Hifi €NGINé For more Hi-Fi manuals and set-up information please visit www.hifiengine.comi OWNER’S MANUAL PLEASE READ BEFORE OPERATINOTHIS EQUIPMENT, STA-2100 SUPER POWER CoAT MT C-le oc toet hg CATALOG NO. 31-2076 Fw ig CusTan WaMUAcRED om nab Stace FA DSON OF TNOYCORMONON pera 7 ST 7C*REALISTIC. ‘THE BRAND WITH OVER 1,000,000 CUSTOMS In choosing this fine Reslstie product you have demonstrated 4 rath acute iswarenas‘of the good otf American eittom caled “gots the mt for Your ‘monoy"" With Rests tiie not an te Boast he iw amin Boxtan ng fanous Yaka igeiy = and i ts onginalintant was to bree » gop etwaen $100 equoment and 423 equipment Soret tne hae ae voldin heh merchancee Ear products were 2 $39.85 FM tuner, 9 $2996 preanp/amptier, $19.95 ‘Spent. Soon wo found ourselves a unque nie a manufacturing reales Capacity and ability grow simuteneoudy. Soon Reslic Wifi products. — Toudspentra, recovers tape decks, even table radios began racing tical ‘sccm Yor fouls performance as wa as value. Coles and rane fm a! ‘er the word began requesting» Reslene hanchise, Tadioy you an shop The Nationwide Supemaret of Sound'™ with the confidence that youre goting the widest suecton of ualty Wl equipment srt nes we ye king Bude pi en ars RADIO SHACK LIMITED WARRANTY Thisequipmentis warranteea against detects for2 years trom date of purchase, Within this period we will repair without charge for farts and labor. Simply bring your sale sip 3s root of pure hase fatetoanyRadio Shack store. Warranty dees not cover transport. i costs, Nor does i cover equipment subjected to misuse oF accidental damage “his waranty ives you speci egal ight and you may alo have other We Service What We Sell For yout oom protection, we urge you to record tho Sei Number ofthis uit fx the pce prowded. You" nd the Soil Number on he back panel othe un eee Soral Number Your Realistic STA-2100 ls a powerful and versatile AM/FM Stereo Recewver. Designed by Ratio Shack and made in our own factory. the STA-2100 presents the latest in auido electrons enginesrng. A receiver this powerful ~ 129 AMS wats por channel ever the entre auto band might hove seemed unthinkable usta few years ago.” But ss youl soon ‘discover, the Benefits for you a 8 stoner are undeniable! ‘You can easy power up to two pairs of loudspeakers — even inefficient systema — with your new Receiver. And of course, you can ploy yout ‘sie at “Ive-performance” Ives i the speakers can handle the powe. ‘But mote importantly, the STA:2100's ample power lets you enjoy sound with plenty of “headroom” at all volume levels. This means you hear the Subtle, instantaneous sound peaks that ve music it "Ive" qualty On lower-powered receivers, thee is offen nat enough reserve power vsilsle te roproduce those peaks In action, the STA-2100 offers a full aray of conttols and connection Jacks, s0 is capable of containg even the most esborate stereo ster Read this manual carefully — it will help you get the most enjoyment {om your Recaiver, from seting up in your system to using ls ‘xcoptional features” But frst, you might tke to know a litle bit sbout the Innovative internal circuitry that makes all possible, '¢ FM front end uses an insulated.gate dual MOSFET amplfior for high seneitvity low nelao and troodom fem atrang signal overion. ‘+ FMTIF employs a quadroture IC and triple cerame fiteing for superior selectivity and ejection of unwanted signals, { PLU-Muttotex IC Yor wie and stable stereo separation 1 The "AM section uses a newly developed AM tuner IC plus a thre: gang variable capacitor for superior reception of sttang and