CUTTINGTHEFRONTPANEL
ThePANELCUTOUTTEMPLATEsupplied
withyourtunerisa fullsizelayoutofthefront
panelcutoutandmountingholes.Thetem-
plateispositionedaccuratelyonthecabinet
frontpanelbydrillingtwolocatingholes
throughfromthebacksideofthepanel.All
measurementsforpanelcutoutlocationare
madeonthebacksideofthepanel.Oneof
thetwoendmountingstripssuppliedwith
thetuner(3½inchesby½ inch)makesa
convenientmeasuringtoolfordetermining
theexactpositionsofthelocatingholes.
Determinetheexactcenterofthepro-
posedpanelcutoutarea.Scribea vertical
lineatthecenter,fromthetopsurfaceofthe
mountingshelftothetopofthepanelas
shownin"A"ofFigure7.Usingoneofthe
mountingstripsasa measuringtool,scribea
horizontalline3½inchesabovethetop
surfaceofthemountingshelfasshownin
"B"ofFigure7.Againusingthemounting
strip,marka pointonthehorizontalline3½
inchestotheleftofthecenterline.Marka
secondpoint3½inchestotherightofthe
centerline.Thesetwopointsshouldbe7
inchesapart,3½inchesabovethemounting
shelfand3½inchestoeachsideofthe
verticalcenterline.See"C"ofFigure7.Drill
a3/16inchdiameterholethroughthebackof
thepanelateachofthetwopoints.Make
certainthatyouholdthedrillperpendicular
tothepanelsotheholeswillbeaccurately
locatedonthefrontsideofthepanel.
VERTICALCENTERLINE
Positions"A"to"C"showthelocationofthe
verticalcenterline,theuseofthemeasuring
tool(mountingstrip)tolocatethehorizontal
centerline,andhowtomeasureoffthetwo
pointstotherightandleftoftheverticalcenter
line.
Usingthepreviouslydrilledlocatingholes
forcorrectalignment,carefullypositionthe
cutouttemplateonthefrontpanel.
Scribetherectangularcutoutonthefront
panelandmarkthepositionsofthesix
mountingholes.Drillthesix3/16inchdiameter
mountingholesbeforecuttingthepanel
opening.Nextcutthemainpanelopening.It
isimportantthatthecutoutbejustwithinthe
heavyblacklinesonthetemplate.
SHELFMOUNTING
Locatetheexactcenteroftheproposed
shelfareaandscribea linefromthefrontto
thebackoftheshelf.TheSHELFCUTOUT
TEMPLATEismarkedforfrontpanelthick-
nessfrom¼ inchto1 inch.Foldthetemplate
onthelinethatcorrespondstothethickness
oftheparticularpanelbeingused.Placethe
foldedtemplateontheshelf,buttedagainst
thebacksideofthefrontpanel.Matchthe
centerlineonthetemplatetothescribed
centerlineontheshelf.Theshelfcenterline
shouldalsoexactlymeettheverticalcenter
lineusedtomakethefrontpanelcutout.
Markthepositionsofthefour¼ inchdiame-
termountingholes.Scribetherectangular
cutoutfortheventilatinghole.Drillthefour
¼inchdiametermountingholesandcutout
therectangularventilatinghole.
INSTALLINGTHEMR66
Removethefour10-32x ¾ inchscrews
holdingtheMR66totheshippingboard.
Savethesescrewssinceyouwillneedthemif
yourcabinetshelfis½ inchor5/8inchthick.
Removethefourplasticfeetfromthebottom
ofthetuner.
Themountinghardwarepackageincludes
four6-32flatheadscrewsandeight6-32
roundheadscrews.Twooftheflathead
screwsoftheproperlengthareusedto
attachthemountingstripstothecabinet
panel.Fouroftheroundheadscrewsofthe
properlengthareusedtoattachthetunerto
themountingstripsandthecabinetpanel.
The6-32x ½ inchscrewsareusedwith
panelsunder3/8inchthickness.The6-32x
1¼inchscrewsareusedwithpanelsfrom
3/8inchto1 inchthickness.
Figure7.FrontPanelCutoutMeasurements.
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