Cambridge Audio 540R Operation, Playing source material, Tuner operations

Models: 540R

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OPERATION

OPERATION

Playing source material

1.Switch the Power button on the rear panel to ON.

2.Press Standby button to switch on the 540R.

3.Select desired source by pushing the corresponding button on the 540R’s front panel or by using the remote handset.

Note - The Input Mode button is used to select the input mode of the source equipment, either analogue (ANA), optical (OPT), or coaxial (COAX) depending on rear panel connection made.

If you are connecting your source equipment digitally (via Optical or

Coaxial connections) then the symbols Playing source material should appear on the display. If UNLOCK appears on the display, the source is either not connected properly or the source is not switched on.

4.Play the source, and gradually turn up the volume to the required level with the Master Volume control.

Tuner operations

Automatic tuning

1.Press the Power button, then press the Standby button to On.

2.Press the Tuner FM/AM button on the front panel or remote handset.

3.Use the FM/AM button to select FM or AM.

4.Press the Mode/Store button on the front panel or the Mode button on the remote handset to select automatic or manual tuning mode.

5.Press Tune + and Tune - to select the station you want to listen to or when a station is tuned in, the tuning process will stop automatically. (Automatic selection).

6.Press Tuning + or Tuning - again to select another channel.

Manual tuning

This is for selecting stations, which cannot be tuned automatically (manual selection).

To tune a channel manually, proceed as above, at Step 4 select Manual and use the Tuning +/- buttons to move up or down the frequencies.

Two FM modes available, stereo and mono - Press the Stereo/Mono button on the remote control to alternate between Stereo mode and Mono mode.

If the Display button is pressed, the details of incoming source will be displayed.

Storing stations

1.Press the tuner FM/AM button.

2.Select AM or FM by again pressing the Tuner FM/AM button.

3.Press the Mode/Store button two times to select manual tuning mode, then press the Tuning +/- button to select a frequency channel you want to preset.

4.Pressing and holding the Mode/Store button for 5 seconds will bring up the "MEM" icon.

5.Use the Tuning+/- buttons to select a preset station. The station number will be displayed on the screen.

6.Press the Mode/Store button to memorise.

How to select preset stations

Press the Mode/Store button on the front panel three times until PRESET appears on the front panel display, then by pressing the Tuning +/- buttons you can select a preset channel.

Radio Data Systems (RDS)

RDS is a method for the transmission of additional information from local radio stations. It is only available in FM mode.

RDS will only work if the local broadcasting stations have RDS transmission and the signal is strong enough.

1.Press the Display button on the remote, there are functions for PS, PTY, CT and RT.

2.For PS (Station Name), press the Display button on the remote until "PS" appears. The current station name will be shown.

3.For PTY (Program Type), press the Display button on the remote until "PTY" appears. The current name type of the program will be shown.

4.For CT (Clock - Time), press Display on the front panel until "WAIT" appears. The current time from Radio Station will be displayed.

Note that the Clock - Time will be only transmitted from local radio station once a minute.

5.For RT (Radiotext), press the Display button on the remote until "RT" appears. Some Text messages will be shown.

PTY search (program type search)

1.Press the PTY button on remote control, "PTY SELECT" will flash on the display.

2.Press Tuning + /- to choose the program type, for example NEWS or

SPORT.

3.Press PTY again once you have chosen the program type.

When the selected type of program is tuned in, it will stop searching, otherwise, "NO FOUND" will appear.

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Cambridge Audio 540R important safety instructions Operation, Playing source material, Tuner operations