KW250S

DAB FUNCTION BUTTONS

DAB TUNER BUTTONS

Press TUNER under AMPLIFIER heading to select the internal DAB/FM tuner.

Note: Whenever the power is turned ON, the station you were previously receiving will be selected automatically. The name of the station appears in the display.

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BBC National DAB

All settings, and stored stations, will be retained in memory while the unit is turned off. On selection, the last band (DAB/FM) and station is remembered.

BAND

This button alternates the tuner between receiving DAB and FM stations

AUTO-TUNE

To update your tuner with locally available DAB stations Press the AUTO TUNE button.

AUTO TUNE

QUICK SCAN

The tuner will search through all the ensembles and pick out all the locally available stations.

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When a station is found, the name is briefly displayed and the station tally at the top right increments. Note: if there are stations already stored, the tally does not start from 0, but from the number of stations previously

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stored. In this manner, the station list is updated. Once all the locally available bands have been scanned, the unit reverts to the first station found by name (in alphabetical order), or the previous broadcast being listened to, if applicable.

TUNE UP/DOWN

To select a station, simply turn the left-hand knob to cycle through the list of receivable broadcasts in your area. When the required station is displayed, push the knob or press the SELECT button to listen

See the section on the PRESET buttons to store favourite stations for easy recall

PRESET UP and PRESET DOWN

PRESET UP/DOWN buttons are used to select one of ten DAB preset memory locations. Press select when the desired preset is displayed.

STORE

It is possible to store favourite stations in preset memory locations using the STORE button as follows:

Tune to the station required:

BBCWorld Service

BBC National DAB

Press PRESET UP/DOWN buttons until the desired preset. is displayed.

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Press and hold the STORE to accept this preset. The display will indicate the preset is saved,

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Preset 1 saved

then reverts to the selected station

Note: this will overwrite any station stored previously on this preset.

Briefly pressing the button will display current preset without storing.

There are 10 presets available for programmes on the DAB band (in addition to the 10 provided for FM). Presets are remembered even if the unit is switched off.

MONO/STEREO(remote only)

This button has no function when in DAB mode

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Musical Fidelity KW250S manual DAB Function Buttons, Preset UP and Preset Down, MONO/STEREOremote only

KW250S specifications

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