weak signals and freedom frem unwanted signal. * Low-naise, wide dynamic range phono preamp features @bultsn subsonic fier to reduc or eminate tuntabe ume # Spoical noise canceling culty eliminates switching pops Elaborate flay. protection ciruits' to handla. thermal speaker problems (shoring or etherwise). ‘+ Spec protection against power-on curent and votage surges 1 Full toroidal power wansformer fr eticoncy and reduced hum leakage, ‘overdiving oFSPECIFICATIONS PREAMPLIFIER & AMPLIFIER ‘Minimum Audio Output Power at no more thon: 120 wats (RMS 01 Total Harmonie Distortion imo ohms, over power, bath the euaio spectrum, 2020000 He hanna ven ister at 70 watts ANS por chanel, Bohm, oo 220.000 He Frequency Response at 10 wats, +/— 248 15-2500 Int Distortona¢.8 below i cut 0058 Sentivy for fll ouput PRONG reo PHONO 2 2am PHONO ovetoad or .1% THO 230m Aux won TAPE IN1,2 wom Tone Cotils ‘ease +/— 04o0 Die 100 He ieeecab) seats Fd st jo.oa Sor 20000 He fenetaba) mo ee at 1500 Hs High iter = 6 dB/oce ‘above 10,000 H2 Low Fier —s2dB/ocave tebe 50 He Sion 1o-Noie Ratio PHONO 12 038 ‘AUK and TAPEIN 1,2 wae Crosstalk (AUX) 8 Loudness Compensation at 30 8 below fullostput_ = 6B at 100 He TAPEOUT 1,2 Level Mon ‘TAPE OUT 1,2 (DIN! Love 33 size 6.7/8 x201/2161/2" Hw frxs20<@0em1 went 27 be 602 fiske. FM TUNER Sensitiy (HE) 1eav 101 as ‘Senity for £048 useing 20a (2B Uroang Senawty (3a) sav ‘Signa te-Nose Rava (1 mV rode irage Reecton aes IF Reecton S08 aptre Reto vseB Ftmanie Dstorion ‘Mono 006% Stereo orm saaing Senstvty Souv Aca woe Mt Suporesion Bee Stereo Separation Ses ‘AM TUNER Senstivty Fadaos 200 24/m fo Bode ST NIN Texmina tow Desortion 18 Vm) ios, Sect doa. Image Rejection eae ‘AGE Figure of Mort 08 Aca oa ANTENNAS: AM: But.in frit loopatich FM: Diplaantonne provided Pls tevin for extra! antennas POWER REQUIREMENTS 120 AC, 60 He (600 wats max) (2/20 A, Sf Earp a 260 V AC SO He ReALISIIC.ae CONTROL FUNCTIONS pimsercestemmrmnga™ | TAPEMONITOR irre | BASS, MiDrangs, TREBLE ood program source. ‘Temonitorsianais comacted to TAPE 1 I. ‘you hear ony the pure, unadjsied sound, eis iE nese dima weareensemeiincee, | Seeominens Eceteg nee RCE EEE nerunorjinen, | TAPEDUBBING coeesn, Meera, | eae teaen we eset ecteerentorectoce | brarddach Steet treat ‘phono cartoge, et.) WW t0 TAPE 1 OUT. REALISEBASS and TREBLE TURNOVER ot operaton of te BASS and TREBLE co trele” Fo" example, with BASS TURNOVER Inout" (Goo Hel postion, BASS conte Drmorly ate frequencies blo S00 He Gan tURwover BASS conta wa fang: frequnces stow 150s ‘TREBLE TURNOVER: SEs tumover attests ence ‘ove 600 Converts Dolby: FM signals. FM25 1S into standard Dolby NR sys- seer deg Bye so IBRe eh ales tuto nou peti FIM MUTE Piss ths oustan int in en tuning for FM stations. Receiver ul ‘hom bale ntl you tune song (3 or Leave FM MUTE i out postion to recave HI MPX FILTER Yiten you ten Fis, thou tral etinating he see MONO (rentswree sortie er sulting onal ies compan (et gh (Wier you ate to waa FM pressing the MONO barton vt oes ut of sours the ia LOUDNESS — When string stow ‘otumes, pom te LOUDNESS button. the overcomes te 09's feaced see by boosting ow Trequencies stthese ow uetnng level LOW and HIGH FILTER Helo ofiter ou noise. Press HIGH FILTER Ipraove haan atch none, Pass LOW table rumble —10 dB ATTENUATOR “hiss another push bution switch. When Dressel the gar ofthe ore amp stages Feed by 108 "without ahstng the VoUUMe ora hay ath seat hort period of sme and then go back t no tal Aue, you'll ind convertion en yess (rant toieton stow vou ives ges You anther ange o! VOLUME contr