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Radio Operations

Turning on/off the loudness

The loudness effect emphasizes the bass and
treble to create a natural sound tone. When you
are listening to music at a low volume, it is rec-
ommended to use the loudness effect.
1. Press and hold LOUD button ( for 1 second
or longer to turn on the loudness effect. When
the loudness effect is turned on, “LD” lights in
the display.
2. Press and hold LOUD button ( for 1 second
or longer to turn off the loudness effect. “LD”
goes off in the display.

Basic OperationsBasic Operations

∗Once selected, the preferred display becomes
the display default. When a function adjustment
such as volume is made, the screen will
momentarily switch to that function’s display,
then revert back to the preferred display sev-
eral seconds after the adjustment.
∗When you have entered a title in a CD, it ap-
pears in the sub display. If you have not en-
tered a title, “USER TTL” appears in the title
display instead. For information on how to enter
a title, refer to the subsection “Entering titles”
in the “Other Handy Functions”.
∗You can adjust the way of scrolling a title. For
the details on it, refer to the subsection
“Adjusting the way of scrolling” in the “Other
Handy Functions”.

Setting the Z-enhancer

This unit comes with 3 types of sound tone effects
stored in memory. Select the one you prefer.
∗The factory default setting is “OFF”.
Each time you press Z-EHCR button 2, the tone
effect changes in the following order:
“Z-EHCR 1” ➜ “Z-EHCR 2” ➜ “Z-EHCR 3” ➜
“OFF” ➜ “Z-EHCR 1”...
• Z-EHCR 1 : bass emphasized
• Z-EHCR 2 : treble emphasized
•Z-EHCR 3 : bass and treble emphasized
• OFF :no sound effect

Adjusting the tone

Press A-M button ( and select the item to ad-
just. Each time you press A-M button (, the item
changes in the following order:
● When the Z-enhancer is off
“BASS” ➜ “TREB” ➜ “BAL” ➜ “FAD ” ➜
Function mode...
● When Z-enhancer 1, 2 or 3 is set
“Z-EHCR” ➜ “BAL” ➜ “FAD” ➜ Function
mode...

Adjusting the bass

1. Press A-M button ( and select “BASS”.
2. Press Up button & to emphasize the bass,
or press Down button * to attenuate the bass.
∗The factory default setting is “0”. (Adjustment
range: −6 to +6)
3. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M
button ( several times until the function mode
is reached.

Adjusting the treble

1. Press A-M button ( and select “TREB”.
2. Press Up button & to emphasize the treble,
or press Down button * to attenuate the
treble.
∗The factory default setting is “0”. (Adjustment
range: −6 to +6)
3. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M
button ( several times until the function mode
is reached.

Adjusting the balance

1. Press A-M button ( and select “BAL”.
2. Press Up button & to emphasize the sound
from the right speaker, or press Down button
* to emphasizes the sound from the left
speaker.
∗ The factory default setting is “0”. (Adjustment
range: L13 to R13)
3. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M
button ( several times until the function mode
is reached.

Adjusting the fader

1. Press A-M button ( and select “FAD”.
2. Press Up button & to emphasize the sound
from the front speakers, or press Down but-
ton * to emphasize the sound from the rear
speakers.
∗The factory default setting is “0”. (Adjustment
range: F12 to R12)
3. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M
button ( several times until the function mode
is reached.

Adjusting the Z-enhancer

1. Press Z-EHCR button 2 and select the Z-
enhancer mode (1 to 3) to adjust.
2. Press A-M button ( and select “Z-EHCR”.
3. Press Up button & or Down button * to ad-
just Z-enhancer.
∗ When Z-enhancer 1 is selected, you can adjust
the bass in the range of ±2.
∗ When Z-enhancer 2 is selected, you can adjust
the treble in the range of ±2.
∗ When Z-enhancer 3 is selected, you can adjust
the bass and treble in the range of ±2.
4. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M
button ( several times until the function mode
is reached.

FM reception

For enhanced FM performance the
® tuner includes signal actuated
stereo control and Multipath noise reduction cir-
cuits.

Changing the reception area

This unit is initially set to USA frequency intervals
of 10kHz for AM and 200kHz for FM. When using it
outside the USA, the frequency reception range
can be switched to the intervals below.
● Setting the reception area
1. Press FUNC button 7 and select the radio
mode (FM or AM).
2. While pressing RDM button 8, each time you
press and hold the number “1” of the Preset
buttons 1 for 2 seconds or longer, the recep-
tion area switches from inside the USA to out-
side the USA or from outside the USA to in-
side the USA.
∗Any station preset memories are lost when the
reception area is changed.

Listening to the radio

1. Press FUNC button 7 and select the radio
mode.
2. Press BAND button ! and select the radio
band. Each time the button is pressed, the
radio reception band changes in the following
order:
FM1 ➜ FM2 ➜ FM3 ➜ AM ➜ FM1...
3. Press Right button ¥ or Left button % to tune
in the desired station.

Tuning

There are 3 types of tuning mode available, seek
tuning, manual tuning and preset tuning.

Seek tuning

1. Press BAND button ! and select the desired
band (FM or AM).
∗If “MANU” is lit in the display, press and hold
BAND button ! for 1 second or longer. “MANU”
in the display goes off and seek tuning is now
available.
2. Press Right button ¥ or Left button % to au-
tomatically seek to the next station.
When Right button ¥ is pressed, the station
is sought in the direction of higher frequencies;
if Left button % is pressed, the station is
sought in the direction of lower frequencies.