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FM Stereo
FM-AM Tuner
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Manual de Instrucciones
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Manual de Instruções
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ST-S3000ES
© 1997 by Sony Corporation
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WARNING Precautions To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not On safety expose the unit to rain or moisture. • Should any liquid or solid object fall into the unit, unplug the unit and To avoid electrical shock, do not open have the unit checked by qualified the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel before operating it any personnel only. further. On power sources • Before operating the unit, be sure that the operating voltage of your unit is identical with that of your local power supp
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome! Thank you for purchasing the Sony FM Stereo/FM-AM Tuner. Before Getting Started operating the unit, please read this Unpacking 4 manual thoroughly and retain it for Hooking up the System 4 future reference. Selecting the German Display 6 Storing FM Stations Automatically (Auto-betical select) 6 Basic Operations About This Manual Receiving Preset Stations 7 The following icon is used in this manual: Advanced Tuner Operations Indicates hints and tips for About the Menu
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Getting Started 2 Unwrap 3 lengths of the braided lead wire from Unpacking around the frame of the aerial. Be careful to unwrap only the braided section of the lead wire. Check that you received the following items with the Do not unwrap more than 3 lengths of the lead tuner: wire. Also, be careful not to unbraid the lead wire. • Audio cord (1) • AM loop aerial (1) • FM wire aerial (1) Hooking up the System 3 Assemble the supplied aerial as shown below. Before you get started • Turn off the p
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Getting Started FM aerial hookups Connecting a ground wire With an FM outdoor aerial, you can obtain a higher FM If you connect an outdoor aerial, be sure to connect a broadcast sound quality. We recommend that you use earth lead (not supplied) to the AM ANTENNA y the supplied FM wire aerial only temporarily until you terminal (in addition to the AM loop aerial) for install an FM outdoor aerial. For the specific location of lightning protection. the FM ANTENNA terminal, see the illustration belo
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Getting Started Mains lead hookup Storing FM Stations Connect the mains lead to a wall outlet after completing all of the previous connections. Automatically (Auto-betical select) ANTENNA AM AB FM LINE OUT RL 75 COAXIAL y With “Auto-betical select” you can automatically store up to 30 FM and FM RDS stations in alphabetical order without redundancy. Additionally, “Auto-betical / select” only stores the stations with the clearest signals. If you want to store FM or AM (MW and LW) stations to a
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Basic Operations Receiving Preset Stations This section shows you how to receive preset stations. 3 4 5 FM STEREO / FM-AM TUNER ST-S3000ES TUNING/SELECT POWER –+ DISPLAY CHARACTER ANTENNA BAND MEMORY MENU RETURN ENTER TUNE MODE SHIFT MENU ENTRY • To tune in a non-preset Make sure you’ve hooked up the tuner and preset stations. station, see"Receiving (See pages 4 – 6 for hookups and page 6 or 11 for presetting.) broadcasts by scanning 1 stations (Automatic tuning)" on page 9. Turn on the amplifie
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Advanced Tuner Operations About the Menu Entry System Customizing the Display This tuner uses a menu entry system which allows you You can choose the appearance of the display from one to operate various functions by following messages on of the following four display modes. the display. Use the following controls for menu ENTER TUNING/SELECT operation. ENTER TUNING/SELECT MENU RETURN MENU 1 Press MENU, then press TUNING/SELECT + or – until “Disp-Mode” appears in the display. Use the To: 2 Press
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Advanced Tuner Operations If you cannot tune in the station you want Receiving broadcasts by (Manual Tuning) With manual tuning you can search through all stations scanning stations (Automatic broadcasting on each band, and tune in stations with extremely weak signals that you might not be able to tuning) receive with automatic tuning. 1 Press BAND repeatedly to choose FM, MW, or LW. With automatic tuning you can quickly tune in a 2 Press TUNE MODE so that only “TUNING” appears station without h
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Advanced Tuner Operations To Set the ANT ATT and IF BAND manually 1 Press MENU. Tips for Better FM Reception 2 Press TUNING/SELECT + or – repeatedly until This tuner has various functions designed for better “Reception” appears in the display, then press ENTER. reception. First, try to receive stations with the “FM Only” appears in the display if you choose standard settings. If the reception is not good, try “Reception” while tuned to an MW or LW station. altering the reception quality to obtai
