Carver TX-2
"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message
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I just got a Carver TX-2. It works great but when I use the auto-tune
it will only lock onto an even number freq. I think its set to the the
european freq standard. Does anyone know if it can be changed? I
thought there might be just a switch but I cant locate it. Thanks, Joe
If the unit is equipped with an AM section, see if it tunes in 9kHz
increments. If so this would confirm your theory about the Euro frequencies.
I'm not so sure this is your problem, however. The few Euro units I've seen
mostly tune in 50mHz steps on FM, unlike 100 mHz US models, but you could
still tune in a US station using such a tuner. Your tuner may have some other
issue - the discriminator out of adjustment, for example. This could make it
lock off to one side of station center frequency. Can you set the tuning mode
to "manual" (as opposed to "Auto") and get the correct frequency to display?
If it is the Euro frequency issue, you can try pressing and holding a certain
button or say two buttons at once while plugging it in, or turning on the
power switch if it's a "hard" on-off type.
Sometimes the FM button or freq UP button while plugging in, for example.
You might get lucky.
Mark Z.
I'm not trying to be a net cop, but you have your numbers and units confused.
In the US, FM channels are spaced 200 KHz (not 100mHz) apart, starting at 88.1
MHz. The usual European spacing is 100 KHz (not 50 mHz). mHz is millihertz;
MHz is megahertz.
From wikipedia concerning FM channel spacing:
The frequency of an FM broadcast station (more strictly its assigned nominal
center frequency) is usually an exact multiple of 100 kHz. In most of the
Americas and the Caribbean, only odd multiples are used. In some parts of
Europe, Greenland and Africa, only even multiples are used. In Italy,
"half-channel" multiples of 50 kHz are used. There are other unusual and
obsolete standards in some countries, including 0.001, 0.01, 0.03, 0.074, and
0.3 MHz.
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Dave M
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