Expert fd 710 mk2 stereo cassette deck

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ALIGNMENT PROCEDURE

Note: Set the position of REC. LEVEL to MAX. REC. BALANCE to oenter.TIMER, MEMORY and Dolby NR to OFF and
INPUT to LINE for all aIignments.

Step Controls to be positioned Input connection Output Connection Adjust Adjust For
HEAD AZIMUTH
BIAS .... NORMAL
Test Tape MTT-l l4 AZIMUTH Screw
1 EO ...... 120 LINE OUT . MAXIMUM
Function. . PLAY (AZIMUTH IOkHz) (See Fig. A)
TAPE SPEED
Test Tape MTTVII ID Speed Control 0 ~ 0
2 SAME AS STEM (FLUTTER 3kHz) L'NE OUT Screw (See Fig. B) '0' 2"
VU METER
BIAS .... NORMAL Live/GND
3 E0 ...... 120 LINE IN 11128:: TP805/605 (L) SEE BALEECE 580mV
Function . . REC TP806/606 (R)
DOLBY LEVEL
(+3dB)
SVR4OI (L)
4 SAME AS STEP 3 SAME AS STEP 3 VU METER SVR402 (R) (double D mark
position)
(See Fig. CI
PLAYBACK LEVEL
Test Tape MTT-150 .
Live/GND
5 SAME AS STEP 1 (DOLBY LEVEL TP805/605 (LI SVR6O1 (L) 580mV
CALIBRATION TP806/606 (RI SVR602 (R)
TONE 200nWb/m)
BIAS TRAP
BIAS . METAL Live/GND L631 (L)
6 E0 ...... 7O TP601/605 (L) L632 (R) MINIMUM
Function. . REC TP602/606 (R)
RECORDING LEVEL CALIBRATION
400Hz
LINE IN
50mV REC, LEVEL
7 SAME AS STEPS Test Tape CSVIO LINE OUT REC. BALANCE 240mV
(Blank)
CSVIO SVR63I (L)
8 SAME AS STEP 1 (Recorded in step 7) LINE OUT SVR632 (R) 240mV
BIAS VOLTAGE
Live/GND
9 SAME AS STEP 3 TP603/605 (L) SVEZS; E?) Approx, 4.5mV
TP604/606 (R)
BIAS ,_.. 53ng
10 E0 70 1 SAME AS STEPS SVR684 Approx, 7mV
Function , . REC
11 SAME AS STEP 6 SAME AS STEP 9 SVR683 Approx, 15mV

The Bias Voltages indicated in the above table do not necessarily provide the best frequency response for the unit
under test. Further adjustment may be required to obtain optimum high frequency response.

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