Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SYSTEM 728 Optimus
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C at. No. 13-1275 OWNER’S M ANUAL MINI ST ER EO COM PO N E N T SY ST EM Please read b efore using this equipm ent. SYSTEM 728 R 13-1 27 5.fm Page 1 Wedne sd a y, Jul y 14, 1 999 3: 59 PM.
2 FEA TURES © 1995 T andy Co rpor at ion. All Rights Res erved. Op ti mus an d Radi o Sh ac k ar e reg i s t e red tra dema r k s us ed by T andy C orp or ati on . Your Optim us Sy stem 72 8 Mini St e- reo Compnen t System i s a versatile and high qua lity sound system.
3 Genera l Auxiliar y Input Jacks æ let yo u conn ect an external audio input source to your syst em so you can l is- ten to or rec o rd from it. Mi crop ho ne Mi xi n g æ lets yo u sing along wi th the m usic you are playing. Importa nt: Most mater ia l on com - pact discs and prerecorded t apes is copyrigh ted.
4 FCC INF ORMA TION This syste m complie s with the l imits for a Clas s B di gital d evice as s peci- fied in part 15 of FCC Rules . Th e s e limits provide reasonabl e protection against TV or radio interference in a residential area. However, your sys- tem might caus e TV or radio i nterfer- ence even w hen it is ope rating properly.
5 CONTENTS Prepa ratio n .. ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ....... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... .. ..... ..... ..... .... .. 7 Connec ting the Speak ers ...................... .............. ................... ..............
6 Rep eat P l ay .... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .. ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... .... 21 Repeating a S ingle Track .................................................... ................ 21 Repeating All T racks on a Selected CD .
7 PREP ARA TION Note: Complete all conn ectio ns be- fore conn ecting t o AC pow er and tur n ing it on . CONNECT ING THE SPEAKERS 1. Press the red spea ker terminal tab labeled SPEAKER R. Ch on the back of the syst em, inse rt the stripped end of t he right spea ker ’ s striped wire into the terminal, then release the tab.
8 INST ALLING THE REMOTE CONT ROL ’ S BA TTERIES The rem ote control requires two A A batteries (not supplied) for power. We recomme nd alkaline batteries, such as Radio Shack Ca t. No. 23- 557. Follow these s teps to install b atter- ies. 1. Press down an d slide the battery compartment cover in the direc- tion of the arrow .
9 OPER A TIO N TURNING POWER ON/ OF F Wa rn in g : To protect your hearin g, set VOLUME to MIN b efo re y ou tur n on t he system . Press POWER to turn on th e system . The STA ND BY indic ator turns off and th e indicator a bove CD , TUNER , TA P E , or AUX lig h ts.
10 BASIC O PERA TIO N Follow these s teps t o operate your syste m. 1. Press CD , TUNER, T APE , or AUX to select the de sired audio source. 2. If you select TUNER , select the desired station (s e e “Using t he T uner”).
11 USING HEADPHO NES You can u se headpho nes (n ot sup- plied) to l isten in privacy. I nsert the headphone s’ 1 / 8 -inch (3.5 mm) plug int o the PHONES j ack. Notes: • Y ou r l ocal Radio Shack store sells a wide selection of head- phones . • Con necting headpho nes auto- mat ically disconn ects the speak- ers.
12 DISPL A YING THE T IME To display the c lock while you use the radio, press DISPLA Y . T o retu rn to the r a dio display, press DISPLA Y again. USING THE ELECTRONIC G RAPHIC EQUALIZER You can select any one of f our preset sound characteristics using the sys- tem’s electronic graphi c equalizer.
13 Note: If you do not press TUN- ING or within 10 seconds after you press 1 , dis - appears from the display . S tart again from Step 1. 2. W hile flas hes, repeat- edly pres s TUNI NG to set the hour of the desired sta rt time. Notes : • Press and hol d down TUNING to cont inuously adv ance the hour .
14 T urning th e T im er On/Off 1. Press TUNER or TA P E to se lect the de sired a udio s ource. 2. If you selected TUNER , select the desired station (see “Usin g the T une r”) and adjust VOLUME to a comfortable listening level.
15 USING THE SLEEP TIMER You ca n set the syste m to pla y up to 90 min utes, then automatically turn off. 1. Press CD, TUNER, T APE , or AUX to select the desired a udio source. 2. T une to the desi red A M o r F M radio st ation, or sta rt the selected CD, t ape, or you r exte r- nal a udio source.
16 USING THE TUNE R Pr ess TUNER to use the system ’s tu- er. The i ndicator above TUNER lights. Note: W hen you s elect TUNER , the system aut omat ically tune s to th e station that was playing when the system was turne d off or w hen i t was last se t to TUN E R .
17 AUTOMA TIC SEEK TUNING 1. Press BAND t o s e l e c t t h e desired A M or FM ba nd. AM or FM appears on t he display . 2. Press TUNI NG AUTO . The sys- tem automati cally searches up the ban d and s tops when i t finds the next s trong st ation. MEMO R Y TUNING You can st ore up to 10 A M and 10 FM s ta tio n s in m e m o ry.
18 • T o store s tations into mem ory locations 6-10, press +5 th e n a mem ory location bu tton (1 - 5). Th e stat ion is st ored, disappears , and the display shows the frequency .
