McIntosh Mac 1700 Owner's Manual Page 1

OWNER'S MANUALSTEREO RECEIVERMAC 1700

CONNECTING LOUDSPEAKERS TO THE MAC 1700The "Left" loudspeaker wires are connected to the two centerscrews on the barrier strip marked "

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Having completed the installation of your MAC 1 700 anew world of musical enjoyment is yours. The followingsection gives you a detailed explanation of

FRONT PANEL INFORMATIONTUNING DIAL SCALES—The MAC 1700 has two dial scales.The megacycle scale indicates the position of FM stations in the88 to 108 m

HEADPHONE—The headphone jack is for use with low im-pedance headphones. With the switch in the SPEAKER OFFposition the loudspeakers will turn off when

BALANCEUse the MAC 1700 BALANCE control to balanceunequal volume in the left and right channels.Left . . . turning the control to left accents theleft

SETTING YOUR CONTROLS...a stereo systemADJUSTING PHASE1 Set the MONO STEREO switch to MONO.The performance and enjoyment of your stereo system increas

YOUR SYSTEMLISTENING TO A STEREO RECORDLISTENING TO MONOPHONIC RECORDSLISTENING TO TAPE DECKSLISTENING TO A STEREO TAPE RECORDERWITH ITS OWN PLAYBACK

Your MAC 1700 stereo receiver will give you many years ofpleasant and satisfactory performance. If you have any questionsconcerning the operation or m

To insure your enjoyment please read and carefully fol-low these instructions. The time spent will make It possiblefor you to enjoy thousands of hours

Precision craftsmanship and painstaking at-tention to finest accuracies make the MAC1 700 meet high standards.MCINTOSH AUDIO COMPANY2 Chambers St., Bi

GENERAL DESCRIPTION MAC 1700The MAC 1700 is a stereo receiver. There are threeeasy to use top notch stereo components in one smallconvenient package.

each wire must be placed correctly, each lead must bethe precise length and each capacitor must be in anexact position. So each wire, each capacitor,

TECHNICAL FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR MAC 1700FM TUNER SECTION:USEABLE SENSITIVITY (at 100% Modulation: 2.5 µV[I.H.F. Standards)SIGNAL TO NOISE AN

1 Input Selector . . . Aux . . . for any device con-nected to the AUX input on the back, TAPE. . . listen to playback from a tape recorder.FM AUTO , .

CABINET INSTALLATIONThe MAC 1700 can be installed in furniture cabinets, or custombuilt installations. If the unit is to be used on a shelf or tableto

1 On the back of the cabinet panel, scribe a verticalline through the exact center of the area to becut out.2 Place the template against the back of t

INSTALLATIONCONNECTIONS TO YOUR MAC 17OOCONNECTING THE PHONO 1 POSITION for your main record playerConnect the "left" channel to the "L