Teac AG-H380 manual

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    ENG LISH C Q X 1A1 4 5 6 Z Z AG - H3 8 0 AM / FM S ter eo Re cei v er OWNE R ’S MAN U AL MODE D’EMPL O I MANU AL DEL US UA RIO FRAN ÇAIS E S PA Ñ O L[...]

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    2 IMPORT AN T S AF ET Y INST RUCTIONS 1 ) Read these instr uctions . 2) Keep these instr uctio ns. 3 ) Hee d all warnings. 4) Follow all instruc tions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water . 6) Clean only with dr y cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in acc ordance with the manufac turer’s instruc tions. 8) D o n o t i n s[...]

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    3 < Do not expos e this apparatus t o drips or splashes . < Do not pla ce any o bje c ts fi lle d wi th li quids , su ch as vas es, on t he apparatus . < D o n ot i n s t a l l t h i s a p p a r a t u s i n a c o n f i n e d s p a ce s u c h a s a boo kcase or similar un it . < The apparatus draws nominal non- oper ating power from th e[...]

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    4 Before Use Rea d this b efo re ope rati ons. < Whe n t he unit is tur ne d o n, swi tching on t he T V may c ause lin es to appear on the T V screen, depending on the condition of the ele c tr ic w aves of t he T V b road cas t. T his is not mal fun c tio n in the unit or the T V . In this case, turn of f the unit . < As th e u ni t m ay b [...]

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    5 ENG LISH FM Indoor An te nna Connec t the lead-t ype F M ant enna to the FM 75 Ω socket, e xtend the lead and tune in your favourite st ation (see page 23 ) . Ad just the antenn a in a sui tab le l oc atio n like a wind ow f ram e or w all u ntil th e re cepti on is b es t and t hen af f ix t he ante nna in t hat p osit ion u sing thumb tack s, [...]

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    6 Connections LINE OUT LINE OUT LINE IN L RL R LINE OUT RL RL F E D B C A A A A T urntable Ca ss et te de c k , CD re corde r , et c. DVD player, etc. PD -H380[...]

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    7 ENG LISH A AU X 1 / A UX 2/ CD jack s Th es e jack s tra nsmit an ana log 2-c hann el au dio si gnal . Conn ec t the components using RC A cables. Make sure to con nec t th e ca ble s as fol lows : whit e plu g w wh ite ja ck (L: le ft c hanne l) red p lug w red j ack (R: right c hann el) White (L) Red (R) White (L) Red (R) I f y o u w a n t t o [...]

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    8 CAUTION < Tu r n o f f t h e p o w e r o f a l l t h e e q u i p m e n t b e f o r e m a k i n g connectio ns. < Read instruc tions of each component you int en d to use wi th this unit. < Be sure to insert each plug securely. T o prevent hum and noise, do not bundle the connection cords with the p ower c ord or speaker cor d. LINE IN H [...]

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    9 ENG LISH G Speaker Connections AG-H380’s red sp eaker termin als are th e + ( po siti ve) ter mina ls and the black terminals are the _ ( ne gative ) terminals . The + s i d e o f t h e s p e a k e r c a b l e i s m a r k e d t o m a k e i t di st in gu ish ab l e f ro m t he n eg at iv e si d e o f t he c ab le . Co nn e c t this marke d side [...]

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    10 A SOURCE Use this button to selec t a source. B BAND Use this button to selec t FM or AM. C RDS In F M m ode, use this button to selec t an RDS mod e. D MEMOR Y In TUNER mode, use this but ton to pr es et stations. E ME NU/FM MODE Use this but to n to g o ba ck to prev iou s menu o f iPod . Th is but to n is equivalent to the MENU button on your[...]

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    11 ENG LISH a ST ANDBY /ON Press thi s b utton to turn the unit on or s tandby . b TUN ER , CD, iPod/ USB, AUX 1 /2 , PHONO Use these but tons t o s elec t a source . c TIM E SET Use this button to adjust the clock and to set a timer . d T ONE Use this but ton to adjust bass and treble together wi th the ˙ or ¥ button. e TIMER Use this button to [...]

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    12 Precautions Concerning Batteries < B e sure to inser t the batteries with correc t p ositive “ + ” a n d negative “ _ ” polarities . < Use batteries of the same ty pe. Never use dif ferent t ypes of bat teries t o gether . < Re charg eabl e a nd non -re charg eabl e b at teri es c an be used . R efer to the precautions on their [...]