SPEAKERS Anpyhinioe Seer geceesstere Nate, Serene sce VOLUME and BALANCE “Tse to contol ae combines on one da oneenane nod. Te outer knab eway ‘om peel corvalsvlume aa the Inner Fg Issa ta pana) contol the talon relate ‘Sound busi of the Left and Right channel ‘cone deters positon balance hem Lat POWER pilot LED will glow red, indica: tng tate nan protector Yoay open tes LED wil gow wh ran cal an Recover wa bets ope ann mace, "Dolby registred Trademark of Doby Laboratories PHONES Jack Puginse, rate lating. eave SPEAKERS seches ‘thers hs sme the Speakers of Tuning Knob Tunes Amand WATTS Meters (Left and Right) Mgnt apes cui Mes coated Tuscan bs speekrs Read ATTEN IN cle hon oerting Recover win Sogo aFENUATOR As you tin the Indicator Lamps geyegren ie indicate amp light At (01, PHONG Z oF AUK. When you have ture t 9 ste Fst oth MONO button cut the STEREO lant vl SIGNAL Meter rae ane Fer For asain rae mee TUNING Meter Use whentiing fora comter racing, ReaLISAT(1) Power FUSE Thsisih pve owen’ wenn chesthe FUSE His (2) SWITCHED Convenience AC OUTLET Sid tye ot as WER towpath wn yu tr Beier rovetceed 0 wa © @O®@@ REAR PANEL (3) UNSWITCHED AC Convenience OUTLETS Can be used to power any aus accessory up POWER sac dove roses tas IAC Cord cece riy pec! AAG 50s power fr turopean ad 240 AC, S50 ke fr Australian oe mrad othe ea Q2BUHOM® @ (5) A/B SPEAKERS Push Terminale oA sicenae Sew Not: ir RA ck Pu Tori (6) Optional A/B SPEAKERS RCA Type Jacks For use with Speaks which have RCA ug "as for Aor B, NOT BOTH ReauISIIC.(7) (8) MAIN IN/PRE OUT ected apemmeemcse se usrey Eunizer sytem between ‘OUT and MAIN IN eck, (9) TAPE2 IN/OUT DIN inector Canes to Tape Connector Sor isu/oioa 3 Tge Dec hs Sn ON la acento he Sp ON Conner or TAPE IN/OUT? Rea pres NOT BOTH “TABE MONITOR 2 actoaes te Sn ON (10) TAPE OUT 2 Jacks onc Tape Dis Ain ne Soueee th ouput Wom ee ad APE [Bots unslete ty VOLUME, BALANCE, {OUDNESS or Tore contol (11) TAPE IN 2 Jacks CCannect from Tape Deets Output aks for tape payback Teivte tgs acts, TAPE MONITOR smost bo et 02 (12) TAPE 1 IN/OUT DIN Use as above 8) for Connector Yer sh 9 Use she the § pin DIN Cainactor er TAPE IN/OUT RCA fess NOT BOTH. ‘TAPE MONITOR ¥ actustes ths Bin ON Connector (13) TAPE OUT 1 Jacks Use as above (10 for 2nd Tape Deck (14) TAPE IN 1 Jacks Ure as above 11) ora 2nd Tape Deck. To {etn TAPE MONITOR mt (15) AUX Jacks eons ouput eve sourco — 934 Tape Deck Tunes, ce me or etal phos eartidoe te het el see en SELECTOR = (16) PHONO 2 Jacks Connect Record Changer’ Tunable wth mag ‘ete crtidge to tes acs. ‘These eka re ative when SELECTOR ss [ePHONO 2 postion. (17) PHONO 1 Jacks Some as PHONO 2 for connecting anctner Record Cangar’Tumtabie wth magneve Carnage. These pcs ae stve wn SELEC- ‘TOR s sete PHONO T poston (18) PHONO 1 LEVEL Switch ‘epelang sth ote orn your Re ford ayers magne prono cantage. Stic he evel ch makes the PHONO ‘stra tr tom hr (19) Phono GND Screw Cannes he grou ead ype green oF ‘lack! rom the Recore Change/Trmtable 1 the sre reduce or eimeate hu (20) FM Antenna 300-Ohm Screw Terminals Connect te Opole Antena rove, oF ‘onctextrns FM antenna reusing sa ‘ard 300 ohm ean (21) FM Antenna 75-Ohm Screw Terminal Connect extemal antennas hoe using 7-obm ‘ogwal lead in” Cosa ede proves exrome- ihigh munity rom state and other (22) AM Antenna Screw Terminal cennectan exer long stance AM recenton. In mest aece the builtin setenra wi provi excelent reception. (23) Built-in Ferrite AM Antenna st AM ception. ove ound on in wer bent rca REALISTIC.