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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Radio Hack's MTS Receiver
Message-ID: <434@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 14:04:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 14:04:00 1985
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In article <1453@ihlpg.UUCP> fish@ihlpg.UUCP (Bob Fishell) writes:

[author talked about Radio Shacks MTS TV tuner]

>Altogether, I think the unit is worth $140, and provides a welcome alternative
>for consumers that want MTS TV, but aren't willing to scrap their perfectly
>good mono TVs and/or VCRs just for the  upgrade. Still, Hack could've made
>this box a little better.  The amplifier is a joke; they should just have
>provided preamp outputs.  Separate bass and treble controls would have been
>nice, too, instead of that moronic "tone" control.  The "stereo synthesizer"
>is worthless.  Finally, I'd like to have a control by which I could adjust
>the L-R signal in order to provide proper balance.

Your review is pretty accurate except for the pre-amp output.  The unit DOES
have a pre-amp output.  Use the tape jacks.  I do not use the built in amp.
Use the tape out jacks to the input of your amp.  That is how I use it to
record 'Amazing Stories' in full stereo.  I would not what you did, ie, wire
up the speaker outputs and switch them around.

When the tape jacks are used, the internal stereo synthesizer is not available.
It is only available at the speaker outputs.

Do you have a balance control on your FM receiver?  Use the one on the amp 
instead.  You probably mean BLEND control, to control separation.  The stereo
separation is bad enough (about 20 db MTS spec), that I wouldn't want to blend
any of the available separation together.

Again use the tape out jacks to your stereo to improve the quality.  At 200
watts/channel, the beginning soundtrack to 'Amazing Stories' sounds real good.
CD quality it will never be.  It will never be the same quality as FM.  Too
much video interference.
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