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Radio Reception

Tuning to radio stations

1Press SOURCE to select TUNER.
➜TUNER is displayed briefly.
2Press BAND (or TUNER on the remote
control) once or more to select your waveband.
(FM/ AM)
3Press and hold TUNE à or á.
➜The radio automatically tunes to a station
with sufficient reception. Display indication
during automatic tuning: SEARCH.
4Repeat step 3 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
●To tune to a weak station, press TUNE à or
á briefly and repeatedly until you have found
optimal reception.

Programming radio stations

You can store up to a total of 40 radio stations
in the memory.
Automatic programming
Automatic programming will start with a chosen
preset number. From this preset number
upwards, former programmed radio stations will
be overridden. The system will only program
stations which are not in the memory already.
1Press PRESET ¡ or ™ to select the preset
number where programming should start.
Note:
– If no preset number is selected, default is preset
(1) and all your presets will be overridden.
2Press PROGRAM for more than 2 seconds to
activate programming.
➜AUTO is displayed and available stations are
programmed in order of waveband reception
strength: FM followed by AM. The last preset
automatically stored will then be played.
Manual programming
1Tune to your desired station (see Tuning to radio
stations).
2Press PROGRAM to activate programming.
➜PROGRAM flashes in the display.
3Press PRESET ¡ or ™ to allocate a number
from 1 to 40 to this station.
4Press PROGRAM again to confirm the setting.
➜PROGRAM disappears, the preset number and
the frequency of the preset station are shown.
5Repeat the above four steps to store other
stations.
●You can override a preset station by storing
another frequency in its place.

Tuning to preset radio stations

●Press PRESET ¡ or ™ until the desired preset
station is displayed.
Changing tuning grid (not available for
all versions)
In North and South America, the frequency step
between adjacent channels in the AM band is 10
kHz (9 kHz in some areas). The preset
frequency step in the factory is 9 kHz.
Changing the tuning grid will erase all
previously stored preset radio stations.
1Select TUNER source or in the tuner mode.
2Press STOP on the set for at least 5 seconds.
➜The display will show "GRID 9" or
"GRID10".
Notes:
–GRID 9 and GRID 10 indicate that the tuning
grid is in step of 9 kHz and 10 kHz respectively.
– The FM tuning grid also will be c hanged from
50 kHz to 100 kHz or vice versa.
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