Listening to radio broadcasts

This unit can store up to 40 stations in the memory and recall them by one-touch operation.

Radio stations can be classified into RDS (Radio Data System) stations and other stations. To listen to or store RDS stations in the preset memory see <Using RDS (Radio Data System)>.

Tuning (non-RDS) radio stations

BAND AUTO/MONO

MULTI CONTROL

INPUT SELECTOR

MULTI CONTROL

/O

BAND AUTO/MONO

TUNER

œUse [TUNER] to select the tuner.

∑Use [BAND] to select the desired broadcast band.

Each press switches the band as follows: 1FM

2AM

éUse [AUTO/MONO] to select the desired tuning method.

Each press switches the tuning method as follows:

Selection

Operation

Indicator

Auto tuning

The next station is tuned automatically.

"AUTO" lit

Manual tuning

Select a station manually.

"AUTO" not lit

•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.)

®Use [MULTI CONTROL 5/∞] or [TUNING 1/¡] to select the station.

"ST." lights when a broadcast is being received in stereo.

Using RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS is a system that transmits useful information (in the form of digital data) for FM broadcasts along with the broadcast signal. Tuners and receivers designed for RDS reception can extract the information from the broadcast signal for use with various functions, such as automatic display of the station name.

Before using a function utilizing the RDS, be sure to perform the RDS Auto Memory operation by referring to the description in <RDS Auto Memory>.(‹)

RDS functions:

RDS AUTO MEMORY function

Automatically selects and stores up to 40 RDS stations in the preset memory.

If fewer than 40 RDS stations have been stored in the preset memory, regular FM stations will be stored in the remaining places.

PS (Program Service) Name Display

Automatically displays the station name transmitted by the RDS station.

PTY (Program TYpe) identification Search

Automatically tunes to a station that is currently broadcasting the specified program type (genre).

RT (Radio Text) function

Displays the radio text data transmitted by some RDS stations when you press [DISPLAY]. There is "NO RT" or "RT ----" display if no text data is transmitted.

The "RDS" indicator lights up when an RDS broadcast (signal) is received.

Note:

•Some functions and function names may differ for certain countries and areas.

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