Fisher 500 B Owners Manual

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS AND WARRANTY

1" THE FISHER

500-3
STEREOPHONIC
FM Multiplex Receiver

PRICE $1.00

WORLD LEADER INHI,GH FIDELITY

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CONGRATULATIONS!

[TH your purchase of a FISHER instrument you have com-
pleted a chain of events that began many months ago, in our
research laboratories. For it is there that the basic concept of the
equipment you have just acquired came into being-its appearance,
its functions, its quality of performance, its convenience of use.

But the end step-your purchase-is merely a beginning. A door
has now opened, for you and your family, on virtually unlimited
years of musical enjoyment. Recognizing that one of the keys to
pleasurable ownership is reliability, we have designed this instru-
ment to give long and trouble-free service. In fact, instruments we

Remember always that we want this equipment to give you the best
performance of which it is capable. Should you at any time need
our assistance toward that objective, please write me personally.

AN IMPORTANT SUGGESTION

Many hours have been spent by our engineers and technical writers
to create this instruction book for your guidance and enjoyment.
If: you want the most out of your FISHER, there is only one way
to obtain it. With the equipment before you, please read this book-
let carefully. It will be time well spent!

made over twenty- five years ago are still in use today.

AWY FM Founder and President

FISHER FIRSTS-Milestones in the History of High Fidelity Reproduction.

1937 First high-fidelity sound systems featuring a 1955 First currently equalized, direct tape-head mas. 19611 First reverberation device,ior use in highlidelty
beamippwer amplifier. inverse feedback, teraudio controls and self-powered preamplifier. equipmentilhe Fisher Dynamic Spacexpander.
:fiflduggss5353:;acriamrfigrlmllcscélrmgllgsWile 1955 First to use Power Monitor in a home amplirier. issn First stereo tuner with MicrnTune.

93.] First exclusively high (itality TRF tugrier fea 1956 First Alerransistorized Preamplifier-Equalizer. 196 :lrst Em tuner Witt: fsix ill? 51:895-

~ . ~ - ' 1956 Fr t dual d na ic Ii iter in n FM tu i 95 "5' 1"9 W e 1"" 35-

:i:;l.t;3::;:li.i taiififghidtti . m . . M satiricalsilicosis?
arate speaker enclosure. 56 gggliggglggy'ggfn: mm '" a "'3" "3"" 1951 First Multiplex units with srallzo BEACON and

1939 First coaxial speaker system. 6 F. FM AM t .m' 1WD t automatic switching, mom) to stereo.

1929 First high fidelity tuner with amplified avc. 95 E ' e W 'E 5- . . 1951 First complete receivers with Multiplex.

1939 First 3-Way Speaker in a high fidelity system. 955 :érsgufflgglsegfimngggl': 590 curve "WW 1961 First FMrStereorMultiplex tuners with STEREO

1939 First Centerrof-Channel Tuning indicator. . 5.5- .

1945 First PreamplifierEquallzer with selective pm, 1957 First Golden Cascade FM Tuner. 1961 First loudspeaker system With frameless waorer
nograph equalization. 1957 First Micmiiay Tuning indicator. my. yellmnlatmctalhi paras-tic resonance. _

1943 First Dynamic Range Expander with feedback. 1958 First stereopnonio RadiorPhonograph with Magi 5 $333133?pagbggpgwimz'g 35,6333:

1949 First FMFAM Tuner with variable AFC. "ENC Stereo Cartridge. and switches.

1952 First 50-Watt, allrtriude amplifier. 1959 Firsthighrquality Stereo Remote Cuntrol System. 1962 First simplified-operation Control-Amplifier.

1551 First seliapowered Master Audio Control. 1959 First complete Sterenphortic FMVAM Receiver with infrequently_used controls behind (run!-

1953 First self-powered, electronic sharp-cutoff fil- (FM»AM tuner, audio control,4orwatt amplifier). panel cover, yet Immediately accessible.
ter system for high Fidelity use. 1959 First highoompiiance plus high-efficiency free- 1952 wife lgfidspeake' With eddy-currentadamned

1953 First Universal Horanype Speaker Enclosure for visit-n speaker system» - . .
any room location and any speaker. 1960 First to use M'icroRay for FM tuning and as a 52 glaifiinzfisan?e£§: :33: combined serratedr

1953 First FMVAM tuner with acascude Front End- WWW AW LEVE' '"dica" 1952 First FM Tuner Kit with separate ilArsonval

1954 First low-cost electronic MixerrFader. 1960 First complete stereo FMFAM receiver with 607 meter for tuning and separate cathode ray

1954 First moderatelyrpriced, professional FM Tuner watt power amplifier and new 7591 output tubes. stereo broadcast indicator (STEREO BEAM).
Wlth TWO meters _ _ _ 4 . i950 Smithsonian institution, Washington, o.c. i952 First Stereophon_ FM Tuner with TUNE-CL

1955 First Peak Power Indicator in lilgh fidelity. accepts for its collection America's first coma MATlC Motor Tuning.

1955 First Master Audio Control chassis with five mercially manufactured high fidelity radic- 1952 First Supersonic Wireless Remote Control in a

position mixing iacil lties.

phonograph. made by Avery Fisher in 1937.

high iidelity component.

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