Yamaha Essential Safety Instructions and FCC Guidelines for Your RX 397
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

FCC INFORMATION (for US customers)

1IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!

This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.

2IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.

3NOTE: This product has been tested and found to comply with the requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class “B” digital devices. Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices.

This equipment generates/uses radio frequencies and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the users manual, may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices.

Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations. If this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be determined by turning the unit “OFF” and “ON”, please try to eliminate the problem by using one of the following measures:

Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference.

Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line filter/s.

In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient the antenna. If the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to coaxial type cable.

If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Electronics Corp., U.S.A. 6660 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620.

The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries.

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Contents RX-397 Serial No Important Safety InstructionsFCC Information for US customers Iii Contents Sophisticated AM/FM tuner FeaturesSupplied Accessories Built-in 2-channel power amplifier Other featuresFront panel Controls and FunctionsPreset station number buttons 1 to Input selectorPhones jack Europe model only Front panel displayAsia and General models only Rear panelRemote control Approximately 6 m 19.7 ft Installing batteries in the remote controlUsing the remote control Handling the remote controlSpeakers B ConnectionsCD/DVD player MD recorder MP3 player, etc Etc Speakers aConnecting the banana plug Connecting speakersConnecting the AM and FM antennas Outdoor AM antennaGround GND terminal Release the tab Connecting the AM loop antennaImpedance Selector switch Remote jacksMemory back-up Unit Power on the remote control to turn on thisTurning on and off this unit Press STANDBY/ON on the front panel orPlaying and Recording Playing a sourceFront panel Adjusting the Loudness control Adjusting the tonal qualityAdjusting the Balance control Using the Pure Direct buttonRecording a source Using the Sleep timer Muting the sound output Press Mute on the remote control to mute the sound outputMute indicator flashes in the front panel display Mute indicator disappears from the front panel displayLights up FM/AM TuningAutomatic tuning FM or AM appears in the front panel displayHold down the button to continue tuning search Manual tuningAutomatic preset tuning Manual tuning is effective when station signals are weakCustomized automatic preset tuning Press Tuning l / h once to begin automatic preset tuningFM appears in the front panel display Press Memory on the front panel Manual preset tuningFlashes Selecting preset stationsExchanging preset stations Press Edit on the front panel againFactory presets Preset Advanced SetupChanging the Advanced Setup menu parameters Advanced Setup menu parametersSee page 25 for available parameters Press STANDBY/ON to confirm your settingGeneral TroubleshootingTuner Remote control Does not work norFunction properly Audio Section SpecificationsThis product mainly uses lead-free solder RX-497/RX-397 Example of Antenna Grounding
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