Radio Operations

FM reception

For enhanced FM performance the ® tuner includes signal actuated stereo control, Enhanced Multi AGC, Impulse noise reduction circuits and Multipath noise reduction circuits.

Changing the reception area

This unit is initially set to USA frequency intervals of 10 kHz for AM and 200 kHz for FM. When using it outside the USA, the frequency reception range can be switched to the intervals below.

Setting the reception area

1.Press BND button @ and select the desired radio band (FM or AM).

2.While pressing RDM button 7, each time you press and hold the number “1” of the Preset buttons 9 for 2 seconds or longer, the re- ception area switches from inside the USA to outside the USA or from outside the USA to inside the USA.

Any station preset memories are lost when the reception area is changed.

Listening to the radio

1.Press FNC button 3 and select the radio mode.

2.Press BND button @ and select the radio band. Each time the button is pressed, the radio reception band changes in the follow- ing order:

FM1 FM2 FM3 AM FM1...

3.Press the right or left side of SEARCH button $ to tune in the desired station.

Tuning

There are 3 types of tuning mode available, seek tuning, manual tuning and preset tuning.

Seek tuning

1.Press BND button @ and select the desired band (FM or AM).

If “MANU” is lit in the display, press and hold BND button @ for 1 second or longer. “MANU” in the display goes off and seek tuning is now available.

2.Press the right or left side of SEARCH button $ to automatically seek a station.

When the right side of SEARCH button $ is pressed, the station is sought in the direction of higher frequencies; if the left side of SEARCH button $ is pressed, the station is sought in the direction of lower frequencies.

Manual tuning

There are 2 ways available: Quick tuning and step tuning.

When you are in the step tuning mode, the fre- quency changes one step at a time. In quick tun- ing mode, you can quickly tune the desired fre- quency.

1.Press BND button @ and select the desired band (FM or AM).

If “MANU” is not lit in the display, press and hold BND button @ for 1 second or longer. “MANU” lights in the display and manual tun- ing is now available.

2.Tune into a station.

Quick tuning:

Press and hold the right or left side of SEARCH button $ for 1 second or longer to tune in a station.

Step tuning:

Press the right or left side of SEARCH button

$to manually tune in a station.

Recalling a preset station

Atotal of 24 preset positions (6-FM1, 6-FM2, 6- FM3, 6-AM) exists to store individual radio sta- tions in memory. Pressing the corresponding pre- set button recalls the stored radio frequency au- tomatically.

1.Press BND button @ and select the desired band (FM or AM).

2.Press the corresponding Preset button 9 to recall the stored station.

Press and hold one of the Preset buttons 9 for 2 seconds or longer to store that station into preset memory.

Manual memory

1.Select the desired station with seek tuning, manual tuning or preset tuning.

2.Press and hold one of the Preset buttons 9 for 2 seconds or longer to store the current station into preset memory.

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