Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AM/FM Radio Tuner Boston Acoustics
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OWNER’S MANU AL / SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS / C OMPLIANCE INFORMA TION A Boston P .O .P . P roduct Make it your own... Horizon Duo High Performance T abletop Music System AM/FM Stereo Radio Español Siste.
2 17. Either the power inlet connector on the rear of the apparatus or the power plug at the wall must remain accessible, to be able to disconnect power from the apparatus. 18. T o completely disconnect this apparatus from the AC Mains, disconnect the power supply cord plug from the AC receptacle.
3 Introduction Thank you for choosing Boston A coustics and congratulations on your purchase of the Horizon Duo High Performance T abletop Music System. If you own other Boston products, the outstanding audio performance and ease- of-use of the Duo should come as no surprise.
4 Unpacking and Setting Up Y our Horizon Duo Carefully unpack the Horizon Duo. If there is an y sign of damage from transit, r eport it immediately to your dealer and/or delivery ser vice. Keep the shipping car ton and packing materials for future use.
5 AM and FM Ant ennas The Horizon Duo comes out of the box ready to use . The internal AM antenna is connected. The FM antenna is also connected. Just extend the wire connected to the plug. With the standard antennas you ’ll probably pull in more stations than any other radio you own.
6 Basic C ontrol Oper ations T urning the Horizon Duo On or O Pr ess the POWER/VOL UME control on the center of the front panel or the gr een button on the remote contr ol. Adjusting the V olume T ur n the front panel POWER/VOL UME KNOB or press the VOL UME UP or VOLUME DOWN buttons on the remote control .
7 Selecting a S ource Using the F ront Panel C ontrols 1 T ur n the MODE control until the source you want is highlighted with brackets. Note that other function and alarm setting control icons also may be selected. 2 Pr ess the MODE control to select the highlighted item.
8 Station Seek Using the F ront Panel C ontrol Pr ess the TUNE button. The Duo will seek up the radio band for the next receivable station. Using the Remote C ontrol Pr ess and hold the [ or ] button. The Duo will seek up or down the radio band for the next receivable station.
9 Selecting a Preset Station 1 T ur n the MODE control to highlight the radio band of the preset you want to select. There are two sets of FM pr esets. They are selected by choosing the FM 1 or FM 2 source . 2 Pr ess and quickly release the PRESET BUTTON (1-5) you want to select.
10 Alarm Clock F eatures The Horizon Duo has two independent alarm settings. Each can have its own type of alarm —wake to tone, wake to music or both. Both types of alarms star t at a low volume level that gently increases. Setting the Alarm Time The alarm time can be set when the Duo is turned on or o .
11 The Snooz e Fea ture If you want to sleep a while longer after the alarm sounds you can use the “Snooze “ feature. Simply touch the outer metal rim around the Duo. This will delay the alarm for ten minutes. Each additional touch of the rim incr eases the length of the “Snooze” alarm delay by 5 minutes.
12 Other Contr ol Settings Display Informa tion When you adjust the controls or settings of the Duo the display shows inf or mation and symbols related to what you are doing . After a few seconds the display goes back to showing the time or the source y ou are listening to.
13 C onnecting O ther Equipment Connecting Headphones Connect the headphone plug to the jack beside the symbol. This turns o the Duo internal speakers. If your headphones have a 1/4-inch plug you will need an adapt er . Using A ux Inputs Other audio equipment, such as a por table CD player , can be connected to the Duo through the Aux inputs.
14 Selecting the iPod Source Using the F ront Panel C ontrols 1 T ur n the MODE control until the iPod icon is highlight ed with brackets. 2 Pr ess the MODE control to select the iPod sour ce. Or just wait a few seconds and the iP od is automatically selected.
15 About Clock Memory When power to the Duo is interrupted a special power component called a “super -cap” will keep the clock functions active for a period of 24-48 hours. If the Duo is without power for a longer period of time you may need to reset the clock when power is r estored.
16 Limited W arranty Boston Acoustics warrants to the original purchaser of the Horizon Duo that it will be fr ee of defects in materials and workmanship in its mechanical par ts for a period of one year from the date of pur chase.
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