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3-865-570-11(1)
FM Stereo
FM-AM Tuner
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Operating instructions
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Mode d'emploi
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Manual de Instrucciones
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Manual de Instruções
ST-SE700
ST-SE500
ST-SE300
© 1998 by Sony Corporation
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WARNING Precautions To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not On safety expose the unit to rain or moisture. • Should any liquid or solid object fall into the unit, unplug the unit and To avoid electrical shock, do not open have the unit checked by qualified the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel before operating it any personnel only. further. On power sources • Before operating the unit, be sure that the operating voltage of your unit is identical with that of your local power supp
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome! Thank you for purchasing the Sony FM Stereo FM/AM Tuner. Before operating Getting Started the unit, please read this manual Unpacking 4 thoroughly and retain it for future Hooking up the System 4 reference. Selecting the German Display 6 Storing FM Stations Automatically (Auto-betical select) 6 Basic Operations About This Manual Receiving Preset Stations 7 The instructions in this manual describe the operation of the Sony ST-SE700, Advanced Tuner Operations ST-SE500,
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Getting Started 2 Unwrap 3 lengths of the braided lead wire from Unpacking around the frame of the aerial. Be careful to unwrap only the braided section of the lead wire. Check that you received the following items with the Do not unwrap more than 3 lengths of the lead tuner: wire. Also, be careful not to unbraid the lead wire. • Audio cord (1) • AM loop aerial (1) • FM wire aerial (1) • EON connecting cord (1) (ST-SE700/ST-SE500 only) Hooking up the System 3 Assemble the supplied aerial as
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Getting Started FM aerial hookups Connecting a ground wire With an FM outdoor aerial, you can obtain a higher FM If you connect an outdoor aerial, be sure to connect a broadcast sound quality. We recommend that you use earth lead (not supplied) to the AM ANTENNA y the supplied FM wire aerial only temporarily until you terminal (in addition to the AM loop aerial) for install an FM outdoor aerial. For the specific location of lightning protection. the FM ANTENNA terminal, see the illustration belo
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Getting Started Mains lead hookup Storing FM Stations Connect the mains lead to a wall outlet after completing all of the previous connections. Automatically (Auto-betical select) With “Auto-betical select” you can automatically store up to 30 FM and FM RDS stations in alphabetical order / without redundancy. Additionally, “Auto-betical to a wall select” only stores the stations with the clearest signals. outlet If you want to store FM or AM (MW and LW) stations one by one, see “Receiving Broadc
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Basic Operations Receiving Preset Stations This section shows you how to receive preset stations. 3 FM STEREO/FM-AM TUNER ST-SE700 S EON TUNING/ SELECT TA NEWS/INFO PTY DISPLAY ASM ANTENNA CHARACTER TUNE MODE POWER AUTO-BETICAL MEMORY FM MODE BAND MENU RETURN ENTER SELECT SHIFT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DIRECT Advanced Reception Circuit 45 • To tune in a non-preset Make sure you’ve hooked up the tuner and preset stations. station, see “Receiving (See pages 4 - 6 for hookups and page 6 or 11 for preset
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Advanced Tuner Operations About the Menu Entry System Customizing the Display This tuner uses a menu entry system which allows you You can choose the appearance of the display from one to operate various functions by following messages on of the following four display modes. the display. Use the following controls for menu operation. TUNING/SELECT TUNING/SELECT MENU ENTER MENU ENTER RETURN 1 Press MENU, then turn TUNING/SELECT until “Disp-Mode” appears in the display. Use the To: 2 Press ENTER.
