Basic Operations—Continued

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.

Listening to the Radio

1Use the [TUNER] input selector

TUNER

button to select either AM or FM.

 

In this example, FM has been selected. Each time you press the [TUNER] but- ton, the input source changes between AM and FM.

Band Frequency

(Actual display depends on country)

Tuning into Radio Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

/ PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE2

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TONE

+

STEREO

LISTENING MODE

DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT

DIMMER

MEMORY TUNING MODE

RETURN

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2 LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

MULTl CH

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

VIDEO 4

 

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

 

VIDEO 4 INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR 1

VCR 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP MIC

S VIDEO

VIDEO

L

AUDIO

R

DIGITAL

Auto Tuning Mode

1 TUNING MODE

Press the [TUNING MODE] button

so that the AUTO indicator

 

 

appears on the display.

2 TUNING

Press the TUNING Up or Down

 

[ ]/[ ] button.

 

Searching stops when a station is

 

found.

When tuned into a station, the TUNED indicator appears. When tuned into a stereo FM station, the FM STEREO indicator appears on the display, as shown.

TUNED AUTO

FM STEREO

Manual Tuning Mode

1 TUNING MODE

Press the [TUNING MODE] button

so that the AUTO indicator disap-

 

 

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 North American model changes FM frequency in

0.2MHz 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.

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.

Displaying Radio Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

/ PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE2

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TONE

+

STEREO

LISTENING MODE

DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT

DIMMER

MEMORY TUNING MODE

RETURN

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2 LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

MULTl CH

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

VIDEO 4

 

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

 

VIDEO 4 INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR 1

VCR 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP MIC

S VIDEO

VIDEO

L

AUDIO

R

DIGITAL

1

DISPLAY

Press the [DISPLAY] button

repeatedly to cycle through the available information.

Band, frequency & preset #

Listening mode

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Onkyo TX-SR603X Using the Tuner, Listening to the Radio, Tuning into Radio Stations, Displaying Radio Information

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