tionsaretip:leftsignal;ring:rightsignal;sleeve:common
ground.
Whena plugisinsertedinthefrontpanelTAPE2
INjack,thecircuitstotherearpanelTAPE2 INPUTSare
disconnected.Insertinga pluginthefrontpanelTAPE2
OUTjackdoesnotdisconnecttherearpanelTAPE2
OUT.ItispossibletorecordfromthefrontpanelTAPE2
OUTjackandtherearpanelTAPE2 OUTjackatthe
sametime.However,itisnotpossibletolisten(or
monitor)fromboththefrontandrearTAPE2 INjacksat
thesametime.
THEELECTRONICMEMORYBATTERYPOWERSUPPLY
Averylonglife,rechargeablebatterypowersupplypro-
videstheenergyfortheelectronicmemorywhenthe
receiveristurnedoff.Whenfirstconnected,itiswiseto
assumethatthebatterieshavenotbeencharged.The
chargerateisdictatedbythe'on'timeofthereceiver.To
bringthebatteriestofullcharge,leavethereceiverturn-
edonfortwenty-fourcontinuoushours.Programmedin-
structionswillberetainedformorethansixmonthswith
thereceiverturnedoffifthebatteriesarefullycharged.
Afterthebatteriesarefullycharged,useforapproximate-
lyonehourperweek,willmaintainthebatteriesina fully
chargedstate.
HOWTOCONNECTACPOWER
ApolarizedACplugisusedontheMAC4200.Plugit
intoa 120volt60Hzwalloutlet.Theplugbladesmust
befullyinsertedintheoutlettopreventshockfromex-
posedblades.
CAUTION:TOPREVENTELECTRICSHOCKDONOTUSE
THE (POLARIZED)PLUGONTHISUNITWITHANEXTEN-
SIONCORD,RECEPTACLEOROTHEROUTLETUNLESS
THEBLADESCANBEFULLYINSERTEDTOPREVENTBLADE
EXPOSURE.
ThreetypesofACpoweroutletsareprovidedonthe
backpaneloftheMAC4200:2 black,2 greenandone
red.
Theblackoutletsareswitchedonoroffwhenthe
MAC4200isturnedonoroff.TheseareintendedforCD
players,equalizersorotheraccessories,whosetotal
powerrequirementis600watts.
Theredoutletisonatalltimes.Forexample,a VCR
(videocassetterecorder)canbepluggedintothisoutlet
forrecordinga TVprogramwhenthereceiverisnotturn-
edon.Neithertheredoutletnortheblackoutletsare
fused.
ACpowertothegreenoutletsarecontrolledbythe
AUTOMATICSYSTEMACON/OFF.
AUTOMATICSYSTEMACTURNON/OFF
ThePOWERONpushbuttonsharesACpowercontrol,
withtheACpowerswitchona turntable,througha cur-
rentdetectingswitchcircuit.Ontherearpanel,theTURN-
TABLEAUTO/MANUALswitchselectsthemodeofoperation.
WhentheswitchisintheAUTOpositionanda turn-
tablepluggedintooneofthegreenACpoweroutlets,
theACpowertothereceiverandtotheblackACpower
outletscanbecontrolledbytheturntableon/offswitch.
WhenACpowertotheturntableisturnedon,powerto
thereceiverandtheblackACpoweroutletsisturnedon.
Whenintheautomaticmode,thesystemwillremainon
untiltheturntableisturnedoff.ThePOWERONpushbut-
toncontrolstheACpowerwhenusinganysourceother
thantheturntable.
IntheMANUALpositiononlytheredPOWERON
pushbuttonwillturnACpoweronoroff.Powerfromthe
greenACpoweroutletscannotexceed100watts.
Someturntableshaveelectroniccircuitsthatdrawcur-
rentallthetime.Tousetheseturntablesthe
AUTO/MANUALswitchmustbeintheMANUALposition.
CONNECTINGANFMANTENNA
Provisionshavebeenmadefortheuseofoneofthree
antennasystems:(1)anoutdoorFMantenna,or(2)a VHF-
TVantenna,or(3)theindoordipolesupplied.
Anoutdoorantennaisrecommendedforoptimumper-
formanceinallareas.Infringe(outlaying)areas,best
resultswillbeobtainedwitha highlydirectionalFM
antennausedinconjunctionwitha rotator.Iftheantenna
usesa 300ohmlead,connectittotheANTENNA300ohm
FMpushconnectors.
Iftheantennausesa 75ohmcoaxialcable,connectitto
therearpanelANTENNA75ohmtypeFconnector.
Anoutsideantennasystemshouldnotbelocatedinthe
vicinityofoverheadpowerlinesorotherelectriclightor
powercircuits,orwhereitcanfallintosuchpowerlines
orcircuits.Wheninstallinganoutsideantennasystem,ex-
tremecareshouldbetakentokeepfromtouchingsuch
powerlinesorcircuitsascontactwiththemmightbe
fatal.
AVHF-TVantennacanbeeffectivewhenitisdesigned
forbothFMandTVreception.Connectthetwoleads
fromtheVHF-TVantennatotheANTENNA300FMpush
connectors.
CONNECTINGANINDOOR
DIPOLEANTENNA
Theflexiblefoldeddipoleantenna(300ohm)isforuse
inurbanorhighstrengthsignalareas.Connectthetwo
leadsfromthedipoletotheANTENNA300FMpushcon-
nectors.
Theflexibilityofthetwinflatwireassemblypermitsitto
beplacedundera rug,tackedbehindthestereo...orplac-
edinanyotherconvenientlocation.Insomecases,it
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