Clarion XMD3 Radio Operations, FM reception, Seek tuning, Changing the reception area, Mute

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Radio Operations

FM reception		Seek tuning
For enhanced FM performance the	® tuner includes signal	1. Press the [ BAND ] button and select the desired band (FM or AM).

actuated stereo control, Enhanced Multi AGC, Impulse noise reduction	∗ If “MANU” is lit in the display, press and hold the [ BAND ] button
curcuits and Multipath noise reduction circuits.
	for 1 second or longer. “MANU” in the display goes off and seek
	tuning is now available.

Changing the reception area

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

		U.S. standard	Europe	Other
		(Initial setting)	standard	countries
	Frequency	10 kHz	9 kHz	9 kHz
AM	spacing
	Frequency	530 to	531 to	531 to
	range	1,710 kHz	1,602 kHz	1,629 kHz
	Frequency	200 kHz	Seek:100 kHz	50 kHz
FM	spacing		Manual:50kHz
	Frequency	87.9 to	87.5 to	87.0 to
	range	107.9 MHz	108 MHz	108 MHz

Setting the reception area

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

1.Press the [ BAND ] button and select the desired radio band (FM or AM).

•U.S. standard (initial setting)

2-1. While pressing the [ A-M] button, press and hold the number “1” of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or longer.

•Europe standard (new setting)

2-1. While pressing the [ A-M] button, press and hold the number “3” of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or longer.

•Other countries (new setting)

2-1. While pressing the [ A-M] button, press and hold the number “2” of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or longer.

2.Press the [ a ] or [ d ] button to automatically seek a station. When the [ d ] button is pressed, the station is sought in the direction of higher frequencies; if the [ a ] 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 frequency changes one step at a time. In the quick tuning mode, you can quickly tune the desired frequency.

1.Press the [BAND] button and select the desired band (FM or AM).

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

2.Tune in a station.

●Quick tuning:

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

●Step tuning:

Press the [ a ] or [ d ] 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) exist to store individual radio stations in memory. Pressing the corre- sponding [ DIRECT ] button recalls the stored radio frequency automatically.

1.Press the [ BAND ] button and select the desired band (FM or AM).

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

∗Press and hold one of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or longer to store that station into preset memory.

Listening to the radio

1.Press the [ PWR ] button and select the radio mode. The frequency or PS appears in the display.

∗ PS: Programme service name

2.Press the [ BAND ] button and select the radio band. Each time the button is pressed, the radio reception band changes in the following order:

FM1 ➜ FM2 ➜ FM3 ➜ AM ➜ FM1...

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

Mute

Use this function to turn off the sound immediately.

1.Press the [ M ] button.

The sound turns off and “MUTE” appears in the display.

2.Press the [ M ] button again to cancel the mute mode.

Tuning

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

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 2 seconds or longer to store the current station into preset memory.

Auto store

Auto store is a function for storing up to 6 stations that are auto- matically tuned in sequentially. If 6 receivable stations cannot be received, a previously stored station remains unoverwritten at the memory position.

1.Press the [ BAND ] button and select the desired band (FM or AM).

2.Press and hold the [ P/A ] button for 2 seconds or longer. The stations with good reception are stored automatically to the preset channels.

∗If auto store is performed in the FM bands, the stations are stored in FM3 even if FM1 or FM2 was chosen for storing stations.

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