Connecting the speakers, Using external antennas

02Connecting up

4Place the AM antenna on a flat surface and in a direction giving the best reception.

5Connect the FM wire antenna in the same way as the AM loop antenna.

For best results, extend the FM antenna fully and fix to a wall or door frame. Don’t drape loosely or leave coiled up.

Using external antennas

To improve FM reception

Use a 75 Ω coaxial cable to connect an external FM antenna.

One-touch

PAL connector

FM UNBAL

AM LOOP

ANTENNA

75 Ω coaxial cable

To improve AM reception

Connect a 5 m to 6 m (15 ft. to 18 ft.) length of vinyl-coated wire to the AM antenna terminal without disconnecting the supplied AM loop antenna.

Outdoor antenna

5 m to 6 m

(15 ft. to 18 ft.)

Indoor antenna (vinyl-coated wire)

FM UNBAL	AM LOOP	ANTENNA
75	AM LOOP

For the best possible reception, suspend horizontally outdoors.

Connecting the speakers

Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right terminal and the speaker on the left to the left terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the receiver match those on the speakers. You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 4 Ω–16 Ω.

Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source.

Left speaker

	CONTROL
	OUT
	OUT
	SIGNAL	AC IN
	GND	AC IN
	GND	L
		L
		R
	MM/MC	SPEAKER L
	PHONO	SPEAKER L

•Connect the speakers to the speaker terminals as shown above.

Connections for the left speaker are shown. Connect the right speaker in the same way. You can use either bare wire connections or banana plugs to do this (see below).

Bare wire connections

Make sure that the speaker cable you’re going to use is properly prepared with about 3/8 inch of insulator stripped from each wire, and the exposed wire strands twisted together (fig. A).

A9 specifications

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