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Advanced Tuner Operations If you enter a frequency not covered by the tuning Receiving Broadcasts interval The entered value is automatically rounded up or down to the closest covered value. This tuner lets you enter a station’s frequency directly Tuning intervals for direct tuning are: by using the numeric buttons (direct tuning). If you FM: 50 kHz intervals don’t know the frequency of the station you want, see AM: 9 kHz intervals (MW), 1 kHz interval (LW) “Receiving broadcasts by scanning s
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Advanced Tuner Operations 4 Turn TUNING/SELECT to choose the ANT ATT setting you prefer and press ENTER. Tips for Better FM Reception • “ANT ATT : ON” lowers the level of the input signal to receive broadcasts with extremely high signal levels. This tuner has various functions designed for better • “ANT ATT : OFF” is for normal tuning. reception. First, try to receive stations with the standard settings. If the reception is not good, try 5 Turn TUNING/SELECT to choose the IF setting you altering
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Advanced Tuner Operations Presetting Radio Stations Naming the Preset Stations This section shows you how to store up to 30 of your You can assign a name up to 13 characters long (5 favorite FM or AM (MW and LW) stations manually characters for the ST-SE300) to each preset station onto preset codes made up of characters (A, B, or C) except FM RDS stations. When the station is tuned in, and numbers (1-0), such as A7. You can store up to 10 the station name will appear instead of the frequency. st
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Advanced Tuner Operations Moving preset station Organizing the Preset Stations You can also move a specific preset station. This tuner makes it easy to arrange preset stations in 1 Follow steps 1 through 3 in “Organizing the the order you prefer. You can arrange all the preset Preset Stations” and choose “Move” from the Edit stations automatically, according to alphabetical order, menu, then press ENTER. signal strength, country code, or tuner band, or you can use the “Move” and “Erase” function
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Advanced Tuner Operations Notes • If there is an emergency announcement by governmental Using the Radio Data System authorities, “ALARM” flashes in the display. (RDS) • If a station is not providing a particular RDS service, “NO...” (such as “NO PTY”) appears in the display. • When a station broadcasts radio text data, the display shows the data at the rate it is sent from the station. The What you can do with RDS display speed changes in relation to the speed at which The Radio Data System (RDS
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Advanced Tuner Operations To stop monitoring the programme 3 Press PTY. Press TA or NEWS/INFO while the tuner is in the respective The tuner starts searching the preset RDS stations EON standby mode and the indicator goes out. for the programme (“Search” and the programme type are displayed alternately). When the tuner finds the programme you are Notes looking for, it stops searching. The preset stations • If you tune in an AM (MW/LW) station or an FM station which does not provide the RDS servi
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Additional Information at 40 kHz deviation The station was interrupted by S/N ST-SE700: another station / The tuner Troubleshooting 80 dB (mono), automatically starts searching 76 dB (stereo) stations (ST-SE700 and ST-SE500 ST-SE500/300: only). 74 dB (mono), If you experience any of the / The EON function is 69 dB (stereo) following difficulties while using working. Turn off EON the tuner, use this troubleshooting ST-SE700: Harmonic distortion when you don't want the guide to help yo
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Additional Information Usable Sensitivity (with AM loop O aerial) Index ST-SE700/500 Organizing preset stations 12 MW: 300 μV/m LW: 1 mV/m A, B ST-SE300 P, Q MW: 500 μV/m Adjusting LW: 2 mV/m IF band 10 Presetting Aerial hookups AM stations 11 Signal-to-noise ratio MW: 54 dB (50 mV/m, AM 4 FM stations 6, 11 999 kHz) FM 5 Preset tuning LW: 50 dB Amplifier hookups 5 AM stations 7 (50 mV/m, Automatic tuning 9 FM stations 7 216 kHz) Auto-betical select 6 PTY 14 Ha
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Remballage • Ne jetez pas le carton et les matériaux AVERTISSEMENT Précautions d’emballage car ils peuvent servir pour le transport du tuner. Si vous Afin d’éviter tout risque d’incendie ou Sécurité devez expédier le tuner, remballez-le d’électrocution, ne pas exposer cet • Si un solide ou un liquide tombait comme à la sortie d’usine. appareil à la pluie ou à l’humidité. dans le coffret, débranchez le tuner et faites le vérifier par un technicien Pour toute question ou problème Afin d’écarter to
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TABLE DES MATIÈRES Bienvenue! Merci d’avoir acheté ce tuner FM stéréo FM/AM Sony. Avant la mise en service Préparatifs du tuner, veuillez lire attentivement ce Déballage 4 mode d’emploi et le conserver pour Raccordements 4 toute référence. Sélection de l’affichage en allemand 6 Mémorisation automatique des stations FM (Sélection autobétique) 6 Fonctions de base Au sujet de ce mode Réception des stations préréglées 7 d’emploi Fonctions élaborées Ce mode d’emploi décrit le fonctionnement des tuner
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Préparatifs 2 Déroulez 3 longueurs de fil tressé du cadre de l’antenne. Déroulez uniquement la partie tressée Déballage du fil. Vérifiez que les accessoires suivants se trouvent dans Ne déroulez pas plus de 3 longueurs de fil et l’emballage: veillez à ne pas défaire le fil tressé. • Cordon audio (1) • Antenne cadre AM (1) • Antenne fil FM (1) • Cordon de liaison EON (1) (ST-SE700/ST-SE500 uniquement) Raccordements 3 Assemblez l’antenne fournie comme indiqué ci- dessous. Préparatifs • Mettez tous
