With today's even more crowded airwaves, coupled with the ever-increasing methods of
accessing radio broadcasts, such as DAB, HD and internet, you may ask yourself why purchase
a dedicated analogue only tuner? The answer is quite simple - it is the only way to bring radio
broadcasts magnificently to life. Tune-in to your favourite station in FM and you are instantly
aware of the exceptional quality available. Listening can be addictive and the idea that radio is
purely a source of background music carries no weight.

Creek tuners are functional, versatile, high tech, but yet simple to use.

The Destiny Tuner uses a rotary tuning knob to control the tuning and pre-set station selection
in an analogue way. To simplify its functionality, Creek's engineers have minimised the number
of local functions. These include Standby on-off, Tuning, Pre-sets, AM/FM selection, Auto Scan
tuning and Memory store. All these plus Mono, Stereo, Display Brightness and direct pre-set
station number entry are also available via a Creek SRC3 system remote control that also serves
the Destiny 2 amplifier and CD player. The Destiny Tuner also has the ability to display the name
and frequency of the received station using RDS (Radio Data System) on its blue vacuum
fluorescent display.

High sensitivity and selectivity are achieved by using four tuned circuit FM radio front-end with
J-FET amplifier and mixer and is shielded from interference by a tin-plated metal can. A high-grade
IF and PLL stereo decoder circuit process the signal and the audio output is filtered and buffered
by a high-grade op-amp based circuit to enable it to drive a long cable without loses. Each
channel is powered separately.

A mixture of conventional and Surface Mount Technology are used together on a double-sided,
plated through-hole, printed circuit board to provide a high level of interference suppression and
help to achieve hi-fi levels of performance. An impressive power supply circuit contains 3 mains
transformers to supply current separately to the digital, analogue and standby circuitry. This
provides the best isolation and lowest current consumption available and meets the latest
European regulations for standby operation.

Station pre-sets are held in a non-volatile memory, with 80 memory locations between
FM and AM.

The open and dynamic sound of the Destiny Tuner can be restricted by the quality of the aerial
or antenna used. The Tuner is supplied with an indoor antenna, but for best performance, choose
the best external antenna you can afford. In addition, the distance from the station and the
source quality from the chosen radio station will determine the absolute noise performance.

Creek's design objective has been to develop products that, regardless of price, set benchmarks
for both radio and audio performance. By using high quality components and sensible electronic
design Creek has confidently achieved its goal.

Specification

Wave Bands                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Frequency Increments
Usable FM Sensitivity
Selectivity (IHF)    
Number of presets                                                                                                                                              
Frequency Response FM only  
Distortion                                                                                                                                        
Stereo Separation FM only
Signal to noise ratio FM only   
Output voltage                                                                                                                                                                                               
Aerial Connections                                                                        
Power Consumption                                                                     
Power Supply Voltage                                                                   
                                                                                                      
Remote Control                                                                            
Weight                                                                                           
Finish
Size
Warranty                                           
                                                                           

Worldwide FM 87 - 108 Mhz
Japan FM 76 - 90 Mhz
Europe MW/AM 522 - 1611 kHz
USA AM 530 - 1710 kHz
50 kHz FM     9 or 10 kHz AM
9dbu @ 30bd S/N 90 Mhz
30 dB
80
20 Hz to 16 kHz - 1 dB
1% @ 40 kHz (mono)
> 40 dB
@ 90 Mhz, 60 dbu and 75 kHz mod = 56 dB
1.2V RMS for 50 kHz deviatoin
300 Ohm and 75 Ohm co-ax
15 Watts < 1W in standby
220/240 VAC 50 Hz
110/115 VAC 60 Hz
Yes
5 Kgs
Silver or Black
430 x 80 x 330 mm
Two years original purchaser only
Warranty valid in country of purchase

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