Using the Tuner

3Press CLASS to select one of the three classes.

Repeatedly pressing this button cycles through the three available classes, A, B and C.

4Press STATION +/– to select the desired

station memory number.

Pressing these buttons repeatedly cycles through the 10 available station memories in each class.

After choosing the location you want, the preset class and number blink for about 5 seconds and the receiver stores the station.

Repeat steps 1 to 4 to memorize up to 30 stations.

Recalling Memorized Stations

Having memorized up to 30 stations (see the previous page for how to do this), you can be listening to a station with a couple of button presses.

 

SOURCE

RECEIVER

 

DVD

TV

VCR

CD-R

 

MULTI CONTROL

 

RCV

CD

TUN

TVC

1 2 3

MIDNIGHT 5.1CHATT

4 5 6

SIGNAL SELECT

 

EFFECT

7

8

9

+10

 

DISC

0ENTER

TV CONTROL

CHANNEL

FQ

ST

ST

ENTER

FQ

8

D.ACCESS BANDCLASS

3￿ 1￿ Á￿

MPX

DTV ON / OFF DTV MENU

7￿ 4￿ ¢￿

1

3

3

2

1Press the MULTI CONTROL TUN button

On the receiver, press the FM/AM button to select the tuner mode.

2Press CLASS to select the class in which the station is stored.

Repeatedly pressing this button cycles through the three available classes, A, B and C.

3Use the STATION +/– buttons to select the station memory in which the station is stored.

1

2

DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR/DVR CD

CD-R/

RECEIVER TUNER TAPE/MD TVCONT

2DSPMODE MIDNIGHT 5.1CH

1 2 3 4

CHANNEL

TEST

ATT

SIGNAL

SELECT

TONE

SELECT

5

6

7

8

CHANNEL

EFFECT

 

LEVEL

9

0

à

ENTER

 

 

10

DISC

 

FUNC

 

CH

 

 

 

VOL

TV CONTROL

VOL

 

 

 

FQ

 

 

 

ST

 

ST

 

ENTER

 

TOP

MENU

 

 

 

 

MENU

FQ

SOURCE CLASS MPX BAND

7￿

8￿

3

D.ACCESS

CHANNEL

 

1￿ Á￿ 4￿ ¢￿

3

3

Alternatively, recall the station memory using the number buttons on the remote control.

If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet memo for a lengthy period, the station memories will be lost and will

have to be reprogrammed.

 

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Pioneer VSX-D509S, VSX-D409 manual Recalling Memorized Stations, Press Class to select one of the three classes

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