Pioneer Complete Guide to Using the Tuner on Your Receiver

06Using the tuner

Chapter 6:

Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a station below. Once you are tuned to a station you can memorize the frequency for recall later—see Saving station presets below for more on how to do this.

FM/AM	XM	SIRIUS	iPod USB				AUTO/	STEREO/	STANDARD	BD MENU
				AUDIO		VIDEO	DIRECT	A.L.C.		ADV SURR
				PARAMETER		PARAMETER	HDD	DVD
				EXIT	TUNE	TOOLS
INPUT			DIMMER				THX	STATUS		PHASE
SELECT
				TOP MENU		MENU
1		2	3
						T.EDIT
GENRE	MCACC		SLEEP				ANT		MPX	SIGNAL SEL
4		5	6	ST	ENTER	ST				MEM
SR+		SBch	A.ATT				AUDIO	DISPLAY	CH
7		8	9	CATEGORY		RETURN
D.ACCESS	CH LEVEL		CLASS	SETUP	TUNE		TV CTRL		RECEIVER
		0	ENTER	iPod CTRL
		INPUT	MASTER
			VOLUME

1Press the FM/AM button to select the tuner.

2Use the FM/AM button to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary.

Each press switches the band between FM and AM.

3Tune to a station.

There are three ways to do this:

Automatic tuning

To search for stations in the currently selected band, press and hold TUNE / for about a second. The receiver will start searching for the next station, stopping when it has found one. Repeat to search for other stations.

Manual tuning

To change the frequency one step at a time, press TUNE /.

High speed tuning

Press and hold TUNE / for high speed tuning. Release the button at the frequency you want.

Improving FM stereo sound

If the TUNED or STEREO indicators don’t light when tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, press the MPX button to switch the receiver into mono reception mode. This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy the broadcast.

Using Neural THX

This feature uses Neural Surround™, THX® technology to achieve optimal surround sound from FM radio.

•While listening to FM radio, press AUTO/DIRECT for Neural THX listening.

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See About Neural – THX Surround on page 94 for more on this.

The Neural THX mode can be selected also with the STANDARD button.

Tuning directly to a station

Sometimes, you’ll already know the frequency of the station you want to listen to. In this case, you can simply enter the frequency directly using the number buttons on the remote control.

1Press the FM/AM button to select the tuner.

2Use the FM/AM button to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary.

Each press switches the band between FM and AM.

3Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).

4Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of the radio station.

For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1, 0, 6, 0, 0.

If you make a mistake halfway through, press D.ACCESS twice to cancel the frequency and start over.

Saving station presets

If you often listen to a particular radio station, it’s convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the effort of manually tuning in each time. This receiver can memorize up to 30 stations, stored in three banks, or classes (A, B and C) of 10 stations each. When saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting (see above) is also stored.

4	5	6	AUDIO		VIDEO
			PARAMETER	TUNE	PARAMETER
SR+	SBch	A.ATT	EXIT		TOOLS	MPX SIGNAL SEL
					ANT
7	8	9	TOP MENU		MENU	MEM
D.ACCESS	CH LEVEL	CLASS			T.EDIT	CH
					AUDIO DISPLAY
	0	ENTER	ST	ENTER	ST
	INPUT	MASTER			TV CTRL	RECEIVER
		VOLUME

CATEGORYRETURN

TV CONTROL

SETUP TUNE

1Tune to a station you want to memorize. See Listening to the radio above for more on this.

2Press T.EDIT (Tuner Edit).

The display shows STATION MEMORY, then a blinking memory class.

3Press CLASS to select one of the three classes, then press ST / to select the station preset you want. You can also use the number buttons to select a station preset.

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