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Listening to FM and AM Broadcasts
Setting the AM Tuner Interval Spacing
Some countries AM channel intervals are set to 9 kHz apart, and some countries use 10 kHz apart.
When shipped, the
On the unit ONLY:
To set the AM tuner to the 10 kHz spacing, be sure that the unit is turned off (on standby), but is plugged into a wall outlet.
Press (standby/on) while holding ¢. The unit turns on and tunes in to 530 kHz.
¢UP
To set it back to the 9 kHz spacing, be sure that the unit is turned off (on standby), but is plugged into a wall outlet.
Press (standby/on) while holding 4. The unit turns on and tunes in to 531 kHz.
4DOWN
2 Press and hold ¢or 4for more than 1 second.
GROUP SKIP | GROUP SKIP |
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| 4DOWN | ¢UP |
(On the remote control) | (On the unit) |
•¢: Increases the frequencies.
•4: Decreases the frequencies.
The unit starts searching for stations and stops when a station of sufficient signal strength is tuned in.
•If an FM program is broadcast in stereo, the STEREO indicator lights up on the display (only when the reception is good).
To stop during searching, press ¢or 4.
When you press ¢or 4repeatedly
The frequency changes step by step.
To change the FM reception mode
When you change the AM channel interval spacing
The preset stations you have set (both FM and AM) will be erased. In this case, preset stations again. See “Presetting Stations” on page 14.
Tuning in to a Station
1 Press FM/AM/AUX (or FM/AM on the unit) to select either “FM” or “AM.”
FM/AM | AUX/DVD |
/AUX | |
| FM/AM |
(On the remote control) | (On the unit) |
The unit automatically turns on and tunes in to the previously received
•Each time you press the button, the band changes as follows:
On the remote control:
FM AM AUX*
*For operating the external equipment, see page 27 and the manuals supplied with it.
On the unit:
FM AM
When an FM stereo broadcast is noisy or hard to receive, you can change the FM reception mode to improve the reception.
On the remote control ONLY:
Press FM MODE so that the MONO indicator | FM |
lights up on the display. | MODE |
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To restore the stereo effect, press FM MODE again so that the MONO indicator goes off. In stereo mode, you can hear stereo sound when a stereo program is broadcast.
•The STEREO indicator lights up only when the reception is sufficient.
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