Tuning in radio stations

Important information

nnUsing the HD Radio™ receiver

HD Radio stations offer higher sound quality than conventional FM/ AM broadcasts. It is also possible to receive data services and select broadcasts from among up to eight multicast programs.

HD Radio Technology provides higher quality sound than conventional broadcasts and allows reception of data services.

•Digital, CD-quality sound. HD Radio Technology enables local radio stations to broadcast a clean digital signal. AM sounds like today’s FM and FM sounds like a CD.

•Program Service Data: Contributes to the superior user experience of HD Radio Technology. Presents song name, artist, station IDs, and other relevant data streams.

•Adjacent to traditional main stations are extra local FM channels. These HD2/HD3 Channels provide new, original music as well as deep cuts into traditional genre.

For detailed information on HD Radio Technology, please go to “www.hdradio.com/”.

Listening to HD Radio stations

1 Press TUNER to switch the input source to “HD Radio”.

2 Press BAND to select “FM” or “AM”.

FM When listening to an FM broadcast.

AM When listening to an AM broadcast.

HD Radio

 

 

AUTO

 

 

Now Playing

CH A

FM 87.50MHz

 

 

 

Tuning

Band

Mode

CH+/- Preset

MEMORY Memory

SEARCH Search

3 Tune in the desired broadcast station.

q To tune in automatically (Auto tuning)

Press MODE to select the “HD-AUTO”, “AUTO” or “ANALOG AUTO” (tuning mode), then use TUNING d or TUNING f

to select the station you want to hear.

•When“HD-AUTO” and “AUTO” (tuning mode) is selected, the indicator lights on the display when an HD Radio station is

tuned in.

•When “HD-AUTO” (tuning mode) is selected, only HD Radio stations are tuned in.

•If “AUTO” (tuning mode) is selected, both HD Radio and analog stations are tuned in.

•If “ANALOG AUTO” (tuning mode) is selected, only analog stations are tuned in.

w To tune in manually (Manual tuning)

Press MODE to select the “MANUAL” or “ANALOG MANU” (tuning mode), then use TUNING d or TUNING f to select the

station you want to hear.

•If “ANALOG MANUAL” (tuning mode) is selected, you will hear only analog sounds in the stations.

•If the desired station cannot be tuned in with auto tuning, tune it in manually.

•When tuning in stations manually, press and hold TUNING d or TUNING fto change frequencies continuously.

•The time (default : 30 sec) for which the menu are displayed can be set at menu “Tuner” (vpage 117). Press uio p to return to the original screen.

nnSelecting audio programs

HD Radio Technology enables stations to broadcast multiple Audio Program and data services on HD2 / HD3 / HD4 channels.

1 Press MODE to select the tuning mode (“HD-AUTO”, “AUTO” or “MANUAL”).

2 Press the TUNING dor TUNING f to tune in the desired Multicast channel.

•If the station you are tuning in has multiple audio programs,“HD1”is indicated on the display.

If it only has one audio program, “HD”is indicated.

•When the unit receives multicast channels, the multicast program number (HD2) is displayed to the right of the station name.

NOTE

•This function is not available for AM HD Radio stations because they cannot broadcast multicast channels.

•If digital audio data cannot be received after the station is selected, or if the station signal is weak, the unit may not be able to receive the multicast channels.

•If the station signal is weak, the digital audio of the multicast channel may cut out.

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