Optimus STAV-3680 Owner's Manual page 12

Preparing Your Receiver
Warning: To prevent injury, read and fol-
low all cautions and warnings that ac-
company the outdoor antenna.
Caution: The cable's shielding should
only touch the terminal.
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For the best radio reception, use an outdoor antenna. Follow these steps to
connect an outdoor FM antenna to the receiver using 75 cable.
Note: If your antenna has 300
store for the correct adapter.
1. Disconnect the supplied FM antenna from the receiver's
terminal.
2. With a stripping tool, remove about 1
ble's outer insulation to expose the cable's shielding.
3. Fold back the outer insulation from the inner insulation.
4. Remove about 1 inch of the inner insulation from around the center wire.
Outer Insulation
5. Pull the shielding to one side. Connect the center wire to the receiver's
terminal. Twist the shielding to secure any loose wire strands,
UNBAL 75
and connect it to the
75
Note: Grounding is not necessary for reception, but we recommend it to avoid
damage from lightning when you use an outdoor FM antenna and for better FM
reception. Use a separate piece of thick polyvinyl insulated wire to connect the
terminal to an earth ground such as a metal cold-water pipe.
Warning: Never connect a wire to a gas pipe for grounding since sparks might
ignite the gas.
twin-lead cable, consult your local RadioShack
1
/ inches of the outdoor antenna ca-
2
Inner Insulation
Shielding
(ground) terminal.
Center Wire
Coaxial Cable
Shielding
FM UNBAL 75
Center Wire
FM
FM
UNBAL
75
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