Alpine CDM-9823, CDM-9821 owner manual Radio Operation, Manual Tuning, Automatic Seek Tuning

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Press the SOURCE/POWER button until a radio frequency appears in the display.

Radio Operation

SOURCE/

POWER TUNE/A.ME BAND

gf F/SETUP Preset buttons (1 through 6)

Changing the Radio Frequencies for each Country

For customers not living in North America, change the radio frequencies as follows.

1 Press and hold the F/SETUP button for at least 3 seconds.

2 Choose the area mode by pressing the g or

fbutton.

3 Choose either A-1 or A-2 by pressing the BAND button.

A-1: Radio frequencies for North America

A-2: Other Radio frequencies

NOTE

The stored radio stations will be cleared every time you change the setting.

Manual Tuning

1 Press the SOURCE/POWER button until a radio frequency appears in the display.

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

Each press changes the band:

→F1(FM1) → F2(FM2) → AM

3 Press the TUNE/A.ME button repeatedly until "DX SEEK" and "SEEK" disappear from the display.

NOTE

The initial mode is DX SEEK.

4 Press the g or f button to move downward or upward one step respectively until the desired station frequency is displayed.

NOTE

The ST indicator or STEREO indicator appears on the display when a Stereo FM station is tuned in.

Automatic Seek Tuning

1

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

Each press changes the band:

→F1(FM1) → F2(FM2) → AM

3 Press the TUNE/A.ME button to illuminate the DX and SEEK indicators in the display.

With the DX (Distance) mode activated, both strong and weak stations will be tuned in the Auto-Seek operation.

Press again to return to the local mode. The DX indicator will turn off and the SEEK indicator will remain illuminated. Now, only strong stations will be tuned.

4 Press the g or f button to automatically seek for a station downward or upward respectively.

The unit will stop at the next station it finds. Press the same button again to seek the next station.

Manual Storing of Station Presets

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

2 Press and hold the Preset buttons (1 through

6)that you want to store the station on for at least 2 seconds.

The selected station is stored. The display shows the band, preset No. and station frequency memorized.

3 Repeat the procedure to store up to 5 other stations onto the same band.

To use this procedure for other bands, simply select the band desired and repeat the procedure.

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

NOTE

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.

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CDM-9823, CDM-9821 specifications

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