Tuner Operation

VR209

Automatic Store / Preset Scan (AS/PS)

Automatic Store

Select a band (if needed). Press and hold the AS/PS (15) button for more than three seconds to automatically select eighteen strong stations for FM or twelve for AM and store them in all bands. New stations replace any stations already stored in that band. After stations have been

23stored, the radio will enter Preset Scan and preview each stored station.

Preset Scan

21Select a band (if needed). Press AS/PS (15) to scan stations stored in all bands. The unit will

12pause for ten seconds at each preset station. Press AS/PS again to stop scanning when the

20desired station is reached.

15Weather Band Selection

In any mode, press the WB button (17) to access the weather band (NOAA seven frequency

13broadcast). In weather band mode, the tuner will automatically seek the active weather band

19automatically and stop.

•Press the SEEK /\ / \/ buttons (20/19) to choose a channel from CH1 – CH7. You can also

22press the six preset buttons (27) to select CH1 – CH6 directly.

•Press the BAND (16) or MODE (4) button to exit weather band mode.

NOAA Weather Alert

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Select a Band

Press the BAND button (16) on the control panel to change between three FM bands and two AM bands.

Tuning

Rotate the TUNE/ENTER control (22) clockwise or counter-clockwise to tune up or down in one step increments. Press the SEEK \/ (19) or SEEK /\ button (20) to seek the next strong station.

Preset Stations

Six numbered preset buttons store and recall stations for each band (FM1, FM2, FM3, AM1 and AM2).

Store a Station

Tune radio to desired station. Press and hold a preset button (27) for three seconds. If the Beep Tone is turned “ON”, a beep tone will confirm the stored station and the preset number will appear in the display.

Recall a Station

Select a band (if needed). Press a preset button (27) to select the corresponding stored station.

The VR209 is equipped with a Weather Band Alert (WB Alert) and Weather Alert Power (Alert Pwr) feature that will cause the radio to turn on automatically when a weather alert is detected, adding an additional level of user safety. The radio factory default setting for these features is “OFF”. When set to “AUTO”, the Weather Alert function automatically switches from any of the available function modes (Tuner, SAT, CD, iPod, AUX) to Weather Band when a NOAA warning tone is received/detected.

See “System Menu” on page 7 to learn how to turn the WB Alert and Alert Power features on.

NOTE: The weather band channel frequency is fixed in preset memory and cannot be changed.

RBDS Operation

In FM radio mode, press the PTY button (13) to list the following search options: ANY / News / Information / Sports / Talk / Rock / Classic Rock / Adult Hits / Soft Rock / Top 40 / Country / Oldies / Soft / Nostalgia / Jazz / Classical / Rhythm and Blues / Soft R&B / Language / Religious Music / Religious Talk / Personality / Public / College / Weather / Emergency Test / Emergency.

Use the TUNE ENTER control (22) to select an item from the list, then press SEEK /\ / \/ (20/

19)to search the corresponding program. “PTY” will be displayed in the upper right corner of the LCD and the selected PTY category will flash on the screen. If a corresponding program is found, the unit will play the program. If there is no corresponding program, “Not Found” will be displayed on the LCD.