JVC FS-H300 manual Listening to FM and AM Broadcasts

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Listening to FM and AM Broadcasts

Tuning in to a Station

1 Press FM/AM to select either “FM” FM/AM

or “AM.”

The unit automatically turns on and tunes in to the previously received station—either FM or AM.

•Each time you press the button, the band alternates between FM and AM.

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•If the station previously selected is stored in a preset number, the preset number will appear instead of “FM” or “AM.”

2	Press and hold ¢ or 4 (or		UP
		PRESET
		GROUP
	UP ¢ or DOWN 4 on the
	unit) for more than 1 second.	DOWN
		PRESET
		GROUP
	• ¢ (UP ¢): Increases the frequencies.

•4 (DOWN 4): Decreases the frequencies.

The unit starts searching for stations and stops when a station of sufficient signal strength is tuned in.

•If an FM program is broadcast in stereo, the ST (stereo) indicator lights up on the display (only when the reception is good).

To stop during searching, press ¢ or 4 (or UP ¢ or DOWN 4 on the unit).

When you repeatedly press ¢ or 4 (or UP ¢ or DOWN 4 on the unit)

The frequency changes step by step.

Presetting Stations

You can preset 25 FM and 15 AM stations manually.

In some cases, test frequencies have been already stored for the tuner since the factory examined the tuner preset function before shipment. This is not a malfunction. You can preset the stations you want into memory by following the presetting method.

•There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start again from step 2.

On the remote control ONLY:

1 Tune in to the station you want to preset.

• See “Tuning in to a Station” on the left column.

2 Press SET. SET

“00” starts flashing on the display.

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PRGM
3 Press PRESET GROUP or	UP
	PRESET
	GROUP
PRESET GROUP to select a
preset number, then press SET.	DOWN
	GROUP
	PRESET

The preset station is stored in memory.

•Even if you do not press SET, the station will automatically be stored on the selected preset number 5 seconds later.

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PRGM

To change the FM reception mode
On the remote control ONLY:
When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to	FM MODE
receive or noisy, press FM MODE so that the
“MONO” appears on the display. The MONO
indicator also lights up. Reception will improve.

To restore the stereo effect, press FM MODE again so that “STEREO” appears on the display and the MONO indicator goes off. In stereo mode, you can hear stereo sound when a stereo program is broadcast.

You can also use the number button(s)	1
to select a preset number.
• In this case, you do not have to	4
press SET.
Ex.: To select a preset number 5,	7
press 5.
To select a preset number 15, press
OVER, then press 1, 5.

To select a preset number 20, press OVER, then press 2, 0.

2 3

5 6

8 9

OVER

0

The stereo effect also restores when:

•Changing the band (FM or AM).

•Changing the station frequency.

•Changing the playing source.

•Turning off (or on) the unit.

4 To preset more stations, repeat steps 1 to 3 above, allocating a different preset number to each station.

•Storing a new station on an already assigned number erases the previously stored one.

When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power failure occurs

The preset stations will remain in the unit.

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