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Advanced Tuner Operations Checking the signal strength Presetting Radio Stations You can use the digital signal meter to check the signal strength of FM frequencies. The display range is from This section shows you how to store up to 30 of your 16 to 70 dB (1μV of radio frequency voltage = 0dB). To favorite FM or AM (MW and LW) stations manually obtain a signal to noise ratio sufficient for receiving a onto preset codes made up of characters (A, B, or C) stereo broadcast, we recommend a reading
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Advanced Tuner Operations Organizing the Preset Stations Naming the Preset Stations This tuner makes it easy to arrange preset stations in You can assign a name up to 5 characters long to each the order you prefer. You can arrange all the preset preset station (except FM RDS stations). When the stations automatically, according to alphabetical order, station is tuned in, the station name will appear instead signal strength, country code, or tuner band, or you of the frequency. can use the “Move”
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Advanced Tuner Operations Moving preset station You can also move a specific preset station. 1 Follow steps 1 through 3 in “Organizing the Preset Stations” and choose “Move” from the Edit menu, then press ENTER. 2 Press TUNING/SELECT + or – so that the preset code you want to move appears in the display, then press ENTER. 3 Press TUNING/SELECT + or – to select the new location for the preset code, then press ENTER. The preset station you selected is moved to the new location and the other prese
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Advanced Tuner Operations Notes • If there is an emergency announcement by governmental Using the Radio Data System authorities, “ALARM” flashes in the display. (RDS) • If a station is not providing a particular RDS service, “NO...” (such as “NO PTY”) appears in the display. • Depending on the method used by the radio station to send the text, some text messages may be incomplete. What you can do with RDS The Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service Finding stations which broadcast tr
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Additional Information Selectivity at 400 kHz The appropriate display or WIDE 80 dB information does not appear. Troubleshooting NARROW 90 dB / Turn the power off. Press at 300 kHz and hold ANTENNA and WIDE 45 dB ENTER and press POWER NARROW 70 dB If you experience any of the to turn the power back on. following difficulties while using Output at 40 kHz deviation This empties any the tuner, use this troubleshooting 600 mV frequencies stored in the guide to help you remedy the pre
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Additional Information P, Q Index Presetting AM stations 11 FM stations 6, 11 A, B Preset tuning AM stations 7 Adjusting FM stations 7 IF band 10 Aerial hookups AM 4 R FM 5 Amplifier hookups 5 RDS 13 Automatic tuning 9 Receiving preset stations 7 Auto-betical select 6 S C Signal meter 10 Connecting. See Hookups Storing radio stations. See Presetting D,E T Display language 6 Troubleshooting 15 mode 8 Tuning. See Receiving broadcasts F, G U, V FM mode 10 Unpacking
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Remballage • Ne jetez pas le carton et les matériaux AVERTISSEMENT Précautions d’emballage car ils peuvent servir pour le transport du tuner. Si vous Afin d’éviter tout risque d’incendie ou Sécurité devez expédier le tuner, remballez-le d’électrocution, ne pas exposer cet • Si un solide ou un liquide tombait comme à la sortie d’usine. appareil à la pluie ou à l’humidité. dans le coffret, débranchez le tuner et faites le vérifier par un technicien Pour toute question ou problème Afin d’écarter to
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TABLE DES MATIÈRES Bienvenue! Merci d’avoir acheté ce tuner FM stéréo/FM-AM Sony. Avant la mise en Préparatifs service du tuner, veuillez lire Déballage 4 attentivement ce mode d’emploi et le Raccordements 4 conserver pour toute référence future. Sélection de l’affichage en allemand 6 Mémorisation automatique des stations FM (Sélection autobétique) 6 Fonctions de base Au sujet de ce mode Réception des stations préréglées 7 d’emploi Fonctions élaborées L’icône suivante est utilisée dans le mode d
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Préparatifs 2 Déroulez 3 longueurs de fil tressé du cadre de l’antenne. Déroulez uniquement la partie tressée Déballage du fil. Vérifiez que les accessoires suivants se trouvent dans Ne déroulez pas plus de 3 longueurs de fil et l’emballage: veillez à ne pas défaire le fil tressé. • Cordon audio (1) • Antenne cadre AM (1) • Antenne fil FM (1) Raccordements Préparatifs 3 Assemblez l’antenne fournie comme indiqué ci- dessous. • Mettez tous les composants hors tension avant d’effectuer les connexio
