Listening to Radio, Tuning to Preset Stations

Radio

/ /ENT/ Rotary

TUNE/A.ME encoder						SOURCE/ BAND



/ESC	Preset	buttons
	(1 through 6)
	(1 through 6)

This unit cannot receive HD Radio™ signals (digital terrestrial radio). In order to activate the digital radio functions described below, an optional HD Radio Tuner module must be connected through the Ai-NET bus.

HD Radio™ Technology Manufactured Under License From iBiquity Digital Corporation. iBiquity Digital and the HD Radio and HD Symbols are trademarks of iBiquity Digital Corporation. U.S. and Foreign Patents.

Listening to Radio

1 Press SOURCE/ to select TUNER mode.

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

FM1 FM2 AM FM1

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.

•The “DIGITAL” appears on the display when a digital radio station which contains both audio and text information, is received.

•If Digital Seek is set to ON while receiving HD Radio, the HD Radio frequency can be performed to seek up/down only digital stations frequencies. Refer to “Digital Seek ON/OFF Setting” (page 20).

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 and hold, for at least 2 seconds, any one of the preset buttons (1 through 6) into which you wish to store the station.

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.

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.

The frequency on the display continues to change 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 into preset buttons 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 any one of the station preset buttons

(1 through 6) that has your desired radio station in memory.

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

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