Rotel RT-955 owner manual BAND Button, TUNING Controls, NUMERIC Buttons Station Presets

RT-955AM/FM Stereo Tuner

•RDS (Europe) or RBDS (USA) tun- ing provides a range of 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 will receive AM or FM broadcast signals. Press the button to toggle back and forth between AM and FM. A corresponding in- dicator will light at the left portion of the front panel DISPLAY to confirm your choice. The currently tuned station frequency will be shown.

TUNING Controls

A large rotary control on the front panel and a corresponding pair of buttons on the re- mote serve as the main tuning controls for the RT-955.

Front Panel: Use the large rotary TUNING knob. Turn clockwise to tune up or counter- clockwise to tune down.

Remote Control: Use the pair of buttons in the lower right corner of the remote con- trol keypad labeled < TUNE / PRESET >. Press the right button to tune up and the left button to tune down.

These controls provides several different tuning functions, depending on the mode of operation:

In the FREQUENCY TUNING mode

with AUTO TUNING off, press a TUN- ING button to manually jump to the next frequency, regardless of whether or not a station is broadcasting on that frequency. [See the TUNE/PRESET button and AUTO TUNING button sections for details on chang- ing the tuning modes.]

In the FREQUENCY TUNING mode

with AUTO TUNING on,, press a TUN- ING button to start auto tuning. The tuner begins automatically scanning up or down through the frequencies until the next receiv- able signal is detected. If this is not the desired station, repeat the automatic tuning proce- dure 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

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the TUNE/PRESET button and AUTO TUN- ING button sections for details on chang- ing the tuning modes.]

In the PRESET TUNING mode, press a TUNING button to advance to the next memo- rized station preset. [See the TUNE/PRESET button section for details on changing the tuning modes.]

In the RDS PTY search mode, press a TUNING button to select the desired pro- gram type from the scrolling list in the dis- play. See the section on RDS tuning for more details. [See the RDS PTY button section for details.]

NOTE: Several indicators in the front panel display assist tuning. A large display shows the tuned frequency and increases or de- creases during tuning. A signal strength in- dicator shows the strength of the incoming signal. A TUNED indicator lights when a sufficiently strong signal is received. A ST indicator lights when a stereo FM signal is received. In addition, indicators show the currently selected tuning mode.

NUMERIC Buttons:

Station Presets

The RT-955 can store up to 30 station pre- sets for recall at any time using the NUMERIC keypad. These station presets can be used for any combination of AM stations and FM stations.

The RT-955 is delivered from the factory with a set of generic station presets that may or may not match any available stations in your area. To memorize a new station preset:

1.Tune to the desired station, AM or FM.

2.Press the MEMORY button on the front panel. A MEMORY indicator will flash in the front panel display.

3.While the MEMORY indicator is flashing, press the number of the preset where you wish to store the station frequency. For example, to memorize the station as preset 3, press the 3 button. To memo- rize 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 memorized for the same preset number.

To tune to a previously memorized station preset from 1 through 29, press the preset number using the NUMERIC buttons. For example, to tune to preset 3, press the 3 button. To tune to preset 15, press the 1 button and then press the 5 button within 5 seconds.

To tune to preset 30, press the num- ber 0.

When a station preset is selected, the pre- set number appears in the DISPLAY to the right of the station frequency.

NOTE: The NUMERIC buttons can also be used for FREQUENCY DIRECT tuning.

FREQUENCY DIRECT Button: Direct Access Tuning

If you know the exact frequency of the de- sired station, you may tune it directly using the FREQUENCY DIRECT button (remote only) and the NUMERIC buttons.

1.Press the FREQUENCY DIRECT button to change the NUMERIC buttons from sta- tion preset to direct access mode. The station frequency in the front panel dis- play will change to a series of bars, rep- resenting the digits of a station frequency, with the first bar blinking.

2.Enter the first digit of the station frequency using the NUMERIC buttons. The digit will appear in the frequency display and the next bar will flash. Enter the remaining digits of the frequency. When all of the digits have been entered, the tuner will automatically tune to the displayed sta- tion frequency.

NOTE: On the USA version only, pressing 1 in the FM mode will enter 10 as the digit in the frequency display. On the Eu- ropean version, it is necessary to press 1 and then 0 to enter 10. For US FM sta- tions, press only one digit following the decimal point as shown in the first ex- ample following. For European FM sta- tions, press two digits after the decimal point as shown in the second example.