Listening to the radio
ON / STANDBY
■■ Tuning
1Press the ON/STANDBY button to turn the power on.
2 Press the TUNER [DAB] button (remote control) or FUNCTION button (main unit) repeatedly to select FM Stereo or FM Mono.
3 ● Manual tuning:
Press the TUNING (
or 
) button repeatedly to tune in to the desired station.
●Auto tuning:
Press and hold the TUNING (
or 
) button. Scanning will start automatically and the tuner will stop at the first receivable broadcast station.
Notes:
●● When radio interference occurs, auto scan tuning may stop automatically at that point.
●● Auto scan tuning will skip weak signal stations.
●● To stop the auto tuning, press the TUNING (
or 
) button again.
●● When an RDS (Radio Data System) station is tuned in, the frequency will be displayed first, and then the RDS indicator will light up. Finally, the station name will appear.
●● Full auto tuning can be achieved for RDS stations “ASPM”, see page 13.
To receive an FM stereo transmission:
●● Press the TUNER [DAB] button to select stereo mode. “ST” indicator will be displayed. “
” and “
” will ap- pear when an FM broadcast is in stereo.
●● If the FM reception is weak, press the TUNER [DAB] button to extinguish the “ST” indicator. The reception changes to monaural, and the sound becomes clear- er.
■■ Memorising a station
You can store 30 FM stations in memory and recall them at the push of a button. (Preset tuning)
1Perform steps 2 - 3 in “Tuning”.
2 Press the MEMORY button.
3Within 30 seconds, press the PRESET (
or 
) button to select the preset channel number. Store the stations in memory, in order, starting with preset channel 1.
4Within 30 seconds, press the MEMORY button to store that station in memory. If the “MEM” and preset number indicators disappear before the station is memorised, repeat the operation from step 2.
5Repeat steps 1 - 4 to set other stations, or to change a preset station. When a new station is stored in the memory, the station previously memorised for that preset channel number will be erased.
Note:
The backup function protects the memorised stations for a few hours should there be a power failure or the AC power lead become disconnected.
■■ To recall a memorised station
Press the PRESET (
or 
) button to select the desired station.
■■ To scan the preset stations
1Press and hold the PRESET (
or 
) button until the preset number flashes. The programmed stations will be tuned in sequentially, for 5 seconds each.
2Press the PRESET (
or 
) button again when the desired station is located.
■■ To erase entire preset memory
1Press the ON/STANDBY button to turn the power on.
2 Press the FUNCTION button (main unit) repeatedly or TUNER [DAB] button (remote control) to select Tuner or DAB function.
3 In Tuner or DAB function, press and hold the CLEAR button (remote control) until “Tuner Clear” or “DAB Clear” appears.
