Audiovox P953ESP manual 128-6880 5 of, bl AM/FM BAND SELECTOR BAND, bn LOCAL LOC BUTTON

STATION PRE-SET MEMORIES

disc play, pressing this button will mute disc audio. During this

time, the indication will remain on the display panel to show that a disc is still loaded in the unit.

bl AM/FM BAND SELECTOR (BAND)

Each time the BAND/LOUD button is pressed momentarily, the radio band is changed. The indication AM, F1, F2 or F3 will appear on the display panel according to your selection.

bm UP/DOWN TUNE/SEEK/TRACK ( / ) BUTTONS

To manually select a radio station, momentarily press the Up Tuning

( ) button to tune the unit higher, or the Down Tuning ( ) button to tune lower within the selected band. The radio will automatically tune to the next strong station and stop on this frequency. If the LOCAL mode is in effect, the radio will seek the next local station and stop at that frequency.

Pressing either button for longer than 2 seconds will cause MANUAL to appear on the display, accompanied by a beep tone, thereby entering the seek mode. Pressing a button in this mode will cause the radio to rapidly tune in the up or down direction and stop when the button is released. The radio will then remain at that frequency. Five seconds after Manual tune is inactive, AUTO will momentarily appear for 1 second, thereby reverting to the normal tuning mode.

bn LOCAL (LOC) BUTTON

This feature is used to select the strength of the signals at which the radio will stop during Automatic Seek Tuning. Pressing this button will select the Local setting (LOCAL will appear on the display panel for 3 seconds) and only strong (local) stations will be received. LOC will remain displayed. Pressing the button again will select the normal Distant setting.(LOC will disappear from the display panel, and Dx will be displayed instead for 3 seconds). The radio will then stop at a wider range of signals, including weaker (more distant) stations.

bo FM MONO/STEREO BUTTON (MONO)

During FM radio operation, this button is used to select mono or stereo reception of the broadcast signal. Under normal reception conditions, the unit should be left in the stereo mode as indicated by the ST indication on the display panel when tuned to an FM stereo signal. If the stereo signal is too noisy for comfortable listening, press the MONO button to switch to mono reception (the ST indication will disappear from the display panel, and MONO will be displayed). To return to stereo reception mode, press the button again so that the ST indication reappears in the display.

bp LOCAL STATION SCAN (SCAN) BUTTON

Press this button momentarily to commence a scan of the nearby local stations whose signal strengths are the strongest (the station number will appear flashing on the display panel during station search). Press the button again momentarily to stop the Scan operation and remain on the current local frequency. To return to one of the frequencies preset into the current band, press the desired

pre-set button.

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To set any of the 6 pre-set memories in each band, use the following procedure:

1.Turn the radio on and select the desired band.

2.Select the first station to be pre-set using the Manual TUNE or Automatic SEEK Controls bm .

3.Press the pre-set button to be set and continue to hold it in for approximately 2 seconds. The preset number will appear on the display panel and a beep will sound, indicating that the station is now set into that preset memory position. The station can now be recalled at any time by pressing that button.

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