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PART 16-3- RADIO
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COMMON ADJUSTMENTS AND REPAIRS
ADJUSTMENJ AND OPERATION
OF PRESS BUnONS
Switch the receiver
ON
by turning
the front right hand knob clockwise.
Allow the receiver to operate for
about fifteen minutes before setting
buttons.
Any of the five buttons may be
set to any station within the tuning
range of the
receiver.
1.
Pull the desired press-button
out to ita fullest extent (approx-
imately !" movement) to release
the locking mechanism.
2. Carefully tune in the selected
station
V~~:th
the Manual Tuninr
Control.
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RADIO FEED WIRE
16-27
AERIAL TRIMMER
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ILLUMINATION LAMP FEED
3. Press the button fully in (total
movement
approximately
j")
to
lock mechanism.
Proceed in the above manner for
the remaining four buttons.
FIG. 1-Radio Connections-Typical
Five stations are now instantly
available and independent of Man-
ual Tuning.
At any time the choice of pre-
selected stations may
be
changed
by repeating the above simple pro-
cedure.
AERIAL RIMMER ADJUSTMENT
Switch the receiver
ON
and extend
the aerial to its maximum length.
Tune to the weakest station near the
15 calibration. With the volume
control set in a suitable position
adjust the aerial trimmer control
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
RADIO REMOVAL
1. Remove
instrument
cluster
housing
.
2.
Remove
radio
knobs
and
surround.
3.
Remove heater control mount-
ing screws.
4. Remove the wing nut attach-
ing radio to rear bracket.
5.
Remove 3 mounting screws at
the front of the radio.
6.
Withdraw radio and disconnect
the
aerial,
speaker and power leads.
Reverse removal operations for
installation.
Check radio operation and adjust
aerial trimmer.
AERIAL REPLACEMENT
1. Remove the oblong base outer
cover and remove the four mounting
screws.
2. List
aerial
from
fender.
3. Disconnect the lead from the
radio and feed the lead through the
cowl side panel as the aerial is being
removed.
NOTE: To aid in reassembly, it is
advisable to attach a piece of cord to
the aerial lead during removal.
If a piece of cord is not used
to draw the aerial lead through the
slowly in either direction until a peak
volume is reached
(Fig.
1).
WARNING: These receivers are
for 12 Volt negative earth opera-
tions only. Connection to wrong
polarity will cause damare
to
the
receivers.
cowl side panel, it will be necessary
to remove the splash sealing panel
from inside the front wheel arch to
enable access to the aerial hole in
the cowl side panel.
SPEAKER
REPLACEMENT
1.
Unplug the apeaker cable from
the receiver.
2. Remove the wing nut and two
screws retaining the speaker to the instru-
ment panel.
3. Remove the
speaker.
4. Fit up the new speaker and replace
the wing nut and
screws.
S.
Check radio
operation.

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