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Using the Tuner

With the built-in tuner you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. You can store your favorite stations as presets for quick selection.

MASTER VOLUME

PRESET

TUNING

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP

RETURN

 

A SPEAKERS B

TONE

STEREO

LISTENING

DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT

 

MEMORY TUNING MODE

 

 

 

MODE

 

 

 

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO 3 INPUT

 

MULTI CH

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3

TAPE

TUNER

C D

S VIDEO VIDEO L

AUDIO R

 

 

 

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNER

 

 

 

 

MEMORY

 

 

TUNING MODE

Listening to the Radio

1

Use the [TUNER] input selector

TUNER

 

 

button to select either AM or FM.

 

In this example, FM has been selected.

 

Band

Frequency

Setting the AM Tuning Interval (Worldwide model only)

If you’re using the Worldwide model (i.e., your AV Receiver has a VOLTAGE SELECTOR on the rear panel), you need to set the AM tuning interval for com- patibility with AM broadcasts in your particular country. The initial setting is 9 kHz.

North America: 10 kHz

Other countries: 9 kHz

TUNER

To set the AM tuning interval,

while holding down the [TUNER] button, press the [MEMORY] but- ton.

MEMORY TUNING MODE

CLEAR

Note:

All presets will be deleted when you change the AM tun- ing interval.

Tuning into Radio Stations

Auto Tuning Mode

1Press the [TUNING MODE] button MEMORY TUNING MODEso that the AUTO indicator

CLEAR

appears on the display.

2

TUNING

Press the TUNING Up or Down

 

 

 

[ ]/[ ] button.

 

 

Searching stops when a station is

 

 

found.

When tuned into an FM station, the TUNED and FM STEREO indicators appear on the display, as shown. When tuned into an AM station, the TUNED indicator appears.

TUNED AUTO

FM STEREO

Using RDS (European model only)

When tuned into an RDS (Radio Data System) station that’s broadcasting PS (Program Service Name) infor- mation, the RDS indicator appears, and the name of the station appears on the display. Only European models support RDS, and only in areas where RDS is used.

Manual Tuning Mode

1Press the [TUNING MODE] button MEMORY TUNING MODEso that the AUTO indicator disap-

CLEAR

pears from the display.

2

TUNING

Press and hold the TUNING Up or

 

 

 

Down [ ]/[ ] button.

The frequency stops changing when you release the button.

Press the buttons repeatedly to change the frequency one step at a time.

The American model changes FM frequency in 0.1 MHz steps, 10 kHz steps for AM. For other models it’s 0.05 MHz steps for FM and 9 kHz steps for AM.

In Manual Tuning mode, FM stations will be in mono. Switch back to Auto Tuning mode for stereo.

Tuning into weak FM 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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Onkyo TX-SR502E, TX-SR8250 instruction manual Using the Tuner, Listening to the Radio, Tuning into Radio Stations