Onkyo TX-8255 instruction manual Listening to the Radio-Continued, Presetting AM/FM Stations

Listening to the Radio—Continued

■Tuning into Stations by Frequency

You can tune into AM and FM stations directly by entering the appropriate frequency.

1	Receiver	Press the [DIRECT TUNING]
		button.

Remote	(Actual display depends on country.)
controller

4		Press the [MEMORY] button
		again to store the station or
	Receiver
		channel.

The station or channel is stored and the preset number stops flashing.

Repeat this procedure for all of your favorite AM/FM radio stations.

■ Selecting Presets

2

Receiver

Remote

controller

Within 8 seconds, use the number buttons to enter the frequency of the radio station.

For example, to tune to 87.5 (FM), press 8, 7, 5.

1	To select a preset, use the
	number buttons on the receiver,
Receiver
	or the remote controller’s
	PRESET [ ]/[ ] buttons.
Remote
controller

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Presetting AM/FM Stations

Number buttons

PRESET

/

MEMORY TUNING MODE

You can store a combination of up to 40 of your favorite AM/FM radio stations as presets.

1	Tune into the AM/FM station that
	you want to store as a preset.
2	Press the [MEMORY] button.

Receiver The MEMORY indicator appears and the preset number flashes.

3	While the MEMORY indicator is
	displayed (about 8 seconds), use
Receiver
	the number buttons on the
	receiver to select a preset from 1
	through 40.

■Deleting Presets

1Select the preset that you want to delete.

See the previous section.

2While holding down the

Receiver	[MEMORY] button, press the
	[TUNING MODE] button.

The preset is deleted and its number disappears from the display.

The North American model changes FM frequency in

0.2MHz steps, 10 kHz steps for AM. For other models the frequency changes in 0.05 MHz increments for FM and 9 kHz (or 10 kHz) increments for AM.

When tuned into a station, the TUNED indicator appears. When tuned into a stereo FM station, the FM STEREO indicator also appears.

TUNED AUTO

FM STEREO

Tuning into Weak FM Stereo Stations

If the signal from a stereo FM station is weak, it may be impossible to get good reception. In this case, switch to Manual Tuning mode and listen to the station in mono.

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