Setting Country Mode
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To switch to the USA mode, press and hold the POWER, MEMORY, and 9 buttons for 5 seconds. The word LOADING will ap- pear in the display and the unit will power up in the USA configuration.
To switch to the European mode, press and hold the POWER, MEMORY, and 0 but- tons for more than 5 seconds. The word LOAD- ING will appear in the display and the unit will power up in the European configuration.
Basic Tuning Controls
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•Manual frequency tuning tunes up or down to the next station frequency. Set the TUNE/PRESET mode to TUNE. Turn off AUTO TUNING. Use the DOWN/UP con- trols to tune up or down.
•Direct frequency tuning lets you en- ter the desired station frequency digits. Press the FREQUENCY DIRECT button on the remote and enter the digits using the NUMERIC buttons.
•Automatic frequency search tuning lets you search up or down to find the next receivable broadcast signal. Set the TUNE/ PRESET mode to TUNE. Turn on AUTO TUNING. Use the DOWN/UP controls to search up or down.
•Memory station preset tuning lets you directly enter the number of a memo- rized station preset number. Enter the num- ber of the memorized preset using the NU- MERIC buttons.
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•Preset scan tuning scans through the memorized station presets. Press the PRE- SET SCAN button to begin scanning.
•RDS (Europe) or RBDS (USA) tuning provides special tuning and search features based on data codes encoded with the broadcast signal. See the RDS section of this manual for detailed information.
BAND Button
The BAND button selects whether the tuner receives AM or FM broadcast signals. Press the button to toggle between AM and FM. An indicator will light at the left portion of the display to confirm your choice. The currently tuned station frequency will be shown.
TUNING Controls
A pair of buttons, labeled DOWN/UP on the front panel and < TUN/PRESET > on the re- mote, serve as the main tuning controls for the
These controls provides different tuning func- tions, depending on the mode of operation:
In the FREQUENCY TUNING mode with
AUTO TUNING off, press a DOWN/UP button to manually jump to the next frequency, regardless of whether or not a station is broad- casting on that frequency. See the TUNE/PRE- SET button andAUTO TUNING button sections for details on changing the tuning modes.
In the FREQUENCY TUNING mode with
AUTO TUNING on, press a DOWN/UP button to start auto tuning. The tuner begins automatically scanning up or down through the frequencies until the next receivable sig- nal is detected. If this is not the desired sta- tion, repeat the automatic tuning procedure to find the next station. Weak stations will be skipped during auto tuning. If no receivable signal is detected, the tuner will revert to the last previously tuned station. See the TUNE/ PRESET button and AUTO TUNING button sections for details on changing the tuning modes.
In the PRESET TUNING mode, press a DOWN/UP button to advance to the next memorized station preset. See the TUNE/PRE- SET button section for details on changing the tuning modes.
In the RDS PTY search mode, press a DOWN/UP button to select the desired pro- gram type from the scrolling list in the display. See the RDS PTY button in the section on RDS tuning for details.
NOTE: Several indicators in the display assist tuning. A large display shows the tuned fre- quency. A signal strength indicator shows the strength of the incoming signal. A TUNED in- dicator lights when a sufficiently strong sig- nal is received. A ST indicator lights when a stereo FM signal is received. Indicators show the currently selected tuning mode.
NUMERIC Buttons:
Station Presets
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1.Tune to the desired station, AM or FM.
2.Press the MEMORY button. A MEMORY indicator will flash in the display.
3.While the MEMORY indicator is flashing, press the number of the preset where you wish to store the station frequency. For ex- ample, to memorize preset 3, press the 3 button. To memorize preset 15, press the 1 button followed by the 5 button.
4.A previously stored frequency is erased from memory when a new frequency is memo- rized for the same preset.
To tune to a previously memorized station preset, press the preset num-
ber using the NUMERIC buttons. For example, to tune to preset 3, press the 3 but- ton. To tune to preset 30, press the 3 button and then press the 0 button within 5 seconds.
NOTE: The NUMERIC buttons can also be used for FREQUENCY DIRECT tuning.