All of the stored stations on the selected waveband will be scanned one after the oth- er. In the display “SCAN” will alternate with the flashing station name or frequency.
To select a scanned station and switch off Preset Scan:
•Press SC briefly.
Changing the scan time
The scan time can be selected from between 5 to a maximum of 30 seconds.
If you would like to alter the scan time, please refer to the section on “DSC program- ming - SCANTIME”.
As reception deteriorates, the radio will grad- ually switch to mono.
If you would like to switch to mono recep- tion manually, please refer to the section on “DSC programming – STEREO/MONO”.
The display will briefly indicate the mode selected.
Scanning stations with Radio Scan
You can also scan through all of the sta- tions in your reception area.
To start the Scan function:
•Press SC briefly.
The scanned frequency or the station name will start flashing in the display.
During the actual scanning process “AM- SCAN” or
Selecting the seek tuning sensi- tivity
You can alter the automatic seek tuning sensitivity.
If “lo” is displayed, the radio will only pick up strong, local stations (low sensitivity).
If “lo” does not light up, the radio will also pick up weaker, more distant stations (high sensitivity).
If you would like to alter the sensitivity level please refer to the section on “DSC program- ming –
Adjusting the bandwidth (FM)
In the DSC menu, you can use the SHARX function to adjust the bandwidth in the FM frequency range. This can be a great ad- vantage when there is a large number of stations within your current reception range.
Interference with strong adjacent stations can be reduced to an absolute minimum if you activate “SHARX ON”.
If necessary, refer to “DSC programming – SHARX”.
To select a scanned station and switch off the
•Press SC or the seek tuning rocker switch briefly.
If no station is selected, the scan function will switch off automatically after the frequen- cy band has run through completely. The radio will tune into the station selected be- fore the scan started.
Switching from stereo to mono
(FM)
Using the DSC menu you can switch from stereo to mono reception. If reception is poor, you may get better sound quality by switching to mono. When the radio is switched on, it automatically selects stereo reception.
PTY - Programme Type
PTY is an RDS service which an increasing number of more broadcasting stations have begun to offer. This feature allows you to select FM stations according to their pro- gramme type. After you have chosen the PTY of your preference, the corresponding stations can be selected either by seek tun- ing or using the scan function.
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