Bose III manual Listening to DIGITAL RADIO, Tuning to a digital radio station

LISTENING TO RADIO

Listening to DIGITAL RADIO

The Wave® radio III incudes the ability to receive Band

IIIdigital radio broadcasts, a technology that supports a cleaner reproduction of broadcast audio, decreasing certain audio noise sometimes heard on analog radios.

In addition to music and speech, digital audio transmissions contain program information. This could be a plot summary to a play, the name of the track currently being played, E-mail addresses, up to the minute sports results, or competition details.

When DIGITAL RADIO is selected, information about the current station is displayed that is similar to the following example:

Clock time

Selected
source
Preset	Station information
number	To change how information is
	displayed, see “Displaying sta-
	tion information” on page 12

Note: The very first time you select DIGITAL RADIO, “PLEASE WAIT SCANNING” is displayed for a few minutes while the system scans for available digital radio stations.

Note: If you cannot receive one or more digital radio sta- tions in your area you may need to install the external antenna included with your system. See “Installing an external antenna for DIGITAL RADIO” on page 16.

Tuning to a digital radio station

The digital radio tunes to stations alphabetically by station name. Primary station names appear in alphabetical order with secondary station names appearing after the primary station name.

Press Seek/Track to tune forward to the next station.

Press Seek/Track to tune backward to the previous station.

Browsing available stations

The digital radio features “browse ahead” capability – you can scan through the names of available stations while continuing to listen to the current station.

Press, or press and hold Seek/Track or to browse forward or back through digital stations.

You will continue to hear the current digital radio station while tuning. If you release the Seek/Track button for

more than one second, the radio will tune to the displayed station.

To return to the previously tuned station, press either Tune/Playlist < or >.

Storing digital radio station presets

You can store up to six DIGITAL RADIO stations for quick recall using the Presets

buttons.

1.Tune to the station you want to save as a preset.

2.Press and hold one of the six Presets buttons until you hear a double beep and the preset number and station information appear on the display.

3.Press one of the Presets buttons to quickly tune to a previously stored DIGITAL RADIO station.

Primary stations and secondary services

Primary digital radio stations and secondary services are tuned in the same manner. The difference between them is in how they are broadcast.

Primary digital radio stations are similar to FM broadcasts in that they generally broadcast the same number of hours as FM. If a primary digital radio station goes off-air while you are listening, or if signal strength drops to zero, “UNAVAILABLE” is displayed.

Secondary services are digital broadcasts that are associated with a primary digital radio station. A secondary service may only broadcast periodically and may broadcast different program material than the primary digital radio station.

If a secondary service goes off-air while you are listening, or if the signal strength drops to zero, “OFF AIR” is displayed for two seconds. Then, the digital radio tunes to the associated primary digital radio station.

When tuned to a primary digital radio station or secondary service with a low signal, the display alternates between “LOW SIGNAL” and the station name. Refer to page 6 for information on extending the power cord, or page 16 for installing an external antenna.

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