Adjusting Bass, Treble And Loudness; Tuner Operation; Headphone Mode - B&K 5 Series II User Manual

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Bass, treble and loudness can be adjusted using the remote control supplied or the front panel. To adjust the

level using the front panel, press the LEVEL

decreases the low frequency content in 2 dB increments with a range of +/- 12 dB. Treble increases or

decreases the high frequency content in 2 dB increments with a range of +/- 12 dB. Loudness may be used

to further shape the audio signal for increased clarity and intelligibility at low listening levels. When the

desired selection is displayed, rotate the encoder right or left to adjust the level up or down. The loudness

can be adjusted using either the remote control or the front panel button.

All TUNER operations require the Preamplifier Tuner's source be set to TUNER.

Manual Tuning -

single 10 kHz steps for AM or 200 kHz steps for FM. (9 kHz and 100 kHz steps for European version.) If tun-

ing from the front panel is desired, use the UP and DOWN arrow buttons to step through the frequencies.

When the tuner is selected.

Direct Frequency Entry Tuning -

enter the frequency of the station. However, once any tuner operation (TUNER, BAND, AM, FM or TUNE+/-)

is performed, you may directly enter a frequency from the remote control's numeric keypad. The Reference 5

S2 will only "look" for a direct frequency entry for three seconds after one of the tuner operation commands is

received by the unit.

Example - button press steps for directly entering the radio station for 103.3 FM = FM - 1 - 0 - 3 - 3

Seek Tuning -

matically stopping on strong stations). Once the tuner has started seeking you can release the button. In

strong signal areas the tuner may stop one step above or below the true frequency. Unless you are sure of

the station's frequency, check to see that the signal might be better one step above or below the frequency

that SEEK has found. In weak signal areas the tuner may continue to seek all the way to the end of the band.

To stop this simply press the opposite TUNE +/- button. Seeking can also be done from the front panel by

holding the UP or DOWN arrows until the tuner starts to seek.

BAND - toggles between the AM and FM frequency bands.

AM - selects and allows tuning of the AM frequency band.

FM - selects and allows tuning of the FM frequency band.

ST/M - allows selecting of Stereo and Mono in the FM frequency band. Setting / Programming a chan-

nel to Stereo will play the channel in stereo if it is broadcast in stereo. Setting/Programming a channel

to Mono will force the channel to mono regardless of the broadcast. Use mono to reduce background

noise on weak channels.

Headphone Mode allows you to operate your Preamplifier Tuner using a set of headphones. The headphone

jack uses a 1/4" (6.3mm) stereo jack. To select the headphone mode, press the MODE button on the remote

control. MODE will toggle between Headphone ON and Headphone OFF. When in headphone mode, the

CONTROL OUT is set to off. This feature allows your Preamplifier Tuner to turn off external amplifiers or pow-

ered sub woofers with compatible 12VDC CONTROL inputs. Headphone mode can also be set up using a

preset. See

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