19 USING THE CD CHANGER LOADI NG A CD 1. Press CD . 2. Press OPE N/ CL OS E to open the CD compartment. Note: The CD carou sel has three trays , each la beled with a numbe r , bu t only two t ray s show at a time when yo u open t he CD compart ment. 3.
20 SELECTI NG ANOTHER CD To select another CD, press CD SKIP before or during play. If the system is playing a CD, it stops playing it and begins p laying the first track of the sel ected CD. AUTOMA TIC SEARCH The Autom atic Search feat ure lets you quic kly locate t he be ginning of any track o n a CD, including the track currently pl ay ing.
21 Notes: • T o repea t the current track, press SKIP . T o play the next random track, press SKIP . • T o rep eat random pl ay , be fore the last track ends, press REPEA T until RE PE AT A LL appears on the display . • T o stop rand om p lay , press STOP then RANDOM .
22 PROGRAMM ED PLA Y You can program up to 32 tracks from a ny loaded C D s to pla y in any order you choose. Pr og ra mm i ng an d P l ayi n g a Seq uence o f T rack s 1. Press ST OP to cancel any CD fun cti on . 2. Press PROGRAM . T he di splay shows M EMO RY - - - P- 01 (the current position in the pro- grammed seque nce).
23 Repla cing/Add ing a T rack in a Pro grammed Sequ enc e 1. W hile play is stopped, repeat- edly pres s PROGRAM until the track pos ition num ber you wa nt to repl ace or add to appears on the displa y . 2. Press CD SKI P to se lect the CD contain ing the new trac k.
24 USING THE CAS SETTE DECK The system ha s two cas sette decks. You can use Dec k 1 for normal play- back, consecutiv e play, and dubbing (r ec or din g ). Yo u ca n us e De ck 2 fo r normal p layback and cons ecutive play. Both decks (1 a nd 2) have a full-re- lease auto-st op system to p rotect tapes and prevent pinch roller dam- age.
25 4. T o fast-f o rward or rewi nd the tape, pres s ST OP/EJECT then press FA S T - F or REWIND on the deck you are using. T o temp orarily stop playback, press P AUSE o n t he dec k you are using. Pres s P AUSE agai n to continu e play back. T o stop playback, fast-f o rward, or rewind, pres s ST O P /E J E C T on the deck you are using.
26 2. T o record at normal speed f or the best quality sound, set HIGH SPEED DUBBING to OF F . T o record in half the normal recording t ime, set HIGH SPEED DUBBING to ON . 3. O n De ck 1, pres s P AUSE the n RECORD . PLA Y o n Deck 1 auto- mati ca ll y lock s down.
27 Notes : • T o copy a prog rammed sequ ence, store t he desired sequ ence before c ontinuing with S tep 4. • T o copy a CD’s t racks in ran- dom seque nce, press RAN- DOM so RA ND OM appe ars on the displ ay before contin uing with S tep 4. 4.
28 T ime r Rec ordin g You can set the system to au tomati- cally turn it s e lf on, record from a se- lected audio source (such as the tuner or a cassette tape i n Deck 2) onto a cass ette tape in Deck 1, then turn itself off at the t ime you set. 1.
29 MICR OPHONE MIXING Using an ex ternal microphone wi th a 1 / 8 - inc h plug (not sup plied), you can sing alon g with s ele ctions on CDs or casset te tapes , or w ith a son g played over the radi o. Wa rn in g : T o prevent damage to your hearing, set VO LU M E to its min- imum le vel before y ou turn on the syste m.
30 CARE AND MA INTENANCE Your Optim us System 728 Mi ni Stereo Compnent System is an examp le of su- perior design and cr a ftsmanship. The following suggestions will help y ou care for th e syste m so yo u can en joy i t for years. Keep the system dry.
31 CD CARE TIPS Even t hough a compac t disc is ve ry durable, t reat t he CD s urface wi th care. We recom mend t he following precau tions: • D o not write on either side of the CD, particularly the non-label side (signals are read from the non-label side ).
32 Res t ori n g T ape T ens io n an d Sound Quality After you play a cassette tape sever- al times, the tape m ight become tightly wound on the reels. Thi s can cause pla yback so und qua lity to de- teriorate. To restore the sound q uality, fast-for- ward the tape from th e beginning to the en d of one side, t hen comp letely rewind it.
33 SPEC I FI CA T IONS Casse tte T ape Speed ..... ................... .............. ................... ................... ........... 4.75 c m/sec Wow and Flutter ................. ........................ ..................... .............. 0. 35% WRM S Frequency Respons e .
34 General Speaker I mpedance . ........................... ................... .............. ................... . 8 O hms Power O utput .. ........ ....... .. ............ ..... ....... ....... ....... ....... .....10 Watts per Cha nnel Dimen sio ns of Unit .
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RADIO S HACK A Divisi on of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T exa s 76102 7A5 Printed i n H ong Kong RADIO SHACK LIMITED W ARRANTY This pro duct is warra nted a g ainst defects for 90 days f r om dat e of pur- chase fr om Radio Sha ck company- owned sto res and au t hori zed Radi o Shack f ran chisees and deal ers.
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