==) hiBefore making connections, ‘be sre the POWER switch “OFF” and te Note:To reduce hur, use sided auco {hte fora conectone except spear, Fortspeaker comoctons ure amp cra of Speaker eal ‘The STAIOUs cures Speakers Teodio we wira 6 chm speaker. you sent have both {main and 8 remotlspekers you should eed or 1 ot spsiars ta psven overod ‘he Recor he wo sof Speotar tem Fave RCA pug put, oe speaker cabs itn RCA pugs and Ue the RCA ok speaker ust, Note: When using the push ening, be suze ondueor, er has one wvea dierent oir ‘fom the einer “Connect the | Recaher Sutputto the (+) or otked” ealor dat or ‘ther marking! Speaker tari! Do not alow stray strands of wire to touch adjacent terminals or the motel To use the RCA jacks, you should connaet 18 govge vim uch a Ras Shack Cag ‘Number 278. Thi cabins dosgrad to ‘menting th STA 200, CONNECTIONS Phonographie) Sorta ee PHONO input (PHONO 1 2} Ifthe tn fable hae ground we(usualy bee or groen) Connect tothe PHONO GND stn. Plug ‘he turnaole AC ear np the AC conve ‘lene ote or wl Socket, 11 you use PHONO 1 inputs, roxy the sar anol PHONO TLEVEL switch choul be set fedmv. your earidge hasan exoecay Noh autpr side the snteh to dar 8m ‘Adjust to match the phon lvl fo the val that there ite change n vlna when Swching from PHONO tt other sources. eee cte) oreae tater landed AUX or NE N Te wba Tee cheun ecomeeid Your Renna Bar Voss sranec nea err SWihenters capers neces AUXiliary Equipment “The aula inputs maybe sed wth any igh level source = 9 steond tuner. TY nui, wai o est! phono, an aostona tape payer or recorder, short wave a te Antennas Your Recsiver comes with an FM iol Antenna 35 an accomery. For FM receptin, connect tt ‘hd-ob antes trnas onthe oa ‘Tock two mebex of areord cabinet oF the higher the bt Before plugging in the STA-2100: * Double eck a8 connections especiay the Speaker connections to assure that theyare shone! secure an that there eno. #50 the VOLUME contol to minimum «ilps buttons shouldbe Now. connact he power cord 10. source of [AC power and you aera for fatante sReALIS<=ICCHOOSING THE REST OF YOUR SYSTEM SPEAKERS No ster0 system sounds Bator thon te speakers So choose te best you, | the ST AZ, you sou ‘aretuly consider Rat ‘Shac's Mach or Gptimus {he Nova o Mins sprakere 263 imu Ofcourse there area wide vat of speakers Intend prmeniy or mote 8) use "Some ‘re woater roofed tor outsoor talons Sn others fer he convensnce of = but ‘olume corral, Natural. you plan to use ‘Your B speakers for src teneg. yo ‘Should censor sig the same qsity ot Speaker for both your orl ond 8 te ‘ota iettanione ‘Your nesest Rao Shack hes a complete Selaton of speakers for every acpestion ant dont TURNTABLE ‘ool refer ocors range ater called an Somat erab) tore manual erable 2 changer il lay ene stack of roord ‘sndrotorns the onenr tt tS the end ‘tte ot ecord For the best sound, your trae shouldbe ‘Suipped wth 9 magnet came, Cartridges ‘Siulpoed with coneal sy meen re usta IWinexpensi and have good sound. But 9 carwidge with an eliptcal sys follows the Any sytem can {0d par of stars headphones They move onvernt pra ftenng and mary people ‘ind tho bagnaned stereo very axing, HEADPHONES ‘Ses ter sound, Your Rath Shack tore ‘ome wth factor mounted base and connie Your STA210« on ena none jack Phone en Soong wer such pit | bette ey wt be comtortate TAPE DECKS — Until vey recor, fool orealtape docks wore the ont posible choise for hoes IPtretnn rus rghety Recent techno leaial avaneas have made € tock and sos ft rocororeogprach the sou quality of Feel to-eel decks area must for those who Seat owt hs ov tapes a they sti!” Rave merginaly the best performance