Clarion AX430 owner manual Radio Operation, Area Change, Preset Scanning Preset Station Scan

Radio Operation

●Presetting stations manually

1)Press the [BND] button to select the band at which to store the station.

2)Use the [] and [ ] buttons to tune in the station to be preset.

3)Press the [DIRECT] button at which you want to store that station for at least 2 seconds.

●Auto store function

1)Press the [BND] button to select the band at which to store the stations.

2)Press the [SCN] button for at least 2 seconds. Stations with good reception are automatically stored at [DIRECT] buttons 1 to 6.

*If there are fewer than 6 stations with good reception, the stations previously stored at the remaining buttons are not cleared.

Area Change

Use this to listen to the radio in the United States.

This car stereo is initially set to tune in frequency intervals of 9 kHz for AM and 50 kHz for FM, the standard calibrations outside the U.S. When using the unit in the U.S., use the following pro- cedure to switch the frequency steps and fre- quency range:

●Switching the area change U.S standard (New Setting)

1)Set the tuner mode.

2)While pressing the [BND] button, press the [ ] button.

3)Release the buttons.

This procedure changes the factory setting to 10 kHz steps for AM and 200 kHz steps for FM.

Preset Scanning (Preset Station Scan)

When the [SCN] 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 [SCN] button again to can- cel the preset scanning mode.

Instant Station Recall (ISR)

This function allows you to recall a specific radio station from any mode. Use it to find stations quickly when you want to hear specific informa- tion (such as traffic announcements) while driv- ing. The ISR station is set to 87.5 MHz upon ship- ment from the factory.

●ISR memory

1)Press the [FNC] button to select the radio mode.

2)Tune in the station to be set as the ISR sta- tion.

3)Press the [ISR] button for more than 2 seconds to store that station in the memory as the ISR station.

●Recalling a station with ISR

Press the [ISR] button from any mode. “ISR” appears on the display and the set station is tuned in. To cancel, press the [ISR] button again.

●Switching the area change outside U.S (Inital Setting)

1)Set the tuner mode.

2)While pressing the [BND] button, press the [] button .

3)Release the buttons.

Your car stereo will once again be calibrated to receive outside U.S. transmissions.

●The chart below lists the frequency specifi- cations for the U.S. and other countries.

	Inital Setting	New Setting
	(outside U.S.)	(U.S. standard)
Frequency	9 kHz	10 kHz
spacing
AM	531 to	530 to
Frequency
range	1602 kHz	1710 kHz
Frequency	50 kHz	200 kHz
spacing
FM	87.0 to	87.9 to
Frequency
range	108 MHz	107.9 MHz

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