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1. Read all instructions - Read the safety and operating instructions before operating the instrument. IMPORTANT 2. Retain Instructions - Retain the safety and operating instructions for future reference. 3. Heed warnings - Adhere to warnings and operating instructions. SAFETY 4.
The serial number, purchase date, and Mclntosh Laboratory Service Contract number are important to you for possible insurance claim or future service. Record this information here. Serial Number Purchase Date Service Contract Number Upon application, Mclntosh Laboratory provides a Service Contract to the original purchaser. Your Mclntosh Authorized Service Agency can expedite repairs when you provide the Ser- vice Contract with the instrument for repair.
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TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 3 YEARS OF CONTRACT SERVICE. . . FILL IN THE APPLICATION NOW. Your C36 Audio Control Center will give you many years of satisfactory performance. If you have any questions, please contact, Mclntosh Laboratory Inc. 2 Chambers Street...
Mclntosh products are designed to be maximum user friendly so anyone can easily enjoy using them. Another Mclntosh design policy is to provide products that are easy to maintain. The C36 Audio Control Center is simple, yet elegant. There are many useful features to enhance your listening enjoyment.
Open the carton and remove the PANLOC shelves, the hardware package and the mount- ing template. Lift the C36 up off the shipping pallet and remove the plastic bag. The C36 is now ready for shelf or table top installation.
6. INSTALL THE C36 Guide the C36 AC power cord through the panel opening to the back of the cabinet. Slide the unit into the opening, making sure the rails on the bottom of each side of the chassis engage the tracks on the PANLOC shelves.
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POWER Press the red POWER button to turn the C36 system ON. Press again to turn it OFF. MONO (Monophonic) Press the MONO button to add the left and right channel signals together for MONO signals at the LISTEN MAIN, SWITCHED 1 and SWITCHED 2 OUTPUTS.
PROCESSOR-FROM and TO An external signal processor can be added to the C36 which will affect only the LISTEN MAIN and SWITCHED 1 and 2 outputs. The PROCESSOR-FROM jacks have built-in switching contacts to allow normal signals to pass through when no cables are connected.
Connect a cable from the left channel output of a tape recorder to the C36 L (Left) channel TAPE 1, 2 or 3 INPUT. Connect a cable from the right channel output to the C36 R (Right) TAPE 1, 2 or 3 INPUT A total of three tape recorders can be connected to the C36.
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Connect a cable from the left channel turntable output to the C36 L (Left) PHono INPUT. Connect a cable from the right channel to the C36 R (Right) PHono INPUT If there is a separate ground wire from the turntable, connect it to the GND terminal.
Total current capacity 12.5 amperes, deviation from perfection permitted for a (1500 watts) Mclntosh instrument. We promise you that when you purchase a new C36 from a Mcln- POWER REQUIREMENTS tosh Franchised Dealer, it will be capable of 120 Volts, 50/60Hz, 15 watts performance at or better than these limits.
LOGIC DRIVEN CONTROL TECHNICAL All inputs, outputs and mode switching on the C36 are controlled by logic circuits that drive DESCRIPTION the electromagnetic switches. The front panel Record and Listen switches feed a pulse to a binary up-down counter, then to a binary decimal decoder, and finally to a transistor array that controls signals to the electromagnetic switches.
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control circuit design. An integrated circuit operational amplifier is used with two separate TECHNICAL feedback circuits. One feedback loop has flat frequency response, and the other loop has DESCRIPTION loudness compensation. A potentiometer placed between these two feedback loops makes it possible to select any degree of frequency response from flat, to full loudness compensa- tion.
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The letters correspond to the paragraphs on pages 8, 9, 10 and 11 50/60H2 AC POWER AC POWER RECEPTACLES THAT WILL SCR 3 120 VOLTS ON AT TURN ON WHEN C36 IS TURNED ON SWITCHING RELAY ALL TIMES...
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