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    13 ENG LISH A B C A How to t urn th e unit o n or of f Press the POWER switch t o turn th e unit on or of f. When you use th e sy stem control func tion, set this switch o n, and turn the s ystem on/standby using the remot e control unit. Standby/ On in dicator The Standby/ On indic at o r turns blue when the unit is turned o n. < Wh en yo u tur[...]

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    14 How to adjust the bass and treble sound Y ou can change the bass and treble so und bet ween “- 1 0” to “ + 10” . Pr es s t he TO NE b ut ton re p eat e dl y t o s el e c t BA SS or T R EB LE . A n d then p ress the ˙ or ¥ b ut to n to a dju st t he so und le vel w it hin 5 seconds. 1 Pre ss th e SOURCE b utt on re peat edly t o sel ec [...]

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    15 ENG LISH T o ski p to the nex t or a prev ious song During playback, press the skip but ton ( .m / ,/ ) repeatedly until the desir e d song is found. < When the .m but ton is pressed during playback , the song be ing p layed w ill b e playe d fro m the b e ginnin g. If y ou want to play the previous songs, press the .m b u t to n t w i c e o [...]

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    16 3 1 Y ou can play MP3 / WMA files by connecting various e x ternal U SB storage dev ices s u ch as U SB f lash memor y . 1 Pres s the SO URCE bu tto n rep eate dly to s ele ct “ USB/iPod ” . “Not connec ted” will be displayed if no USB device is c onne cted. 2 Conne ct t he ex te rnal US B stora ge devi ce to th e unit . When an HDD d ev[...]

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    17 ENG LISH A T o stop p laybac k Press the stop but ton ( H ) to stop playback. B T o paus e playba ck (pau se mod e) Press the p lay /pause but ton ( G / J ) du ring playback. Pl ayback stops at the current position. T o resume playba ck, press the play / pause but ton ( G / J ) again . C T o ski p to th e nex t or a p reviou s song Press the .m [...]

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    18 Repeat P layb ack (U SB ) Each time the REPEA T 1 / ALL but ton is pressed, the mode is changed as follows: RPT 1 RPT F older RPT ALL Play (nor mal playback) < If o ne o f th e fo llow in g bu t tons is p res se d, re pea t mo de w ill b e ca ncel le d: stop ( H ), SOURCE ( TUNER, CD, A UX 1 /2, PHONO) , POWER Rep eat on e fil e (RPT 1 ) The [...]

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    19 ENG LISH Up to 3 2 files can b e programmed in the desired order. 1 Pres s the PRO GR AM bu tto n in the s top mo de. P-00 T-0000 Total File: 0130 2 Pres s the ˙ o r ¥ but ton to s ele ct a f ile. P-01 T-0012 Total File: 0130 3 Wit hin 5 se cond s, pr ess th e PROGR AM b ut ton. P-02 T-0012 Total File: 0130 < Repeat steps 2 an d 3 to progra[...]

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    20 T o chec k the programmed order In th e s to p m o de, pr es s th e P RO G R AM bu t to n re p eate d ly. T h e song number and programme number will b e shown on the d i sp la y. T o ad d a f ile to t he pro gram me In t he sto p m o de, p re ss t he P RO GR A M b ut to n re p eate dl y unt il the progr amme number you want to insert a file app[...]

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    21 ENG LISH E a c h t i m e y o u p r e s s t he D I S PL A Y b u t t o n o f t he r e m o t e co nt ro l u ni t d uri ng pl ayb ac k o f M P3 o r W MA , th e d is pl ay cha nges a s foll ows: Default display (T itle, artist and album scroll.) song number le name title artist album date comment Displa y ( USB ) Before Recording T hi s u ni t c a[...]

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    22 Recording to USB Y ou can record a s ourc e of r adio broa dcast and ex ternal d evice to the ex ternal US B s torage device as MP3 files. 1 Connect the ex ternal USB storage devic e to the U SB port of t he AG- H380. 2 Pres s the R ECORD b utt on and r ecor ding s tar ts . 3 If you w ant to st op re cordi ng, pr ess t he sto p but ton ( H ). Y [...]

