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Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning functions. Once you are tuned to a station you can memorize the frequency for recall later—see Saving station presets below for more on how to do this.

 

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1 Press TUNER to select the tuner.

 

 

2

Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary.

 

Each press switches the band between FM (stereo or

 

mono) and AM.

 

 

3

Tune to a station.

 

 

 

There are three ways to do this:

 

 

Automatic tuning

To search for stations in the currently selected band,

Basic playback

Improving FM sound

 

 

Note

 

• If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet

If the TUNE or ST indicators don’t light when tuning to an FM

 

 

for over a month, the station memories will be lost and will

station because the signal is weak, set the receiver to the

 

 

have to be reprogrammed.

mono reception mode.

 

 

• Stations are stored in stereo. When the station is stored in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press BAND to select FM MONO.

 

 

the FM MONO mode, it shows as ST when recalled.

This should improve the sound quality and allow you to

 

 

 

 

 

enjoy the broadcast.

 

Listening to station presets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See

Saving station presets

 

Saving station presets above if you haven’t done this already.

If you often listen to a particular radio station, it’s convenient

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press PRESET / to select the station preset you

to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall

 

 

 

whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the

 

want.

effort of manually tuning in each time. This unit can memorize

 

 

 

• You can also use the number buttons on the remote

up to 30 stations.

 

 

 

control to recall the station preset.

 

 

 

 

 

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Naming preset stations

 

 

 

 

 

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For easier identification, you can name all of your preset

 

 

 

 

 

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Choose the station preset you want to name.

 

 

 

 

 

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See Listening to station presets above for how to do this.

 

 

 

 

 

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Press TOOLS twice.

 

 

 

 

 

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The cursor at the first character position is blinking on

the display.

press and hold TUNE / for about a second. The receiver will start searching for the next station, stopping when it has found one. Repeat to search for other stations.

Manual tuning

To change the frequency one step at a time, press TUNE /.

High speed tuning

Press and hold TUNE / for high speed tuning. Release the button at the frequency you want.

 

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1

Tune to a station you want to memorize.

 

 

See Listening to the radio above for more on this.

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Press TOOLS.

 

 

The display shows PRESET, then a blinking MEM and station preset.

3 Press PRESET / to select the station preset you want.

You can also use the number buttons.

4 Press ENTER.

The preset number stop blinking and the receiver stores the station.

3 Input the name you want.

Choose a name up to eight characters long.

•Use PRESET / to select character position.

•Use TUNE / to select characters.

•The name is stored when ENTER is pressed.

Tip

•To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and 2, and press ENTER while the display is blank. Press TOOLS while the display is blank, to keep the previous name.

•Once you have named a station preset, Press DISP to show the name. When you want to return to the frequency display, press DISP several times to show the frequency.

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