Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)
To select a scanned station and switch off Preset Scan:
•Press the rocker switch briefly.
The red arrow for mono will light up when you have switched to MONO.
•Press MONO to switch between stereo to mono.
The mode selected will appear briefly in the top line of the display.
Scanning stations with
Radio Scan
You can also scan all of the stations within reception range.
To start the Scan function:
Selecting the seek tuning sensi- | Automatic bandwidth adjust- | |
ment (SHARX) | ||
tivity | ||
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You can alter the automatic seek tuning sen- | In the DSC menu, you can use the SHARX | |
function to adjust automatic bandwidth | ||
sitivity separately for AM and FM. | ||
switching in the FM frequency range. This | ||
If you would like to alter the sensitivity level, | ||
can be a great advantage when there are a | ||
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please refer to the section on “DSC program- large number of stations within your current
ming - TUN(er) | reception range. |
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•Press TU and SCAN briefly.
All of the stations on the waveband select- ed and within reception range will be scanned one after the other. “FM SCAN” or “AM SCAN” will appear in the DOT display.
To select a scanned station and switch off the Radio Scan function:
•Press the rocker switch briefly.
If you do not select a station, the scan func- tion will automatically switch off after the fre- quency band has been run through com- pletely. The unit will tune into the station you were listening to before you started the scan function.
Switching from stereo to mono
(FM)
You can switch between stereo/mono on menu level 2. If reception is poor, you may get better sound quality by switching from stereo to mono. Each time the radio is switched on, stereo playback is activated au- tomatically.
The unit will gradually switch to mono if the signal received is not strong enough for ster- eo playback.
If you would like to switch to mono,
•press TU and NEXT one after the other.
Interference with strong adjacent stations can be reduced to an absolute minimum if you activate SHARX ON (default setting).
If necessary, refer to the section on “DSC programming - TUN(er) SHRX”.
PTY - Program Type
PTY is an RDS service which an increasing number of broadcasting stations have be- gun to offer. This feature allows you to se- lect FM stations according to their program type. After you have chosen the PTY of your preference, the corresponding stations can be selected by seek tuning.
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