ANTENNAS scurhecort AM builtin antenna and FM Dipole antenna Should prove aaauate AN ad FM recep | Son tou nave acuny soe HINTS FOR The best asst | BetreRSOUNG Page i Fettoreal dicks. They have the ain! {vantage of compacness ad convient Bp oan. In asston, castor canbe Brack cris provide sight les fidlty than caseten or open ee, Sut Pave several ‘vantages. An Bach racor ae lays pre ‘eceraod ear tapes at home and can seve ‘money ty recording ve aps for your a0, ‘uous taps oop which sn ove hou of ete mnt. Nany Back aybock fem ReusOPERATING THE STA-2100 Power On (irwinnccewr on NOTE: When you press POWER t tur the Recver on, you wont hear ary sound fr Pomer smith ised. Then youl hes a fant {ppted to the speakers {S's inferal ecuty fom hgh eve ewtch Goneyou. The lik your teminde! of he portant eaety feature, If t any te during operation te it rotation rly se activates bya ort cfs the speater termina, for Samp ie {EEO low reagan and Hocewart sauna ‘coos Tha tell you tat you reed ‘heck the instalation or anor Speakers/Headphones Press the A018 (oA ad 8] SPEAKERS Suton” For pte tenn, eae the SPEAKERS buttons by peng ogo and Buia ns oa of ow imbecanes headphones tne PHONES. Select the Source Rotate SELECTOR krob toe sired For AM reception, use the Tung Knob to find hw dssred station, inetune forthe highest reading onthe SIGNAL meter For AM reception. use Tuning Knob to find the dested ston Ihyoue tuned tow atre0 FM stauon ith MONO button out, he STEREO it wi core on ‘just Yung for acon easing onthe TUNING meter Faster, press MUTE. Recor wil now lent untl you tune 9 entiey song (Oo) MUTE button out poston you're tering oa weak treo FM station, press HI MPX FILTER baton to remo Some of igh Fequeney nase ana hiss 1 signals sit not acceptable, wy pressing [MONO button nT wl eimiate tha treo ‘hee, shoul sk reduce the nose ove Dolby FM Reception, you connect. a Dato vce racer decode fo your STA 2100 feo tusroson, page Bt youl be bo forge the fll benef fom Dolby Ft broad isla. (Check wth your ocl Fat statons to Se which ons offer Dobby FM broests) To lite to an Dolby FM broadcast: Pres FM 2548 button met TAPE MONITOR sates to appropriate postion sr tun your Dolby hoe reduction accessory on Vou wl hea hey imrove raat Improved recaon in weak sgn ess, To iten to non Deby FM broadcasts ort yougs ot Mave a Dolby dover leave FM 258 button out eters the FM acu vil we unnatural egies For recording Dolby FM broadcasts Soe RECORDING, page 2 LUstoning to Records The STA 2100 hes Eonnecans onthe rer pane for up oto turntables equipped win magnetic hora fariges. This opens uo many possiis forerteal record fatening fedord char to PHONO 1 on aig peortormance mancal urtabio to PHONO 2, ‘he, sry by shin he SELECTOR och, ‘Awsiiary Sources You con abo connect ‘igh lew! eouese fo he STA 2100 for oven ary equipment would be tape player, comic cor ccyaiteanage record payer, WV auc, 2 iio ve tuner, hm rao fe. Connect uch source oth ren panel AU inputs ond SH SELECTOR swach 1 AUX VOLUME and BALANCE Rotate the oute portion ofthis dul contre (away trom panel Goeswrte to neteas vl Covet Loft ight lance aecoring oat ing poston, rogram mater To reduce volume tomporaiy or exam Bo arse phone prose he 10a [RFTENUATOR button in. This sty ‘euuses te ampitiers gan By 10.48.20 the ‘Sound seu to one thd the former kvl ‘without your hain t change the VOLUME ‘Sanwa! ating To return tothe ome eve Note: Before rslsasing —1048 ATTENUAT- (OR Burton to ou postion beaure VOLUME sor se 20 gh or ese Yourny sorted by te suasen increase Inpower ‘Another use fr ti atonuator buon ito {re you tne conta over the volume Pest ojo dB ATTENUATOR In bral vatate the VOLUME contol tote priest pcs ow To.check output to speakers when — 1048 ATTENUATOR fread ATTEN IN tale on Se WATTS mater. REALISTIC.Tone Control Settings The STA.210 gives you unsuoly precise ono ove the Hequancy response, You're probobiy fara withthe us of bess and {eola conto, but the MIDRANGE contol ‘may sem tte ew ta You MIDRANGE ils ealed presence"batects frequencies in the human vee range. When you istening {02 vara ty varying the MIDRANGE set ting. oul eea that an neeaee im maange ‘apnea movee tna vociet “up torts whl $Goereaco mows tho singor into tho book (round ot te onsombie. Te increase bass, midrange o tebe respons, fotate the approprae conte lockers fo FLAT poston, contol are rertoved rom tha ‘heat tr oak unadjstd renponae = La MIDRANGE Contra! Capability ‘TREBLE Conte Tollimit the range of the BASS and ‘TREBLE controls, soo te TURNOVER etches. hon BASS TURNOVER in out” poston, BASS conrasfacts re (quences baow 300 Ma push TURNOVER 10 i positon ana BASS conl wil ony a tecx eqvoncies slow 150 He ‘TREBLE TURNOVER works sist use ‘heet TREBLE contol turnover ofS Kt Ttequencies above 300 Ha or 6k te ‘quencies above 6000 Ha pros LOUDNESS mph at ow istenng loves This done thse frequencies ston Titning loves. Prss ‘on to remove eudness eomponsivon from ‘he cect Rac Shacks excuse Potact Ubudnee acer jst tha sgh amount of om pensation fr svary itoring vel Use the Bostion whey provides tw most pactng Fitering Unwanted Sounds Ofon the ‘Source moter cntains urdessble sounds a tha racueney oxtomes. The STA 2100 has {vo speci toro handle sich annoyances. ross HIGH FILTER Into siminate the nose Fit "or any high trequeney nose Press LOW FILTER into rave ow frequeney oie such 9 hum of trate rumble Using the WATTS Meters You can continuously mance the power ava 22 vou pats radi te ‘ated moter Ths wi Pep you gauge ‘Spear efctency ond moke Sure you dont Bosh too much power trough Your speakars ‘depending onthe power ating! Meters show RMS watts per channel wth 8 ‘hm speaker connected. So you nave one pai oto poof Bate spears connacted, the eodings wl bs aca ion you have the —10 48 ATTENUATOR, Burton pressed In, you must rad power ost puton te speci ATTEN IN sea PRE OUT — MAIN IN Jacks “These ca pave jacks come wih jumper Strap botamen them These ack provide & fonversntserase pinto tho signal path ttvcugh the Receher so you can tae the main “mpfr cute inaependenty “Typical aplictons wit be with Frequency Enlotaers and mut-enanna ampiter ss tems, you use a Frequancy Equaizes ts insaed ioe ofthe jumbo saps: BRE (OUT tothe Equalze' Input Joker and MAIN {Wo the Equsiznr= Our Jacks "Note: The Receivers VOLUME, BALANCE St Tono con are an he saeutin Vor tthe PRE OUT iacks ~ thus, any axanal ouipment you sorect tthe MAIN IN. Jacke shoul have teow lume conta Ing Level at ALN Tacks 12V masons UWorvoted Outpt Reais 7TAPE FUNCTIONS Your STA.2100 nas wo sets of Tape nou Sind Ostout ks 9n the fer, Pus DUBBING Sind MONITOR sotens onthe fort poral ‘lomateit any tcopy tone ke dl bur emanging rer pane! connections Set the SELECTOR, Recording Scho the dosed omg playetvough your Recover. Set TAPE DUBBING to SOURCE postion ‘just VOLUME, BALANCE an Tone con tls or your intning pleasure hey ot et the output to You Recordar Vf you nave a eae ope deck you can at {TAPE MONITOR ste 01 for) heat Thevecorsinglnmeriaaly ste kaso he tevorang howe ‘When TAPE DUBBING 9nd MONITOR Elches ao ae to thee SOURCE postions, ‘Resagealyou ae trtening to [AML PM, PHGNG PHONG 2 or AUX! wi spear at