ENJOYING JBL SOUNDGEAR
Automatic Tuning
1.Turn on the Power Á 1.
2.Press the Tuner/Band button 41 3 repeatedly to choose either AM or FM radio.
3.Press and hold the Tuning Down/Up (Tune Û/Tune Ú) button ¤&(for more than 0.5 seconds. The unit will scan and automatically tune in a station of acceptable broadcast strength.
Manual Tuning
1.Turn on the Power Á 1.
2.Press the Tuner/Band button 41 3 repeat- edly to choose either AM or FM radio.
3.Press the Tuning Down/Up (Tune Ú/Tune Û) button ¤&(briefly and repeatedly, until the desired station is tuned.
Listening to the Radio
Tuning in Preset Stations:
Press and hold the Preset Ú/ Û buttons cg4until the desired preset number appears, or press the buttons repeatedly.
RDS (Radio Data System)
Reception
What is RDS?
RDS (Radio Data System) is a system gradually being introduced on FM in many countries, whereby an inaudible stream of data is trans- mitted in addition to the normal radio signal. The data appears as text in the front panel Information Display c. This data can con- tain various types of information, including sta- tion identification, traffic and weather informa- tion and a list of alternative frequencies for the radio station being received.
Programming Preset
Stations
To Clear All Presets From Memory:
1.While in Tuner mode (that is, the tuner was selected by pressing the Tuner/Band but- ton 41 3), press and hold the CD/Tuner Program button b îfor more than 1.5 seconds so that RESET flashes in the dis- play. The Memory indicator 30 will appear in the display.
2.While RESET is flashing in the display, press the Stop/Reset button 43 *.
Entering a Station Preset Into Memory:
1.Press the Tuner/Band button 41 3 to select either the AM or FM band.
2.Press the Tune Û/Tune Ú buttons ¤&(to tune in the desired station.
3.To store the station at the next available Preset number, press the CD/Tuner Program button bîTWICE. The first press causes the preset number to flash c, and the Memory indicator 30 to appear in the display. The second press stores the station to that preset number.
4.Alternatively, to store the station at a par- ticular preset number of your choice, press the CD/Tuner Program button bî ONCE, so that the next available preset number flashes in the display. Press the Preset Ú/ Û buttons cg4to choose a preset number, then press the CD/Tuner Program button b îagain, while the preset number is flashing, to store the station at that preset.
1.Press the Tuner/Band button 41 3to select FM. RDS is not available on the AM band.
2.Tune in the desired station as described above. At the time of writing of this owner’s manual, a list of stations in the United States that broadcast RDS data is available at the Consumer Electronics Association’s Web site at www.ce.org/market_overview/rds_stations.cfm.
3.When an RDS transmission is received, the display shows the station name and the RDS indicator zlights.
4.To return to a display of the station fre- quency, press the Set/Station button °.
Notes:
•RDS is only available for FM Reception.
•The station name is displayed automatically when an RDS station is received. However, if the signal is not strong enough, it may be possible to receive the audio signal without any RDS data.
•When an RDS station is first tuned in, the
station name or other RDS information may be garbled for a few seconds while JBL Soundgear processes the signal. This is normal, and the correct information will appear automatically within a few seconds.
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