Summary of TR-2075
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2 contents: power on/off switch .................................................................................................. Page 3 extra power sockets ........................................................................................................ Page 3 light dim .......................
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3 power on/off switch make sure that the receiver is marked with the correct a.C. Voltage for your supply. Switch the receiver on by depressing the on/off-button. Another push on the button will release it and switch the receiver off. This button also controls the power to one of the extra power soc...
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4 fm antennas what type of antenna do you need? Your need for a good antenna will depend on the receiving conditions where you live; the further you are away from the transmitter and the more obstacles (hills and tall buildings for example) between you and the transmitter, the greater will he your n...
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5 a simple folded dipole antenna a simple folded dipole for connection to the balanced input can be easily made from flat twin-lead with an impedance of 240 to 300 ohms, a 135 cm (53") piece of antenna lead should be used for the loop. Strip off approximately 1 cm (1/2'') of insulation at each end a...
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6 tuning on fm select fm reception by depressing the fm button. The red light over the button will light telling you that the receiver is in the fm mode. Use the large knob on the right side of the scale to tune in the required station. Note! Make sure that the preamp rec button is released. Correct...
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7 stereo/mono this receiver is fully equipped for the reception of fm stereo broadcasts. Fm stereo broadcasting is based on the pilot tone system which allows the program to be received in mono on mono receivers without impairment of program quality. It is an inherent property of this system that a ...
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8 am antennas ferrite-rod for operation in the broadcast band this receiver is equipped with a moveable ferrite-rod antenna. This antenna is intended for local reception where the signal strength is normally fairly high, but it can under favorable receiving conditions also pick up more remote statio...
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9 tuning on am select am reception by depressing the am button. The red light over the button will light telling you that the receiver is in the am mode. Use the large tuning knob on the right side of the scale to tune in the required station. Tune for maximum deflection on the signal meter. Note! M...
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10 stereo-mono switching stereo-mono switching in the audio amplifiers may be performed for radio, disc, or tape programs by means of the stereo, mono l, mono r, and mono l+r mode buttons. Stereo button depressed - the two channels are separated for stereo reproduction. Mono l button depressed - the...
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11 filters low filt rumble from a record player, acoustic feedback between speakers and a pick-up, or excessive bass resonance in a speaker or a room can all be controlled by means of the low filt. The graph shows the effect of the control (-12 db/octave). High filt 1 if the program is accompanied b...
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12 headphones stereo headphones can he connected to the 3-pole jacks marked phones on the left side of the front panel and the program level can be adjusted by the volume and balance controls. Two people can listen at the same time if two sets of headphones are plugged in and you can avoid disturbin...
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13 loudspeakers connections connect speakers to the terminals marked loudspeakers at the back of the receiver. Use multi-stranded wire as thick as possible and make firm connections. The receiver will deliver optimum undistorted power when the resultant impedance of all the speakers connected to eac...
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14 combinations of a, b, and c each stereo channel has three sets of output terminals, a, b, and c. One way of using these outputs is to group two (a+b or a+c) speakers together for each stereo channel. If the speakers for each channel are separated by about three feet this will give a broader front...
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15 4. Arrange the speakers so that the distance between them is about 2/3 the distance to the listener. Too little distance between the speakers is better than too much. 5. When listening to a mono speech program switch over to one speaker by using the balance control speaker selector the speaker se...
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16 listening to records at the back of the receiver there are two sets of phono and din input sockets (marked phono 1 and phono 2) for two transcription units or two record players, each input has an impedance of 47 k ohms and has the correct sensitivity for magnetic pick-ups. One transcription unit...
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17 playback from tape recorders (tape 1, tape 2 and tape 3) at the back of the receiver there are two sets of phono and din input, sockets (marked tape 1 and tape 2) for two tape recorders. Two reel-to-reel machines or two cassette machines or one of each type can be connected. Each input has an imp...
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18 recording from the receiver connect one or two tape recorders to tape 1 input and/or tape 2 input (or both) at the hack of the receiver. Use phono or din plugs. Depress either the fm button or the am button and tune the receiver as described on page 6 or page 9. Any radio program that is being re...
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19 recording from a transcription unit connect a transcription unit (or record player) to the phono 1 socket and a tape recorder to the tape 1 socket at the hack of the receiver. Put the tape recorder into the record mode but do not start it. Start the transcription unit and depress the phono 1 butt...
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20 copying tape two tape recorders involved a) copying from tape 1 to tape 2 or vice versa. Connect one tape recorder to the tape 1 socket and another tape recorder to the tape 2 socket. To copy from the tape 1 machine to the tape 2 machine depress the tape copy 1→2 button. To copy from the tape 2 m...
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21 recording on a third tape recorder with or without audio controls if you want to record on a third tape recorder with or without the effect of the audio controls, connect the tape recorder by means of a 3-pole jack plug to the tape 3 jack on the extreme right of the front panel, any program that ...
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22 monitoring during recording if the tape recorder has separate heads for record and playback, the program can he monitored at the same time as the recording is being made. Two types of monitoring are possible, one is the source test (a-test), the other is the tape test (b-test). The source test is...
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23 recording of a radio/transcription program on a tape recorder connected to the tape i socket or the tape 2 socket can take place while a second program from another tape recorder, connected to the tape socket (1 or 2) that is not being used for recording, is played through the speakers. If the ra...
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24 plugs record player (phono) din plug signal from pick-up, left channel signal from pick-up, right channel common lead shield connected to record player chassis the common lead and the shield must not be wired together. Tape recorder (tape 1 and tape 2) din plug from tape recorder output ieft chan...