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    23 ENG LISH Listening to FM/ AM 1 P r e s s t h e S O U R C E b u t t o n r e p e at e d l y t o s e l e c t T U N E R mode. 2 Sel ec t FM or AM by pre ssin g the BAN D but ton re pea tedl y . 3 Sel ec t the d esi red tu ning m ode. Ea ch t ime th e T UNIN G M OD E b ut ton is press ed , th e t unin g m od e changes as fo llows: Manual tune Auto tu[...]

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    24 Preset T uning Manual Preset (AM /FM) Y ou can store up to 30 F M and 30 AM st ations. 3 4 1 1 5 2 1 Sel ec t AM or FM by pre ssin g the BAN D but ton re pea tedl y . 2 T une i n the st ati on you want t o stor e. See the p revious page for the procedure of tuning. 3 Pres s the M EMO RY butt on. FM 10:00 CH__ 108.00MHz 4 W i t h i n 4 s e c o n [...]

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    25 ENG LISH Th e Radi o D ata System (R DS) is a bro adc ast ing ser v ice whic h a llow s st atio ns to s end a ddi tion al infor mati on alo ng wit h the regu lar rad io programm e signal. RDS work s on the FM wav eb and in E urop e only . 1 T une i n an FM stat ion (see p age 23). 2 Pres s the R DS but ton . Ea ch ti me th e R DS bu t ton is pre[...]

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    26 RDS ( PT Y) News: b r i e f a n n o u n ce m e nt s, e v en t s , p u b l i c o p i n i o n, r e p o r t s , a c tu a l situati ons. Curre nt Affa irs: a k in d o f s ug ge s ti on in clu di ng pr ac tic al an no un cem en ts ot he r than news, docum ents, discuss io n, analysis and so on. Information: daily information or reference such as weat[...]

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    27 ENG LISH Setting the Clock The clock set ting of thi s unit is automatically adjusted ac cording to the CL O CK TIME data of an RDS broadcas ting. If you adjust the clock manually , follow the follow ing steps. 1 Pres s the TI ME SE T but ton. Each time th e T IME S E T but ton is pressed, th e m ode is changed as follows . Cu rr ent Time On Tim[...]

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    28 Set ting the Timer < Ad just th e clock before set ting the timer. < Wh en no ac ti on is t aken fo r 1 min ute, t he tim er set t ing mo de will be cancelled. 1 Press the TIME SET b utt on re peat edl y unti l “On time ” is display ed . “On time” appears o n the displa y, and the “hour” value b links. 2 Pres s the ˙ or ¥ but[...]

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    29 ENG LISH Timer Recording Y ou are ab le to se t t he vari ous ex ter nal USB sto rag e devi ces su ch as US B f lash memor y to record programme at the desired time. Connec t the ex ternal US B stora ge device to the unit beforehand. 1 S el ec t “ Ti me r R EC on ce ” or “ Ti me r RE C da il y ” by pr es si ng th e TIME R but ton o n the[...]

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    30 T roubleshoot ing If the power supply is interrupted for 1 4 days or lon ger , all the set t ings kept in me mor y (such as pres et s tat ions an d ti mer set ti ngs) will be erase d. It w il l t a ke mo r e t ha n 3 d ay s a f ter p lu gg i ng th e p ow e r co rd i nto the o utlet to charge enough el ec tricit y for the mem or y ba ckup functio[...]

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    31 ENG LISH Specif ications AMPLI FIER S ec tion Outp ut Power ..................... 4 0 W / ch (6 ohms, 0.5 %, 1 kHz) Inpu t Sensi tivit y ........................... PHONO: 2.5 mV 4 7 k Ω A UX, CD, TUNER: 200 mV 4 7 k Ω F requenc y Res p onse ............... 20 Hz to 60,00 0 Hz ( + 1 /– 3 dB) TUN ER Se ct ion FM Sec tio n T un ing Range .....[...]

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    Z 0709 . MA-1495A Th is appl iance has a ser ial numb er l oc ated on t he rear pa nel . Please re cord th e model numb er and serial number and retain them for your records. Mode l number Serial number TEA C C ORPOR A TION 1-47 Och iai, Tama-s hi, T o k yo 206 - 8530, Japa n Phon e: (042) 356- 91 56 TE AC AMER ICA , IN C. 7733 T el egr aph R oad, [...]