Listening to the FM Radio
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1 | Press FM to select “FM Radio”. |
2 | Hold down q TUNING wfor more than 1 seconds |
to select the station you want to listen to (Auto selection).
When a station is tuned in, the tuning process will stop automatically.
Repeat this step until the station you want to listen to is found.
• If you want to stop the tuning process, press q TUNING w.
Selecting stations which cannot be tuned automatically (Manual selection)
When q TUNING wis pressed momentarily, the frequency changes by a fixed step.
Press q TUNING wrepeatedly until the station you want to listen to is found.
FM MODE
Pressing FM MODE alternates between Auto mode and Mono mode.
■Auto Mode
FM stereo or monaural broadcasts are received in the same mode as the signal.
■Mono Mode
To compensate for weak FM stereo reception, select this mode. Reception will now be forced to monaural, reducing unwanted noise.
If the reception is poor
For the best reception, rotate the FM antenna until you get stations clearly.
Preset Tuning
You can store up to 20 FM stations.
How to select preset stations
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1 | Press FM to select “FM Radio”. |
2 | Select a preset channel using e PRESET r. |
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e PRESET ron the unit.
RDS (Display Setting of the FM)
– excluding North American models
The Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service which allows stations to send additional information along with the regular radio programme signal.
1 Tune in an FM RDS station (see “Listening to the FM Radio”).
2 Press DISPLAY.
Each time DISPLAY is pressed, the RDS mode is changed as follows:
■PS (Programme Service name)
Automatically displays the FM station name when PS data is received.
■PROG TYPE (Programme Type)
Displays the programme type. If there is no PTY data, “NO PTY” will be displayed.
■RDS CLOCK
Displays the information about times provided from the station.
If there is no time data, “NO CT” will be displayed.
RDS only works in areas where RDS broadcasts are available.
Automatic Memory Presetting
1 Press FM to select “FM Radio”.
2 Press SEARCH.
Up to 20 of the received stations in your area will be stored automatically.
Manual Memory Presetting
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1 | Tune in a station. |
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2 | Press MEMORY. |
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3 | Select a preset channel to store the station using |
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