Alpine iDA-305 Listening to Radio, Presetting Stations Manually, Tuning to Preset Stations

Listening to Radio

HD Radio™ broadcasting can be received if the HD Radio TUNER MODULE is connected. While receiving HD Radio signal, the unit can automatically switch between the analog and digital signal.

1	Press SOURCE to select TUNER mode.
2	Press BAND repeatedly until the desired radio band
	is displayed.

FM-1 FM-2 AM FM-1

3 Press TUNE/A.ME to select the tuning mode.

DX (Distance mode) Local (Local mode)

Manual (Manual mode) DX (Distance mode)

•The initial mode is Distance mode.

Distance mode:

Both strong and weak stations will be automatically tuned in (Automatic Seek Tuning).

Local mode:

Only strong stations will be automatically tuned in (Automatic Seek Tuning).

Manual mode:

The frequency is manually tuned in steps (Manual tuning).

4 Press or to tune in the desired station.

Holding down or will change the frequency continuously.

•“Digital” appears in the display whenever an HD radio station (containing both audio and text information) is received.

•If Digital Seek is set to ON, the SEEK UP/DOWN functions stops on HD Radio broadcasts only. Refer to “Digital Seek On/Off Setting (Digital Seek)” (page 23).

Presetting Stations Manually

1 Select the radio band and tune in a desired radio station you wish to store in the preset memory.

2 Press (PRESET).

The Preset screen is displayed.

3 Rotate the Double Action encoder to select the preset number.

4 Press and hold /ENTER for at least 2 seconds.

The selected station is stored.

The display shows the band, preset number and station frequency memorized.

•A total of 18 stations can be stored in the preset memory (6 stations for each band; FM1, FM2 and AM).

•If you store a station in a preset memory which already has a station, the current station will be cleared and replaced with the new station.

•Press in the outer ring and rotate the Double Action encoder to the left or right on the Preset screen, you can switch the Preset screen of another band.

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You can also change the desired radio band by pressing BAND.

Presetting Stations Automatically

1 Press BAND repeatedly until the desired radio band is displayed.

2 Press and hold TUNE/A.ME for at least 2 seconds.

“Auto Memory” is displayed while the automatic memory is in progress. The tuner will automatically seek and store 6 strong stations in the selected band. They will be stored 1 to 6 in order of signal strength.

When the automatic memory has been completed, the tuner goes to the station stored in preset location No.1.

•If no stations are stored, the tuner will return to the original station you were listening to before the auto memory procedure began.

Tuning to Preset Stations

1 Press BAND repeatedly until the desired band is displayed.

2 Press (PRESET).

The Preset screen is displayed.

3 Rotate the Double Action encoder to select a radio station.

4 Press /ENTER.

The display shows the band, preset number and frequency of the station selected.

•Press in the outer ring and rotate the Double Action encoder to the left or right on the Preset screen, you can switch the Preset screen of another band.

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You can also change the desired radio band by pressing BAND.

Receiving a Multicast Station (HD Radio mode only)

Multicasting is the ability to broadcast multiple program streams over a single FM frequency. This increases the amount and diversity of content choices. A maximum of eight multicast station channels can be selected on this unit.

1 When multicast station is received, the program number is displayed.

Program No.

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