English Owner’s manual

Basic Operations

Turning on/off the loudness

The loudness effect emphasizes the bass and treble to create a natural sound tone. When you are listening to music at a low volume, it is recommended to use the loudness effect.

∗This function is enabled only when the panel is open.

1.Press the A-M button ™for 1 second or longer to select Loudness ON. The “LD” indicator lights in the display.

2.Press the A-M button ™for 1 second or longer to select Loudness OFF. The “LD” indicator goes off.

CT (Clock Time) function

The CT function receives CT data sent from an RDS station and displays the time. Press the DISP button @ to switch to CT display.

∗If CT is not being received, “CT--:--” appears in the display.

Note:

•CT data is not transmitted in some countries and by some broadcast stations. Also, in some areas, the CT may not be displayed accurately.

Radio Operations

Listening to the radio

1.Press the FNC button 1 and select the RA- DIO mode. The frequency or PS is displayed.

∗ PS: Programme service name

2.Press the 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 (MW/LW)➜ FM1...

3.Press the right or left side of the SEARCH but- ton 2 to tune in the desired station.

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 tune in to receivable broadcast stations; LOCAL SEEK can tune in to only broadcast stations with a good reception condition.

1.Press the BND button % and select the de- sired band. (FM or AM (MW, LW))

2.Tune in to a station.

∗If “MANU” is lit in the display (or when the panel

is closed, if the indicator “SRCH” is not lit) press and hold the BND button % for 1 second or longer. “MANU” in the display goes off (or when the panel is open the indicator “SRCH” lights) and seek tuning is now available.

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

●DX SEEK

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

When the right side of the SEARCH button

2is pressed, the station is sought in the di- rection of higher frequencies; when the left side of the SEARCH button 2is pressed, the station is sought in the direction of lower fre- quencies.

∗When seek tuning starts, “DX SEEK” appears in the display.

●LOCAL SEEK

If you press and hold the right or left side of the SEARCH button 2 for 1 second, local seek tuning is carried out. Broadcast stations with good reception condition are selected.

∗When local seeking starts, “LO SEEK” appears in the display.

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