Clarion DB258R Radio Operations, Listening to the radio, Manual tuning, Tuning, Seek tuning, Recalling a preset station, Manual memory

Radio Operations

Listening to the radio

1.Press the [SRC] button and select the radio mode. The frequency or PS appears in the dis- play.

∗ PS: Programme service name

2.To select a preset band, press the [BND] but- ton, then select one of the preset bands such as FM1, FM2, FM3 or AM. Every time the [BND]

button is pressed, the display will change as: F1ÆF2 ÆF3 ÆAM ÆF1...

3.Press the [] or [] button to tune in the desired station.

Manual tuning

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

When you are in the step tuning mode, the frequency changes one step at a time. In the quick tuning mode, you can quickly tune the desired frequency.

1.Press the [BND] button and select the desired band (FM or AM (MW/LW)).

∗If “MANU” is not lit in the display, press and hold the [BND] button for 1 second or longer. “MANU” is lit in the display and manual tuning is now available.

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Tuning

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

Seek tuning

There are 2 types of seek tuning: DX SEEK and

LOCAL SEEK.

DX SEEK can automatically tune in to receivable broadcast stations; LOCAL SEEK can tune in to only broadcast stations with a good reception sen- sitivity.

1.Press the [BND] button and select the desired band (FM or AM (MW, LW)).

2.Tune into a station.

∗If “MANU” is lit in the display, press and hold the [BND] button for 1 second or longer.

∗If “TA” is lit in the display, TP stations are auto- matically sought.

•DX SEEK

Press the [] or [] button to automatically seek a station.

When the [] button is pressed, the station is sought in the direction of higher frequencies; if the [] button is pressed, the station is sought in the direction of lower frequencies.

∗When seek tuning starts, “DX” appears in the dis- play.

•LOCAL SEEK

If you press and hold the [] or [] button for 1 second or longer, local seek tuning is carried out. Broadcast stations with good reception sensitivity are selected.

∗When local seeking starts, “LO” appears in the dis- play.

2.Tune into a station.

•Quick tuning:

Press and hold the [] or [] button for 1 second or longer to tune in a station.

•Step tuning:

Press the [] or [] button to manually tune in a station.

Recalling a preset station

A total of 24 preset positions (6-FM1, 6-FM2, 6- FM3, 6-AM) exists to store individual radio stations in memory. Pressing the corresponding [DIRECT ] button recalls the stored radio frequency automatically.

1.Press the [BND] button and select the desired band (FM or AM (MW/LW)).

2.Press the corresponding [DIRECT] button to recall the stored station.

∗Press and hold one of the [DIRECT] buttons for 1 second or longer to store that station into pre- set memory.

Manual memory

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

2.Press and hold one of the [DIRECT] buttons for 1 second or longer to store the current sta- tion into preset memory.

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