Pioneer VSX-819H-K 08Using the tuner Chapter, Listening to the radio, Saving station presets

08Using the tuner

Chapter 8:

Using the tuner

Improving FM stereo sound

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.

		INPUT		AUDIO		TUNER EDIT	MASTER
				PARAMETER	TUNE	TOOLS	VOLUME
BD	TV	DVR		TOP		MENU
				MENU
				T		P
			CH	E		R
CD	CD-R	TUNER		S	ENTER	E
				E		S
				P		E
				R		T
VIDEO	MULTI IN	AUX		HOME
				MENU	TUNE	BAND
				SETUP
				iPod CTRL		RETURN
			VOL	CATEGORY

1	Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2	Use BAND to change to BAND (FM or

If the TUNE or ST indicators don’t light when tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, press the BAND button to select FM MONO and set the receiver to the mono reception mode. This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy the broadcast.

Saving station presets

If you often listen to a particular radio station, it’s convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the effort of manually tuning in each time. This unit can memorize up to 30 stations. When saving an FM frequency.1

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, 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

RECEIVER	INPUT SELECT		SOURCE
RECEIVER	ZONE 2	TV CONTROL
	ON/OFF
		INPUT
BD	TV	DVR
CD	CD-R	TUNER	CH
VIDEO	MULTI IN	AUX
iPod USB	SIRIUS	SIGNAL SEL	VOL
		BD MENU

AUDIO

PARAMETER

TOP	TUNE
MENU
T
E
S	ENTER
E
R
P
HOME
MENU	T UNE
SETUP
iPod CTRL
CATEGORY

BASS

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TUNER EDIT MASTER TOOLS VOLUME

MENU

P

R

E

S

E

T

BAND

RETURN

ANT

MUTE

TRE

MEMORY

VCR DISPLAY

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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.

Note

1Tune to a station you want to memorize. See Listening to the radio above for more on this.

2Press TUNER EDIT.

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

1If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet for over a month, the station memories will be lost and will have to be reprogrammed.

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