM/D AB toggle b utton. The FM LED abo ve the FM / D AB b [...]
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8 9 English T echnical specications T31 TUNER FM Section T uning range 87.5 to 108.0MHz Frequency steps 50kHz Presets: total/direct access 30/16 Sensitivity (IHF) for 50dB S/N ratio typically 3µV Alternate channel selectivity better than 60dB Capture ratio 1.5dB Frequency response 20Hz–15kHz ±1dB Ultimate S/N ratio (CCIR) Mono better than ?[...]
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10 11 English T ABL E OF IR CO MMAND S Comman d Decima l code Standb y 17–124 On 17–123 P ow er togg le 17–12 AM/FM band t oggle 17–50 AM ban d 17–52, 17–46 FM ban d 17–53, 17–45 T une down (seek if >1 second) 17–31 T une up (see k if > 1secon d) 17–30 Seek t une do wn 17–35 Seek t une up 17 –34 RDS pr ogram 17–62 RD[...]
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10 11 English W ORLD WIDE GU ARANTEE This entitles you to hav e the unit repaired free of charge , during the first two y ear s after purchase , at any authorised Arcam distributor provided that it was or iginally purchased from an author ised Arcam dealer or distributor . The manufacturer can take no responsibility for defects ar ising from accide[...]