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Themagicphraseinsoundreproductiontodayis"StereophonicHigh-Fidelity."Thisnewmethodofsoundreproductionhascreatednewhorizonsinhomeentertainment.Thisnewelectronicmiraclebringstoyourhomethethrillingexperienceofhearingmusicreproducedasthoughtheartistsareperformingrightinyourhome.ZenithStereophonicHigh-FidelityandStereophonicFMistheculminationofdecadesofresearchtocreatetheenchantingillusionoflivingmusicalpresence.Tobetterunderstandhowthismarvelofsoundreproductionisaccomplishedletusfirstreviewsomeoftheelementaryprinciplesofsound.
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Asweknow,soundtravelsinwavessimilartowaterwaves.Everyoneatonetimeoranotherhastossedastoneintoabodyofwaterandwitnessedtheexpandingripplesthatmoveoutwardinalldirections.Asmallstonepro·ducessmallwavesandlargestonesproducelargewaves.Soundwavestravelinmuchthesamemanner.Thewaveincaseofsoundisreferredtoasairvibrations.Alownoteisoneofafewvibrations,whereas,highernoteshavemorevibrationspersecond.Thesesoundvibra-tionsarereceivedbyusthroughtheears.Theearsinturntransmitthesevibrationsthroughtheauditorysystemtothebrain,andweareable
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hearanddistinguishvarioussounds.Hearingvarieswithallindividuals.However,forhigh.fidelityreproduc-tion,thepracticalhumanhearingrangeofsoundextendsfrom30cyclesorvibrationspersecond,to15,000cyclesorvibrationspersecond.Itcan
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readilyunderstood,therefore,thatatrueHigh-Fidelitysystemmustfaith-fullyreproduceeverysoundwithinthisrange,freeofdistortion.Inthepast,conventionalrecordplayerssimplydidnotreproducevibrationsinexcessoffiveorsixthousandcyclespersecond,andthevitallowfrequen-desorvibrationswerenotfaithfullyreproduced.Itistheextensionofthe"highs"andthe"lows,"thebrilliantovertonesorharmonicsthatgivehigh.fidelitymusic
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rich,thrilling,musicalpresence.But
High-Fidelity
repro·ductiondoesnot"justhappen."Eachcomponentinyour.instrumentisengineeredtothehighestqualitvstandards.Eachcomponentlikealinkinachainisdependentupontheperformanceoftheothercomponentstoproducetrue
High-Fjdelity,
Asinglechannelhigh-fidelityaudioamplifiercanbeconsidereda"Mon-aural"soundsystem.Bythis,wemeanthattherecordingsaremadebyusingonemicrophoneorgroupofmicrophonesandthentheinformationobtainedfromtheorchestraorvocalistischanneledintoonlyonerecord-ing.Thissinglechannelrecordingisthenfedtoasinglechannelamplifierandtoasinglespeakersystem.Sincemanbasicallyhearsandinterpretswithwhatcanbeconsidereda"Binaural"mechanism,Zenith'sengineeringlaboratorieshavedevelopednew"Stereophonic"soundreproductionequipmentwhichismostcompat-iblewiththehearingmechanismofman"Ina"Stereophonic"soundsystem,twomicrophonesorgroupsofmicro-phonesareusedandtheinformationfromeachmicrophoneorgroupisrecordedseparately:thisisdonewitheitheratwochanneltaperecorder"orwithadualchannelstereophonicrecord.Theinformationfromeachrecordedchannelisfedtoaseparateaudioamplifierandthentheoutputoftheseseparateaudioamplifiersisfedtoseparatespeakersystems.Inthismanner,soundcanberecordedandreproducedstereophonicallyandmanwillhearasheisnormallyaccustomed.Radiobroadcasttransmissionsareoftwotypes.AmplitudeModulation{Standard-Broadcast)andFrequencyModulation{FM).FrequencyModulationprovidesatremendousimprovementinthereduc-tionofinterferenceofstatic.Inmostinstallations,particularlythosenottoodistantfromthe.transmittingstation,staticofalltypesisentirelyabsent,FrequencyModulationallowsthetransmissionofnotonlyagreatlyin-creasedtonalrange,resultinginhearingmusicalinstrumentsandsoundswhichpreviouslyhavebeenunheard,butalsoofagreatlyincreaseddy-namicrange,allowingtheloudestandsoftestpassagestobeheardintheirtrueproportions.NewstandardsforstereophonicFMbroadcastinghavebeenapprovedbytheFederalCommunicationsCommissionwhichaddanexcitingnewdi-mensiontoFMRadiolistening.ZenithpioneeredanddevelopedtheStereo-phonicFMsystemonwhichtheFederalCommunicationsCommissionbasedthebroadcastingstandards"TheZenithengineerswhocreatedthisbasicStereophonicFMsystemhavealsocreatedforZenithowners.newAM/FMtunerswhichwillenableyoutoreceivethesenewStereophonicFMbroadcasts(sometimesreferredtoasMultiplexing).
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AStereophonicFMtunerisinstalledinthiscabinetandcanbeusedtoobtainthenewfulldimensionStereophonicFMbroadcasts,-Adualprofessionaltype"StereophonicCartridge"isprovidedtoinsurecompletelisteningsatisfactionforthenewHigh-FidelityLPrecords,aswellasthenewStereophonicrecords,andordinaryshellacrecords.This"DualStereophonic"cartridgePartNo.142-163isasensitiveceramic'constantamplitudetypecartridge.
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hastwostylii,a.7mildiamondforLPrecordsanda3milmanufacturedsapphirefor78R.P.M,rec-ords.Thiscartridgeiscompatibleinthat'itwillnotonlyplayStereo-phonicrecordsbutalsostandardMonauralrecords.Thesemodelshaveasixspeakersystem.Two10inchwooferstwo
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exponentialhorntweeters,andtwo
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inchconetweeterspeakers,The"tweeterspeakers,"reproducethehigher,morerapidlypulsatingtones,whilethelargespeakers,the"woofers,"reproducethelowerslowerpulsatingtones.AstheseModelsaredesignedandmanufactured,theyfeatureaStereo.phonicCartridge,aFourSpeedRecordChanger,anAM-StereophonicFMtuner,dualaudioamplifiersforstereophonicsoundandadualspeakersystem,
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POWERSUPPLYANDOUTPUT
YourZenithamplifier,automaticrecordplayerandFM-AMTuneraredesignedforoperationon110to125volts,60cyclealternatingcurrent,AC.
Donotattempttooperateondirectcurrent(DC),ordamagewillresult.
If
youarenotcertainofthetypevoltageorfrequencyincyeJesofyourelectricity,checkwiththeelectriccompany,
If
humisapparentwhenoperatingthereceiver,itmaybereducedoreliminatedbyreversingthepluginthewallsocket.Powerconsumptionfortheamplifier,recordchangerandtuneris50watts.TheErApoweroutputoftheamplifieris30watts.Thispoweroutputmeansthatyouhaveamplereserveabovetherequirementsforanyordinaryneeds.'
TOPREPAREFOROPERATION
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Carefullyremoveallpackingmaterialfromtherecordchanger.2.Turnthetwobaseplatemountingboltsclockwiseuntiltheyateflushwithbaseplate,andremovethecardboardstripsfromeithersideoftherecordchanger.
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