Fisher 200 T Owners Manual

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PRICE $2.00

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
AND WARRANTY

THE FISHER

2 OO-T"
STEREOPHONIC
FM Receiver

WORLD LEADER IN
STEREOPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY

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CONGRATULATIONS!

FISHER FIRSTS

Milestones In the History of High Fidelity Reproduction

1937 First high-lldelity sound systems teaturing a beam-
power amplitler, inverse feedback. acoustic speaker
compartments (Infinite battle and bass reflex) and
magnetic cartridges.

1931Flrst exclusively high-fidelity TFlF tuner, teaturing
bread-tuning Ell-20.000 cycle fidelity.

1937 First two-unit high-fidelity system with separate
speaker enclosure,

1938 First coaxial speaker system.

1939 First high-fidelity tuner with amplified AVC.
1539 First dynamic range expander.

1939 First 3-way speaker in a high-fidelity system.
1939 First center-of-channel tuning indicator.

I945 First preamplifier-equalizer with selective phono-
graph equalization.

1948 First dynamic range expander with feedback.
1949 First FM-AM tuner with variable AFC.

1952 First 50-watt all-triode amplifier.

1952 First sell-powered master audio control.

1953 First self-powered. electronic sharp-cutoli filter sys-
tem for high-fidelity use.

1953 First universal horn-type speaker enclosure for any
room location and any speaker.

1953 First FM-AM receiver with a cascade front and.
195d First low-cost electronic mlxer-iader.

l95fl First moderately priced professional FM tuner with
two meters.

1955 First peak power indicator in high fidelity.

1955 First master audio control chassis with live-position
mixing facilities.

1955 First correctly equalized. dlrect tape»head preampli-
fier with sell-powered master audio control.

1956 First all-transistor preamplifier-equalizer.

1956 First dual dynamic limiters in an FM tuner for home
use.

1956 First performance monitor in a high-quality amplifier.
1956 First FM-AM tuner with two meters.

1956 First complete graphic response curve indicator for
bass and treble.

1957 First GOLDEN CASCODE FM tuner,
1957 First MicreRay tuning indicator.

1959 First stereophonlc radio-phonograph with magnetic
stereo cartridge,

1959 First high-quality remote control system.

i959 First complete stereophcnic FM~AM receiver (FM-
AM tuner, audio control, 40

1959 First high-compliance plus high-efficiency Free-Fis-
ton loudspeaker system.

1960 First to use MicroRay for FM tuning and as a record
the audio level indicator.

1950 Smithsonian institution. Washington. D. 0., receives
for its collection America's first commercially manu~
factured high-fidelity radio-phonograph, made by
Avery Fisher in 1937.

1960Flrst reverberation device for use in high iidelity
equipment-the Fisher Dynamic Spacexpanderfi.

1960 First stereo tuner with MicroTune.

1960 First front-panel antenna selector switch. 72-800
ohm. Local-Distant positions,

1951 First FM-Slereo multiplex adapter with STEREO
BEACON and automatic switching. mono to stereo.

l961 First complete FM-multipiex stereo receivers.

19$1Firsl FM-stereo tuners with STEREO BEACON and
STEREO EEAM.

1951 First internal switching System to permit immediate
tape playback with use of all controls and switches.

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1962 First simplified~operaticn control-amplifier. with in
frequently used controls behind Iront-Plnel cover.
yet immediately accessible.

1962 Firslt loudspeaker with addy-current-damped voice
coi .

1962 First FM tuner kit with separate d'Arsonval meter
for tuning and separate cathode ray stereo broad-
cast indicator (STEREO BEAM).

1963 First power amplifier to use oscilloscope-type ire-
quency-compensated input circuit.

1963 First amplifier kit with STRATABALANCE® visual
dynamic balancing system.

1964 First multiplex adapter with flywheel synchronita-
1ion. Closely approaches theoretical limit or noise
rejection, and of all spurious responses.

1965 First FM Stereo Tuner with STEREOSCAN®.

1954 First peripherally-driven tweeter with cotton, soft
dome.

196$ First to use TUNE-O-MATICfi circuitry in an FM
tuner.

