Pioneer VSX-521-K Listening to the radio, Saving station presets, Listening to station presets

04Basic playback

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. 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.

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 unit can memorize up to 30 stations.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See Saving station presets above if you haven’t done this already.

 Press PRESET / to select the station preset you

want.

• You can also use the number buttons on the remote

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Naming preset stations

For easier identification, you can name all of your preset stations.

1Choose the station preset you want to name.

See Listening to station presets above for how to do this.

1Press TUNER to select the tuner.

2Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary. Each press switches the band between FM (stereo or mono) and AM.

3Tune to a station.

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2Press TUNER EDIT twice.

The cursor at the first character position is blinking on the display.

3Input the name you want.

Choose a name up to eight characters long.

• Use PRESET / to select character position.

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 sound

If the TUNE or ST indicators don’t light when tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, set the receiver to the mono reception mode.

Press BAND to select FM MONO.

This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy the broadcast.

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1Tune to a station you want to memorize.

See Listening to the radio on page 24 for more on this.

2Press TUNER EDIT.

The display shows PRESET, then a blinking MEM and station preset.

3Press PRESET / to select the station preset you want.

You can also use the number buttons.

4Press ENTER.

The preset number stop blinking and the receiver stores the station.

Note

•If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet for over a month, the station memories will be lost and will have to be reprogrammed.

•Stations are stored in stereo. When the station is stored in the FM MONO mode, it shows as ST when recalled.

• Use TUNE / to select characters.

• The name is stored when ENTER is pressed.

Tip

•To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and 2, and press ENTER while the display is blank. Press TUNER EDIT while the display is blank, to keep the previous name.

•Once you have named a station preset, Press DISP to show the name. When you want to return to the frequency display, press DISP several times to show the frequency.

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