Becker Designed 1480 manual Seek and Scan Tuning, Sensitivity Control, Direct Frequency Tuning

TUNING

The radio is capable of receiving monaural AM broadcasts and monaural and stereo FM broadcasts. A "STEREO" indicator will appear on the radio display whenever a stereo signal is received. To select the waveband you wish to hear, simply press any one of the numbered station select buttons located along the top of the radio faceplate - 1 through 6 for FM, 7 through 0 for AM. To tune to a specific station, you may use any of the following methods:

SEEK AND SCAN TUNING

The "SEEK" bar, located on the right side of the radio faceplate, can be used to tune in broadcast frequencies within AM or FM wavebands. Pressing the bar up will cause stations to be scanned in ascending frequencies; pressing it down will result in a descending scan.

The "SCAN" Bar, located directly to the right of the "SEEK" bar, allows sampling of radio stations within a waveband for approximately five seconds each. If no action is taken during the five-second period, the radio will tune to the next station. Pressing either the "SEEK" bar or the "SCAN" bar a second time will cause

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the radio to stay tuned to the station being sampled.

SENSITIVITY CONTROL

This feature enables you to choose two tuning sensitivity levels, low and high, by pressing the sensitivity control button located on the far right side of the radio faceplate. The level you select will be indicated by a single- or triple-ringed symbol appearing on the right side of the radio display. In the low level, the radio will seek and scan only the strongest signals. In the high level it will seek and scan less powerful signals as well. The sensitivity level is automatically increased after the entire waveband has been sampled without finding a station.

DIRECT FREQUENCY TUNING

To tune directly to a specific frequency, switch to your desired waveband - AM or FM - as described, then press the function control button, which is identified by a star and located just to the right of the radio display. The display will go blank. Next press the numbered buttons corresponding to the digits of your desired station. For example, to select the frequency 98.5, you would first press the function control

button to clear the display. Then you would press button numbers 9,8,5 in consecutive order. The display would then register 98.5, and the station at that frequency would begin playing. The driver, of course, should not use the direct frequency method when the vehicle is in motion.

FINE ADJUSTMENT

The radio can also be fine-tuned in increments up or down through either waveband. This is done using the two buttons marked by arrows and located on the lower right of the faceplate.

PUSH-BUTTON MEMORY TUNING The most common and convenient method of tuning is to store your favorite stations in the radio's memory. Six FM stations and four AM stations may be stored by using the numbered station select buttons located along the top of the radio faceplate.

First, using either the seek, scan, or direct frequency tuning methods, tune in the station you wish to store. Next push and hold the numbered station select button you wish to use. The radio will display the station currently stored at that number. Continue holding the button until this station is deleted from memory and the frequency of your newly selected station appears on the display. The new frequency will be stored in memory.