NAD T755 Owner's Manual

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ABOUT RDSThe Radio Data System (RDS) permits sending small amounts of digitalinformation using conventional FM radio broadcasts. The T 755 supportstwo RDS modes, station-name (PS mode) and radio-text (RT mode). Notevery FM station incorporates RDS in its broadcast signal. In most areas youwill find from one to several RDS-enabled stations, but it is by no meansimpossible that your favorite stations will not be broadcasting RDS data.VIEW RDS TEXTWhen an RDS-enabled FM broadcast is tuned, after a brief delay the “RDS”symbol will illuminate in the T 755’s front-panel readout and the readout’scharacter section will show its station-name (PS) text: “ROCK101”, forexample.Press the front-panel INFO key to toggle the readout between this and thestation’s radio-text (RT) readout, if any, which might scroll song- or artist-name, or any other text of the station’s choosing.ABOUT XM RADIOThe T 755 is “XM Ready” which means that with the addition of separatelysold XM Mini-Tuner CPC-9000 and XM Mini-Tuner Home Dock, it haseverything you need to listen to live XM. Everything else is built right in.Just subscribe to the XM service and your T 755 will be ready to receive XMcontent.NOTES• Questions? Visit www.xmradio.comListeners can subscribe by visiting XM on the Web at www.xmradio.comor by calling (at the time of printing this manual) XM’s Listener Care at(800) 853 9696. Be ready with your Radio ID that can be found on theradio by selecting Channel 0.• Check with your NAD audio specialist for other versions of XM Mini-Tuner compatible with T 755.CONNECTING THE XM ANTENNA1 Plug the end of the XM antenna into the corresponding XM antennaport on the rear panel of the T 755.2 Press and hold [TUNER MODE] button on the front panel to check thecurrent XM channel’s signal strength as shown in the VFD and OSD.Press [TUNER MODE] again to exit signal strength check.Refer also to your XM radio’s guide on how to install the XM antenna foroptimum signal reception.TUNING STATIONSThere are three ways to tune to the XM channel you wish to listen. Makesure to set your HTR 3’s Device Selector to [TUNER] prior to undertakingthe following tuning options. The [ ] buttons refer to thecorresponding keys on the HTR 3. The same keys correspond to the frontpanel navigation buttons [TUNE / / PRESET / ].1 Manual Tuning: Toggle the [ ] buttons to step up or down eachavailable XM channel. Press and hold [ ] for faster scanning of XMchannels. The HTR 3 keys [TUNE / ] will likewise execute thesesame functions.2 Direct Channel Call: Using the numeric keypads of the HTR 3,key-in directly the desired available channel number and it will beautomatically tuned.3 Category: Toggle [TUNER MODE] until “CAT XM” and a correspondingcategory is displayed on the VFD. “CAT XM” stands for the categorieschannels are grouped into – i.e., Country, Rock, Jazz & Blues, etc. Toggle[ ] buttons to step up or down the available categories.After selecting the desired category, use the same steps as that ofXM Manual Tuning. Tuning will only be limited to within the selectedcategory. Toggle the [ ] buttons to choose another category andthen tune again.VIEW XM INFORMATIONToggle [INFO] button to display the XM information of the selected channelsuch as the artist name, song title, category or any other text as supplied forthe channel.PRESETSThe procedure for storing XM channels is the same method as stated in thesection “SETTING RADIO PRESETS” under “LISTENING TO RADIO”.For immediate recall of stored XM presets, toggle [TUNER MODE] button until“P__” (the two blank spaces corresponding to the preset number) is shown inVFD. Press the front panel’s [PRESET / ] button or HTR 3’s [ ] keysto step up or down the stored presets that can be a combination of AM, FMand XM channels.ABOUT DAB RADIOUntil now, analogue radio signals such as FM or AM have been subject tonumerous kinds of interference on their way from the transmitter to yourradio. These problems were caused by mountains, high-rise buildingsand weather conditions. With Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB), you can nowreceive CD-like quality radio programs without any annoying interferenceand signal distortion. DAB broadcasts use digital signals rather thantraditional analogue transmissions, thus providing clear high qualityreception. You get far more robust reception and virtually hiss or cracklefree sound with DAB as long as you are within a good coverage area.With DAB, the listener can scroll through a list of available stations - theninstantly tune to the station of his choice. There is no need either toremember channel frequencies. All broadcasts are selected by simplyselecting the service name.The T 755 makes it possible for you to enjoy listening to DAB broadcasts.The T 755 has a Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) module socket on the rearpanel for adding a separately sold and NAD-specified outboard DABmodule – the NAD DAB Adaptor DB 1. All the control software for thisformat is included; just plug-in the module and start enjoying the CD-likequality sound and expansive content selection available with DAB.CONNECTING THE DAB MODULEPlug-in the other end of the DIN connector (supplied with your NAD DABAdaptor DB 1) from the DAB module’s output port into the correspondingDAB module input socket on the rear panel of the T 755. Select DAB modeon the T 755 by toggling the [AM/FM/DB] button in the front panel.NOTES• Please refer to NAD DAB Adaptor DB 1 installation guide for proper setupconnection of the DB1 with respect to the T 755.• If there is no NAD DAB Adaptor DB 1 connected, the VFD will show“Check DAB Tuner”.OPERATIONUSING THE T 755 – AM/FM/DB/iPod1ENGLISHFRANÇAISESPAÑOLITALIANODEUTSCHNEDERLANDSSVENSKAРУССКИЙ