Listening to Radio Broadcasts

PRESET MEMORY Jog dial

PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC OUT

 

ZONE 2 ZONE 2 LEVEL

CH LEVEL

MASTER VOLUME

 

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSP/MODE ADJ

SETUP

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETURN

 

 

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUSH TO ENTER

 

 

 

ON

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISPLAY

DIMMER

FM MODE

PRESET MEMORY

TUNING

 

PRESET

 

SMART SCAN NAVIGATOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BASS

TREBLE

PHONES

AUDIO

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

VIDEO 4

TAPE

FM

AM

PHONO

C D

 

 

 

 

SELECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR 1

VCR 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AV RECEIVER

TX-DS696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM AM

 

 

 

RCVR

MODE

CH

MUTING

TUN

HOME THEATER CONTROLLER

RC-440M

Presetting a radio station

1.Tune into the radio station you desire (see “Tuning into a radio station” ).

2. Press the PRESET MEMORY button

PRESET MEMORY

on the front panel.

 

“Preset In?” appears in the front display for about five seconds.

Selecting a preset radio station

1. Press either the AM or FM input

source button. The front display

FM

AM

 

 

should show the currently selected

 

 

frequency.

 

 

If it displays the listening mode, press the

 

 

DISPLAY button to display the frequency.

 

 

2. Press the PRESET / button and

 

PRESET

select the number of the desired

 

 

preset station.

 

 

When using the remote controller:

3. Press the jog dial.

DSP/MODE ADJ

1.

Press the RCVR MODE button.

 

The RCVR MODE button lights green.

2.

Press the TUN button.

The MEMORY indicator lights red.

“MEMORY”

PUSH TO ENTER

3. Press the CH

button and select the number of the

desired preset station.

(Lights red)

MEMORY

4. Turning the jog dial, select a preset

DSP/MODE ADJ

number (from 1 to 40) to assign the

 

station to be preset.

 

“MEMORY”

PUSH TO ENTER

(Lights red)

Flash

TUNED

 

MEMORY

AUTO

 

ch

5. Press the jog dial to finalize the

DSP/MODE ADJ

procedure.

 

This programs the radio station as a preset

radio station.

PUSH TO ENTER

Up to 40 stations can be stored in memory as preset radio stations.

Erasing a preset radio station

1.Press the AM or FM button and press the PRESET /

button to select the preset radio station that you want erase (see above).

ch

PRESET MEMORY

2. Press the PRESET MEMORY button.

“Preset In?” appears.

3.

Turn the jog dial to display “Preset

DSP/MODE ADJ

 

 

Erase?”

 

 

ch

PUSH TO ENTER

 

 

DSP/MODE ADJ

4.

Press the jog dial.

 

The selected preset station is erased.

PUSH TO ENTER

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Onkyo TX-DS696 appendix Listening to Radio Broadcasts, Presetting a radio station, Selecting a preset radio station

TX-DS696 specifications

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