Front panel controls

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

3

4

5

6

7

 

8

9

10

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT SELECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

B

BI-WIRE BI-AMP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIN

 

 

 

MAX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIMER

 

 

 

 

DVD 6CH INPUT VGCA

VIA TONE

 

 

TAPE MONITOR

DIGITAL INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

–TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

PRESET

MEMORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

BASS

TREBLE

BALANCE

VCR 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR 3

 

 

PHONES

PTY SELECTOR

DISPLAY MODE PTY SEARCH

WAKE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR 3

 

 

BAND

FM MODE

DSP SOUND MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIN

MAX MIN

MAX

L

R

 

 

 

 

 

EON

RDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO IN

L AUDIO IN R

12

13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23

 

 

24

25

26

 

 

27

28

Main unit

No.

Name

Ref.page

q Standby/on switch ( /l)

.................................. 17

Press to switch the unit from on to standby mode or vice versa.

In standby mode, the unit is still consuming a small amount of power.

wStandby indicator ( )

When the unit is connected to the AC mains supply, this indicator lights up in standby mode and goes out when the unit is turned on.

e Speaker select buttons

 

(SPEAKERS, A, B, BI-WIRE)

17, 22

r Bi-amp indicator (BI-AMP)

24

tDVD 6CH input select button

(DVD 6CH INPUT)

26

 

y VGCA mode select button/indicator

 

 

(VGCA, ON)

27

 

u Volume control (VOLUME)

23

 

i Tape monitor button/indicator

 

 

(TAPE MONITOR)

24

 

o Digital input indicator (DIGITAL)

22

 

!0Input selector (INPUT SELECTOR)

17, 22

 

!1Digital input select button

 

 

(DIGITAL INPUT)

22

 

!2Timer button (TIMER, -MODE, –TIME)

49

 

!3Headphones jack (PHONES)

36

 

!4For the United Kingdom

 

 

Tuning/PTY select buttons

 

 

(TUNING, , , PTY SELECTOR)

28, 33

 

For Australia and New Zealand

 

6

Tuning buttons (TUNING, , )

28

No.

Name

Ref.page

!5Band select button (BAND)

28

!6

For the United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

 

FM mode select/EON

button

 

(FM MODE, EON)

28, 34

 

For Australia and New Zealand

 

 

 

FM mode select button (FM

................MODE)

!7

Only for the United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

RDS button (RDS)

 

 

32

!8DSP sound mode select button

 

(DSP SOUND MODE)

22

!9

For the United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

 

Memory/PTY search

button

 

(MEMORY, PTY SEARCH)

30, 33

 

For Australia and New Zealand

 

 

 

Memory button (MEMORY)

..............................

@0Wake indicator (WAKE)

49

@1

For the United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

 

Preset channel/Display

mode select button

(PRESET, DISPLAY MODE)

31, 32

 

For Australia and New Zealand

 

 

 

Preset channel button (PRESET)

@2Via tone indicator (VIA TONE)

27

@3Display section

7

@4Bass control (BASS)

25

@5Treble control (TREBLE)

25

@6Balance control (BALANCE)

25

@7VCR 3 terminals (VCR 3)

11

@8VCR 2/VCR 3 select button

 

(

 

 

 

VCR 2,

 

 

 

VCR 3)

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Technics SA-DA10, SA-DA8 operating instructions Front panel controls

SA-DA8, SA-DA10 specifications

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