Preparing Your Receiver
Warning: To prevent injury, read and fol- low all cautions and warnings that ac- company the outdoor antenna.
For the best radio reception, use an outdoor antenna. Follow these steps to connect an outdoor FM antenna to the receiver using 75Ω coaxial cable.
Note: If your antenna has 300Ω
1.Disconnect the supplied FM antenna from the receiver’s FM UNBAL 75Ω terminal.
2.With a stripping tool, remove about 11/2 inches of the outdoor antenna cable’s outer insulation to expose the cable’s shielding.
3.Fold back the shielding from the inner insulation.
4.Remove about 1 inch of the inner insulation from around the center wire.
Inner Insulation
Caution: The cable’s shielding should only touch the 
terminal.
Center Wire
Outer Insulation
Shielding
5.Pull the shielding to one side. Connect the center wire to the receiver’s FM UNBAL 75Ω terminal. Twist the shielding to secure any loose wire strands, and connect it to the FM UNBAL 75Ω 
terminal.
Outdoor FM Antenna
Shielding
Center Wire 
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ANTENNA
AM
ANTENN
FM UNBAL 75
Note: Grounding is not necessary for reception, but we recommend it for better FM reception and to avoid damage from lightning when you use an outdoor FM antenna. Use a separate piece of thick polyvinyl insulated wire to connect the 
terminal to the building’s power service grounding electrode system.
Warning: Never connect a wire to a gas pipe for grounding since sparks might ignite the gas.
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