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Cat. No. 13-1294
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
System 746
Micro Stereo Component System
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13-1294.fm Page 2 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM FEATURES Your Optimus System 746 Micro CD Player Stereo Component System offers all the versatile features you need for Automatic Search — lets you excellent audio entertainment, all in quickly locate and play any track on one compact package. the loaded CD. The system includes a top-loading Intro Scan — lets you play the first CD player with a 32-track program- 10 seconds of each track on a CD. mable memory, an AM/FM stereo tuner, a cassette
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13-1294.fm Page 3 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM Auto-Stop — protects the tape and Warning: To prevent fire or shock tape-handling parts by automatically hazard, do not expose this prod- stopping the tape when it finishes uct to rain or moisture. playing, rewinding, or fast-forwarding. CAUTION Note: The System 746 requires two AAA batteries (not supplied) for the re- RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! DO NOT OPEN. mote control and two AA batteries (not supplied) for memory backup. CAUTION: TO REDUCE
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13-1294.fm Page 4 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM FCC INFORMATION This system complies with the limits for a Class B digital device as speci- fied in Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits provide reasonable protection against TV or radio interference in a residential area. However, your sys- tem might cause TV or radio interfer- ence even when it is operating properly. To eliminate interference, you can try one or more of the following corrective measures. • Reorient or relocate the TV or ra- d
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13-1294.fm Page 5 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM CONTENTS Preparation ........................................................................................................... 7 Connecting the Speakers ................................................................................ 7 Connecting the AM Loop Antenna .................................................................. 7 Connecting the FM Antenna ........................................................................... 7 Conn
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13-1294.fm Page 6 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM Recording from the Tuner ....................................................................... 23 Recording from a CD .............................................................................. 24 Timer Recording ...................................................................................... 25 Tape Care Tips .............................................................................................. 25 Erasing a Cassette Tape .
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13-1294.fm Page 7 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM PREPARATION Note: Complete all other connections CONNECTING THE AM before connecting the system to AC LOOP ANTENNA power and turning it on. Attach the supplied AM loop antenna to the AM ANT. terminal on the back of CONNECTING THE the system. SPEAKERS + 1. Lift open the red and black - illustration tabs for the right (R) and left (L) speaker terminals on the back of the system. Attach the antenna stand and set the antenna on a flat surface.
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13-1294.fm Page 8 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM 1. Press in on the battery compart- CONNECTING TO ment cover and push in the direc- POWER tion of the arrow, and lift off the cover. After you complete all connections, plug the system’s power cord into a standard AC outlet. STANDBY lights and AM 12:00 appears on the display. illustration Warning: To prevent electric shock, the power cord plug’s blades are po- larized and fit a polarized AC outlet only one way. If you have difficulty in- 2.
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13-1294.fm Page 9 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM 2. Install the batteries as indicated • Connecting headphones auto- by the polarity symbols ( and ) matically disconnects the speak- + - marked inside the compartment. ers. • Your local RadioShack store sells a wide selection of head- phones. illustration Listening Safely To protect your hearing, follow these 3. Replace the cover. guidelines when you use head- phones. Caution: If you are not going to use • Do not listen at extremely high the
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13-1294.fm Page 10 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM BASIC OPERATION To protect your hearing, 4. Adjust VOLUME DOWN/UP Warning: adjust VOLUME to the lowest level to a comfortable listening level. before you turn on the system. Follow these steps to operate your system. 1. Press POWER / STANDBY illustration (POWER on the remote control). STANDBY turns off, the dis- play lights, and the last selected system settings appear. 2. Slide FUNCTION to TAPE, TUN- ER, or CD. 5. Slide E-BASS to ON to
