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TOA Electronics AM-821 manual

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  • Page 1

    SPOT ANNOUNCING MACHINE OPERATING INS T RUCTIONS AM-821 WARNING (120V MODEL ONL Y) This equipment ha s been tested and found t o com ply with the limits fo r a Class A digital d evice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FC C Rules. These limits are d esigned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when t he equipment i s operated in a[...]

  • Page 2

    CONTENTS GENERAL DESCRIPTION FEATURES PRECAUTIONS USER C AR E PART DESCRIPTION CONNECTIONS RECORDING PROCEDURE CONFIRMATION OF RECORDING AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK PROCEDURE MICROPHONE PAGING AN D ORDER O F PRIORITY TROUBLE-SHOOTING SPECIFICATIONS DIMENSIONS 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The TOA AM-821 fully au t o m a tic spot announcing[...]

  • Page 3

    PRECAUTIONS 1 . Avoid setting up uni t i n t he locations exposed to direct sunlight, or heaters or other heat s o ur c es , or with high humidity or dust. 2 . The cassette tape can la s t only 200 hours on average. After 2 0 0 hours o f use, replace t he tape w it h the new one. 3 . D o not use the C-120 cassette tape. (Y ou m ay use other normal [...]

  • Page 4

    PART DESCRIPTION POWER SWITCH Place th is switch in the O N position and power i s supplied. No te : When not loading the tape : Th e a ut o switch is placed i n the m anual mode. Whe n loading the tap e : Unrecorded tape the auto sw itch is placed i n the manual mode. Recorded t ap e the aut o s witc h is placed i n th e a ut omatic mod e. AUTO SW[...]

  • Page 5

    AC MAINS IN L ET Connects to a power cord. EARTH TERMINAL FUSE LIN E OUT SOCKET Connects to input of the external amplifier. Make-contact i s pro vid ed du r in g tape p l ayback an d output signal Is fe d to t his socket. TIMER IN SOCKET Whe n placing the auto swi tch in the automatic mode and the time switch i n the O F F position, accepts make-c[...]

  • Page 6

    RECORDING PROCEDURE Th i s Sp o t Announcing Machine stops tape motion by sensing th e unrecorded sound section o n the tape. Announcements m a y b e commenced overriding the background musi c b y detecting t he r ecorded level. To ensure that your desired message i s announced without fail, we suggest you ke ep records of the message numbers an d [...]

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    COMPLETED TAPE AFTER RECORDING PROCEDURE RECORDIN G OPERATIO N BUTTO N REC SPAC E REC RUN REC SPAC E REC RUN REC SPAC E REC RUN REC SPAC E REC RUN REC SPAC E REC SPAC E REC SPAC E STO P TAP E HEA D MESSAG E # 1 MESSAG E # 2 L A S T MESSAG E UNRECORDED S OU N D SECTION AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK PLA Y BA CK AUT O STO P PLA Y BA CK AUT O STO P AUT O STO P P [...]

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    A U T O M A T I C P L A Y B A C K PROCEDURE Automatic playback 1 . Switch the power o n . (When the recorded t ape i s alread y loaded in the deck, the tape i s automatically rewound, a nd the a u t o swi tch is placed in th e automatic mode. ) 2. Load the t ap e an d depress the au t o switch to place i n th e automatic mode . 3. Yo u can omi t an[...]

  • Page 9

    TROUBLE-SHOOTING Check t he following points before you think there i s a fail ure . Ar e the remote microphone and other equipment properly connected to th e AM-821 ? I s a power cord not plugged in ? Ar e s wi tc h es and vo lume c on t ro ls placed in th e ri ght position ? SYMPTON CAUSE REMEDY A tape does no t travel. A tape is loaded improperl[...]

  • Page 10

    SPECIFICATIONS Power Requirements Outputs Inputs Frequency Response Distortion S/N Usable Tape Wow and Flutter Control Terminals Int er val Timer Omissible Message Mesage Number Indication Dimensions (W x H x D ) Weight AC M a in s , 50/60 H z 1 4 V A M A X LINE : +2dBm 60 0 balanced PHONE : stereo or monaural headphone MIC REMOTE MIC BGM –60dBm [...]

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    DIMENSIONS (mm ) — 11 —[...]

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    TOA Corporation KOBE, JAPAN 133-12-063-50[...]