User manual ROTEL RCD-990

[. . . ] Heed all warnings and safety information in these instructions and on the product itself. You must allow 10 cm or 4 inches of unobstructed clearance around the unit. Do not place the unit on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar surface that could block the ventilation slots. If the component is placed in a bookcase or cabinet, there must be ventilation of the cabinet to allow proper cooling. [. . . ] This will make initial cable routing, hookup, and any subsequent system changes easier. It also minimizes potential interference or heat buildup from other components. Do not expose the unit to moisture as this could damage delicate circuitry and result in a safety hazard. Your RCD-990 is configured at the factory for the proper AC line voltage in the country where you purchased it (120 volts AC at 60Hz in the USA and 230 volts AC at 50Hz in Europe). The AC line configuration is noted on a decal on the back of your unit. Make sure that your unit is configured properly for your AC line voltage. Plug the supplied cord into the AC INPUT receptacle on the back of the unit. Once all other rear panel connections are completed, plug the power cord into an AC wall outlet or switched AC outlet on another system component. To use an outdoor antenna, connect its 300 ohm twin-conductor wire to the G and AM terminals in place of the loop antenna, only after a professional contractor has installed the antenna system in accordance with local electrical codes. 5mm mini-jack receives command codes from industry-standard infrared receivers (Xantech, etc. This feature could prove useful when the unit is installed in a cabinet and the frontpanel sensor is blocked. Number references corresponding to the illustrations at the front of this manual. Most functions are duplicated on the front panel and on the handheld remote control shipped with your unit. When two reference numbers appear, one refers to the location of the control on the front panel, the other refers to the location of the corresponding control on the handheld remote. When only one number is shown, that control is available only on the front panel or the remote, as noted in the text. Available only on the remote control, this button temporarily reduces the brightness of the front panel DISPLAY. press the button to toggle between the normal brightness and reduced brightness. When the tuner is turned off, the DISPLAY will revert to its normal setting. Controls used for tuning the AM/FM receiver are described in the next sections of this manual. These configure the unit for differences in local markets, including FM tuning intervals, AM tuning intervals, and differences in the European RDS (Europe) or RBDS (USA) tuning provides a range of special tuning and search features based on data codes encoded with the broadcast signal. ] In the RDS PTY search mode, press a TUNING button to select the desired program type from the scrolling list in the display. To tune to a previously memorized station preset from 1 through 29, press the preset number using the NUMERIC buttons. [. . . ] The AUTO TUNING button toggles between the frequency search tuning feature and manual frequency tuning. When using the TUNING controls on the front panel or remote in AUTO TUNING mode, the tuner will begin automatically scanning up or down through the frequencies until the next receivable broadcast signal is detected. If this is not the desired station, use the TUNING controls again to find the next station. If a PRESET station is currently tuned when the PRESET SCAN button is pressed, scanning will start with the next higher preset number and continue through all preset stations, stopping on the initial preset. [. . . ]