Radio Shack PT-990A Radio Operations, Automatic Tuning, Manual Tuning, Two FM modes available

Models: PT-990A

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Radio Operations

BASIC OPERATION

Radio Operations

Automatic Tuning

1.Press the Main Power On/Off switch on the rear panel first, then press the Power On/Off button on the front panel to turn this unit on.

2.Press the Tuner button on the front panel or on the remote control, then press the Band button on the remote to select FM or AM.

3.Press the “AUTO/MANUAL” button on remote control to activate automatic selection. (Default mode is Manual selection) (Note: Auto appears on the display.)

4.Press TUNING + and TUNING - to select the station you want to listen to. When a station is tuned in, the tuning process will stop automatically. (Automatic selection)

5.Press TUNING + or TUNING - again to select another channel.

Manual Tuning

It is for selecting stations, which cannot be tuned automatically (manual selection)

To tune a channel manually:

Skip step 3 in the above procedures. Each time the TUNING+ or TUNING- button is pressed momentarily (0.5 second or less), the frequency changes by a fixed step: FM: 50 kHz steps; MW: 10 kHz steps.

Two FM modes available:

Press ST/MONO button on remote control to select Stereo mode or Mono mode.

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Stereo

FM stereo broadcasts are received in stereo and the “8 ” indicator lights on the display.

Mono

To compensate for weak FM stereo reception, select this mode. Reception will now be forced monaural, reducing unwanted noise.

If DISPLAY button is pressed, the details of incoming source will be displayed.

Preset Tuning

This facility is used to store FM, AM broadcasting from channel 1 to15 respectively.

How to select preset stations

Press the “STATION buttons” (numbers)on remote control to select a preset channel during the tuner mode.

Manual Memory Presetting

1.Press the Tuner button on the front panel or on the remote control, then press the Band button on the remote to select FM or AM.

2.Press the TUNING + or TUNING - buttons to select a frequency channel you want to preset.

3.Press the MEMORY button briefly.

4.While the “MEM” indicator is lit, press TUNING+ or TUNING - button to select a preset station. The station number will be displayed on the screen.

5.Press the MEMORY button to confirm.

To store more stations, repeat steps 3 to 6.

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Radio Shack PT-990A Radio Operations, Automatic Tuning, Manual Tuning, Two FM modes available, Stereo, Mono, Preset Tuning