Scott 296 Owners Manual

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OPE RATING
MANUAL

MODEL 296

H-H-SCOTT
LEADER IN AUDlO ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

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STEREO

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1 Two separate microphones are placed at opposite sides of the or-
chestra. 2 The separate signals from the microphones are recorded
on two separate sides of a record groove. 3 The stereo cartridge senses
the two signals, separates them and feeds them into a dual stereo
amplifier. 4 The amplifier strengthens the weak signal from the car-
tridge and provides you with controls to tailor the sound to your
room and your cars, 5 The two separate signals are fed into two
speakers placed at opposite sides of your room. This gives you ILD
sound i . , two slightly LliHerent sound pictures) one For each ear, that
create a dimensional eEectt 6 As an alternate system the sound. can be
fed from the two microphones to an FM multiplex stereo station.
7 These stcrco signals are thm picked up by an FM multiplex tuner
and fed to the stereo amplifier.

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Loudness and On/Off

Pulling this control toward you will turn
on the 296. This control also varies the
volume of sound emanating from the sys
tem. As the knob is turned clockwise, the
volume will increase. Ordinarily, the con-
trol should be pointing to 2 or higher at
normal listening level. The actual position
is not important as long as it is at least 2.
If the control cannot be turned past 1 with-
out the sound becoming too loud, it would
be advisable to make sure that the Phono
Level control is correctly adjusted, and
that the FM and AM level controls on your tuner are set properly.

Pickup Switch

In position 1 this switch will select the record player that is con
nected to Mag 1 on the rear panel In position 2 the switch will select
the record player, microphone, or tape deck connected to Mag 2 on
the rear paneli

Tape Monitor Switch

The switch should always be in the Out position except when you
are listing to the playback of tape, in which case it would be moved
to In.

If your tape recorder incorporates a separate playback head it is pos-
sible to listen to the recording a fraction of a second after it is made as
a quality check. Let us assume that a recording is being made from an
AM-FM tuner. The Input Selector will be in the Tuner position. With
the Tape Monitor switch in the Out position, the system will be play-
ing the actual broadcast With the switch move to In, the system will
now be listening to the tape recording of the broadcast as it is being
recorded. By moving the switch back and forth it is possible to hear
whether the recording is equivalent to the actual broadcast.

This method will work only for recorders with separate record and
playback heads.

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