Arcam Complete Guide to Using the Tuner with AVR200

AVR200

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Using the tuner

The AVR200’s radio tuner can be controlled from the upper row of front panel buttons (see diagram, below) or from the remote control handset (see ‘Using the remote control’).

	FM MUTE/		PRESET/
RDS INFO	MONO	STORE	TUNE	DOWN/UP

Tuning to a station

Pressing the PRESET/TUNE button toggles between the two tuning modes of the unit – ‘Preset’ or ‘Tune’. The selected mode is briefly shown in the display.

Preset mode

In Preset mode, press the • and • buttons on the front panel (or P– or P+ on the remote control handset) to cycle up and down the preset stations.

See ‘Storing a preset’ and ‘Deleting unused presets’, below.

Tune mode

In Tune mode:

■ Press the • and • buttons on the front panel (or P– or P+ on the remote control handset) for longer than half-a- second to engage automatic tuning. The tuner searches for a radio station signal of sufficient strength and stops. To skip to the next station, press one of the buttons again. Automatic tuning is available for both the FM and AM bands.

■ Tapping the • and • buttons engages manual tuning. This can be used for tuning to a specific frequency. It is also useful if you are trying to select a station that is too weak for the auto search mode.

Regardless of the mode used to tune your AVR200, when it is accurately tuned to a station ‘•TUNED•’ lights up in the display.

Storing a preset

To store a preset, tune to the radio station you wish to store. Press the STORE button: this causes ‘MEMORY’ to flash in the display. Now select the preset number you wish to assign to the station using the • and • buttons on the front panel (or P– or P+ on the remote control handset). Press the STORE button again.

Once the preset is stored, the display reverts to show the station name (if RDS information is transmitted) or its frequency.

To quit the memory function without storing a preset, leave the tuner controls untouched for ten seconds. It is also possible to overwrite a stored station by saving another in its place. There are thirty presets available for FM use and ten for AM use.

Your presets are retained for several weeks (but not indefinitely), when the AVR200 is disconnected from the mains supply.

Deleting an unused preset

Press the STORE button, then select the preset number you want to delete using the • and • buttons (or P– or P+ on the remote control handset), followed by the FM MUTE/MONO button.

The display briefly shows ‘DELETED’ and ‘– –’ is shown in

place of the preset number. You can reactivate a deleted preset number by storing a station in the normal way.

DOLBY PL II SPEAKERS	FM MUTE TUNED	FM STEREO PRESET
MUSIC	VIDEO 1

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RDS: Radio Data System

The Arcam AVR200 supports RDS Programme Service and RDS Radio Text on FM broadcasts.

When a station carrying RDS information is selected ‘RDS’ lights up in the display and shortly afterwards the station’s RDS name (e.g. ‘BBC R3’) is shown.

Press the RDS INFO button to view any RDS text information (if a station is not transmitting text information, the display briefly indicates ‘NO TEXT’ and reverts to show the station name).

Press RDS INFO again to display the station’s frequency.

Pressing RDS INFO a third time returns you to a display of the station name.

If the RDS INFO button is pressed while tuned to a non RDS station, the display shows ‘NO NAME’ for three seconds before reverting to the default display.

FM Mute/Mono

The AVR200’s tuner has an auto-muting circuit that, when engaged, mutes any signal that is of insufficient strength for listening. To engage this circuit press the FM MUTE/MONO button on the front panel: ‘FM MUTE’ is shown in the display. If a signal is muted you will hear no sound through the loudspeakers.

Should you wish to listen to a station that is ‘auto muted’ press the FM MUTE/MONO button again to disengage the muting circuit. The tuner now switches to monoaural reception, cancelling much of the background hiss. ‘FM MUTE’ is no longer displayed and you are able to continue listening.

Radio interference

All Arcam products have been designed to very high standards of electromagnetic compatibility.

However, both CD players and DACs generate, and can radiate RF (radio frequency) energy. In some cases this can cause interference with FM and AM radio reception. If this is the case, switch the CD player off or keep the CD player and its connecting cables as far from the tuner and its aerials as possible. Connecting the CD player and the tuner/amplifier to different mains sockets can also help to reduce interference.

EC COUNTRIES -– These products have been designed to comply with directive 89/336/EEC.

USA – These products comply with FCC requirements.