Radio Reception

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Tuning to radio stations

1Select TUNER source.

TUNER” is displayed briefly.

2Press BAND to select the desired waveband : FM or MW.

3Press down on S or T (à or á) and release button.

The display will show "SEARCH" until a radio station with sufficient signal strength is found.

If a FM station is received in stereo, is shown.

4Repeat step 3 if necessary until you find the desired station.

To tune to a weak station, press S or T (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 programme stations which are not in the memory already.

1Press 4 or 3 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 two seconds to activate programming.

AUTO” is displayed and available stations are programmed in order of waveband reception strength: FM followed by MW. The last preset automatically stored will then be played.

Manual programming

1Tune to your desired station (refer to “Tuning to radio stations”).

2Press PROGRAM to activate programming.

prog flashes in the display.

3Press 4 or 3 to allocate a number from 1 to 40 to this station.

4Press PROGRAM again to confirm the setting.

prog 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 4 or 3 until the desired preset station is displayed.

Changing tuning grid (some versions only) In North and South America the frequency step between adjacent channels in the AM and FM band are 10 KHz and 100 KHz respectively. In the rest of the world this step is 9 KHz and 50 KHz. Usually the frequency step has been preset in the factory for your area if not:

1Select TUNER source.

2Press 9 on the system for at least five seconds. The display shows either “GRID 9” or

GRID 10”.

Note:

All preset stations will be lost and need to be reprogrammed.

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Philips MC-M250 Radio Reception, Tuning to radio stations, Programming radio stations, Tuning to preset radio stations