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13-1294.fm Page 11 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM Notes: USING THE REMOTE • Make sure you have a clear path CONTROL between the remote control and the sensor. • Weak batteries or direct sunlight on the remote sensor might re- duce the remote control’s oper- ating range. illustration The remote control’s buttons have the same functions as the corre- sponding buttons on the main sys- tem. To use the remote control, point it to- ward the remote sensor on the right of the system’s display and
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13-1294.fm Page 12 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM TIMER OPERATION setting the time, start again SETTING THE CLOCK from Step 1. 1. With power turned on, press • To rapidly increase or de- CLOCK until the hour and minute crease the hour or minute set- digits appear. ting, hold down MIN and HOUR (or TUNING and on the remote control). 5. Press MEMORY again or wait un- illustration til the display stops flashing. The system always displays the time 2. Press MEMORY. The hour and while power i
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13-1294.fm Page 13 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM Note: If TIME ON disappears Notes: before you finish setting the hour • If you selected a cassette and minute, start again from tape, be sure to release Step 1. PAUSE on the deck after you 3. Press CLOCK until TIMER OFF turn off the system. and the last set end time appear. • To cancel the wake-up timer, 4.Press MIN and HOUR press TIMER again so TIMER (or TUNING and on the re- disappears. mote control) to set the end time. SETTING THE SL
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13-1294.fm Page 14 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM 4. To set the sleep timer, repeat- edly press SLEEP until the desired sleep time appears. Each time you press SLEEP, the displayed sleep time decreases in 10-minute steps. The system turns off after the amount of time you set. To turn off the sleep timer sooner, repeatedly press SLEEP until SLEEP disap- pears. 14
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13-1294.fm Page 15 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM TUNER OPERATION 1. Slide FUNCTION to TUNER. The You can also use automatic tun- system automatically tunes to ing (see “Automatic Tuning” on the station that was playing Page 16) or memory tuning (see when the system was turned off “Storing Stations in Memory or when it was last set to TUNER. Manually” on Page 16). 2. Repeatedly press BAND to se- Notes: lect the AM or FM band. The last • STEREO appears when the selected station in that band
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13-1294.fm Page 16 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM 3. Press MEMORY again to store AUTOMATIC TUNING the station in the memory loca- tion. You can use automatic tuning to quickly move up or down to the next Note: If MEMORY disappears be- available station in your area. fore you store the station, start again from Step 1. TUNING Hold down or (or TUNING and on the remote con- trol) for about 1 second. The tuner Storing Stations in Memory automatically moves up or down the Automatically b
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13-1294.fm Page 17 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM CD PLAYER OPERATION LOADING A CD PLAYING A CD 1. Slide FUNCTION to CD. CD ap- To play a CD, simply press PLAY/ pears. PAUSE after you load it. The CD begins to play from Track 1. 01 2. Press OPEN to open the CD com- then the elapsed play time appears. partment. OPEN appears. illustration illustration Notes: • To temporarily stop play, press y PLAY/PAUSE . appears and the elapsed timer stops counting. 3. Carefully place a CD over the cen-
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13-1294.fm Page 18 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM AUTOMATIC SKIP AUDIBLE SEARCH SKIP The automatic skip feature lets you Hold down or on the quickly locate the beginning of any CD player to search forward or back- track on a CD, including the track ward during play. The CD plays rap- currently playing. You can use auto- idly, and you hear it at a high speed matic skip when a CD is playing or and low volume. stopped. RANDOM PLAY illustration This feature randomly selects and plays all th
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13-1294.fm Page 19 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM • To repeat the current track, REPEAT PLAY press REPEAT once while the desired track is playing. RE- You can repeat a single track, all PEAT appears, and the CD tracks on a CD, or an entire pro- player continuously replays the grammed sequence (see “Pro- track. grammed Play” on Page 20). • To repeat random play, before the last track ends, press RE- illustration PEAT until REPEAT ALL ap- pears. To repeat a single track, press RE- • To briefl
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13-1294.fm Page 20 Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:01 PM 2. Press PROGRAM/MEMORY (or INTRO PLAY PROG on the remote control ). The INTRO function lets you play the first 10 seconds of each track so you can quickly find the one you illustration want. INTRO To use INTRO, press on the 3. Press SKIP or to select remote control. The CD player be- the desired track. gins playing. 4. Press PROGRAM/MEMORY (or PROG on the remote control) to store the selected track. P-02 illustration appears. 5. Repeat
