Kenwood TK 140 U Owners Manual

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WELCOME TO KENWOODS NEW
EXPERIENCE IN SOUND

Getting acquainted with your new KENWOOD
TK-140U is an exciting experience. The all tran-
sistor set is ready to give you AM FM AUTO-
MATIC STEREO RECEPTION of highest quality.
Youll find the excitement multiplies as you
discover the many other features hidden inside
and displayed outside the handsome new chassis.

Your TK-140U is equipped with a newly devel-
oped protection circuit which guards against

widespread transistor damage due to a short
circuit which could otherwise occur at the out-
put jack. The TK-140U gives extra long-life to
output transistors.

A total of 130 watts music power (65 watts on
each stereo channel) and FM AUTOMATIC cir-
cuit are ready to select FM STEREO stations
instantly with the help of a built-in, high stand-
ard silent switch system.

Go ahead - enjoy it! Your new KENWOOD
TK-140U expects rugged use. It was designed and
engineered to take it.

SPECIAL TK-l 4OU FEATURES

1. F.E.'l. (Field Effect Transistor) 4 Gang tuning
Condenser front-end for superior sensitivity
and image rejection, cross modulation ratio.

2. 5 IF Stages with 4 limiters and wideband
ratio detector have been incorporated to
provide 45 dB alternate channel selectivity
and freedom from noise and interference.

3. Automatic STEREO/MONO mode silent
switching circuit with stereo light indicator.

4. Interstation muting circuit.

CONNECTIONS TO
SPEAKER CONNECTIONS

A special circuitry has been incorporated in
this unit so that more than one set of speakers
(in different rooms, for instance) can be hooked
up.

4, 8 or 16 ohm speakers are suitable. In
connecting only one set of speakers, connect the
right speaker to right speaker terminal and left
speaker to left speaker terminal of A" terminal.
Should plus or minus of either right or left
channel be reversely connected, sounds from the
center section will be affected by a lack of
separation. To connect a second set of speakers,
connect right speaker to right speaker terminal
and left speaker to left speaker terminals of B"
terminals.

The A 0 B SPEAKERS position of the output
selector switch will not work unless both A
speakers system and B speakers system are con-
nected.

STEREO HEADSET JACK

To the wonderful sounds of stereo or to monitor
the playback of tapes as you record them in
complete privacy through your headphones, just

5. 130 watts of total music power - enough
to drive even low efficiency Hi-Fi speakers.

6. All silicon transistor amplifier for wide 20
to 30,000 Hz power bandwidth.

7. Exclusive blow-out proof automatic circuit
breaker protects power transistors. (USA
PAT. No. 3277386)

8. 2 sets stereo speakers and phones with front
panel speaker selector switch.

COMPONENT PARTS

plug the headset into the STEREO PHONES
JACK and turn the OUTPUT SWITCH selector
to PHONES position.

TAPE RECORDERS

You may tape FM MONAURAL, FM STEREO,
RECORDS by connecting the output jack of
TAPE REC to the input jack of the tape recorder.
Play back your recordings by simply connecting
the output of your tape recorder to the TAPE
PLAY jack of your TK-l4OU (Diagram, page 2.)

TAPE RECORDER EQUIPPED WITH RP CORD.

If you use a tape recorder equipped with an
RP cord, you can reproduce stereo recording
merely by plugging the cord into the socket
provided for this purpose.

STEREO RECORD PLAYERS

The two lines of shielded cord from your
stereo record player should be terminated with
RCA type phono plugs. Cords should not ex-
ceed ten feet in length. (An excess will create
a loss in high frequency range.)