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Sony SEQ-555ES Service Manual page 4

Program equalizer

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SEQ-555ES
LOCATION AND FUNCTION OF CONTROLS
Each number in the photo is keyed to descriptive text.
6
Front panel
FRONT
PANEL
@ POWER switch
Press this switch to turn the power on.
Press it again to turn the power off.
@ EQ (equalizer) CHARACTER switch
Press this switch to invert "+" and '"—" of the equalizer
curve. When this switch is pressed, the built-in indicator
lights.
As a similar effect to the noise reduction system is ob-
tained, hiss noise can be reduced if this switch is used
at playback.
As tape hiss noise is a high frequency component, make
a curve which gradually rises from 4kHz and higher at
recording.
When
this
switch
is pressed
in playback
mode, the curve is inverted to that at recording, and hiss
noise is reduced.
At recording
At playback
Signal level
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Signal level
© EQ (equalizer) LEVEL selectors
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+12 dB indication
y
When a point over 8dB is included in the indication of
12 dB, the +6 dB button is not accepted even if it is press-
ed, and the indicator built in the +6dB
button
blinks.
When the BEEP switch (rear panel) is ON, a beep tone is
emitted, notifying key-in operation is not accepted.
@ EQ (equalizer) MODE selectors
These
buttons
select
the equalization
modes:
simul-
taneously in left and right channels, and separately.
L: Press this button to equalize the left channel
inde-
pendently. The built-in indicator lights.
In the equalizer display, only the yellow indicators
are lit.
R: Press this button to equalize the right channel inde-
pendently. The built-in indicator lights.
Orly the red indicators are lit in the equalizer dis-
play.
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