Magnum Dynalab MD-109 User Manual

Magnum Dynalab MD 109

TRIODE REFERENCE FM TUNER

featuring the

WORLD SOURCE PLATFORM

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 3

UNPACKING YOUR MD 109 4

CONTROL FUNCTIONS 5

IMAGE OF MD-109 FRONT PANEL 6

INSTALLING THE MD 109 7

PROGRAMMING THE TOUCH SCREEN 10

LAYOUT 11

RECEPTION TECHNIQUES 12

FM RECEPTION AIDS AND ACCESSORIES 13

OPERATING THE CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE HANDHELD 14

IMAGE OF RC2 REMOTE 15

TROUBLESHOOTING 16

SPECIFICATIONS 17

SAFETY SHEET 18

LIMITED WARRANTY 19

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A Message from the President

Thank you for choosing the Magnum Dynalab
complete with our World Source Platform. Great care has been taken in the
design, manufacturing and selection of components for the
order to ensure many years of listening enjoyment.

The MD 109 is the culmination of years of research and development. We have
expended considerable effort at every phase of the design process to achieve the
highest level of performance. We have used only the finest components
throughout the unit, including a separate large torroidal transformer for the audio
stage, which incorporates our new
Control Center).

We appreciate your decision to purchase the MD 109 FM tuner. Please feel free
to contact us if you have any comments or suggestions on improving your FM
listening experience. You may call us on our toll free number (1-800-551-4130)
or via our direct line when outside North America (1-905-791-5888) or contact
us via email at: [e-mail]. We at Magnum Dynalab are here to
serve your audio source needs.

Respectfully yours,
Larry Zurowski

President

TRACC

MD 109

technology (Triode Reference Audio

Reference FM Tuner

MD 109

Tuner in

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UNPACKING YOUR MD 109

Carefully inspect all sides of the shipping carton for damage. If there are marks or
holes in the carton, make note of the location in relation to the unit inside. Any
obvious dents or scuffmarks should alert you to the possibility of damage. Open
the top flaps and carefully lift the transport case out of the carton. Carefully
remove the MD 109 from the box and wrapping, inspect all sides. Pay special
attention to the corresponding areas on the unit where damage if any was found
on the shipping carton. If damage is evident, document the type and extent of the
damage, then repack the unit and call the dealer.

If your unit was delivered by a common carrier (Eg. UPS) and you have found it to
be damaged, contact the carrier immediately for instructions.

KINDLY DO NOT SEND THE UNIT BACK TO THE SHIPPER UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN
ASKED TO DO SO. SHIPPNG THE UNIT BACK PREMATURELY MAY VOID ANY
CLAIM FOR DAMAGE THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

DO NOT DISCARD THE PACKING MATERIALS AND CARTONS. Should you need to
return the unit for any reason, it must arrive safely and suitably packaged in order
for our receiver to accept it from the carrier. Also, if the unit has incurred
damage as a result of improper packaging, it is not likely that a claim for the
damage against the carrier will be successful.

Likewise, when applicable we will ship your unit back to you only in factory­approved packaging. However, if the unit were to arrive at our factory in anything
other than factory approved packaging, we reserve the right to re-pack the unit in
factory-approved packaging and charge the cost of the packaging to the shipper.
This is the only way we can assure you of a safe return (damage by carrier
excepted).

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CONTROL FUNCTIONS

The MD 109 is equipped with an audio sensing circuit, which protects the unit
from any unsafe operating conditions. If an unsafe operating situation should
occur the unit will automatically be muted, and if the fault lasts more than two
minutes a light will flash on the circuit board and the unit will not come back on
until serviced

The following functions are displayed clearly on the touch screen. Each funtion’s
utility is explained below.

1. POWER: Controls the power to all display functions. When in the standby

condition the screen will display the Magnum Dynalab logo and the word power
in the lower left hand corner.

2. MUTE: Controls the elimination of inter-station noise. It is recommended that,

when receiving marginal signals, the mute be set to off. This will eliminate
intermittent loss of signals that fall below a specific signal value. The word
“mute” will appear on the screen when activated.

3. STEREO: Controls whether the tuner is operating in Stereo or Mono mode.

The word “stereo” will be displayed in the right hand corner of the screen when
you are in the stereo mode.

4. BAND: This switch controls the IF (intermediate frequency) selectivity. The

setting you are on will be displayed in the top right hand corner of the screen.
The different settings are described below.

a. Super Narrow: Controls the IF super narrow setting. This setting should

only be used in extreme reception conditions of adjacent channel
problems. The words super narrow will be displayed on the screen when
activated with the Band switch.

b. Narrow: This setting combines excellent frequency response with high

adjacent channel selectivity. The word narrow will be displayed on the
screen when activated by the Band switch.

c. Wide: Controls the ultra wide IF setting and offers the best frequency

response. The word wide will be displayed on the screen when activated
by the Band Switch.

5. DIM: When activated, the brightness of the screen will be reduced by 50 %;

this will extend the life of the screen. The screen will automatically dim after 2
minutes of inactivity.

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6. TUNING KNOB: Rotating this control drives a precision decoder that selects

the desired frequency. When fine-tuning manually you must turn the knob
slowly as the decoder is very precise.

7. METER: The left hand meter displays signal strength

.

The higher the number
the better the performance. The right hand meter displays center tune,
optimum operating position will be in the middle.

8. FREQUENCY DISPLAY: Displays the frequency that you are tuned to.

9. SELECTOR KNOB: this knob selects which mode the MD 109 is operating in.

When used as a tuner, FM will be shown on the left side of the screen. When
other sources are added to the MD 109, the knob will be turned to activate
the input for that source.

IMAGE OF MD-109 FRONT PANEL

LCD Touch Panel

Signal Strength

Center Tune

FM 91.1

SIGNAL

STRENGTH

Selector

CENTER

TUNE

Tuning Dial

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