Linear M3300CD installation manual Radio Operation

Radio Operation

Select a Band

Press the MODE button until either F1, F2, F3, A1 or A2 appear in the display. Next press the BAND button to select the desired band: F1, F2, F3, A1 or A2.

Tuning

Automatic Search Tuning: Press the ��l or

l�� button to move to the next or previous sta- tion automatically.

Manual Tuning: Press and hold the ��l or l�� button until “MANUAL” appears in the display. Then press and release the ��l or l�� but- ton until desired frequency is selected. The unit will default back to “AUTO” tuning mode after 5 seconds of no button activity.

Preset Stations

Six numbered preset buttons store and recall stations for each band. Select a band (if needed). Select a station by pressing the ��l or l�� button. Press and hold any of the preset buttons for three seconds to memorize the station. The preset number will appear in the display.

Recall a Station: Select a band (if needed). Press one of the six preset buttons to select a stored station.

Automatic Preset Station Memory Store: Select a band (if needed). Press and hold the button AS/ PS button for two seconds. The radio automati- cally selects six strong stations and stores them in the current band. The new stations replace stations already stored in that band.

Note: During Automatic Memory Store, the unit will search and store stations with the strong signals first, and then weaker signal stations until the memories are full.

Preset Scan: To scan preset stations stored in the current band press the AS/PS button momentarily. The radio pauses for five seconds at each preset station. When the desired station is reached, press the AS/PS button again to stop scanning.

FM Stereo/Mono Reception

For weaker FM stereo stations selecting mono reception usually improves reception. To switch from stereo to mono reception push and hold the VOL knob for a few seconds then release. Continue to press the knob until “STEREO” appears in the display. Rotate the VOL knob until “MONO” appears in the display. The unit will leave feature programing after 5 seconds of no button activity.

Local/Distant Reception

To narrow the reception to only local strong sta- tion the radio must be switched from distant to local reception. To switch from distant to local reception push and hold the VOL knob for a few seconds then release. Continue to press the knob until “DX” appears in the display. Rotate the VOL knob until “LOCAL” appears in the dis- play. The unit will leave feature programing after 5 seconds of no button activity.

RBDS Overview

RBDS (Radio Broadcast System) service avail- ability varies from area to area. If RBDS service is not available in your area, the following services are not available:

PS: Program Service Name Broadcast - station name data expressed in alphanumeric characters.

TP: Traffic Program Identification - for traffic information broadcasting station.

TA: Traffic Announcement Identification - show- ing traffic information is being transmitted or not.

TA (Travel Announcement) / TP (Travel Program Identification)

Enable or disable TA mode by pressing and hold- ing the BAND button. (Default is Disabled)

1.Long press BAND button once to activate the function, press again to turn off the function.

2.When TA function is activated, it will search the station with TA information automatically. If there is not TA information, it will search the station with TP information automatically, if there is no TP information either, it will return to the previous station after searching.

3.When receiving the station with TP information but without TA information, TP icon is on and TA icon keeps blinking; when receiving the sta- tion with TP and TA information, both TP and TA icons are on.

4.When playing in another mode and TA infor- mation is received, the unit will change to the radio mode automatically. After the TA infor- mation is finished, it will return to the previous mode. The AS/PS, Preset (1-6), DIS, MODE, ��l , l�� and BAND buttons are locked. Press BAND button one to ignore the received TA information, press BAND button twice to turn off the function.

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