Sony DAV-HDX686W Listening to the Radio, Naming preset stations, To turn off the radio, Press

Press SYSTEM MENU.

Listening to the Radio

Preset radio stations in the system’s memory first (see “Presetting Radio Stations” (page 67)).

1 Press FUNCTION +/– repeatedly until “TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears in the front panel display.

The last received station is tuned in.

2 Press PRESET +/– repeatedly to select the preset station.

Each time you press the button, the system tunes in one preset station.

Tip

•You can select the preset station number directly by pressing the number buttons.

3 Adjust the volume by pressing VOLUME +/–.

To turn off the radio

Press "/1.

To listen to non-preset radio stations

Use manual or automatic tuning in Step 2. For manual tuning, press TUNING +/– repeatedly.

For automatic tuning, press and hold TUNING +/–. The automatic tuning stops automatically when the system receives the radio station. To stop the automatic tuning manually, press TUNING +/– or x.

To listen to radio stations when you know the frequencies

Press D.TUNING in Step 2, press the number buttons to select the frequencies, then press .

Tip

•To improve reception, reorient the connected antennas (aerials).

If an FM program is noisy

If an FM program is noisy, you can select monaural reception. There will be no stereo effect, but reception will improve.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU.

2 Press X/x repeatedly until “FM MODE”

appears in the front panel display.

3	Press or c.
4	Press X/x to select “MONO.”

•“STEREO”: Stereo reception.

•“MONO”: Monaural reception.

5 Press .

The setting is made.

6 Press SYSTEM MENU.

The system menu turns off.

Naming preset stations

You can enter a name for preset stations. These names (for example, “ABC”) appear in the front panel display when a station is selected.

Only one name can be entered for each preset station.

1 Press FUNCTION +/– repeatedly until “TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears in the front panel display.

The last received station is tuned in.

2 Press PRESET +/– repeatedly to select the preset station you want to create an index name for.

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4 Press X/x repeatedly until “NAME IN” appears in the front panel display.

5	Press or c.
6	Create a name by using C/X/x/c.

Press X/x to select a character, then press c to move the cursor to the next position.

You can input letters, numbers, and other symbols for a radio station.

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