FRONT PANEL
1STANDBY SWITCH: Pressing this key, or the HTR 2 remote’s [ON] button, will switch the tuner preamplifier on, making it operational, changing the amber Standby indicator to green and illuminating the VFL display.
2STANDBY LED: Illuminates amber when the T 163 is in Standby mode; green when it is powered on; and flashes momentarily to indicate infrared commands received from the HTR 2 remote. This indicator will be steadily dark only when the main POWER switch (REAR PANEL No.6) is switched off (or the tuner preamplifier is unplugged from the AC supply).
3AM/FM: Press to toggle between the tuner’s AM and FM bands.
4DISPLAY: Press to display the channel mode of the currently selected source (other than the internal AM/FM tuner), in the format “front/rear/LFE.” For example, a Dolby Digital or DTS
When the AM/FM tuner is the selected input, sequentially pressing DISPLAY shows the currently tuned station’s RDS data, toggling between the current station’s Radio Text and Station Name displays (see Listening to Radio, below).
5MEMORY: Use to store tuned stations to the T 163’s 40
6FM MUTE/MODE: In the normal Mute position, only the stations with a strong signal can be listened to, and the noise between stations is muted. Pressing the [FM Mute/Mode] button allows distant (and potentially noisy) stations to be received. (See “Listening to Radio,” below.)
7PRESET : Press to step up or down between radio presets; 30 FM and 10 AM station presets are available. Note that this function “wraps”:
Pressing | will step from Preset 30 to Preset 1, or vice versa using the key. “Unused” presets are skipped over. (Note that Presets must previously | |
have been stored; see “Listening to Radio,” below.) |
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8 SEARCH | : Press momentarily to step up or down between FM or AM frequencies. Press and hold SEARCH | for more than 2 seconds to |
search up or down; the T 163’s tuner will stop at the next sufficiently strong signal it encounters. Note that this function, too, “wraps,” and will continue searching up or down from one end of the AM or FM band to the other.
Note that: SEARCH | tunes the FM band by 0.05 MHz steps (twice the precision of most tuners and tuner preamplifiers). On the AM band, | |
SEARCH | moves by 10 kHz or 9 kHz steps. To change the step amount, hold in the FM MUTE/MODE and AM/FM keys simultaneously. | |
9VFL DISPLAY: The Vacuum Fluorescent Display provides visual information on all of the T 163’s important modes, settings, and functions for both MAIN and second ZONE locations.
10VOLUME (SETUP): Turn clockwise to increase the
The VOLUME (SETUP) knob is also used to increment/decrement individual channel levels and other adjustable parameters.
11VIDEO: Use to select a video input along with its assigned audio and digital inputs (see “Input Setup,” below). Press repeatedly to step through the T 163’s Video inputs.
AUDIO: Use to select analog audio input independently of video input. Press repeatedly to step through the T 163’s audio inputs. See “Input Setup,” below.
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