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Question about Connector on Table top HD Radio
I ordered a new old stock Directed HD table top radio and have not received it yet and can't find the manual on line.
The radio can apparently pick up c-quam AM stereo in addition to HD but I tried one of my old am stereo receivers and there is no station broadcasting in am stereo within range, not even when DX'ing at night. Perhaps this radio may have better sensitivity in that regard. I was not a fan of AM stereo back in the day mainly b/c I was mostly an FM rock free form fan in the mold of the old CHUM FM and CFNY.
Anyway I found a picture of the set and there is a connector that looks like a S video output and I can't figure out the function for that. There is apparently an input for an aux devise but no aux out and I am wondering if there may be an output option aside from the headphone jack. Below is the picture:
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It looks to me that that connection says "service only" below it? If so, it's a connection for the manufacturer or anyone else they authorize to connect to it for repairs and software updates.
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Yes I see it says service only. I guess I will have to go thru the headphone out to connect to a better amp.
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It's a DIN connector.
As to what it does......
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I have some older amps and tape recorders with a DIN output or input but I think I it may be best to leave it alone since it's service only. I belive the din ports were used mostly in European countries for audio.
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Fitz wrote:
I have some older amps and tape recorders with a DIN output or input but I think I it may be best to leave it alone since it's service only. I belive the din ports were used mostly in European countries for audio.
I used to have a B&O open-reel deck from 1970, and all of its input and outputs were DIN connectors as well.
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It's a DIN connector.
As to what it does......DIN connections don't have a rectangle in them.
Whatever it is hopefully I will be illuminated when I get the unit.
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Hello Fitz,
I have had some good luck finding manuals when others couldn't so I tried looking.
This link is nothing I have seen or used before, and to download a pdf 'they' want to have your credit card info on file. So this is pretty much a 'no-go'
I did see other stuff, both related to your radio and HD radio in general..see links below.
I read that you date yourself back to the old Chum-FM days, Do you go back as far as when they broadcast classical music, for 'long hairs', during the day, and at 6 PM switched to Free Form music for the other 'long hairs'?
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465 downloads of that manual last week alone? Incredible demand. You did the right thing running away from that site 
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Anyway, Here's an interesting review on the radio, doesn't offer much more. The author did scan the manual in, but it's a 404 link now.
Hello Fitz,
I have had some good luck finding manuals when others couldn't so I tried looking.
This link is nothing I have seen or used before, and to download a pdf 'they' want to have your credit card info on file. So this is pretty much a 'no-go'
I did see other stuff, both related to your radio and HD radio in general..see links below.
I read that you date yourself back to the old Chum-FM days, Do you go back as far as when they broadcast classical music, for 'long hairs', during the day, and at 6 PM switched to Free Form music for the other 'long hairs'?
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Thanks for the links DeepTracks I think I have seen some and will check the others.
Regarding the CHUM FM switch-over from classical. I was still a staunch top 40 kid at the time but do remember tuning in one day in 1968 and I think I heard the Buffalo Springfield's Bluebird. I also remember that my father's friend had a letter published in the Globe where he lamented the loss of classical on the station.
apart from top 40 I think I started listening to the open lid on CKFH sometime in 1969. My father bought a FM Tuner in 1969 and I think I started listening to CHUM FM in late 1969 or early 1970. I remember hearing Reiner Schwarz playing Timothy Leary and the Moodies Legend of a Mind. Was also fascinated by I Talk to the Wind by King Crimson cos it sounded so other worldly.
Have read a lot about the switch over. I know Murray The K was there for a bit and Pete Griffin, David Pritchard and Kim Calloway. Did not know that they started with the free form nightly at 6 PM.
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