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 22/33 (2/3 on the remote control) and 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 (2/3 on the remote control) briefly and repeatedly until you have found optimal reception.

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

Station name

RDS clock

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

Frequency

Programming radio stations

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

Automatic programming

Press PROGRAM 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 “Tuning to radio stations”).

2Press PROGRAM to activate programming. PROG flashes on the display.

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

4Press PROGRAM again to confirm the setting. PROG disappears.

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.

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 “Tuning to radio stations”).

2Press 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.

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Philips MCD289 Radio Reception, Tuning to radio stations, Programming radio stations, Tuning to preset radio stations