1965 First All-in-One, All-Transistor A-Gang Front-End.

1965 First F.E . front-end design with over 40 do of

Automat Gain Control (more than ten times that
ol the best prior solid-state techniques.)

1966 First FM tuner with Automatic FM Antenna Signal
Attenuator.

1956 First FM tuner to achieve 0.6 db capture ratio-three
times better than the best previous achievement.

1966 First FM Tuner to use a 10-megacycie-wide Counter
Detector, eliminating all distortion for the llle Oi the
tuner.

1966 First FM Tuner with Clear Signal lndicalor.

1966 First FM Tuner to incorporate a Power Amplifier
Circuit ior high-quality, low-impedance headphones.

1956 First time-division multiplex circuit to incorporate a
Four-Diode Coincidence Circuit.

1955 First all-transistor FM Receiver to use Overload
Protection.

Printed in U.S.A.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

FM TUNER SECTION
Usable Sensitivity (IHF Standard)
Harmonic Distortion (at 400 Hz,
100% Modulation)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (at 100%
modulation and 1 mV input)
Selectivity, Alternate Channel
Spurious Response Reiection
(at 100 MHz)
Image Frequency Rejection
(at 100 MHz)
IF Frequency Rejection
(at 100 MHz)
FM Stereo Separation (at 1 kHz)
Capture Ratio, IHF

AMPLIFIER SECTION
Music Power, IHF (at 1 kHz)
Speaker impedance 4 ohms
Speaker impedance 8 ohms
RMS Power (at 1 kHz)
Speaker impedance 4 ohms
Speaker impedance 3 ohms
Harmonic Distortion (at 1 kHz)
IM Distortion (60/7000 Hz,
4:1; SMPTE)
Power Bandwidth, IHF (at 8 ohms)
Sensitivity (tor rated output at
4 ohmst
Phono Low
Phono High
Auxiliary Low
Auxiliary High
Monitor
Recorder Output
Hum and Noise
(below rated output)
Volume at minimum

2.0 uV
0.5%

65 db
40 db

90 db
60 db

90 db
greater than 35 db
2.5 db

70 watts
50 watts

25/25 watts
20/20 watts

0.5%

1.0%
22 to 50,000 Hz

315 mV
11 mV

220 mV
440 mV
260 mV

250 mV

80 db

Phono Low (6-mv reterence)
Auxiliary High
(400-mV reterence)
Frequency Response
Phono Low

Auxiliary High
Power Amplifier Section

Maximum Input Signal

(at 1% THD)

Phono Low

Auxiliary High
Input Impedance

Phono Low

Auxiliary High
Damping Factor

Speaker impedance 8 ohms
Control Tracking Error

(0 to 750 db)
Separation (at 1 kHz, L to R,

R to L)

Phono

Auxiliary High
Bass Control Range (at 50 Hz)
Treble Control Range (at 10 kHz)
Sublonic Fittar

GENERAL
Dimensions (including dress panel
and lose post)

Weight
Power Consumption, Maximum

Hertz (Hz), Kilohertz (kHz). and Megahertz (MHz) have been used in this
material to contorm to the standards established by the IEEE. They replace
cycles per second (cps), kilocycles (kc), and Megacycles (Mc), respectively.

BECAUSE ITS PRODUCTS ARE SUBJECT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, FISHER RADIO CORPORATION RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO MODIFV ANY DESIGN 0R SPECIFlCATION WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITHOUT INCURRING ANY OBLIGATION.

N1583-102

~55 db

65 db

30 to 15,000 Hz
+ 1, 7 2 db

25 to 20,000 Hz
+ 2 db

20 to 25,000 HZ
+ 0, 7 2 db

30 mV
2.8 volts

50 k ohms
200 k ohms

greater than 10

Less than 2 db

greater than 45 db
greater than 45 db
17 db
16 db

12 db per octave
below 20 Hz

15'/a " wide

493" high

11l/2 deep

22 lbs,

130 watts/140 VA

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