Radio Operations

English Owner’s

FM reception

ton is pressed, the station is sought in the di-

For enhanced FM performance the

rection of higher frequencies; when the left (a)

tuner includes signal actuated stereo control, En-

side of the [SEARCH] button is pressed, the

station is sought in the direction of lower fre-

hanced Multi AGC, Impulse noise reduction

quencies.

curcuits and Multipath noise reduction circuits.

manual

Changing the reception area

This unit is initially set to USA frequency intervals of 10kHz for AM and 200kHz for FM. When using it outside the USA, the frequency reception range can be switched to the intervals below.

●Setting the reception area

While pressing [DISP] button, each time you press and hold the number “6” of the [DIRECT] buttons for 2 seconds or longer, the reception area switches from inside the USA to outside the USA or from outside the USA to inside the USA.

∗Any station preset memories are lost when the re- ception area is changed.

Listening to the radio

1.Press the [FUNC] button and select the RA- DIO mode. The frequency is displayed.

2.Press the [BAND] button and select the radio band. Each time the button is pressed, the ra- dio reception band changes in the following order:

FM1 ➜ FM2 ➜ FM3 ➜ AM ➜ FM1...

3.Press the right (d) or left (a) side of the [SEARCH] button to tune in the desired sta- tion.

Tuning

There are 3 types of tuning mode available, seek tuning, manual tuning and preset tuning.

Seek tuning

1.Press the [BAND] button and select the de- sired band. (FM or AM)

2.Tune in to a station.

∗If “MANU” is lit in the display (or when the panel

is closed, if the indication “ ” is not lit) press and hold the [BAND] button for 1 second or longer. “MANU” in the display goes off (or when

the panel is close the indication “ ” lights) and seek tuning is now available.

3.Press the right (d)or left (a) side of the [SEARCH] button to automatically seek a sta- tion.

When the right (d) side of the [SEARCH] but-

Manual tuning

There are 2 ways available: Quick tuning and step tuning.

When you are in the step tuning mode, the fre- quency changes one step at a time. In quick tun- ing mode, you can quickly tune the desired fre- quency.

1.Press the [BAND] button and select the de- sired band. (FM or AM)

∗If “MANU” is not lit in the display (or when the

panel is closed, if the indicator “” is lit), press and hold the [BAND] button for 1 second or longer. “MANU” appears in the display (or

when the panel is closed, the indicator “” goes off) and manual tuning is now available.

2.Tune into a station.

● Quick tuning:

Press and hold the right (d) or left (a) side of the [SEARCH] button for 1 second or longer to tune in a station.

● Step tuning:

Press the right (d) or left (a) side of the [SEARCH] button to manually tune in a sta- tion.

Recalling a preset station

A total of 24 preset positions (6-FM1, 6-FM2, 6- FM3, 6-AM) exists to store individual radio sta- tions in memory. Pressing the corresponding [DI- RECT] button recalls the stored radio frequency automatically.

1.Press the [BAND] button and select the de- sired band. (FM or AM)

2.Press the corresponding [DIRECT] button to recall the stored station.

∗Press and hold one of the [DIRECT] buttons for 2 seconds or longer to store that station into pre- set memory.

∗When the panel is open, the same operation is also available by using the [a] and [d] but- ton in the panel.

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