Listening to radio broadcasts

Radio stations can be classified into RDS (Radio Data Sys- tem) stations and other stations. To listen to or store RDS stations in the preset memory, see the section entitled,

"Using RDS".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KR-V9090/8090 (En/T)

 

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AUDIOVIDEO SURROUND RECEIVER KR-V9090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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VOLUME CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tuning (non-RDS)radio stations

1Set the input to tuner.

INPUT SELECTOR

Frequency display

89.)) FM

MHz

2Select a broadcast band.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each press switches the band as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 FM

"AM" or "FM" indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 AM

 

BAND

 

TUNING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

89.)) FM

MHz

3Select a tuning method.

Each press switches the tuning method as follows:

1 AUTO lit (auto tuning)

2 AUTO not lit (manual tuning)

Operations

AUTO

AUTO

4Select a station.

For higher frequencies

BAND TUNING

For lower frequencies

Normally, set to "AUTO" (auto tuning).

If the radio waves are weak and there is a lot of interference, switch to manual tuning. (With manual tuning, stereo broadcasts will be received in monaural.)

Frequency display

89.))MHz

TUNED

FM

 

 

AUTO

 

STEREO

"TUNED" is displayed when a station is received

Auto tuning

:

The next station is tuned automatically.

Manual tuning

:

Press repeatedly or hold to tune the station.

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Kenwood KR-V8090, KR-V9090 instruction manual 89. FM, Listening to radio broadcasts, Tuning non-RDSradio stations

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