Tuner operations
You can browse through all the stations or use the preset function to go immediately to a particular station.
IMPORTANT
Before using the remote control for the following operation;
• Press FM/AM.
Number buttons
Manual tuning
On the remote control:
1 Press FM/AM repeatedly to select the band.
Each time you press the button, the band alternates between FM and AM.
The selected band appears on the display window, then the last received station appears.
Example:When AM is selected
After a few seconds
2 Press TUNING ª or TUNING · repeatedly until you find the frequency you want.
When you hold down the button until the system starts searching for stations and then release it, the system stops searching automatically when a station of sufficient signal strength is tuned in to.
•TUNING ª: Increases frequency.
•TUNING ·: Decreases frequency.
NOTE
•When a station of sufficient signal strength is tuned in, the TUNED indicator lights on the display window.
•When an FM stereo program is received, the ST indicator lights on the display window.
Setting the AM tuner interval spacing
Some countries space AM stations 9 kHz apart, and other countries use 10 kHz spacing.
• 9 kHz interval spacing is the initial setting.
On the center unit ONLY:
7When AM is selected as the source
To select the 10 kHz interval
Press and hold 8, then press ¢. “10k STEP” appears on the display window. Now the 10 kHz interval is selected.
To select the 9 kHz interval
Press and hold 7, then press ¢. “9k STEP” appears on the display window. Now the 9 kHz interval is selected.
Preset tuning
Once a station is assigned to a channel number, the station can be quickly tuned in. You can preset 30 FM and 15 AM stations.
7To preset the stations
NOTE
Before you start operation;
•There is a time limit when doing the following steps. If the setting is cancelled before you finish, start from step 2 again.
1 Tune in the station you want to preset.
•For the detailed procedure, see “Manual tuning”.
•If you want to store the FM reception mode for an FM
station, select the reception mode you want. See “Selecting the FM reception mode” (A pg. 28).
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