both TAPE Tand TAPE 2OUT jock. So, You Ean weord va eter oF bth ck {fou tet TAPE MONITOR 1 other than SOURCE, Kw intra he sours” signal fn comnet the Resiver'snput to the TAPE IN jocks wencte by the positon onthe TAPE MONITOR sich To Record Dolby FM Brosdeasts If you fave 8 Osby type tape dee, yout be abe to fecord the sedaly proceed brosdeont ‘irc oo tape, and hen Seed ta ay back fora wast irprowed sgna-o-nohe ‘ato, grams range, ara high ecuency Press FM 25 button in an record the Buiby 6 brooseast with your tape dock's oly system of. Tn» because the signal ''Skeba} Belby encoded, you dont want fe-anceds it! To play back the recog. ‘ourtape decks Daly system on. This i ‘fute te Dobyaesrecovsing tobe dase, Torecardnon-Dolby FM (rif you don't have 1 Doiy-tpe tae dic) ave FM 25 18 To Duplicate (Dub) Tapes: Lat’ say you have Tape Deck “A” connected IOTAPE TIN ana OUT jens” Ang you have ‘Tape Deck" connacte 9 TAPE? IN sd OUT pets et Tape Desk “A inte Ply function, Set DUBBING 1 Zane Rocord wih Tae Dock "BI Tape Bock "Bsa head. achne, you can mort is eeorang by st {ino TABE MONITOR to 2 You can 59 record onto Tape Deck “A, ‘when Tape Deck 8 ein te Poy mode ‘Tome BUBBING to2-1 Then to monitor ‘he recording Made on Taps Deck "A Tessumng’"A" is Sheed machine), set MONITOR to 1 [As you us and expiant wih ese jocks ‘ne rom panel srtenes oul soon bog to Sopeecte the unas lxtity ana vorsaity ‘tinea pete and outs Dubbing While Listening to Another Source Festa tod tapes tom Tape 110 "ape Zor Tape t Tape Mwhla you are itoring to another source A. PHONO Zor AUX. The suoriing {eats enable becouse the TAPE IN/OUT cute ae ncapendert rom te est of the “rout unr te folowing conto IST TARe ow iTon ths to (0) TAPE DUBBING sovch must be eto Zorz-1 poato, dopencing on whch feck sin payback moe and which reseed mode” So now youre ing 2 tof subbing adit ete tadous youre ee olsten to whetve! Stee you choose! Playback —_tyouhnea Tape tne ofthe TAPE IN ok you cn st TAPE MONITOR tothe dente postion ond ‘ours of te postion a he SELECTOR ‘ten you mil har the tape bing yes Note: you hae st TAPE MONITOR #01 or Toute gra seute being connected TAPEIN orTAPEIN the Rocewers sound Jil eaose TAPE MONITOR (tor 2 reoupts the signal ow tvoughne Roce eng act ates TAPE'IN Ter TAPE INS forthe moat REALISTICBUILT-IN PROTECTION CIRCIUTS We've alesdy noted, bute’ exon the borin your Recover. ‘hich poduce oud “ope” in the spoakars hanged With high were ute clean srr nthe S10 es hae Nour ers Receiver. We've bultin special ey protec: ‘tot protects the power switch ond fe form fon, the igh power ampiir autut stages tre opto fora tow aoconcs wh the power ‘turned on. (Owing th peri, the pit ED‘ glow ed! When th power supoty ‘crouy an aud prep sagen have Sta tre, another rly witches the high bower tp etoge (ond the CED instr tna igre) OF coun ths means you don't heat Sound tor tows few aoconde but you wert in that, now tat you know yout spears Se protested hates cestrone nithing srpee tat ol ‘vn Mu leasing and srgaging foreventng lous blot of aucio when the mate crcutry In ation, thoes 2 provision for slimming SELECTOR ste cee ond pops. Some igh powerempifarsheve tobe ured down Sotore changing input selector switching — not the STA.2100 (we've akan ear ofthat for you, elacvonealy HINTS FOR BETTER SOUND Positioning Your Speakers PPacement of speaker a Nighi personal ‘atte, depending lvgely onthe arrangement {tyouistening room andthe way you ten {emus Where yu put your spaers does ‘ral dfrencelm a you yen ‘om ey soverlatoratves. 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