Clarion XMA2 Switching to the Other Side of the Tape, FM Reception, Listening to the Radio

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Switching to the Other Side of the Tape

Press the PROG button 7 both the FF button 8 and REW button

6together at the same time. Playback is switched automatically to the other side of the cassette tape.

Radio Operation

FM Reception

For enhanced FM performance the ® tuner includes signal actuated stereo control and Multipath noise reduction circuits.

Listening to the Radio

1)Press the FUNC button 2 to select the radio mode. The radio turns on.

2)To tune to a desired preset station, first press the “BAND” button

# and select FM1, FM2, FM3 or AM.

The band changes as follows each time the “BAND” button is pressed:

FM1 FM2 FM3 AM FM1

3)Use the corresponding Preset buttons 5 to select the desired station.

Seek Tuning

1)Press the “BAND” button # and select the desired band.

2)The seek tuning mode is selected when “SRCH” is illuminated on the display.

3)Press the left or right buttons !to seek up or down the frequency band. Seek tuning automatically stops when a station is found.

Manual Tuning

1)Press the “BAND” button # to select the desired band.

2)Press and hold the “BAND” button for more than 2 seconds. “SRCH” turns off and the manual tuning mode is selected.

3)Use the Left and Right buttons ! to manually tune up or down the desired frequency band.

Presetting Stations

A total of 24 stations can be preset, 6 each for the FM1, FM2, FM3 and AM bands.

Note:

When a station is preset, the station previously stored in the memory at that position is cleared.

Presetting stations manually

1)Press the “BAND” button # to select the band at which to store the station.

2)Use the Left and Right buttons ! to tune in the station to be preset.

3)Press and hold the corresponding Preset button 5 for at least 2 seconds to store the station into memory.

Auto store function (Automatic Station Store)

1)Press the “BAND” button # to select the band at which to store the stations.

2)Press and hold the AS button $ for at least 2 seconds. Stations with good reception are automatically stored at preset to the six buttons 5 1 to 6.

If there are fewer than 6 stations with good reception, the stations previ- ously stored at the remaining buttons are not cleared.

Preset Scanning (Preset Station Scan)

When the PS button $ is pressed, the preset memory numbers flash and the stations are tuned in for 7 seconds each in the order in which they were stored. Press the PS button again to cancel the preset scanning mode.

Note:

The auto store mode is set if the PS button is pressed for more than 2 seconds.

Area Change Function

Use this to listen to the radio outside of the United States.

Switchable frequency spacing

This boat stereo is initially set to tune in frequency intervals of 10 kHz for AM and 200 kHz for FM, the standard calibrations in the U.S. When using the unit outside the U.S., use the following procedure to switch the frequency steps and frequency range:

1)Turn the power on and set the tuner mode.

2)Keep the “BAND” button # pressed and while pressing the but- ton, press the SRCH Left button !.

3)Release the buttons.

This procedure changes the factory setting to 9 kHz steps for AM

and 50 kHz steps for FM, the standard calibrations for countries other than the U.S.

To change the AM/FM setting back to the U.S. standard frequencies:

1)Set the tuner mode.

2)While pressing the “BAND” button #, press the SRCH Right button !.

3)Release the buttons.

Your boat stereo will once again be calibrated to receive standard U.S. transmissions.

The chart below lists the frequency specifications for the U.S. and other countries.

 

 

Initial Setting

New Setting

 

 

(U.S. standard)

(outside U.S.)

 

 

 

 

 

Frequency

10 kHz

9 kHz

 

spacing

AM

 

 

 

 

 

Frequency

530 to

531 to

 

 

range

1,710 kHz

1,629 kHz

 

 

 

 

 

Frequency

200 kHz

50 kHz

 

spacing

FM

 

 

 

 

 

Frequency

87.9 to

87.5 to

 

 

range

107.9 MHz

108 MHz

 

 

 

 

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Contents XMA2 Tuner Audio PrecautionsFeatures GeneralButton Terminology Cassette Precautions and CareControls Source UnitWired Remote Control Unit Operations Operation Manual Tuning Switching to the Other Side of the TapeSeek Tuning Presetting StationsTroubleshooting SpecificationsXMA2 Page Page Page PE-1691B