Revox B 285 Owners Manual

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Operating Instructions
REVOX 8285 - Receiver

IMPORTANT

GUARANTEE

PACKING

These operating instructions should be used as a guide-
line when putting the receiver into operation for the first
time.

It will give you a quick and comprehensive overview of its
manifold application possibilities.

Your personal requirements with respect to operating
convenience have been met by the simple programming
procedures.

If you own a version without AM tuner section:
Please ignore the chapters in this operating manual that
relate to the AM tuner section.

(Note: Your receiver can be retrofitted by your dealer with

an AM tuner section.)

Protect your receiver from excess heat and humidity.

Install the receiver in such a location that the ventilating
louvers on the top and the bottom of the receiver are not
obstructed. «

When the receiver operates in STANDBY mode it is not
disconnected from the AC supply!

A special guarantee request card is bypacked to all
receivers sold within the Federal Republic of Germany.
This card is either located inside the packing or in a plastic
pouch on the outside of the packing. Should this card be
missing, please consult your REVOX dealer or your nati-
onal REVOX distributor.

Guarantee cards for receivers sold in Switzerland and
Austria are issued directly by the authorized REVOX deal-
er.

Guarantee cards for receivers sold in France are located
inside the packing. This card must be completely filled out
and signed by your authorized REVOX dealer.

Please note that the guarantee is only valid within the
country in which the equipment has been sold. The gua-
rantee becomes null and void if unauthorized modifica-
tions or unprofessional repairs are made.

Please save the original packing material because its
special construction provides optimum protection for
your valuable equipment.

Table of Contents

Index

Connections

Station Selection

Assignment of

Station Memories

Frequency Band

Tone Control

Amplifier Programming

Selection of
Auxiliary Sources

Technical Appendix

LOUDNESS

Page

with quick-reference description of the front-panel
controls 35

Antennas, Speakers, Power supply _ 6

Autotuning 7
Manual tuning 8
Reception modes 8
Storing the transmitter frequency 9
Fixed-station selection % 10
Defining and storing the station abbreviations _ 11
Copying the contents of a memory 12
FM frequency band 13

For receiver versions with AM tuning section:

Frequency band selection AM/FM % 13
AM frequency band USA E 14
AM frequency band MW/LW Europe 14

Bass/treble control
Balance control

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UIO'IOI

Input sensitivity alignment - 16
Limiting the maximum listening volume 17
Defining the maximum power-on volume __ 18

Phono 19
Compact disc player 20
Tape inputs/outputs 21

Tape playback 21
Recording a tape 21
Tape copying 22

Source/tape monitoring 22

Replacingthe power fuse a? 23
Fault-Messages 23
Technical data 24
Interconnection of REVOX HI-Fl components