Radio Reception

Tuning to radio stations

RDS

English

1Press SOURCE on the set repeatedly or TUNER on the remote to select FM tuner source.

2Press and hold TUNING 22/33and release the button.

The radio automatically tunes to a station with sufficient reception.

3Repeat step 2 if necessary until you find the desired station.

To tune to a weak station, press TUNING 22/ 33 briefly and repeatedly until you have found optimal reception.

Programming radio stations

You can store up to a total of 20 FM radio stations in the memory.

Automatic programming

Press ANGLE/PROG on the system for more than three seconds to activate programming.

All available stations are programmed.

AUTO is displayed and available stations are programmed in order of waveband.

Manual programming

1Tune to your desired station (refer to ÒTuning to radio stationsÓ).

2Press ANGLE/PROG on the system to activate programming.

PROG flashes on the display.

3Press PRESETí/ë to allocate a number from 1 to 20 to this station.

4Press ANGLE/PROG again to confirm the setting.

PROG disappears.

Radio Data System is a service that allows FM stations to show additional information. If

you are receiving a RDS station, and the station name are displayed.

Scrolling through different RDS information

Press DISPLAY/RDS on the remote control briefly and repeatedly to scroll through the following information (if available):

ÐStation name

ÐRDS clock

ÐProgramme type such as NEWS, SPORT, POP M ...

ÐFrequency

Setting the RDS clock

Some RDS radio station may be transmitting a real clock time at an interval of every minute. It is possible to set the clock by using a time signal which is broadcast together with the RDS signal.

1Tune to a RDS station from FM band (refer to ÒTuning to radio stationsÓ).

2Press DISPLAY/RDS on the remote control.

"RDS 00: OO" appears..

If the RDS station does not transmit RDS time, "RDS CLOCK" appears.

Note:

Some RDS radio station may be transmitting a real time clock at a minute interval. The accuracy of the transmitted time depends on the transmitting RDS radio station.

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 PRESETí/ë until the desired preset station is displayed.

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Philips MCD288E/12 user manual Radio Reception, Tuning to radio stations, Programming radio stations, Setting the RDS clock