Adjusting The Top Panel Controls; Listening To Your Stereo System - McIntosh C26 Owner's Manual

Adjusting the
Top Panel Controls
PHASE —The PHASE is a two-position switch
that reverses the phase in the left channel. Im-
properly phased program sources can be cor-
rected with this switch.
1. Set the MODE SELECTOR switch to MONO.
2. Stand about 10 feet in front of and mid-way
between your loudspeakers. The sound
should appear to be directly in front of you.
If the sound is not directly in front of you
with the PHASE switch in the 0° reverse the
leads on one loudspeaker. When the sound
comes from the
speakers they are in PHASE.
CENTER CHANNEL LEVEL — Left and right
channels are added to make a center channel pro-
gram source. The program can be fed to a third
amplifier for a center channel speaker or for mono-
phonic remote speakers. The CENTER CHANNEL
LEVEL control adjusts the volume on CTR CHAN-
NEL output jack only. Adjustment is from —6 dB to
+6 dB with respect to the MAIN output. Clockwise
rotation increases the loudness.
Listening to Your
Stereo system
LISTENING TO A STEREO RECORD
1. Turn the INPUT SELECTOR to PHONO 1, or
PHONO 2, whichever is connected to the
record player you wish to hear.
2. Set the MODE SELECTOR to STEREO.
3. Adjust the VOLUME control to the desired
volume.
LISTENING TO MONOPHONIC RECORDS
1. Turn the INPUT SELECTOR to PHONO 1, or
PHONO 2, whichever is connected to the
record player you wish to hear.
2. Turn the MODE SELECTOR to MONO.
3. Adjust the VOLUME control to the desired
volume.
LISTENING TO A TAPE RECORDER
The TAPE input is used:
1. Turn the INPUT SELECTOR to TAPE.
mid-point between the
2. Turn the MODE SELECTOR switch to
STEREO or MONO, depending on the pro-
gram on the tape.
3. Adjust the VOLUME control to the desired
volume.
Two tape recorders can be used with the C 26.
Connect a three head tape recorder to TAPE 1
inputs. Connect a second three head tape recorder
to TAPE 2. Recording and monitoring can be done
with both tape recorders.
To monitor while recording your tape recorder
must have separate record and playback heads
and separate electronics. The pushbutton switch
lets you monitor the quality of tape recordings
made during the recording process. When the
TAPE switch is in the IN position it will play the
sound from the tape as it passes the playback
head, a moment after it is recorded. The recording
process continues as usual. When the switch is in
the OUT position normal program from the source
is heard.
HOW TO COPY TAPE
1. Put the tape on the recorder connected to
TAPE 1 input.
2. Turn the input selector to TAPE 1.
3. The signal available at the TAPE OUTPUT
jacks is the playback of TAPE 1.
4. Record on the recorder connected to TAPE
2. The recording can be monitored by press-
ing in the TAPE 2 pushbutton. Instantaneous
comparison on the recorded program with
the original can be heard.
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