Chapter One : Connecting Your Devices

AM Loop Antenna

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Your new receiver comes with an AM loop antenna for AM radio reception. To connect the AM antenna:

1.Insert the antenna loop into the base and position the loop.

2.Open the receiver’s antenna terminal levers.

3.Insert the antenna’s wires into the terminal as shown above.

4.Close the antenna terminal levers to lock the wires in place.

5.Adjust the antenna loop as necessary to improve recep- tion.

To prevent hum interference, keep the AM antenna wires away from speaker wires, AC power cords, the TV chassis, and the receiver.

Connecting the Antennas

 

 

Connections

 

 

 

FM Indoor Antenna

1.

Connect the antenna wire to a standard, commercially

 

 

 

available antenna adapter as shown above.

 

 

2.

Connect the adapter to the receiver’s FM antenna jack.

 

 

 

 

 

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Your new receiver also comes with an FM indoor antenna for FM radio reception. To connect the FM antenna:

1.

Attach the antenna sheath to the pole in the center of

 

 

the receiver’s FM antenna jack, as shown above. When

 

 

you attach the sheath for the first time, you may need to

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exert quite a bit of pressure.

2.

Adjust the antenna as necessary to improve reception.

 

3.

Tack the looped end of the antenna in the location that

 

 

provides the best reception.

 

FM Outdoor Antenna

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Kenwood recommends a permanently installed outdoor FM antenna for best FM reception. To connect an outdoor FM antenna: